2001: A Space Odyssey - #87

This is the 15th movie I've watched for the IMDB Top 100 Challenge.

IMDB rating: 8.3
My rating: 6

2001: A Space Odyssey gets the lowest rating I've given so far.

The movie was 144 minutes long, but only had about 20 minutes of plot. In between spurts of dialogue, there were 10 minute sequences of a spaceship slowly moving across the screen. Also, there were only about 6 actors in the movie. This made public areas seem like ghost towns.

The only reason I gave it a somewhat high rating is the fact that it was made in 1968. Some of the 21^st century technology was very interesting to see. The characters were still using ancient computers, but they were running software that's at least 20 years away. One thing they did predict correctly was video conferencing. It was really cool to see them fake a video conferencing call when the technology to do it for real just came around a few years ago.

If you are going to watch this movie, I recommend keeping your finger on the fast forward button. That being said , I think about 20% of the movie is worth watching if only to understand all the modern references to it.