I watched 2001 for the first time last night, and I must say, there’s definitely some worth in it, but I still don’t understand a lot of the hype. Even for my taste, the first half has too much monkey and way too much music. The second half is very much the superior portion of the film. Granted, I’m not used to the style of Kubrick, but as this is my first Kubrick film, I might warm up to it later on, for now, though, it’s a decent 3 monolithic slabs out of 5.

I think I might leave the pod bay doors closed for a while.