Its been about 10 years since I last seen this but from what I remember I think its a brilliant film that is padded out with 30 mins of nonsensical stuff.
The start with the monkeys - I get it, but it has little point to the film.
The trip to Jupiter with the monoliths - weird and boring.
The scenic scenes of people doing crazy stuff in gravity - again boring.
However from the moment HAL kills the crew members, and it becomes a battle of wits it becomes a work of genius.
But then the ending again weird and boring.
Its worth watching for that middle. But in my opinion Stanley kubrick should have cut everything else out and just had the film be about HAL going crazy.
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