Is like: "Exogenesis Symphony: The movie. "
Really great movie with great effects. Some parts especially near the end progressed way too fast in my opinion. Overall great movie.
The plot is intense...I'm still thinking about it one night after watching the movie. All the stars for the photography and scenography. It was amazing!
Beautiful movie, can't stop thinking about everything on it.
Still one of the best movies I've ever seen. The soundtrack is a must!
Great movie. Would definitely recommend for any sci fi fan.
what a great movie. i come back every year to watch it again. it's almost like a ritual at this point. if you're thinking about watching it, don't think, just watch it. it's that good
This movie is one of those movies that make you feel emotional and amazed. This movie tells the story of a farmer who used to be an astronaut. An apocalyptic story where a group of scientists are looking for a way to find a replacement planet for Earth. The focus of this movie is based on the difference in the passage of time in different planets, which is well shown in this movie. The soundtrack of this movie is a masterpiece! A true masterpiece! By watching this movie, secrets will be revealed to you that will amaze you.
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My first time watching it since seeing it at the cinema when it was first released. Some parts hit softer the second time round but for the most part it stands up well. An incredibly well crafted film: the cinematography, the acting, the music. All wonderful.
A Masterpiece from Cristopher Nolan. The history, the Music, the conceps. The only
OMG! That's what I call: a fantastic movie! :clap::clap::heart_eyes:
Though simply a stunning sci-fi adventure at face value, Interstellar's touching storyline—built around mind-bending paradoxes, and supported by a hair-raising soundtrack—is its real forté. A memorable and powerfully-emotional watch.
Turn the volume ALL THE WAY UP.
The first time I had seen Interstellar, I had so many "issues" to complain about. The flaws, illogical elements - too much of a burden for a rating higher than 7. Than I watched it a second time a year later, and a third time right now. The past frustrations don't matter that much anymore (while still valid) and there is just appreciation for a wonderful story about humans.
Great movie. Wanted to watch it for over a year but only got to watch it now.
Nice scientific detailing and touching moments.
The plot on the other hand wasnt all that great
If you get past the potential believability problem of this movie it is far more enjoyable. So, watch it and put your reality check in park. Just enjoy the ride; and man what a ride! #ShiftvW8
An emotional, beautiful journey into the unknown.
I love Nolan, and this is a fact. I find it a brilliant director, perhaps controversial, but brilliant. Interstellar is a real journey in the universe. Exceptional actors, dubbing unusually perfectly timed, physical theories reproduced in detail (who will see the film will understand) and an almost obsessive attention to detail, combined with an exceptional direction that Nolan has accustomed us, already make Interstellar the movie of his year. To give that extra, though, and make Interstellar a masterpiece that will remain in history, is the soundtrack of the master Hans Zimmer which is the best part of the film, not to demerits of the other sectors, but it is really something exceptional, capable to accompany the most of every scene and then suddenly interrupted by the deafening silence of space.
It was good, but, I really think that it needs to be viewed at the theater /iMax to thoroughly enjoy the film.
Thumbs up!
Even better the second time!!
From a technical standpoint, this film is a fitting successor to Kubrick's 2001 in both quality and science accuracy. Emotionally, it's a heartbreaking tale about love, trust, betrayal and hope. However, Interstellar isn't a movie I'll care to watch again or buy, unlike Inception (my favorite Nolan film). I felt that so many plot holes were left open, found some of the characters so shallow and too emotionally driven given the stakes at play. Even the end feels somewhat as a disappointment to me, in every sense. In the end, it lacks from logic plot-wise and it plays the heart-love card way too often. Then again, the old school VFX are top notch and enjoyable. However, the story is thin, thin as paper, and I hate the fact that technology in Interstellar only works as much as the plot needs it to work, otherwise is useless or not advanced enough. Which is true in all movies, particularly sci-fi films, but it’s not supposed to feel like it at this extent, in detriment of the experience.
Amazing movie. My only issue was the sound in my local IMAX was so loud I couldn't hear some of the dialog because it was coming across as static to my ears. Everyone I was with agreed that it was uncomfortably loud.
An incredible experience! Not the best movie, but very good visuals and a surprising story more based on the human condition than the space stuff. I thought a lot about 2001: A Space Odyssey during this movie, which IMO wasn't the best, but a very good cinematic experiment.
