Saw 'Interstellar',,,,,

[FAST FRED]

.....and thought it was OK.

But I predict there will be many movie goers who will like this one a lot more than I did.

There will be viewers who'll find in it enough epiphany and emotion to be life-changing or maybe even the best sci fi flick they've ever seen.

However, at age 71, I'm just too old for this film to have that effect on me.

After seeing "Gravity," I opined that its visuals were the very best I'd ever seen, but that the movie lacked gravitas.

This movie, "Interstellar," had gravitas aplenty, but I thought the visuals weren't as good.

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IMHO, it was pretty good to good and somewhat original, with good to great acting, decent cinematography, superb film editing and had lackluster special effects.

Matthew McConaughey may win another Oscar.

It also had nice and effective music which was sometimes a little too loud in my ear and, perhaps, an overly long running time.

I don't think that it is director Christopher Nolan's best work.

But it was worth the six bucks I paid on an otherwise slow night.

If you like it more, that's cool.

I was put in recall of "The Grapes of Wrath" (because of all the dust storms) fusing up with "Contact" and "2001: A Space Odyssey."

And, according to the message I gleaned from this movie, The Beatles' assertion that "All You Need Is Love" should be elevated in status to being one of the immutable Laws of the Universe (like the Law of Gravity) and should therefore be listed in every modern book of physics.

Maybe it should be.

So that's cool too.

JMO.

Go and see what you think

 

[l00p]

Looks like this one will be Matinee. Thank as always.

 

[Hu_Fan]

As usual the Statesman staff showed it has no one past the 7th grade to write a review, as they can't do much more than get in front of the class and give a summary.

Usually why I either don't take that paper or skip the reviews. Today I just happened to loo at it, and it did not disappoint: a juvenile review that didn't offer much in the critique.

Here's something to add... Sean Carroll ... blog... Cal Tech physics / cosmology prof

Sean Carroll is a prof at Cal Tech. Was in Austin last April at Hogg to talk about Higgs particle. I've gone through his GC course on Dark Matter / Dark Energy, and am a follower of the latest in that field, CMB, Biceps2, Higgs, etc.

His cohert from Cal Tech was in on the writing of this film. There's also a Discovery / Science Channel special hour on the making of the film. Replays next Wed night on Science Channel.

Anyway.. there's always a flaw or rub in almost any flick. But if you want to look at a side of the physics of it, this might add something.

I think in seeing a film, or anything, a lot depends on the total state from which one is viewing. I quit going to first run films as i can't stand being around audiences anymore, including smelling cheese dip. I'm 73, you see. But if I had a second career it would have been film making, or physics. So I may check this one out. Got the BluRay of Gravity and found it so-so.

I may be disappointed in this one, but like that it made some kind of effort to approximate science -- to the degree that physics has not proved worm holes are not entirely impossible. I think so.

Anyway... Sean Carroll if you care to see what he had to say.

 

[Seattle Husker]

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.

 

[accuratehorn]

We went Sunday, and enjoyed it at the Alamo Ritz.
At times, the story is gripping, the acting good, the story interesting, if maybe impossible, but it is science fiction.
There are parallels to 2001, but I think the special effects may have been better in 2001.
Hu Fan, what do you think-2001, or Interstellar? As far as the wormhole, blackhole exploration aspect, I mean.
As far as criticism, we thought the problems on earth were not very well explained, or at least why the problems were unsolvable. Then while out in space, the scene where the space warped and folded looked like it was done by Harry what's his name, Harrihausen (?). In other words, low budget, low tech.
I'll still take 2001 if I what to enter a wormhole.
Worth seeing...yes, and Matthew was good in this film.
I'd like to see the TV show about the physics of the film, and read the book written about the physics showcased in the film, how possible or impossible all this may be.

 

[Seattle Husker]

accuratehorn- Check out the November edition of Wired for a good article on the Interstellar with a focus on the physics. A Cal Tech Astro-Physicist is profiled in the article and was a consultant on the film. It was his opinion that what the special effects guys came up with was the best and closest view to what humans have ever seen a Blackhole look like.

 

[texas_ex2000]

The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne - Barnes and Noble

 

[Seattle Husker]

Ahhh....an even better source I suspect but a longer read.

 

[LongestHorn]

I loved it and would see it again.

 

[dang-str8]

Loved the movie... would see it again...

Not long ago I saw a video on youtube about the tenth dimension... it explains a bit about the science on time and space... it really helped having watched this video and then watching the movie...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjsgoXvnStY

 

[Vol Horn 4 Life]

Very good movie in my opinion. I thought the graphics were appropriate to what was needed for the content compared to Gravity which mostly relied on graphics for its content.

Plenty of twists and turns to keep your attention for 2 1/2 hours.

 

[TheGallopinGoose]

I absolutely loved this movie. Visually, I think it's the best film I've ever seen. I first saw it at the Alamo Drafthouse, and as soon as I walked out of the theatre, I knew I had to see it again in IMAX. Hans Zimmer's soundtrack was excellent and took the film to another level. I thought of this film as the modern "2001"--I saw plenty of similarities in certain images and sequences between the films (the pipe organ in the soundtrack definitely reminded me of "2001"). I give it two Horns up