Exactly! I don't know how possible it all is, but my dad did physics at uni and he actually complimented that side of things. And that's enough for me.
Film Interstellar
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It was entertaining. The Hathaway parts and the bookshelf nonsense was lame though. Overall, 7/10 but way too fecking long.
If you were referring to me in that...I was just trying to defend some of the criticisms of the film
I really loved it on my first viewing and didn't notice any of the plotholes other people picked up.Nah, wasn't aimed at you.If you were referring to me in that...I was just trying to defend some of the criticisms of the film
Ok thanks. Don't want to be at the receiving end of that machete you carry around...(I think that was you?)
It wasn't me. It was an old friend of mine.Sorry. I think I read that post before I had even signed up for Red Cafe...it managed to stick in my mind for this long
legendary postIt has it's detractors but for me personally it was wonderful. It just struck a chord/hit an emotion nerve with me which made it more special.
It does have its flaws but I've not experienced anything like it. especially in IMAX. That was just magnificent.
It does have its flaws but I've not experienced anything like it. especially in IMAX. That was just magnificent.
Right bit late to the party but took the plunge and saw this today. Made me feel strangely emotional, I felt moved by the film and yet for quite a long part of the film I found myself frustrated at the pacing of the film, the science of the film and Anne Hathaway who I hate having to look at. Yet overall, the feeling I got from the film was a positive one.
Strange head feck of a film for me, 8/10.
Strange head feck of a film for me, 8/10.
Good movie, some of it doesn't make sense, but its a blockbuster, and has a very emotional central relationship between father and daughter that might get you a bit teary eyed. Also, it looks beautiful and the music is fantastic.
Nolan does clever blockbusters well, Inception, Interstellar, The Dark Knight Trilogy. Great director.
Rewatched this now that I have a young daughter. Was completely unprepared for the way it would hit me.
Used to think the docking scene was about as intense as cinema could get, I was wrong. The end scene had me sobbing. Haven’t cried like that in a long time, and probably won’t again until 18:30 tomorrow.
Used to think the docking scene was about as intense as cinema could get, I was wrong. The end scene had me sobbing. Haven’t cried like that in a long time, and probably won’t again until 18:30 tomorrow.
- Murph: [as Cooper holds his now elderly daughter's hands] Nobody believed me, but I knew you'd come back.
- Cooper: How?
- Murph: ...Because my dad promised me.
Same!
Can't pick between this and Avatar for the ultimate IMAX experience.
Yep. I do rate some other Nolan movies more (Memento, The Prestige), but Interstellar is the one who emotionally easily gets the most out of me. One of the most beutiful (and quite imaginative) portrays of father - daughter connection.
He didnt give a sh*t about his farmer-boy son though.
How did Timothee turn into Casey.
Personally it's my favourite Nolan film. Really would love to watch it in the cinema. I missed it when it was released.
I IMAXed it with a friend on release and I thought it was visually great, but that it was just a 'good' film compared to Nolan's other films. There were lots of parts I liked, but the ending didn't hit the first time around. My mate was quite annoyed with the ending and openly sighed in the cinema during
that whole bookcase sequence at the end.
He really didn't like that and isn't one to hold back on his opinions. I just nodded and smiled at the time.On my second viewing at home (blu-ray) I thought it was excellent. Every viewing afterwards has further cemented that. It's now one of my all-time favourite films. It's a classic film that I hold in the same regard as films like E.T. and Close Encounters. It's got the same magic and awe and wonder, imo.
Agreed. The whole scene where he's made his decision and is trying to say goodbye to Murph broke me in the cinema. I actually found a very good connection with Cooper in the film which made the emotion easy to hook into.
I think it's ok not to use spoilers for this film guys.
Which is pretty fair, annoying twat.
Ok movie that needed the whole final act to be left on the cutting room floor.
Thought it was very good first time, watched it 5 or 6 times since and one now of my favourites … still a great watch even though I know the plot twists, especially the main one.
Visually superb (needs a big screen), very good cast, good plot (patient, couple of major twists I didn’t see) and made me want to watch again….. after I’d gone away and googled ’explain Interstellar‘ to try and get my head around what had happened. Took a few attempts if I’m being honest because I’m absolutely sh!t at physics/theory stuff and my brain sulks and says “no, don’t like it, not listening, nah nah nah”.
