Film Interstellar

[amolbhatia50k]

I found it highly overrated. I love the sci fi genre but the story and characters didn’t resonate with me the way it did for some. I just didn’t think there was anything exceptional about it and the second half was a considerable drop off in quality.

 

[Chumpsbechumps]

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.

It regularly shown in the cinema in Ireland anyways. I goto it every year or so. Absolutely love this movie as it works on so many levels. And being in a cinema when that haunting zimmer scores goes full pelt (particularly in a cinema where the music rattles your bones) when cooler is trying to redock is just glorious.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

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.

Absolutely agree.

This is also my favorite Nolan film by some distance.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

It regularly shown in the cinema in Ireland anyways. I goto it every year or so. Absolutely love this movie as it works on so many levels. And being in a cinema when that haunting zimmer scores goes full pelt (particularly in a cinema where the music rattles your bones) when cooler is trying to redock is just glorious.

I love this film. It proves how cinema can be deeply personal to different viewers, some will hate something that resonates for others. I can’t understand how people don’t love this movie.

You’re all right in my book, Chumps.

 

[weetee]

Thought it was a shallow feel good movie. The whole „true love transcends time and space“ premise was executed cringy imho and while there were obviously pretty visuals the one that I was curious about, 5th dimensional warped space (library), was horrible to watch; can‘t imagine that scene aged to the better too.

IIrc i think there were two kids and I think I remember that the way they interacted as a family felt very hollywood-ish, as in it was clear anne hathaway was the focal point and the other kid just a side-note. Maybe misremembering that wrong though.

Wouldn‘t watch again for money.

 

[flameinthesun]

Kip Thorne who provided the scientific oversight for the movie has said a couple times in interviews that Nolan wasn't too concerned about explaining the ending of Interstellar. Similar to the ending in 2001 where there isn't really an explanation for that ending either. Although, apparently he agreed that Kip Thorne could explain the ending if he wanted in his book "Science of Interstellar". So Kip Thorne has a scientific explanation for the end of the film, explaining how the tesseract is a 3d construct from the higher civilisation that allows Cooper to go into the 4th dimension of time resulting in going back to the bookshelf etc.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

I never really understood people getting annoyed with the "love" subplot, which is barely a subplot to begin with. It's a throwaway conversation of a person trying to rationalize her desire to see the person she's madly in love with, and echoes Cooper's own struggles. It's not at the heart of the film nor does it eventually influence their decision, but it's also one of the underlying themes running through the film of reason vs emotion, and scientists challenging their conceptions as they venture into unknown territories (both figuratively and literally). It's not my favourite scene of the film in any case, but I find it a bit of a strange that it could have spoiled the film for many people.

 

[weetee]

I never really understood people getting annoyed with the "love" subplot, which is barely a subplot to begin with. It's a throwaway conversation of a person trying to rationalize her desire to see the person she's madly in love with, and echoes Cooper's own struggles. It's not at the heart of the film nor does it eventually influence their decision, but it's also one of the underlying themes running through the film of reason vs emotion, and scientists challenging their conceptions as they venture into unknown territories (both figuratively and literally). It's not my favourite scene of the film in any case, but I find it a bit of a strange that it could have spoiled the film for many people.

Throwaway conversation..there, you said it. Can't be that great a film if the part about how "the power of love" impacts reality, which imho did play a crucial part within the story - reason vs.emotion as you said yourself - has throwaway quality.

I think 2001's ending is top notch cinema and the images and soundscapes will stay with me forever yet Interstellar is bland in comparison. Personal taste and all that.