2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 ★★★★★
I've no idea what the ending means, that's probably because I'm not supposed to. What I do know is Stanley Kubrick created an extraordinary piece of work, a technical marvel, a film which is fascinating to watch and keeps me engaged from the first minute to the last.
Furthermore, Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke to go from the birth of man to a new civilisation in just under 2 1/2 hours. When films are released with bladder-bursting runtimes to take you to the end of the latest instalment, a story to be continued in another film, it's worth remembering what a superb exercise in storytelling this was.
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