Movie #45: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Movie #: 45
Movie Title: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Year Released: 1968

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Notable Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood

Short Description: Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #15
IMDB.com: #93
Ranker.com: #51
Lifed.com: #82
Empire.com: #16
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: #83



Date Watched: 9/24/2016

Grade: 1.5 out of 5 (Marginal)

Rationale: What the hell did I watch? I literally don't know if I've been more perplexed and frustrated after watching a movie that's considered to be as good as 2001: A Space Odyssey supposedly is. The space scenes with HAL turning against the crew were what I expected the vast majority of the movie to be about since that's the most well know and/or liked part, but they were only a portion of the movie and honestly a bit boring with the lack of emotion in the characters. Easily the most disappointed I've been in a while watching a supposedly well regarded classic movie.