The contrary. The closing sequence after astronaut Bowman steps out of the pod I personally rank among the most important scenes in movie history, a fitting end to a movie that's a documentary in speculative format rather than a SF movie, more about experiencing than watching. In those final scenes everything comes together: the viewer sees himself through Bowman, so does Kubrick the director who projects the images that follow: Bowman sees himself as an older man sitting at a table... who watches his older self in his death bed.... silence. To me, it is a deeply emotional experience.