A genuine masterpiece of the cinematic world. Kubrick was a true visionary of the future, admittedly we don't live in space yet but the movie has a truly contemporary feeling. Next to the astonishing visual quality of this film, it also excels in baffling the viewer with some of the most debateable scenes ever to be put in a movie. Maybe this is were the real beauty of the film lies, the endless pondering, the never ending discussion...