Interstellar Movie Blurb by Shale November 8, 2014 I've been watching the trailers to this movie for a while and it was my must see movie this weekend. I can give you an idea of what it is about but not much more than you may have seen in the trailers because you should watch this one unfold. Oh and a shout out to all those yahoos who download pirated bootleg movies and think they are getting over on "The Man" or whatever lame rationale for not supporting the industry. YOU LOSERS! Unless you have one state of the art Dolby Surround Sound system in your cheap ass apartment you are not seeing near the same movie I saw today. It is a total experience when a huge rocket is boosting astronauts into space with roaring thrusters and you feel it in your chest and your seat more than you hear it. There is an excitement here in theater that I will miss when I later get the real DVD of this movie. The setting is in the near future when most of civilization has starved and what is left is reduced to survival in a world where crops are continuously failing and huge dust storms are common. The Earth is becoming uninhabitable and all focus is on growing what food sources remain, which is pretty much corn. Wheat and other grains are history, killed by a blight that the changing atmosphere lets thrive. Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) is a farmer now but once was a NASA pilot before the collapse of the planet's higher scientific endeavors. He lives with his father-in-law Donald (John Lithgow) and his two kids, daughter Murphy (Mackenzie Foy) and son Tom (Timothée Chalamet). His wife had died of a tumor for lack of an MRI or other modern medical attention. Cooper, being a leftover from the Science Age of NASA discovers an underground remnant of NASA and is pressed into being a pilot for an interstellar expedition to find a new planet suitable for humans to inhabit. He knows a former NASA colleague there, Professor Brand (Michael Caine) who convinces him to take on the job. Seems there has been communication from an alien source and a wormhole that was placed just outside of Saturn that would take a craft to another galaxy. Cooper the Pilot That is the setup and you know they start on their exploration of these other planets, with Cooper as pilot and astronauts Amelia Brand (Anne Hathaway), Romilly (David Gyasi) and Doyle (Wes Bentley). Oh and an AI robot named TARS (voice of Josh Stewart). Exploring New Worlds This movie seemed to me like another version (or vision) of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. However, there is an emotional, human element to this movie that was lacking in that one, as Cooper's daughter Murph is really distressed that her dad to whom she was quite close is leaving her. Daddy Don't Go She carries this anger into adulthood (played by Jessica Chastain). Yep, we will follow this story for many years as kids on earth grow up and colleagues get old and die. It has to do with relativity, where time slows down for a body in space traveling at light speed but on earth with gravity, it continues as usual. Well, that's all I know about it but it plays a big part in this movie. But, you don't need to be a science nerd to enjoy the ride of this sci-fi adventure. It wasn't just my observation that this movie reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Director Christopher Nolan was really impressed by that movie from his childhood and consulted actual scientists in making this movie. So, it is science fiction that uses the current knowledge we have of the universe. Also, the AI robot TARS might give you misgivings because of AI HAL in that earlier movie. Another similarity with Kubrick's long movie, which was 2 hours and 28 minutes running time - this one is 2 hours and 49 minutes. It is a really good movie, well made and adheres to science fact (no sounds in space ya know). I recommend it but that is irrelevant because those who want to see it probably already have. This post has been promoted to an article
Kind of mute with this movie, its the kind one is going to go to the cinemas to see. Big budget sci fi blockbusters are the most bulletproof when it comes to over pirating. With a movie like Edge of Tomorrow, I went to see it in the cinema, was wowed, then yes a couple months later did pirate the bluray version, have a double HD TV, but it still couldnt quite handle some of the scenes with the aliens. Whats annoying nowadys is you cant see these types of movies, after their first run. Would love to see Avatar, Inception, Edge of Tomorrow on the big screen again, and no doubt this one in 6 months
i think my wife and i might go see this today. thanks for the review (or preview?) shale! you always post well-written movie reviews. i saw Avatar in IMAX (while on a psychedelic) and LOVED it. when i saw scenes of it at someone's house a month later, it seems really lame in comparison.
Here's some info that might make this movie more understandable for non-fysicists. http://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-physics-to-understand-interstellar-2014-11
It was a weird sensation for me watching this movie. For it was both incredibly effing stupid but awesome at the same time And man, talk about daddy issues, daddy issues that end up saving humanity whadafuq? Yet, Im sucked in, and get all goey at the 2nd to last spoiler. I just want to smack Anne Hathaway in the face the entire time, but Im also cheering for her all the way through Intergalactic daddy issues, seriously LOLz Awesome movie
i dont like matt mcconnahey...but i forgot all about it once i heard casey afflecks retarded dry voice and then that stupid arrogant prick matt damon was in it (small part thank god) other than that i liked the movie and im sure ill watch it again when a good dvd rip leaks out
Matt McConaughey was pretty good in this, but he usually makes a good character actor instead of a lead. However, I have been in love with Matt Damon for years and I'd suck his arrogant prick in a second if given the chance. (tho his character in this movie was quite a surprise from usual) :unsure:
I cried at the end of Elysium when he died. Matts character died, why god why is life so unfair Ben Affleck is the one I cant stand, still pissed off he's the next Batman
My wife and I went to see it and we both thought it was so-so, however... It was absolutely worth the price of admission for science geeks like us to see, for the first time, a black hole (well, the event horizon of a black hole) actually portrayed visually EXACTLY the way that the equations say it would appear if we were ever unfortunate enough to get that close to one. Astrophysicists all over the world were wetting themselves that day that movie opened.
I was blown away by Interstellar and it easily took the place of 2001: A Space Odyssey as THE space movie, in my opinion. I went to see it by myself during the day, so the theater only had like maybe 15 people in it. It would get so quiet at times. I think everybody was so in awe. The scene towards the end in the 4-dimensional space "they" created, had me feeling like I had stepped outside of myself. Great flick for those who appreciate expanding the mind.
