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Interstellar (2014) – Christopher Nolan
5 bullets on this film:
- I’m crying as I write this. Literally. It’s really sad. Like, really.You will probably have an existencial crisis.
- The main theme is so cool and exciting.
- I want Matthew McConaughey to be my father (what)
- Yeah, it’s a bit long, but the special effects surprise you and it’s like watching a 3D movie for the first time.
- The story is veery well written and unpredictable.
I was prepared to dislike this movie. After Gravity, which I know many people loved, positive buzz for a big-budget sci fi film isn’t enough. I have to know: is the writing going to actively insult my intelligence?
Especially early on, Interstellar kind of tiptoed right up to that line. But then, having set up the story it wanted to tell, it did something I very much appreciated: it stepped back from it. It said, in effect, “We know these parts don’t necessarily make sense. So let’s push them away and focus on the actually-interesting story we want to tell.”
It’s basically the same story Heinlein told in his 1956 novel Time for the Stars. And as it turns out, that’s kind of a great thing for a modern sci fi film to aspire to. Don’t worry about being as intellectually legitimate and compelling as good adult sci fi. Just be as good as good juvenile sci fi of 50 years ago. Because even that is way above the standard of a modern effects movie.
See it with a good sound system if you can. I loved all the visual and sonic homages to other great movies, but most of all I loved the score toward the end, with its echo of the closing notes of Koyaanisqatsi.
It’s not perfect. It’s sometimes kind of cheesy, kind of talky, earnest in a way that might not sit well, especially if you go in expecting a thrill ride with popcorn.
I wasn’t looking for that, and didn’t miss it when I didn’t get it. But sitting in the theater, watching some of those slow, emotional scenes playing out early in the movie, was kind of thrilling. Not because of any fireworks on screen. But because of what the movie is brave enough to be.
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