iristhecamel
aka Holly is a 22.74 year old girl, has been a member since June 3, 2007, has scored 399 submissions, giving an average score of 2.65, helping 11 designs get printed.
I actually have never read the book, Sir_Minimus, but I can completely see where you are coming from, there are so many movies out there that fail to translate to the screen. However, if you set aside any preconceived notions or even a relationship with the book, you have to fall in love with the cinematography, the acting, the timelessness of the movie. Or not ;-)
I found this interesting though-
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film version and published after the release of the film. - wikipedia.org