Absolutely love this movie, and I think it was Nolan that said it's best enjoyed if you let it wash over you. It was in my head for days afterwards and the second viewing solidified its many levels.

If you've done one viewing, and you're on the fence, I'd definitely recommend a second helping.

I watched this again last night.

The same problems persist as already stated and overall I think its a deeply flawed film.

However, I did enjoy the sheer experience of it more the second time around while being able to process what actually goes on story-wise a little better. I still don't fully get it which is partly down to my ignorance as well as undeniable oversights with the film's plot.

Also (and I know I said this already) it surprises me that amid the criticisms leveled at this film no one has talked about how imbalanced Coop's relationship is with Murph compared to Tom.

I understand that its primarily about a father/daughter relationship along with the the fact that she becomes a leading expert in quantum mechanics/physics and is the "chosen one" by our 5D future selves...while Tom is a mere, humble farmer...but it focuses so much on Coop's connection to Murph and how he abandoned HER instead of THEM that I thought it would've been better if Coop just had a daughter. His negligence of Tom just reflects badly on him as a character and father.

Except for a couple of video messages Coop watches of Tom when he and Brandt come back after 23 years on the water planet, its all Murph, Murph, Murph. In the black hole its all about Murph (which I get because of her involvement with the Lazarus missions and trans-dimensional significance!) but there is absolutely no excuse in the film's coda when Coop awakens in the space station near Saturn and waits for Murph to visit...not one reference to Tom is made. Murph never mentions him and Coop never asks. We actually don't find out if he's still alive or not and it appears father and daughter aren't too bothered either, hence, neither is the film.

Why write in that character if you're not going to follow through with him?

I know Murph goes back to the home place in the final act and has her eureka moment there but that could've easily been written the same without Tom. A relative, neighbor or friend of the family (complete with dusty lunged wife and son!) who are looking after the house and working the farm could've been slotted in there and it wouldn't have made a difference since we had no investment in Tom's character by then as he was so forgotten about and periphery.

Quoted from RayW Audio mix grievances: http://www.bustle.com/articles.....t-to-sound-like-that

- Yeah, I found the score, although big and grandiose in the best possible way, drowned out the dialogue at certain times. I've watched it in two different cinemas in Taipei and felt the natives around me were getting every line via the subtitles while I was straining to hear.

Not a big problem for me though, it only happens a couple of times. I see where Nolan is coming from too in his rebuttal, its more about the visceral effect of the music/sound than being able to catch every single word spoken...Hell knows there's enough of that in there as it is!

Was fantastic when it was dealing with the space travel, then it fell off a cliff big time at the point it hit the Library. Tried a bit too hard to be a 2001 Space Odyssey type Masterpiece instead of sticking to what it was good at.

Broke a lot of its own internal logic regarding time as well....he should have been many millions, billions or even trillions of years in the future after going into the Black Hole.

Strange that it dwelled so long on exposition, when the exposition only really served to flag up major plot holes.

Still a very enjoyable experience.

Quoted from sniper So true - which is probably why time travel will never, ever, be possible, at least not in the typical Hollywood sense of the phrase. Theoretically, travelling forward in time is possible if you travel as close to the speed of light as humanly/technologically possible (which is exactly what Coop and Amelia do when they visit Miller's planet), but travelling backwards in time? No way. Unless, of course, by traveling back you create or intersect an alternate timeline as in the Many-Worlds Theory. But if you do that, the "original" timeline isn't affected. Further, if you travel back from a timeline where this mission has already succeded - then what's the point? Like I said, fun to talk about but it doesn't make much sense. I remember seeing a show on NatGeo or Discovery where Stephen Hawking sent out an invitation to time travellers to meet him at a certain place at a certain time (the four needed dimensions). Guess what happened. Nobody showed up.

I could make a very nasty joke based on what you've said at the end. (About Stephen not you), But I shan't.

I will merely express the opinion that perhaps a female pornstar made the appeal...there'd be more chance of people turning up.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Broke a lot of its own internal logic regarding time as well....he should have been many millions, billions or even trillions of years in the future after going into the Black Hole.

He never went into the black hole.

Quoted from Andrew He never went into the black hole.

OK. Where was he at the end then? I thought the reason they had to leave him behind was to stop the ship falling into the black hole?

And then he and Tars got sucked in?

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films I could make a very nasty joke based on what you've said at the end. (About Stephen not you), But I shan't. I will merely express the opinion that perhaps a female pornstar made the appeal...there'd be more chance of people turning up.

Hahahaha, best scientific argument ever, Rick.  

Funny though that we always expect time travellers to be men. As crazy and unbelievable as it sounds, it could actually be a woman. And women like smart men. Or so I'm told. True, Mr. Hawking will not exactly blow you away on the dance floor (or any other places for that matter), but still...

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Where was he at the end then?

