Do you consider 2001 “boring?”

The opening is superb and the visuals and effects are breathtaking considering the year in which the movie was produced. It is very slow, however, and I'd by lying if I said I didn't find it a tad boring. Partly that has to do with not finding the characters all that interesting or relatable. On the other hand, I'm a massive fan of Star Trek: The Motion Picture - a movie clearly heavily inspired by 2001 and which mimics it to a certain extent.