INTERSTELLAR Official Discussion, Review & Spoiler Thread

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Release Date: November 5, 2014 (IMAX; wide: Nov. 7)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Michael Caine, Casey Affleck, Wes Bentley, Bill Irwin, Mackenzie Foy, Topher Grace, David Gyasi
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for some intense perilous action and brief strong language)
Official Website: Interstellarmovie.com | Facebook | Twitter
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Movie Poster: One-Sheet 3 | One-Sheet 2 | One-Sheet 1 | Teaser
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Plot Summary: "Interstellar" chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space TRAVEL and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

 

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‘Interstellar’ Early Reviews Are In

The first round of reviews for Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” have hit the web. The majority agrees that it’s a film of huge AMBITIONS , but the crowd is split on how well the story’s complex thematic aspirations land.

Thankfully, most (if not all) of the reviews keep things nicely spoiler-free, so if you’re interested to hear what people are saying, click through to read the full write-ups of the review blurbed below.

The reviews below are entirely spoiler-free.

“Feeling very much like Christopher Nolan’s personal response to his favorite film, ’2001: A Space Odyssey,’ this grandly conceived and executed epic tries to give equal WEIGHT to intimate human emotions and speculation about the cosmos, with mixed results, but is never less than engrossing, and sometimes more than that.” — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

“An enormous undertaking that, like all the director’s best work, manages to feel handcrafted and intensely personal, ‘Interstellar’ reaffirms Nolan as the premier big-canvas storyteller of his generation, more than earning its place alongside ‘The WIZARD of Oz,’ ’2001,’ ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘Gravity’ in the canon of Hollywood’s visionary sci-fi head trips.” — Scott Foundas, Variety

“There are so many frustrating flaws in this enormously cerebral, wonderfully hopeful and massively ambitious movie. If good intentions were enough to make a movie a masterpiece, ‘Interstellar’ would be the greatest work of Nolan’s career. That said, even with its many flaws, Interstellar is an often gorgeous, expertly put-together movie that demands to be seen on the biggest possible screen.” — Devin Faraci, Badass Digest

“‘Interstellar’ is a good movie that so desperately wants to be important. That sentence is going to read as churlish, but I do admire ‘Interstellar’ for at least attempting to be something that’s not dumb. There are already too many dumb things we are subjected to on a daily basis. And ‘Interstellar’ is ambitious, even though there are a lot of head-scratching scenes.” — Mike Ryan, ScreenCrush

“Christopher Nolan’s love letter to space TRAVEL and the exploration of the stars may require some patience, both with its pace and your own capability of understanding complex time/space theories, but it offers an incredible emotional payoff along with its visual spectacle.” — Edward Douglas, ComingSoon

“Interstellar” opens in theaters on November 7

http://www.mtv.com/news/1976587/interstellar-early-reviews/

 

[Rich Spirit]

want to see this in 70mm IMAX but none of the theaters in Houston has it. May just watch in 35mm instead

 

[Mr210]

Man I'm not going to be able to see this opening weekend...I'm not going to be able to stay from spoilers

 

[FlyRy]

just bought my imax tickets..but not seeing it til wed instead of tues night

 

[The Jewnited States]

I would kill to see this in a 70mm imax theater

 

[blackestofpanthers]

I would kill to see this in a 70mm imax theater

Seems like a petty thing to kill for.

I'll see this on a 5 dollar day at the theater, don't have high expectations for it.

 

[GzUp]

will have my review on sat

 

[Silver Surfer]

just got back. Im gonna go see it again.


Very ambitious movie....Ending really makes you think....they changed the 2008 script around

Part of me dont like that they didnt go the alien route


I guess the implication is the future descendants of Brand's colony built the wormholes that Cooper and gang used to travel to the other galaxy....

There is a paradox though...if the future humans as they suggest built the wormholes..how did the future humans get off Earth in the first place????

 

[jfkennedy]

Wow. Gonna write about it when I get home.

 

[Nigerianwonder]

There is a paradox though...if the future humans as they suggest built the wormholes..how did the future humans get off Earth in the first place????

Yeah. That part didn't make much sense to me.. It would have had to be aliens cause humans would have all died if the wormholes didn't get placed by them. Overall I thought it was a good movie. tried to explain itself way way too much.. and too much crying and cheesiness. The whole part about him being the one sending messages to his daughter from the future was predictable the moment she told him the message was "stay" at the beginning. I was hoping I would have been wrong on that. I feel like Nolan really wanted it be a serious thought provoking movie but in the end it still ends up as just a really good popcorn flick due to its flaws and weak attempts at scientific explanation.

 

[Cerebral Labyrinth]

Just got home and here are some immediate thoughts. Non-spoiler points:

- Great movie. Very ambitious, well thought out, and Nolan comes through again. The acting was well done all around IMO.

- I didn't feel that it was a lengthy movie. I felt every minute was used wisely, and at no point did I feel any dragging on of a scene or theme.

- Wonderful score by Hans. Never would I think about making the pipe organ the focal instrument of a score to a movie such as this, but it worked seamlessly. Great textures, and a nice balance of music vs. silence.

Spoiler-related points below:

Spoiler

- Like @Doc Holiday mentioned, it wasn't clear to me where the wormhole originally came from.

- The scene where Cooper detaches and then goes through the black hole to the 5th dimension was incredibly intense to me. Loved it.

- I didn't get why at the end, Brand was still building a camp by herself on Edmond's planet. All the data & info was relayed to Earth and it'd obviously been decades, given Murph had aged to the point of being on her deathbed. Why didn't further people go there to help her build the camp?

Overall it differs from most noteworthy Nolan movies with respect to the potential of discussion it can evoke, but I still feel it's a great cinematic experience and a pretty well written plot overall. Definitely one of my favorites of the year.

 

[Nigerianwonder]

I would also add that the space scenes in Gravity were way better and they felt bigger. I was expecting more on that front given the hype.. You dont need to watch this on IMAX to be honest.

 

[mario]

Just returned from this


Ladies and Gentleman, go see this movie.

I have never experienced a sci fi film like this one. Hell, any film for that matter

If you like space,time travel, worm holes than you'll love this film

Nolan did it with this one

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

Sitting through the previews right now. This shyt better live up to the hype