A perfect blend of Inception and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
As a friend of mine aptly put it: "A film that even Kubrick would have been proud of".
I finally got around to watching Interstellar after all this time last night and boy... I thought that the movie was just fantastic. I'm kind of baffled at why there is so much hate for the movie. There are maybe a couple of plot holes and inconsistencies here and there while some things go beyond the scope of "believable science" but damn if it isn't one hell of an enjoyable movie.
It's definitely on the long side but I was so engrossed throughout the entire movie that I just didn't care. Great performances by the McCounaghey and Anne Hathaway in this one along with a fantastic soundtrack. Don't listen to all the hate and watch it if you're up for one hell of an adventure (albeit a long one).
as another Nolan's movie this movie is great too , his prediction about Black hole now became reality
While it isn't a perfect film and the ending could have been improved, Interstellar nevertheless is an ambitious, character driven, epic space drama that offers fantastic visuals and terrific performances and is a true heir to 2001 a space odyssey.
"Interstellar" is Nolan's best work so far. Absolutely brilliant with a perfect balance between the narrative and the amazing technique and skills of one of the best directors of the modern cinema. An emotional/humanely journey escorted by a flawless photography and Zimmer's stunning score. Audacious, intelligent and masterful. "Love is the one thing that transcends time and space". Love is the ultimate dimension.
A brilliant '2001 space oddisee'-like real science fiction movie we haven't seen since the first Matrixx movie.
Don't deserve all the 10 he got !
It's good, but not a "masterpiece" or else.
Too long ! 45 minutes too long to begin with.
Refreshing and really moving movie. Couldn't help but cry tears of joy
8.7/10
Loved it. Started out a little bored, but I always am a fan of seeing different people's ideas of what it's like out in space. Contact is still my favorite though.
Top bucket, plus it's one of those movies everyone needs to see.
The only reason I am not giving this a 6 is because of the last 30 minutes - the rest of the film wasn't that good. If the last 30 minutes weren't there, this would be given a 6 at the highest. I'm actually quite sad this wasn't better because I absolutely space films, and this one is just nowhere near as good as people make it out to be. It's overrated. I had many problems with it and several parts were just flat out stupid. One of the more worse space films I've seen.
Love? Really? I was entertained, but....
I am so conflicted about this film. Beautiful moments interspersed with bad writing. Argh.
I avoided this movie like the plague because it looked so, so, so boring. Then I finally got around to seeing it and it was great. And touching. I like this more than Inception. I'm not crazy about Inception.
This film was visually stunning. Nolan's ability to capture feelings of expanse and loneliness in interstellar travel was perfection. The plot felt messy toward the end, and the conclusion was underwhelming. In my opinion, the fact that Cooper escaped the tesseract lessened the emotional impact. Nevertheless, this movie was thought-provoking and emotionally driven. The soundtrack is a masterpiece.
I liked it. It's one of the few longer movies that didn't get me bored. Even though towards the end I was sometimes thinking about its length which threw me out of the "flow". Especially in longer scenes but I was still always thrilled and eager to know what will happen. As in many films you could guess there would be some kind of happy end but I couldn't predict about anything else. I got into this without any expectations besides people telling me it's a great film. What I liked the most about it is that it has a story I have never seen like this before. With all the sequels and remakes today it was really nice getting into an original story like this. And even though it was a bit long, it's still fascinating how Nolan told a story with such a long timespan in so "little" time.
Probably Nolan’s most technically impressive, and the performances are pretty great.
Terrific work by Hans Zimmer and Hoyte van Hoytema as well.
Some of the exposition is a bit poorly done (Cooper doesn’t know how a worm hole works when they’re already in space?), but the bigger problem is that it turns into a Spielberg film in the third act.
The movie suddenly stops being scientific and becomes a whimsical fantasy, which feels like a cheat. It really should’ve ended about 15 minutes earlier than it did.
It doesn’t ruin the film, but it’s a big stain on what could’ve been one of Nolan’s best.
8/10
I watched it right after Zetsuen no Tempest and dealing with Novikov self-consistency principle, this movie just scalates it higher...
Great movie, for someone as me that HATES “Space" movies, it was very entertaining for a two and a half hour movie.
