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I watched Interstellar!
8 Nov 2014 16:10First: apologies for the long absence. My plotbunnies have all turned to dustbunnies and apparently I have real stuff to do.
I watched Christopher Nolan's Interstellar on the 7th. All in all, it was a nice romp with flashy special effects. The plot was decent, and the premise (humankind has turned into farmers while the Earth's ecosystem collapses) is scarily realistic.
The movie has aging and time as major themes, which is so blindingly logical for a film about interstellar travel that I can't believe major poductions haven't been made with those themes before.
The film's largest failing was the fact that its twist, while foreshadowed, wasn't really compatible with Occam's Razor. The ship tease between Cooper and Dr Burns was also cringe-worthy, in my opinion. However, the SFX were enticing, and they actually hired a scientist to help with them, so they're realistic, too. The portrayal of Dr Mann was excellent.
Conclusion: Go watch it
I watched Christopher Nolan's Interstellar on the 7th. All in all, it was a nice romp with flashy special effects. The plot was decent, and the premise (humankind has turned into farmers while the Earth's ecosystem collapses) is scarily realistic.
The movie has aging and time as major themes, which is so blindingly logical for a film about interstellar travel that I can't believe major poductions haven't been made with those themes before.
The film's largest failing was the fact that its twist, while foreshadowed, wasn't really compatible with Occam's Razor. The ship tease between Cooper and Dr Burns was also cringe-worthy, in my opinion. However, the SFX were enticing, and they actually hired a scientist to help with them, so they're realistic, too. The portrayal of Dr Mann was excellent.
Conclusion: Go watch it