Interstellar (2014)
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It was more directionless than soulless. Which is a pretty damning thing to say about a director's movie.
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Just got back from seeing it at the IMAX. Visually stunning, of course. And IMAX sound is something I always forget until I experience it again. My chair was rumbling like I was really in the rocket. And McConaughey was tremendous as always.
I really, really want to say it was an awesome movie. And there were plenty of good (if not great) things about it. But a few things kind of bothered me, and I'm not really sure how much it lowers my overall opinion. It might take me some time to reflect to figure out how I feel. Some issues I have are sort of nitpicky, others are a bit bigger. I'm going to be fairly vague so that I'm not ruining too much, but I'm also going to put it behind spoilers for obvious reasons. Oh, and non-spoiler issue, there were several points of dialogue where I had absolutely no fucking clue what was being said because they were mumbling and/or there was music or sound effects blaring over it. Particularly one stretch by Michael Caine. Fortunately they rehashed it a couple minutes later so you knew what was said, but at the time I was wishing I had a DVR so I could go back.
It is definitely worth seeing, and it didn't feel like it was almost 3 hours long. I enjoyed it, and I'm glad that I saw it. But I guess what it really boils down to is that I am unlikely to make an effort to watch it again anytime soon, unlike my top three movies of this year, Guardians of the Galaxy, Edge of Tomorrow, and Winter Soldier. I'd watch all of those multiple times before I ever thought about watching this one again. Don't get me wrong, it isn't like I refuse to watch it or anything, it is more of, "Why?" Other than the absolutely stupendous visuals, there is very little reason to see it again. In my opinion.
I really, really want to say it was an awesome movie. And there were plenty of good (if not great) things about it. But a few things kind of bothered me, and I'm not really sure how much it lowers my overall opinion. It might take me some time to reflect to figure out how I feel. Some issues I have are sort of nitpicky, others are a bit bigger. I'm going to be fairly vague so that I'm not ruining too much, but I'm also going to put it behind spoilers for obvious reasons. Oh, and non-spoiler issue, there were several points of dialogue where I had absolutely no fucking clue what was being said because they were mumbling and/or there was music or sound effects blaring over it. Particularly one stretch by Michael Caine. Fortunately they rehashed it a couple minutes later so you knew what was said, but at the time I was wishing I had a DVR so I could go back.
Time to finding out about the program to leaving his entire family behind was a matter of minutes on-screen. For such a pivotal moment, I felt it needed something more, for multiple reasons.
Anne Hathaway talking about love literally seemed to come out of nowhere, and suddenly became a major theme. It seemed ham-fisted to me.
Bill and Ted. That's all I'm going to say, but once you see it you'll understand.
A couple of things I thought were well done were the scene where they are telling MD not to open the airlock. The entire theater jumped out of their fucking seats (IMAX sound helped I'm sure). Also, when they came back from the planet with all the water and they found out how much time had passed, another "woah" moment.
Anne Hathaway talking about love literally seemed to come out of nowhere, and suddenly became a major theme. It seemed ham-fisted to me.
Bill and Ted. That's all I'm going to say, but once you see it you'll understand.
A couple of things I thought were well done were the scene where they are telling MD not to open the airlock. The entire theater jumped out of their fucking seats (IMAX sound helped I'm sure). Also, when they came back from the planet with all the water and they found out how much time had passed, another "woah" moment.
It is definitely worth seeing, and it didn't feel like it was almost 3 hours long. I enjoyed it, and I'm glad that I saw it. But I guess what it really boils down to is that I am unlikely to make an effort to watch it again anytime soon, unlike my top three movies of this year, Guardians of the Galaxy, Edge of Tomorrow, and Winter Soldier. I'd watch all of those multiple times before I ever thought about watching this one again. Don't get me wrong, it isn't like I refuse to watch it or anything, it is more of, "Why?" Other than the absolutely stupendous visuals, there is very little reason to see it again. In my opinion.
Just got back from IMAX. Huge Nolan fan, but to me this movie was very disappointing. C+ or so.
I thought it was good, but could have done with less philosophical musing, and would have been improved markedly by Anne Hathway being accidentally run over when they first encounter her, and Tars taking her place for the rest of the movie ;p
I agree with Vvoid, that while I liked it, I am not sure I'd want to rewatch it anyway time soon, semi-upbeat ending aside, it's actually a kind of depressing and unpleasant. I was actually half expecting
Few random complaints :
I agree with Vvoid, that while I liked it, I am not sure I'd want to rewatch it anyway time soon, semi-upbeat ending aside, it's actually a kind of depressing and unpleasant. I was actually half expecting
the brother to shoot her for burning his farm
Few random complaints :
"I know ! I can study the black hole..".. 20 years later.. "..well, it's black and it's a hole. "
"Do you want to talk to your son ?" .. "Nah, fuck him, never liked the kid anyway, I'm off !"
I'll give the benefit of the doubt of there being some kind of off-screen scene where he actually tells someone what happened, and that he didn't just steal a spaceship and fuck off, leaving them with no clue what's going on.
"Do you want to talk to your son ?" .. "Nah, fuck him, never liked the kid anyway, I'm off !"
I'll give the benefit of the doubt of there being some kind of off-screen scene where he actually tells someone what happened, and that he didn't just steal a spaceship and fuck off, leaving them with no clue what's going on.
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Going to do this today:
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If "The Dark Knight" is one of the best movies you've ever seen, you don't know much.
Nah i understand what he is saying. When i saw TDK in the theaters i was incredibly entertained and really felt like i was seeing something truly different. Its a rare feeling these days, i wish there more movies made me feel that way.
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Yeah, while I totally disagree with your comment about him being overrated, the Batman movies are on the bottom of his list for me. Inception is probably in my Top 3 movies of all time and I loved Memento and The Prestige. Insomnia was decent.
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Was entertaining and visually beautiful, but...
--I think Christopher Nolan needs to take a step back from the EPIC, ALL THE TIME thing. It might've been because we didn't see it on IMAX, but I found the weird blaring organ music to be really distracting. A lot of times you couldn't understand what was being said because of all the DUNNNNNNNNNNNN sounds going on.
A lot of the dialogue was bad too. I like Michael Caine soliloquys as much as the next person but (and I think it was mentioned already), the speeches various characters made were contrived. I know they needed a shitload of exposition to make the story coherent, but... shit like Anne Hathaway going off about love transcending our dimension was cringe-worthy.
That said, Rust was in top form. And the robots were awesome.
A lot of the dialogue was bad too. I like Michael Caine soliloquys as much as the next person but (and I think it was mentioned already), the speeches various characters made were contrived. I know they needed a shitload of exposition to make the story coherent, but... shit like Anne Hathaway going off about love transcending our dimension was cringe-worthy.
That said, Rust was in top form. And the robots were awesome.