Yes this film is a cinematic achievement in every sense of the word - incredible screenplay, incredible cgi, cinematography, editing, directing and soundtrack. As mind-blowing and testing as the story manages to be, in the end what stays is the love between a father and a daughter. Science-fiction isn’t my thing so this could never really become a personal favourite, but I am happy to objectively praise its prowesses.
I have a problem with the development of female characters
Good nthat. What sucked was everything wrapping up so neatly
August 2020 - Coronavirus Lockdown REVIEW - I've just walked out of an IMAX showing of this movie and I'm exhausted but very happy. Interstellar is one of those films you have to be in the mood for and be ready to see it in the best way possible. The local Odeon IMAX screen literally shook my seat during this film. I found it mind bending and exhilerating, thoughtful and shocking, but mostly feeling thoroughly entertained... the 3 hours flew by. There's no doubt about it... Christopher Nolan is a genius and I am so looking forwatd to rewatching Inception next weekend and Tenet the weekend after. I can thoroughly recommend this movie - probably my best experience at a cinema... ever! 8.5/10
One of the best sci fi movies of all time.
The story is exceptional and offers many wonderful twists.
This was a good and original film... With Nolan you always expect more but have to say it's within the standard one can expect from his films
Great movie, but the ending was just disappointing
It's an excellent story, with excellent acting, and excellent photography. the only thing holding it back is the script. When exploring things that are illogical and comparing them to things that are strictly logical you either have to be quite vague about it or you have to pick the absolute perfect words to explain it. I do not have a problem with doing either of these but any time any character started spouting shit about Love being the only thing to transcend time it ruined the immersion completely and I (a person who has no scientific training whatsoever) could even tell that Nolan didn't know where the fuck he was going with it. The enormous leaps in logic aside, it is a very good movie.
A very good film but too long, little chemistry and too complex to be a great one. McConaughey puts in yet another fantastic performance though.
First of all, I'm not really sure why people are getting over-excited about this movie - is it because of Nolan or in-depth sci-fi element in the plot. Some even say the movie is complicated which not many people can understand.
From what I can gather and putting aside the sci-fi wow effect, it's all about human's survival of the fittest nature shown through each characters. That's the main drive force of the movie.
Nolan put a lot of effort in making every scene count and important thus explains why the length -trust me it's still interesting though. However, the film's actual excitement is only kicking off when Cooper's journey into the black hole.
Talking about Coop, Matthew's performance was top-notch.
I have seen people praise on how beautiful the outer-space portrayal, I think they never seen the movie Gravity before.
In the end, it's probably an almost realistic portrayal of outer-space exploration from to end to end along with some space/time theory explanation. The time relativity scene (HUGE tsunami scene) was a bomb though.
La vi ayer, y me ha gustado mucho. Está claro que los Nolan, o te encantan o los odias, y a mí me encantan. Es una película de ciencia ficción, pero que juega mucho con los valores humanos, con lo mejor y lo peor de nosotros mismos, y sobretodo con el esfuerzo por hacer las cosas mejor, y el sentido de la supervivencia. Hay momentos de "paranoia" (en plan "too many drugs brothers"...) pero que se acoplan con momentos de claridad total de ideas, y la mezcla de ciencia con ficción está muy bien conseguida. Me han encantado McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, M. Caine y la niña; y creo que Anne Hathaway ha quedado un poco por detrás del resto de actores, aunque tampoco lo hace mal (pero no llega a la profundidad y a transmitir lo que lo hacen el resto). En cualquier caso, es emotiva, tiene acción (para mí sobraba el momento Michael Bay), un malo (para mí también sobraba este momento, aunque entiendo que es para hablar de lo peor del ser humano), imágenes espectaculares, y una banda sonora de Hans Zimmer que como siempre lo borda.
If rating on just pure ambition and the attempt to instill wonder, this would undoubtedly be rated higher, but there is enough issues there to bring down the movie. Outside the problems I had with the science (bootstrap paradox, missing interactions, choices in the planets) the overall themes felt a bit ham fisted and forced at times. Sentimentality and love don't have to be corny, but they came close several times here. I would have liked a bit more exploration and some more inspired shots in the movie as a whole. Nothing felt as cool and fresh as the rotating hallway in Inception. There were serious problems with the sound mixing, making dialogue unintelligible and the usual Nolan exposition, though I mostly give that a pass because of the concepts that were being employed in the movie. Despite the complaints, there were moments of true awe in this movie, and that is not easy to accomplish these days. It pushes a lot of boundaries and ideas, and that's worth a lot, even if it doesn't succeed at everything it set out to do.
