I don't need edge-of-seat action in my movies. Les Miserables, my favorite film of all time, is a long and slow film. The problem is that 2001 has two hours, but it doesn't use them for anything. It's like the producers were given a bunch of money and instead of a decent plot, decent actors or anything like that, they used it on fancy SFX and orchestral pieces. Now, good effects and great music are always nice, but they shouldn't have to carry the film. LesMis is 156 minutes long, and I'd say a good 130 of those minutes are dedicated to plot, and the 26 not dedicated to plot are scattered evenly throughout the film. The plot is what's important to me. When I talk about 2001, I typically explain it with this: Let me explain the plot, or rather, lack thereof.