unimaginative?
That’s ridiculous. Think about when this was made jeez. I can see the boring charge, I disagree completely but ok. I saw this at the Cinerama as a young lad which for those too
young to know was a theater with 3 screens side by side that wrapped around your head and I thought it was fantastic.
I LOVED the CINERAMA Theater.
No one who remembers what special effects ideas of space travel looked like before 2001 would ever dismiss the film as "unimaginative".
The film might not appeal to people for any number of reasons but its impact on cinematography was huge.
...Kubrick claimed that film is basically a visual experience and opted for a far more cryptic presentation of the story. He wanted the film to hit the audience in their hearts, minds and stomachs unlike any other film primarily concentrated on the story and economic, practical ways of telling it to the viewers. 2001: A Space Odyssey, therefore, has more in common with the art of music or painting, as many experts pointed out long before we did.
....The visual side of the film was something unprecedented, the special effects were astonishing and breathtaking, while many experts hailed Kubrick for the incredibly accurate depictions of space flight. Each and every detail during production was supervised by the filmmaker, each and every problem that occurred in the creative or practical phase of development was surmounted by Kubrick with the help and ingenuity of the experts he surrounded himself with.