I can't help but think that you have to be the product of a much older generation to fully appreciate this movie. Our culture has morphed greatly over the decades since 2001 was released. Our perceptions of the world around us are different than those who were around in the late 60's, so watching 2001 for us in the newer generation is like looking back in hindsight at the minds of generations past.
Having said that, 2001 is the worst movie I have ever seen. This is three hours of the most boring uninteresting cinema I have ever witnessed. The vast majority of the film is pretty pictures set to elevator music with most everything happening in what seems like real time. Some examples:
1) Want to know how long it takes to exit a space ship for routine ship repair? FOR FU*#ING EVER!
2) How about the same scene of the moon rotating in the same damn window framed in grey with no edit or cut away for 10 damn minutes with the same damn music playing over and OVER and OVER AGAIN?
3) Do I need to know (and SEE) that it takes 5 WHOLE MINUTES for a hatch to open up into space? DO I??? REALLY?!? AND HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO SEE IT??? WAS ONCE NOT ENOUGH?!?
Add in 30 minutes of Dave unplugging/killing HAL, 25 minutes of astronauts holding there helmets in pain from the annoying alien dog whistle/radio signal with accompanying choir/orchestra music, a 15 minute intermission of screeching madness against the pitch black "monolith" of the TV screen, a 40 minute trip thru a crayon-colored time-warped hyperspace Dr. Who tunnel with still shots of Dave trying out for Madonna's "vogue" video, and 2 or 3 months of real-time space flight (with elevator music), and you have the DULLEST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!Get more detail about 2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray].
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