2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)- User Reviews

When originally released in 1968, 2001 set a new SCIFI standard for special effects. Kubrick took great risks with this movie with its groundbreaking realism (for its day), visual oriented story telling style and magnificent blend of classical music such …more»

The film taken for face value is slow and boring.

But it's filled with illuminati symbolism. I believe that he made it slow on purpose so that those who knew the inside story could process all the symbolism.

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2001 a space odyssey was neither a science fiction or a documentary. It was a game changer and changed the way films were made from thereafter.

Everything in the film was possible and performed according to the known laws of physics. Thusly, the …more»

I have watched this movied twice. Once, out of curiousity, the second time because I thought I would give it another try. Both times were a disappointment. I find that it lacked connectablilty, it gave no explanation for the state of affairs and was …more»

It was ok. I think its a bit overrated. I found iy very cool, more of an outer space science film rather than Star Wars sci-fi action type. Got kinda boring at some parts, but overall it was a good film.more»

i was excited to see it but now you look at it and the movie had classical music in the beginning and hey i had to skip the beginning with the apes and start the space adventure but it moved to slow and crtics only like it because there read books alot …more»

I've always wanted to watch this movie because I'd heard how great this movie was and what an amazing job the director did. Well I finally got the opportunity to watch it. The best way I can explain how this movie was is by making a simple single …more»

"... is an extremely haunting and beautifully cinematographed science fiction movie classic. This masterpiece is also one of the best from its genre."more»

It's hard to say anything new about this film, except that when it premiered, it was a heckuva lot more dazzling than it is today. We actually thought we were on the brink of something big. Little did we know...more»

another classic from my favorite director stanley kubrick. this film is what people thought the futer would have been like 5 years ago. boy were we wrong. this film is my most favorite scifi film and for those of you that complain its boring, what the …more»