I really liked the science aspects of this movie, and how real everything felt. But then it ends with "Black Holes are magic time portals". It was kind of annoying.
I also felt all the human survival stuff and the constant "Do not go gentle into that good night" was a little pretentious, and I was kind of sick of it before the movie was over.
I liked the movie otherwise though. That's the thing about a movie that is 3 hours long. Even if you aren't enjoying parts of it, there are so many other things to focus on instead.
Yay, space!
Shhh! I'm actually in a top-secret government space program called Secret NASA, or SNASA.
Wow. SNASA? Do you go to the moon and stuff?
Well, not the moon you're familiar with. Though I have been to the smoon.
Viene a estar a medio camino entre Contact, 2001 y el 3º arco argumental de "The Authority" con Jenny Sparks, todo ello con la grandilocuencia bien entendida habitual de Nolan, entre la aventura pura y el tono levemente aleccionador. No llega a ser la película definitiva sobre la búsqueda de otros mundos que muchos (yo) esperábamos por alguna concesión sentimental (para mi gusto) pero casi. Y como siempre, un entretenimiento de primera. Y a Hans Zimmer deberían mandarle YA el Oscar a la mejor banda sonora.
You will never see a film like this
I would say that this is a good movie but not great. I love these kinds of movies. I loved Contact (Robert Zemeckis), felt transported. Again felt transported by Sunshine (Danny Boyle), but did not feel transported by this movie. I was aware at all time I’m watching a movie. I’m not sure exactly why but probably part to some bad acting, bad storytelling and some very bad choices.
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Casting Matt Damon was probably too much. I also didn’t like the robot. It didn’t feel realistic at all. Nolan trying to have something different went too far. No way I can accept that a big ridiculous wall is a reasonable shape for an intelligent walking robot. It screams look how clever we are.
Also it was a bad idea to cast Ellen Burstyn as old Murph. That’s the most important emotional moment of the movie and immediately you feel it’s someone else, it’s not Murph. I think even if they had used Jessica Chastain in a bad old makeup, it would have been better.This movie is good but it is not great.
A typical Nolan movie where you scratch your head going.. WTF did I just watch!!!
The plot is very engaging, visually very well done, with interesting (albeit expensive) scientific solutions. The the script is however full of American sci-fi-style tricks to make everything working. It starts like a not so good Spielberg-like story, to improve in the second half.
One of the most stunning since the legendary "2001: A Space Odyssey," which overwhelms the viewer with science fiction, experimental film, psychological drama, psychological thriller, and a background knowledge of physics. A blockbuster that is the white-hot best of Mr. Christopher Nolan's work. To be honest, "Inception" and "The Dark Knight" are not my favorites, but the truly astonishing ending is a real eye-opener. The beautiful computer graphics technology, combined with the development of the story, creates a brilliantly shivering universe that stands as a masterpiece of science fiction thriller that towers over the long history of American cinema.
Nolan Fanboys: if you don't like the movie, you're just to dumb for it.
I think, if a movie spend most of the time with boring explanations and most of the people don't get the ending, maybe it is something wrong with the movie, not the people. And yeah, there are some wrong things in this movie. It is way too long, the scenes on earth don't have the emotional impact that Nolan wants (maybe because he never learned how to write good female protagonists). The space scenes are wonderful and Hans Zimmer is still the GOAT of movie scores, but again to many explanations, to many scenes that are in the movie because because they are beautiful and a Matt Damon character that doesn't fit in the rest of the movie. The acting of nearly all actors is definitely on point.
Nolan Fanboys will keep ignoring the flaws of the movie and hate on everyone who doesn't like it, and Nolan haters will just pointing out the flaws. I think the right rating of the movie is somewhere in the middle.
I can't stand Anne Hathaway in this movie.
“Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Christopher Nolan’s epic space odyssey Interstellar is a sweeping adventure that’s full of wonder. Set in an apocalyptic future where a blight is killing off plant life and transforming the Earth’s atmosphere, NASA launches a desperate mission to save humanity by exploring three potentially habitable planets that lie on the other side of a newly formed wormhole. The special effects are amazing, and Nolan presents an incredible vision of space travel. Additionally, the cast is especially good, featuring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, and Mackenzie Foy. However, the storytelling is a little muddled at times and takes on more than it can effectively cover; resulting in some plot holes and contrivances. Yet the ambitiousness of Interstellar is impressive and delivers a spectacular journey through space and time.
Its overrated, i think. This movie is a victim of the popular culture.
Movie is alright. You might need to see it twice to get it.
its so complex abd confusing but the end of the movie is damn good
So... great acting and the effects where equally great. The story was good and new (afaik) but it somehow didn't draw me. Liked it but will probably never watch it again. But do watch it. At least once.
No te fíes de las cosas correctas que se hacen por la razón equivocada.
Que salir ahí fuera me haga sentir que es para lo que he nacido, y me emocione, no quiere decir que me equivoque.
Visually stunning. Great score thanks to Hans Zimmer. But the rest of the movie.... Okay acting, the film is slow-paced. All I can say is that this movie is overrated.
Welll... this was a bit disappointing...
Too many pieces of the movie that could've been dropped to the cutting room floor.
The "inside the event horizon" bit was laughable when it wasn't supposed to be.
And although the ending was unnecessary, they didn't cut it too short and finished it as it should although I would've let the film end at him floating around Saturn.
I gave it a 7 only because of the Dolby Atmos experience.....
Many people in cinema have been nice, somewhat obscure, but Nolan it is much Nolan
it's good film,Le meilleur film au monde.
I'm not a fan of Space Movies. And this film does not make it better. Towards the end of the film is too crazy. The special effects are really great, but that's about it.
With a score of 8.8/10 on iMDb I was somehow expecting more. yes good effects, yes good performances but glacial pace of progress allowed the fidgets to set in.
Overly long and for me too confusing. Best movie of 2014 for some, but not for me!
So... we live in an age where Nolan now has THREE movies in the IMDB Top 20. Figures the word masterpiece is thrown around. I'm not exactly sure anymore what the requirement to achieve that is but I fail to see how Interstellar can be one by objective means anyways.
The movie to it's credit is ambitious and has some visually impressive scenes in there but the it isn't really that much about interstellar travels but is loaded with very simple 'mainstream' american themes which lead to the excessive runtime.
The problem the people on earth have to overcome and leads to everything happening is actually interesting but is handled very poorly, painting mankind as rather stupid in progress but whatever your excuse is for having to make plot happen... right?
I don't want to get spoiler-y so lets just say that after an hour it gets to magic land and is riddled with exposition, dumb scientists and predictable waste of screentime. The whole thing stands on such a weak foundation it is sad really. No matter the scale, I don't think I recently saw something as full of plotholes as this.
I'm not calling the movie terrible but it's a flawed mixture of things other movies did better.
I don't know why, but the entire time I was watching this I kept feeling as if the director really didn't want to make a science fiction movie, but wanted to make a psychological thriller and couldn't get that funded so had to wrap it in the trappings of a science fiction movie in order to get the cash.
Not bad, but it's too typical making it predictable in many ways. By taking a step towards a new level of knowledge, we have to put the other foot on a new moral rung, and this is not respected in the movie.
Questions like this: "What is the reason that moves the human being to continue with his determination to know, despite having recognized the impossibility of reaching the truth?" They remain unanswered. If you expect a deep message, it's not your movie.
Hollywood sappiness doesn’t work well with hard sci-fi with philosophical overtones. “Interstellar” is an entertaining film with spectacular sequences, moving moments, and thought-provoking themes, but at the same time, it’s brought down by easy narrative choices and ridiculous monologues that sound like they were taken from a Sailor Moon episode. I know that directors and writers have to make compromises when working with huge budgets, but I wish they could balance out the film’s two souls more tastefully. If the ultimate objective was to talk about feelings and family, something shorter and simpler would have worked better.
M. Great integration of concepts
Excellent up until the point where he gets into the black hole, then every element of the film collectively jumps the shark.
The basic idea behind this film is quite good, it's just that the script was obviously written by a typical hollywood idiot. A former Nasa pilot that is 'so called' perfect to lead a mission into deep space after he stumbles in the door? Or the 'so called' genius who spends 23 years doing nothing?
