INTERSTELLAR

Glad you guys liked it about as much as me. Some of the critics are finding fault with a number of items like some of the science, the emotional aspects of the story, the exposition and the ending… but to me it is really nitpicking an excellent movie. It is not completely perfect but I LOVED it. Going to see it again tomorrow with some people.

This guy does a good job of explaining some of the scientific issues with the film, which I buy, but it is interesting to read. Fortunately, knowing the scientific errors do not ruin the movie for me in the slightest. I like to imagine that there are some things left unexplained in the film that may account for the errors, but I also realize that this is a major motion picture that has to compress some elements to have an acceptable story told on film. For all those who complain about how much was unexplained or compressed or whatever, it would have been pretty unwatchable if all those things were added. I think some explanations were deliberately left out because they are not that important and it really works well for the story… lets the audience make their own version of what happened. Can’t have everything right, but I think Nolan crafted a compelling story and a great movie experience.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/space_20/2014/11/interstellar_science_review_the_movie_s_black_holes_wormholes_relativity.html

@variance:

Oh and the best part is the wormhole is named Gargantua so there is an axis & allies reference.

Well, it was the black hole that is named Gargantua, but I loved that too. Appropriately spooky name and I did think of our Gargantua at the same time. Excellent choice.

I saw it again yesterday in  normal digital projection theater and the experience was quite different. I sat much closer to the screen than I normally would hoping to replicate the IMAX effect, but it didn’t feel the same. The audio portion was particularly lacking in comparison. In IMAX you can feel the sound all around you, the music reverberated and really gave weight to the scenes. The normal theater experience did not do that nearly as well. Felt much too flat and not quite bold enough.

Gaining more appreciation for the movie itself though.

@Young:

Hoping to see it soon, do we get the same multi layers of story telling symbolic of Nolan’s writing style?

Uh… I guess you could say so. It is, like all Nolan movies I know, a little more complicated than your average action film. The effects of time dilation certainly play into that. There are different themes at work too. But it is does not pile one on top of the other in the same way that Inception did, if that is what you are thinking. Sometimes it takes a moment for your brain to catch up to what is going on though, which is cool.

@Gargantua:

I love that they named the black hole after “me”. :D

You know, that unrelenting force of the universe that sucks the life out of everyone it can, and screws with their minds.

I never really considered how accurate this is until now.