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It's well worth it, I think. There's no getting round the fact that it was one of the central films in science fiction cinema, and if nothing else, some of the shots, designs, and thematic techniques have become absolutely iconic.
I like the film very much, and I think that it is one of the few science fiction films that have really retained their character as pieces of cinematic art, rather than just amusing entertainment.
That said, it is flawed. The script, editing, and photography are not in harmony with each other, and the situation has not been helped by the studio releasing a multitude of different cuts. I recommend the director's cut: I think it felt the cleanest and most coherent to me.
It's worth seeing the film, despite its flaws, just to see the entirety of the piece of art, and just to be able to recognize its influences when they pop up in other films.
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Dull sublunary lovers love,
Whose soul is sense, cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
That thing which elemented it.
(From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)
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