It is my understanding that he (and TARS) go into the "tesseract". And to me, that's really where the movie came apart. I was enjoying myself fine up until that point but then Nolan introduces this third act left turn and the FI in SCI-FI just took over completely. It just felt contrived to me and logic just went out the door.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films OK. Where was he at the end then? I thought the reason they had to leave him behind was to stop the ship falling into the black hole? And then he and Tars got sucked in?

He went into a tesseract that 'they' had built. There's no concept of time within the tesseract, and that's where we start talking fifth dimension and beyond. It is from here that he starts to manipulate gravitational waves (hence sending him to find NASA) and then send the coded messages to the daughter to save humanity.

This is where you get the Terminator John Connor / Kyle Reese question.

Interstellar (Digital IMAX) - Review

First things first, let’s get this out of the way. I am a HUGE Christopher Nolan fan. Everything he touches turns to gold. I have so far seen Doodlebug, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception, and The Dark Knight Rises.

I finally saw Interstellar on Thursday, its last week in IMAX. Theaters in Oklahoma either opted not to show it on film, or were not capable. (There is an IMAX up in Tulsa that can project 15-perf/70mm. They played The Dark Knight Rises in this format, but apparently not Interstellar.) I had no IMAX 70mm, regular 70mm, or 35mm options in my area, so I settled for the best format available to me… Digital IMAX at the Warren.

The crowd was initially small, but more people came leading up to the sepia-toned Paramount, Warner, Legendary, and Syncopy logos. It was the last showing of the night. The Warren IMAX always plays “Also Sprach Zarathustra” just before the curtain opens to reveal the monolith-like screen. And it’s probably never been more appropriately used, given that the film is heavily inspired by 2001, and Nolan himself is influenced by Stanley Kubrick.



The theater announced a trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, but nope. Instead we got trailers for Jupiter Ascending, Seventh Son, and The Avengers: Age of Ultron -- all of which were shot digitally, I might add.

Longtime Nolan collaborator Wally Pfister, ASC, is absent and is reportedly retiring from cinematography. His directorial debut, Transcendence, was released in April. Some people may have feared the worst: We saw what happened to John Carpenter when he split with longtime DP Dean Cundey. We also saw what happened when Cundey made his directorial debut with the straight-to-video Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves.



While Pfister’s Transcendence (a great film!) was ripped apart by critics and flopped at the box office, Nolan’s gamble -- hiring Hoyte Van Hoytema to shoot Interstellar -- paid off handsomely.

Christopher Nolan has done it again.  The image was striking, whether the shot was 35mm or IMAX 70mm (cropped to 1.9:1 from the full 1.43 IMAX aspect ratio). The visuals (most of the FX work is practical effects) were breathtaking. Van Hoytema didn’t miss a beat.

And speaking of beats, let’s move on to the audio. The sound effects were robust and loud. They gave the subwoofer quite a workout! Hans Zimmer has created another awesome score. Sometimes, the music would reference “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” but subtly.

Now moving on from the technical stuff to the stuff Joe Sixpack actually cares about -- the acting. Nolan has again assembled a powerful ensemble -- Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises), Mackenzie Foy, Jessica Chastain, longtime Nolan regular Michael Caine (Batman trilogy, The Prestige, Inception), Ellen Burstyn, Casey Affleck, and **** *****. Everyone brings their “A” game. Their A+ game, rather.

The story and writing were top-shelf. Of course, Joe Sixpack may get confused about the more technical/scientific things (especially the ********* in the third act), but I’m not exactly a Joe Sixpack and I could follow the plot with ease. If you can make it through Nolan’s masterpiece Inception, then you should have no problems here.

The Editing. Lee Smith does something that he didn’t do in the Dark Knight Trilogy or in Inception. He had several fades to (and from) black. Most Nolan movies have hard cuts all the way through.

Interstellar in IMAX (even if it’s Digital IMAX) is worth every penny. See it in the best format available to you.

My verdict: A+ (I could add infinite pluses. It was that good!)

^I really hope this dude is trolling.

I actually really liked this movie. However I think most of Nolan's films are overrated and overhyped initially by the media. Over time, Nolan's movies lose their impact. Take Inception for example. Does anyone still give two s hits about that movie?

That being said, I think the Dark Knight Trilogy above average at best. And surprisingly, I thought Interstellar was better than any of the Dark Knight movies. The acting was solid, the visuals were stunning, and the soundtrack was spot on. In fact, the soundtrack was probably my favorite part of the movie.

However, Interstellar has a ton of problems. It runs a bit too long, it's predictable, and the twists are lame. Furthermore, some of the characters are pointless and underdeveloped. I'm looking at you Casey Affleck.

I would go see it in theater just for the soundtrack alone. The film has some really moving scenes and I LOVED the bit about time and relativity. I just wish it focused more so on that than f ucking Matt Damon.