Sum Interstellar up in one sentence Paul!
Okay, it's Inception meets Star Trek.
Nuff 'sed.
Christopher Nolan (of Dark Knight trilogy, Man of Steel and Inception fame) offers up his thinking man's Sci-Fi film Interstellar. I'll be honest, the first trailer of the movie had little impact on me and, if anything, left me wanting to tick it off my to see list. It was about as exciting as watching paint dry, told you nothing about the film and was just plain boring. See it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=827FNDpQWrQ
While I was distracted by Guardians of the Galaxy and eagerly awaiting Avengers 2, Interstellar slowly did it's thing. Then suddenly, after what seemed like ages, a second proper trailer emerged that totally looked different to the teaser I have linked to above - https://youtu.be/ePbKGoIGAXY - and now it looks like... WOW!
Matthew McConaughey stars as Coop, widowed engineer turned farmer, teaching his daughter Murph all about science and astronomy. She on occasion expresses concern over strange things happening in her bedroom, but isn't afraid but curious. While all this is happening, things ain't going too good for the world. It looks like the crops are running low and there's a lot of dust clouds these days too. Some of the automated farm vehicles go a bit weird, and, when Coop discovers a strange anomaly in his house he goes to try and find out more about it.
After some investigating, 10-year old Murph and her father stumble upon a secret NASA base developing a space ship to take humans into space with the idea to settle on another world - as this one seems to be on its way out. Coop is given the opportunity to go onto this mission alongside the gorgeous Anne Hathaway, a strange robot and two others to seek out new life and new civilizations and boldly go where... apparently 12 others have gone before. Michael Caine is the head of this NASA base and explains that they have found a wormhole they can travel through and there are planets on the other side capable of sustaining human life. However the journey will take years and he must choose between saving the human race or staying with his family. Coop takes the difficult choice and leaves Murph and his son behind (yes I know I haven't mentioned his son - even the movie gives him a raw deal too) and agrees to blast off into space in order to save the human race.
Interstellar has a stellar cast (bdum-tish) who are all great - we've got McConaughey, Hathaway and Caine but also John Lithgow and Jessica Chastain too. And there is a lovely treat when Matt Damon sneaks his way into the movie too at some point. Nolan's directing is good and the music, by the legendary Hans Zimmer, is atmospheric though a bit noisy at times. Honest Trailers made a quip that some of the score sounded like Hans Zimmer fell asleep on his synth - and to be honest I thought that too. The music although atmospheric did sometimes come across as noisy and a bit of a dischord. But, the special effects are mind blowing. Once the characters get into space the special effects and cinematography is simply stunning.
Interstellar, like Inception and Contact, is a thinking persons film and if you are watching it for pure entertainment and mind blowing special effects and action, then you'll get only the special effects. Yes, there is some action and yes, there is some entertainment, but this is more a drama with pertinent questions about family and humanity. One interesting point is the dilemma of visiting a planet but time is bent so that if they go there, every hour on the planet is the equivalent of seven years on earth. They visit there for four hours and Coops daughter turns into her thirties and their fellow astronaut has aged too. There's a lot to think about, and as the film continues to dazzle with amazing set pieces and back drops, the story will both make you think and scratch your head. You might be able to guess the ending, but how they reach it is mental.
I thought Interstellar was very good - but I did watch this when I was ill, so I found it rather hard to concentrate on it - so some parts seemed very heavy. But if you like the science with your science fiction and want an epic space movie - you will not go far wrong. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Interstellar is rated 12A and is out on DVD and Blu Ray now.
Okay, it's Inception meets Star Trek.
Nuff 'sed.
Christopher Nolan (of Dark Knight trilogy, Man of Steel and Inception fame) offers up his thinking man's Sci-Fi film Interstellar. I'll be honest, the first trailer of the movie had little impact on me and, if anything, left me wanting to tick it off my to see list. It was about as exciting as watching paint dry, told you nothing about the film and was just plain boring. See it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=827FNDpQWrQ
While I was distracted by Guardians of the Galaxy and eagerly awaiting Avengers 2, Interstellar slowly did it's thing. Then suddenly, after what seemed like ages, a second proper trailer emerged that totally looked different to the teaser I have linked to above - https://youtu.be/ePbKGoIGAXY - and now it looks like... WOW!
Matthew McConaughey stars as Coop, widowed engineer turned farmer, teaching his daughter Murph all about science and astronomy. She on occasion expresses concern over strange things happening in her bedroom, but isn't afraid but curious. While all this is happening, things ain't going too good for the world. It looks like the crops are running low and there's a lot of dust clouds these days too. Some of the automated farm vehicles go a bit weird, and, when Coop discovers a strange anomaly in his house he goes to try and find out more about it.
After some investigating, 10-year old Murph and her father stumble upon a secret NASA base developing a space ship to take humans into space with the idea to settle on another world - as this one seems to be on its way out. Coop is given the opportunity to go onto this mission alongside the gorgeous Anne Hathaway, a strange robot and two others to seek out new life and new civilizations and boldly go where... apparently 12 others have gone before. Michael Caine is the head of this NASA base and explains that they have found a wormhole they can travel through and there are planets on the other side capable of sustaining human life. However the journey will take years and he must choose between saving the human race or staying with his family. Coop takes the difficult choice and leaves Murph and his son behind (yes I know I haven't mentioned his son - even the movie gives him a raw deal too) and agrees to blast off into space in order to save the human race.
Interstellar has a stellar cast (bdum-tish) who are all great - we've got McConaughey, Hathaway and Caine but also John Lithgow and Jessica Chastain too. And there is a lovely treat when Matt Damon sneaks his way into the movie too at some point. Nolan's directing is good and the music, by the legendary Hans Zimmer, is atmospheric though a bit noisy at times. Honest Trailers made a quip that some of the score sounded like Hans Zimmer fell asleep on his synth - and to be honest I thought that too. The music although atmospheric did sometimes come across as noisy and a bit of a dischord. But, the special effects are mind blowing. Once the characters get into space the special effects and cinematography is simply stunning.
Interstellar, like Inception and Contact, is a thinking persons film and if you are watching it for pure entertainment and mind blowing special effects and action, then you'll get only the special effects. Yes, there is some action and yes, there is some entertainment, but this is more a drama with pertinent questions about family and humanity. One interesting point is the dilemma of visiting a planet but time is bent so that if they go there, every hour on the planet is the equivalent of seven years on earth. They visit there for four hours and Coops daughter turns into her thirties and their fellow astronaut has aged too. There's a lot to think about, and as the film continues to dazzle with amazing set pieces and back drops, the story will both make you think and scratch your head. You might be able to guess the ending, but how they reach it is mental.
I thought Interstellar was very good - but I did watch this when I was ill, so I found it rather hard to concentrate on it - so some parts seemed very heavy. But if you like the science with your science fiction and want an epic space movie - you will not go far wrong. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Interstellar is rated 12A and is out on DVD and Blu Ray now.
POPSCORE: 7.5/10
What am I talking about? The movie Interstellar
Where can I find out more? http://www.interstellarmovie.net/
If you like this try: Inception, 2001: Space Odyssey, Solaris, Contact, Gravity
Anything else?
Kip Thorne won a scientific bet against Stephen Hawking upon the astrophysics theory that underlies Interstellar (2014). As a consequence, Hawking had to subscribe to Penthouse magazine for a year. This famous bet is depicted in The Theory of Everything (2014) which was released in the same year as Interstellar.
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