2001

Tonight i saw 2001 Space Odyssey for the first time and was pretty amazed. I had low expectations because id been told by a few people that it was the slowest film ever created and when things finally happen they dont make any sense anyway . . . BUT i have to seriously disagree. It was slow but that didnt really bother me, i wasnt in any rush and the points being made during the slow scenes were the clues to the greater themes the film was discussing. I felt pretty smug with myself for completely following the film all the way through, or rather being content with my interpretations right until the star baby at the end, that lost me. 

Not being able to cope with my own brilliant mind letting me down i turned to the obvious intellectual superior . . . google. As usual google cleared it up for me with the following flash animated explanation. This clears up everything start to finish. When youve seen the/an explanation in full the film itself is shown for the brilliant observation that it is. Wanky-drifting-through-space-for-20-minute scenes or not i loved it.