I wouldn't even mind if they remade this film completely, left the script and acting exactly the same, but can they please get some actors in that can actually speak?! OPEN YOUR MOUTHS AND ARTICULATE!!! I had to turn the English subtitles on just to understand what everyone was saying!
Yes good visuals and the sound effects were quite good, but if I can't hear the dialogue, what's the bloody point?!
I didn't like it much. Actually I considered leaving the cinema once every hour or so.
Interstellar is a part-time apocalyptic movie, part-time family drama, part-time 2001 make over, part-time enterprise and part-time starwars movie (funny robot, eh). So it committs to nothing at all. It also fails to have a strong message.
I didn't like the 2001 inspired score. I guess this contributed heavily to my not liking the movie.
As every Christopher Nolan's film - piece of shit. Boring. I barely could watch on the McConaughey face, he is so ugly.
Yes, it does have space. But most of all it's very very very looong. Wouldn't have finished it if I didn't see it in the cinema.
Po-ver-ty. (Esta página culiá no me deja escribir tres sílabas solamente. Bring Miso back! Bai)
It's like Ghost with Patrick Swayze, just longer, less credible and more self righteous. No, really, Ghost made more sense than this film. But okay, let's set aside physics for a moment: The plot itself doesn't make sense. There's more: half of McConaughey's lines are irritatingly whispered for no reason. But the best is when Cooper ends up you-know-where (no spoilers): I remember myself repeating countless times: "Really...? No, Really?!"
I love Nolan but can't believe he did a mess like this. I can't believe millions of people praise this thing either!
What a complete borefest this was. Worst film I’ve seen in a long time. Totally over-rated. Confusing storyline and no idea of what’s happening in space or what they’re trying to achieve, or even if successful. Did not care what happened to any of the characters. This is only for science fiction fans, as I only watched it thinking it had to be good cause of the high rating, but I was cheated. I give this 1/10.
Nothing, nothing of this film, falls in set "A Movie", everything go directly in set "B Movie wannabe"
Interstellar is a terribly pretentious film, attempting in every way to develop a plot that is both epic and intellectual, failing in both regards. The use of scientific consultations to 'create a realistic film' is laughable. There would be nothing wrong with creating a scientifically inaccurate film; in fact, the suspension of disbelief serves precisely this purpose. However, for a cinematic product to base much of its aura on the foundations of presumed scientific accuracy, only to then fall short of these premises, seems significant to me. Assuming that scientific accuracy is an added artistic value in cinema. The conclusion of the story (not of the film, so I am not spoiling anything) is that, from film to film, Nolan earns the title of a rigorously realistic, almost mathematical director. Want a real example of a 'mathematical' director? Watch a Kubrick film!
A Christopher Nolan movie about Albert Einstein's theories of gravity fields, wormholes and several hypotheses :O :O :O
Yaaaahoooooooo - I CAN NOT WAIT!
saw it earlier tonight in the cinema. what a great movie, awesome sound effects and great pictures. that is what cinema means. movie of the year. 'nuff said... WATCH IT!!!
Interstellar was alright.
To start with, the opening was very clunky. Obviously some exposition was necessary but it wasn't done naturally at all. Here, meet Cooper, just your average, every day engineer-scientist-quantum-physicist-drone-programmer-explorer-pioneer-farmer-pilot. Avoiding information dumps isn't really either Nolan's strong suit and while later on, especially on the space ship, expository dialogue is definitely necessary considering the subject matter, it still comes across as awkward. Cooper is occasionally an expert on things that should be beyond him (which, of course, he conveniently explains for you), while at other times he's completely clueless about things that he should really know about in his position (which, of course, somebody else conveniently explains for you). Cooper isn't the only one guilty of this though, everybody else on the spaceship likewise seem very ill-prepared for such a trip.
