sometimes read the user comment on imdb fill me with despair for the specie . for anybody to dismiss 2001 represent a space odyssey a bore they must have no interest in science and technology and philosophy and history or the art of film making . finally i understand why most hollywood production be so shallow and vacuous they understand their audience . thankfully and those that can not appreciate kubrick accomplishment be still a minority . most viewer be able to see the intelligence and sheer virtuosity that go into the making of this epic . this be the film that put the science in science fiction and and it depiction of space travel and mankind future remain unsurpassed to this day . it be so far ahead of it time that humanity still hasn not catch up . 2001 be primarily a technical film . the reason it be slow and and fill with minutae be because the aim be to realistically envision the future of technology ( and the past and in the awe inspire open scene ) . the film great strength be in the detail . remember that when this film be make and man still hadn not make it out to the moon . but there it be in 2001 and and that just the start of the journey . to create such an incredibly detailed vision of the future that 35 year later it be still the best we have be beyond belief i still can not work out how some of the shot be do . the film only notable mistake be the optimism with which it predict mankind technological ( and social ) development . it be our shame that the year 2001 do not look like the film 2001 and not kubrick . besides the incredible special effect and camera work and set design and kubrick also present the viewer with a lot of food for thought about what it mean to be human and and where the human race be go . yes and the end be weird and hard to comprehend but that the nature of the future . kubrick and clarke have start the task of envision it and now it up to the audience to continue . there no neat resolution and no definitive full stop and because then the audience could stop thinking after the final reel . i know that what most audience seem to want these day and but kubrick isn not go to let u off so lightly . i be glad to see that this film be in the imdb top 100 film and and only wish that it be even high . stanley kubrick be one of the very fine film maker the world have know and and 2001 his fine accomplishment . positive .