Go see Interstellar.

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Just do it. It's a brilliant and beautiful take on a largely unexplored niche of end-of-the-world sci-fi with plenty of scientifically grounded technology and themes. I wasn't surprised that I enjoyed Hans Zimmer's scoring, but I was surprised that his music was my favorite part of the film. He uses an organ as his primary instrument and builds such incredible crescendos that fit perfectly with the action taking place on-screen (though this technique is overused somewhat). Despite the three-hour runtime I thought the pacing was spot-on (which is typical for Nolan) and at no point did I feel like the plot was dragging. The acting is believable and moving, though I personally think McConaughy was pretty boring until he left Earth.

The biggest flaw in the movie is that it's so densely packed with science that the script feels the need to explain every single plot point and theory down to a grade-school level, and the cinematography often focuses too much on close-up shots of characters explaining what they see rather than just showing us. Even the iconic space imagery is limited to shots taken from the cameras fixed around their spacecraft. It keeps you in the perspective of the crew, but limits the scope of the scenery.

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For the first 3/4 of the movie the science seems to be very thoroughly researched and beautifully imagined in CGI. It seems like most reviewers agree that the final act is the greatest failing of the movie, and it's largely because after exploring deep space and all the amazing phenomena the team discovers out there, it's reduced to human squabbles, 'love' as a physical, world-saving resource, and the typical quantum mechanics deus ex machina that so many hard-sci fi rely on these days. I hesitate to say there's any sort of twist at the end, but rather a mystery that is hastily unraveled in the most convenient and unbelievable way possible, ending on a bafflingly stupid paradox and wrap-up that takes away from the magnitude of every little moment of suspense felt previously. The film pulled no punches at making characters real and believable, and subsequently killing them off or subjecting them to emotional suffering, but then the ending just wraps everything up with a nice little "quantum mechanics instantly solved everything" bow on top.



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Just do it. It's a brilliant and beautiful take on a largely unexplored niche of end-of-the-world sci-fi with plenty of scientifically grounded technology and themes. I wasn't surprised that I enjoyed Hans Zimmer's scoring, but I was surprised that his music was my favorite part of the film. He uses an organ as his primary instrument and builds such incredible crescendos that fit perfectly with the action taking place on-screen (though this technique is overused somewhat). Despite the three-hour runtime I thought the pacing was spot-on (which is typical for Nolan) and at no point did I feel like the plot was dragging. The acting is believable and moving, though I personally think McConaughy was pretty boring until he left Earth.

The biggest flaw in the movie is that it's so densely packed with science that the script feels the need to explain every single plot point and theory down to a grade-school level, and the cinematography often focuses too much on close-up shots of characters explaining what they see rather than just showing us. Even the iconic space imagery is limited to shots taken from the cameras fixed around their spacecraft. It keeps you in the perspective of the crew, but limits the scope of the scenery.

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Possible spoilers ahead but I don't mention anything specific.

For the first 3/4 of the movie the science seems to be very thoroughly researched and beautifully imagined in CGI. It seems like most reviewers agree that the final act is the greatest failing of the movie, and it's largely because after exploring deep space and all the amazing phenomena the team discovers out there, it's reduced to human squabbles, 'love' as a physical, world-saving resource, and the typical quantum mechanics deus ex machina that so many hard-sci fi rely on these days. I hesitate to say there's any sort of twist at the end, but rather a mystery that is hastily unraveled in the most convenient and unbelievable way possible, ending on a bafflingly stupid paradox and wrap-up that takes away from the magnitude of every little moment of suspense felt previously. The film pulled no punches at making characters real and believable, and subsequently killing them off or subjecting them to emotional suffering, but then the ending just wraps everything up with a nice little "quantum mechanics instantly solved everything" bow on top.


The film was always about Matthew McConaughey and his daughter. McConaughey's acting in that scene was just friggin' good, so I really can't complain about it.  Maybe it helps that I watched Inception again before seeing Interstellar, but I wasn't surprised by the deus ex machina.

It's no coincidence that they're both about a father wanting to see his children again.

Obligatory BRAVO NOLAN

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As far as deus ex machina goes, it was forseeable, unlike the goddamn Star Child in Mass Effect. Bioware committed a storytelling sin in introducing a story element in the final chapter that's actually been the key to the story the entire time. It's like if Attack on Titan introduced the cellar most of the way through the story, as opposed to at the very beginning. It felt like Bioware pulled it out of their ass because they were making it up as they went along.

Not the case with Interstellar. Christopher Nolan knew exactly the kind of film he wanted to make and never allowed himself to get to the point where he's like "crap, I don't know what this is going to be about."

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Matt Damon's character was super important to the whole film though. He's a pathetic, desperate man who doesn't want to die alone in space. The whole film, really, centers on the humanity of its characters. McConaughey's character (bah, too distracted to remember his name right now) leaving his family on bad terms, Michael Caine being another desperate liar like Matt Damon--nothing they're doing is easy, and it's not something that anyone wants to be doing, and they don't even know what the endgame is. They've set up a false illusion of hope to hide the fact that they've given up on themselves. It's how they deal with it that drives the story.

But I will admit, Seneca Crane was pretty lousy. He was the redshirt.

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It was a great movie and i honestly feel that it may require more than one viewing from me.


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Saw it last night. It's been occupying my thoughts all day, it's truly a wonderful experience.


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I love how it dealt with the emotional and relational consequences of relativistiv effects on the lives of people. It's not something you see very often and showed just how straining that kind of dark shit could be.

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that one guy waited alone, for twenty six years, for them to return from miller's planet w/ nothing but a sarcastic robot to keep him company


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Hope I get a chance to see it soon!  Was planning on seeing it earlier but stuff 
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Hope I get a chance to see it soon!  Was planning on seeing it earlier but stuff 
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Ya, I could not imagine that.... I am only twenty one years old, that is a long fucking time, especially to be alone and confined to a small craft like that.
like, what do you even do w/ that kind of time on your hands? That kind of shit takes some real commitment.


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I'm going through the wormhole myself, I'm watching it on the mythical infinity mm "IMAXIMUM" screen and trying to take it all in.

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Immediate future IRL isn't looking too bright, gotta get through it first and then go back to posting my trash everywhere XD


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I'm going through the wormhole myself, I'm watching it on the mythical infinity mm "IMAXIMUM" screen and trying to take it all in.

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Immediate future IRL isn't looking too bright, gotta get through it first and then go back to posting my trash everywhere XD

I know dat feel. This upcoming week is literally the most stressful I've ever had. Good luck brojira.


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I'm going through the wormhole myself, I'm watching it on the mythical infinity mm "IMAXIMUM" screen and trying to take it all in.

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Immediate future IRL isn't looking too bright, gotta get through it first and then go back to posting my trash everywhere XD

I know dat feel. This upcoming week is literally the most stressful I've ever had. Good luck brojira.

You too!

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