I saw this film at the cinema on release - stuck in traffic that was worsening, I took the sideroads and went the cinema to pass the time more usefully... I liked it then, didn't love it.
I still don't love it but I've watched it again since then. Once more when it came out on Bluray and just now, some 6 years after release.
The bits that annoyed me then only grate on me now.
They are: - the dialogue volume is atrocious. McConaughey mumbles and growls for the whole film but it's across the board. Just raise the damn volume of the dialogue... - The soundtrack isn't to my taste. Too emotionless a pallette for my tastes. - though it seems like you need a degree in physics to watch this, you don't. The scriptwriters are just using the concept of more physically-manipulable dimensions to write their way out of a hole.
Personal irritations: - The meet-up with the daughter irritates me. He's been away for 90 years or so, I believe. And they spend less than an hour meeting before he takes off again... - Anne Hathaway. I get a feeling of insincerity off her and don't rate her as an actor. When you see her being interviewed, you see how faux she is in normal life and it is exactly visible on screen. However, what she takes from the screen, Jessica Chastain returns with interest! She does fantastically with a role that she shares with other actors.
I think it's an excellent movie. It just isn't perfect. But it is far better than say Gravity and less enjoyable as a film as The Martian. It is a more serious affair yet it relies on cheap thrills so it cannot really consider itself a superior effort.
Review by PorterUkVIP 5BlockedParent2020-11-05T01:20:13Z
I saw this film at the cinema on release - stuck in traffic that was worsening, I took the sideroads and went the cinema to pass the time more usefully... I liked it then, didn't love it.
I still don't love it but I've watched it again since then. Once more when it came out on Bluray and just now, some 6 years after release.
The bits that annoyed me then only grate on me now.
They are:
- the dialogue volume is atrocious. McConaughey mumbles and growls for the whole film but it's across the board. Just raise the damn volume of the dialogue...
- The soundtrack isn't to my taste. Too emotionless a pallette for my tastes.
- though it seems like you need a degree in physics to watch this, you don't. The scriptwriters are just using the concept of more physically-manipulable dimensions to write their way out of a hole.
Personal irritations:
- The meet-up with the daughter irritates me. He's been away for 90 years or so, I believe. And they spend less than an hour meeting before he takes off again...
- Anne Hathaway. I get a feeling of insincerity off her and don't rate her as an actor. When you see her being interviewed, you see how faux she is in normal life and it is exactly visible on screen. However, what she takes from the screen, Jessica Chastain returns with interest! She does fantastically with a role that she shares with other actors.
I think it's an excellent movie. It just isn't perfect. But it is far better than say Gravity and less enjoyable as a film as The Martian. It is a more serious affair yet it relies on cheap thrills so it cannot really consider itself a superior effort.
8.25/10