jingalls-16960 This is one of the worst movies ever! It's soooooooo slow. I've been reading what everyone says and I don't understand it. From 20mins of monkeys to the guy walking the space station and dave roaming around outside it's just soooo boring!

bklucas-38890 Yes! The visual effects were stunning to say the least. But the story could have been told in 30 or 44 mins. I have never been so bored! After watching the first 40 mins I felt obligated to watch the rest of the movie because of its "classic" status. But this is one movie I will not watch a second time.

janicebowman What can I say about a film which is often considered the greatest ever made? 2001 was a breakthrough in technology, theme and content and is quite possible the finest science fiction movie ever made. To think that this movie inspired everything from Star Wars to Alien and Close Encounters.... science fiction owes a huge debt to Stanley Kubrick and 2001. If you haven't already then please go and watch this film. You won't notice the almost 3-hour runtime I can assure you that much.

jakepanek This movie has been my favorite sci-fi movie from the moment I first watched it! I gave it a 9 mainly because the performances could've been better. Sure, they're the less important thing about the film. Sure, there's not a lot of them. But they still could be a bit better. But the themes and effects overshadow them, making this the quintessential movie for all movie lovers (and not the ones who gave this masterpiece 1 star saying that it was mindless and meaningless; the REAL movie lovers out there)