a film and first and foremost and should be good storytelling . it should be entertain and entertain doesn not necessarily mean laugh and and it doesn not necessarily mean light . it basically mean youre not bore while watch it . as brilliant a 2001 may be and it be a difficult film to watch and especially for the current ( video game playing or ipod fumble ) generation . it slow pace and the sometimes intolerable amount of time it take for an actor to perform a single action ( e. g. the attempt to rescue the crew member floating in space ) will stretch your patience . on the other hand and the cinematography be brilliant and the film cleverly direct and the end thought provoking and the score . the score be chill and especially a the crew in the transporter approach the artifact on the moon . boy and i have goose bump and big time . this doesn not happen often when i watch film and and be a testament to kubrick direct skill . it be consider a classic and and many people consider it the best science fiction film of all time . that alone be a good reason to watch it if you haven not do so yet . however and just because everybody else think it a brilliant film doesn not mean you have to force yourself to like it . you either will ( like it ) or you would not . perhaps the slow pace isn not such a bad thing and after all . direct your attention to something rather static and slow pace for 2 half hour might teach you a lesson . it will certainly be a different experience to all these fast moving and fast paced image we be subject to these day ( whether commercial and music video or video game ) . i myself think it a memorable film . but not one i be eager to watch again anytime soon ( unless i be in a particular mood for slow pace film ) . hence and 7 star out of 10 from me .