Speaking of characters who aren't Cooper, everybody else's characterisation is terrible. You don't know anything at all about two members of the crew, and somehow you're meant to care about one of their completely avoidable deaths (come on, he got to the ship first, he could have easily gotten in without getting in the way of TARS)? Somehow you're also meant to care about My Cocaine's death (which I'll get to in a moment) because he's a father of somebody? They're not even shown to have a close relationship or anything, it seemed more just an excuse to make a big reveal (which I'll also get to in a moment). His daughter, Anne Hathaway's character, also doesn't seem to have much of a personality until it turns out that hey, she's actually in love with this person you've never met. Even this "aspect" of her otherwise bland character seems to just have been added in as a lazy way to flesh her out and add unnecessary conflict. On the subject of unnecessary conflict, both the children, Murph and Tom, make really irrational decisions. When Murph tells Tom that he should move to save his family, he gets really upset because... who knows? And then even though he's given up hope on his dad, it's magically all okay later on when, after burning his crops, Murph tells him some nonsense about "hey, it was him all along, it was him, our father sob". Prior to that of course, Murph's been holding a grudge against Cooper for like three decades, even though she knew for a large chunk of that what he was up to, after she began work at NASA. This relationship gets all sorted out when she has her magical realisation that the ghost was Cooper all along even though that's just a huge leap of faith and there's nothing to indicate that might be the case, unless, of course, it was ~love~ (which, yes, I'll get to in a moment too).
Back to the death bed scene. It had terrible sound mixing as you struggled to understand what My Cocaine was saying at all, but even worse it lacked any emotional significance as mentioned above, instead serving to make the reveal that he never wanted to go with Plan A all along. Of course, like all final words, it also ends with a very convenient moment where, instead of letting Murph know that her father didn't know anything about this, he decides to recite a poem because you gotta have that pointless ambiguity and conflict. This big reveal about it ends up removing any tension that might have happened when you get told the same twist later by Matt Damon; there's no emotional impact as you were just told that ten minutes ago and you've had that whole time to let it sink in. Instead, you're just sitting there for a couple of minutes waiting for the characters on screen to come to terms with it.
Now to the script. The script was terrible. The expository dialogue was really bad, as mentioned above, and there were just so many cheesy lines in it. All the idealistic things that were being spouted out just made me roll my eyes, with all the "we're pioneers, humanity was born here, but we weren't meant to die here" crap. And of course love transcends time and space and everything. Anne Hathaway knows that one planet is better than the other because of ~love~. The whole reason Cooper can contact Murph and all that is because of ~love~. Love conquers all, man.
For some more minor things, using Morse code to be able to communicate data related to astrophysics and then magically using this to "solve" gravity is just dumb. Messing with time didn't always work out like somebody casually waiting for 23 years and then acting like it's nothing when they see humans for the first time again, or how Jason Bourne can sprint back to the station in five minutes when it clearly took at least an hour to walk from. A lot of the things with planets wouldn't really work: all the waves stuff, how shallow the water is and their drop, solid ice clouds, the fact that they can escape from a planet with 130% gravity just in their spaceship, but whatever, I've tried to avoid criticising the science because it's not really a big deal and even though it's sort of set up as being a realistic film, it's still just a movie. Besides, the science is mostly theoretical and speculation anyway so who knows, they might not be wrong about anything at all (they are). How come nobody cares what Cooper got up to in the 100 years he was gone? Also that's not what Murphy's law is.
Of course, it does a lot right, in particular the visual effects were really good and the score was absolutely outstanding, it definitely added a lot to the atmosphere, as did the use of silence. The docking, the way the takeoff was handled, entering the wormhole and some other scenes were really well-done too. TARS was great.
Now, despite having written all that, I'd still recommend watching it, especially in a cinema. I can definitely admire the film's scope and I'm really glad that somebody's able to attempt something like this while still having it be considered mainstream cinema. However, the people who are saying it's one of the best films of all time are absolutely kidding themselves; I'm yet to see Insomnia, but otherwise Interstellar is Nolan's second worst film, ahead of only TDKR. Of course, the fact that I've written so much about it obviously means I care and it certainly was thought-provoking and visually splendid, so even if I had a lot of issues with it, you should watch it if you haven't already and who knows, maybe you'll love it. At the very least, it's definitely Nolan's most ambitious film to date.
Possibly the best film I have ever watched
Shout by DeletedBlockedParent2017-12-15T10:23:01Z
It looks beautiful, sounds beautiful, and an all around amazing movie. Everything from the story, to the characters, to the visuals and soundtrack was top-notch and made Interstellar a great and immersive experience.