There wasn't better acting in 2010, there was simply a lot more acting, much more dialog, and very different direction. I'm not sure how different 2001 could po

There wasn't better acting in 2010, there was simply a lot more acting, much more dialog, and very different direction. I'm not sure how different 2001 could possibly have been if Kubrick had directed Charlton Heston as Heywood Floyd, for example.