2001.

I went to see "2001: A Space Oddity" this afternoon, for the first time in forty years. I saw it more than once c 1970, a young boy obsessed by space.

I've also read the book, though I don't remember it.

So. It looked amazing. Given that CGI didn't exist then, it looked incredible. It is also rather compelling - very watchable.

But it doesn't make any sense. The first part was shorter than I expected, and kind of worked. (But leopard with shining eyes? Why?)

The music worked really well. Powerful music and images combine very effectively. The middle sequence was full of humour (who knew Leonard Rossiter was in it? Well, everyone but me, I expect) - though much of it with hindsight (PanAm? I wonder what happened to them...). The moon sequence was superb.

The trip to Jupiter looks great. HAL is suitably scary. The (probable) tedium of space travel comes across well. And again, it just looks right.

The final sequence is of course bonkers. I have no idea what was going on (which I'd what I thought forty years ago, too). I can't help but wonder how much acid Kubrick had taken.

But all in all, a great movie.