ChainsawAsh said:
2001: A Space Odyssey -> 2010.
A lot of people hate 2010, which saddens me. It's a very good film with very good ideas, it's just so radically different from 2001 that people immediately compare the two, and, of course, 2010 is inferior. But it's still a good film!
I agree. 2010 is underratted by comparison to 2001.
2010 is plot driven and fairly linear. I think it succeeds admirably at what it attempts.