Review of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Kyriakos S — 13 Nov 2014

Its significance in the film industry is indisputable. Its main theme its about the evolution of man from using simple tools into using complex tools travelling through the universe, some of these tools turned against him (HAL 9000) but still with his courage he won and he is ready for another evolutionary step (star-child). It was the first movie with a realist depiction of space (no sound, hence the music) and people were travelling not in flying saucers but in actual spaceships.

BUT, it was slower than a crippled snail and had some annoying music sequences (not the Classical music ones) and an almost non-existent (documentary) chit chat dialogue. For me these 2 elements were the main defects of the film, so it's 3 stars from me.