I’m normally quite quick on likely twists but this and Arrival got me. Still remember my mate after Arrival saying “so you get xxxxxxxx?” and me going “ohhhhh, get it now”. Looks like I have a blind spot.
8.5/10
@Dirty Schwein … nine years on, like it any better?
Visually superb (needs a big screen), very good cast, good plot (patient, couple of major twists I didn’t see) and made me want to watch again….. after I’d gone away and googled ’explain Interstellar‘ to try and get my head around what had happened. Took a few attempts if I’m being honest because I’m absolutely sh!t at physics/theory stuff and my brain sulks and says “no, don’t like it, not listening, nah nah nah”.
I’m normally quite quick on likely twists but this and Arrival got me. Still remember my mate after Arrival saying “so you get xxxxxxxx?” and me going “ohhhhh, get it now”. Looks like I have a blind spot.
8.5/10
@Dirty Schwein … nine years on, like it any better?
I'm not that annoying.
History has misjudged you
So just watched this film again.....anyone else bothered by the fact that when Coop went to see Murph at the space station, he just did a quick pop in and out? I mean..his grand kids and grand children were in that room.....no introductions at all?
And all his extended family blank him
I guess they don’t know him and vice versa, but I can totally respect him going straight to his daughter.
I get that they don't know him but, here is this guy who saved civilization, and they just look at him like he's Joe Blow off the streets. It's just something I've always found odd/funny. Still a great fecking film.
Isn't there a theory that he was dead at that point, and that she had just died in the hospital? I can't remember specifics though, but there was a theory online which explained it all.
Zimmer did some exceptional work on this. Just superb.
What an amazing scene this is and it makes the detach scene hit harder because you're coming off the sheer high of this scene.
Zimmer owes alot of the Interstellar score to Philip Glasses work on Reggio's cult doc. Koyaanisqatsi.
From the moment he goes through the wormhole back to Saturn, the whole rest of the film is voluntarily (I think) like a big dream sequence. I think there's doubts as to whether he survived the black hole, and the way the rest of the film is shot means you can interpret it in your own manner.
Luckily, I'd never rewatched the movie since the first time I saw it in theaters. Just saw it again right now in IMAX and it just ages so well. Don't think a better movie will release this year, even 11 years on.
It’s weirdly one of the Nolan movies I enjoyed least on first watch but has aged far, far better than most others. I’d rewatch it far sooner than many of his other films.
Think I mentioned it earlier in the thread, but this movie definitely aged differently for me. Viewed it as a fantastic sci-fi movie initially, with some truly outstanding action sequences. The mountain and docking scenes in particular.
Then watched it after my daughter was born and the whole movie hit differently. Those huge action set pieces were mere sideshows to a father-daughter story set across the stars. And even now, I get emotional when I think of Cooper asking her how she knew he’d come back.
Then watched it after my daughter was born and the whole movie hit differently. Those huge action set pieces were mere sideshows to a father-daughter story set across the stars. And even now, I get emotional when I think of Cooper asking her how she knew he’d come back.
Weirdly enough I just rewatched this as well. Enjoyed it more on second viewing than I did originally. The ending was definitely botched a bit though in my opinion. Up to that point it’s almost as good as Inception for me. McConaughey did a fantastic job in the lead role.
It was ok up until everything got saved by the power of love.
I also didn't like the exposition scene where a bunch of scientists in space on a mission towards a black hole, suddenly decide they need to explain to each other what a black hole is as if they are all talking to a small child.
Felt like this lameness could have been avoided by having Cooper explain it to his annoying child before he left..
I also didn't like the exposition scene where a bunch of scientists in space on a mission towards a black hole, suddenly decide they need to explain to each other what a black hole is as if they are all talking to a small child.
Felt like this lameness could have been avoided by having Cooper explain it to his annoying child before he left..
One of those movies I’d love to rewatch in the cinema, but somehow don’t feel like rewatching at home. The sound and cinematography alone was worth the price of admission in IMAX.
I might have to watch this again to see if it annoys me as much as it did the first time. I think that the way it works to hard to be scientific but then chucks it away on a whim when it suits the plot is the biggest problem. The love is a force that helps regulate the universe bit was also hugely annoying. And then the implausibility of the ending ...