Interstellar - Christopher Nolan Directing - Nov 2014

[Guest]

Smart!

One of the dumbest films, admittedly disguised as intellectual, that I've ever seen.

Pretty much like every other Nolan film then. Except Memento, which I need to give another watch.

[choddo]

Dumb in what way? Not sure what you mean by it? Because of the implausibility of some of the things they ask you to accept?

[Tourist]

I watched this on the plane the other day. It is so full of stupid.

[Guest]

I'm just off to bed choddo, but I'll come back to this in the morning. But yeah, the implausibility of it all was just ridiculous. I felt there was far more wrong with it than that though, but as I said, I'll explain in more detail tomorrow.

[Guest]

Immensely watchable.

The thing that has suddenly struck me as it finished...what is it with Nolan ending all his more recent films showing someone's back to the camera?

Inception

Dark Knight

Dark Knight Rises

Interstellar

Come on guy get a new thing.

[Mr Cochese]

Inception ends on the spinning thingy.

[Guest]

Inception ends on the spinning thingy.

Di Caprio has just walked away from the camera, back turned. He's still in the scene as such. It's the last shot that you see of him.

Dark Knight, on the bike.

DKR, Robin in the Batcave.

Interstellar, Hathaway is walking away.

It can't be coincidence. Surely someone else has noticed this.

[Stanley]

I thought this was incredible, had me gripped right from the start with its amazing cinematography. The bit on the water planet was properly immense, one of the most impressive things I've seen in a film. There were some gushy bits, and some bits that didn't really work for me (such as Matt Damon's character) but overall it's the best hard Sci-fi I've seen in a long time.

[BitterToad]

Yep, brilliant, brilliant film. So clever in its storytelling and packs some real emotional heft in there as well.

[Guest]

I also really enjoyed it - and I've found myself rewatching it since when it's come on sky movies.

I did have several gripes, yet despite this they didn't spoil the package.

1) The "Ghost" bit was so obvious. Got that straight away. Far too easily signposted.

2) Water planet "We thought they were mountains!" - can't you tell the difference between water and rock after you've travelled miilionz of miles?

3) Matt Damon. He was obviously a bad guy. He was obviously going to die. What kind of idiot falls for the Matt Damon trick?

[Mr Cochese]

The most idiotic thing they do is probably visiting the planet next to a great big fucking black hole at all.

[Pistol]

I found the water planet bit bloody annoying, to be honest. Just the way that guy gets the robot to go and rescue the girl, stands and watches, then "oh yeah I better get back in the spaceship myself... whoops! Too late."

[Sarlaccfood]

Inception ends on the spinning thingy.

Sorry was supposed to pos not neg!

How can you forget the inception ending?

[Padaxes]

It vexes me that they go to such great pains to be "hard" sci fi and do it so well, but make such stupid decisions / mistakes at pivotal moments just to facilitate the plot.

[Guest]

I never did get back to choddo on this, but to be honest, I've completely forgotten anything about it now other than it was laughably stupid.

I went and had a look to see what problems others had with it and found this, which brought the travesty of a film flooding back (thanks choddo) and covers a few of its problems.

It did look good though, I'll give it that.

[Vin]

I never did get back to choddo on this, but to be honest, I've completely forgotten anything about it now other than it was laughably stupid.

I went and had a look to see what problems others had with it and found this, which brought the travesty of a film flooding back (thanks choddo) and covers a few of its problems.

That bit of diatrabe about Zimmer's score is total dogshit, some of the quieter moments of the score are stellar.

[monkeydog]

Don't play Elite while listening to the Interstellar soundtrack. Too much of a total perspective vortex moment.

[JoeK]

That bit of diatrabe about Zimmer's score is total dogshit, some of the quieter moments of the score are fucking stellar.

But would you say it was....

Interstellar?

Hmmm?

(You may to kill me now)

[Guest]

That bit of diatrabe about Zimmer's score is total dogshit, some of the quieter moments of the score are stellar.

Yeah, I agree. I like his score. I don't agree with all of that article, but I thought it covered off enough of the problems I had with it. Mainly it's complete lack of internal logic and ridiculous plot holes.

I'm guessing you didn't like it too much either then if the only thing you think is wrong with that article is the point about Zimmer.

[TehStu]

Yep, brilliant, brilliant film. So clever in its storytelling and packs some real emotional heft in there as well.

Agreed, even while watching it on a Virgin Atlantic flight.

[JohnnyNolan]

I watched this at the weekend. I thought it was awful. Weak plot, no tension and at least 60 minutes too long.

[DarhkFox]

Watched it today. Enjoyed a lot of it, but then it just started going downhill half way or so through.

Also the robot things just made me think there was a guy in a costume.

[Alex W.]

Technically it was a guy behind a costume, but yes.

[catinthehat]

That guy in the costume was a pretty amazing contortionist.

[Mentazm]

[neoELITE]

Why did all of his descendants not at least want to say hi? They looked at him like he was a child murderer.

I think it's a film about love, heredity and time. He was out of time.

[BruceBruce]

A tale as old as time, Beauty and the (5-Dimensional) Beast.

[Mr Cochese]

He got lost in the love dimension.

[Vulgar Monkey]

Just seen this. Despite the length and a bit more sentimentality than I'd like, I rather enjoyed it.

 

 

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Thought the robots were fun personalities despite the strange design (that looks like it'd have no lateral stability, but whatever), was a little surprised by the blunt ending, and the way the penny dropped re the ghost etc but enjoyed it despite the issues.

 

Wouldnt have minded a bit more lithgow/cain. Wondered why no-one tried duct-taping the fuck out of their windows.

Thought it was slightly amusing that the black guy was the one to age suddenly too, convenient casting, that.

 

Havent read up on the big plot holes or physics stuff yet, that might be interesting.

 

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Oh! Also - as cool as the spinning docking scene was, I do remember thinking it highly convenient that it was spinning perfectly around its axis. If it was tumbling in three dimensions they'd be fucked.

 

Loved how hathaway did that sentimental speech that in most films wouldwin the day, but in this they just looked at her like a dickhead and went with plan a.

 

 

 

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Oh, also I'm not sure I understand what damons motive was. He wanted to escape the planet I guess, but to what end? He knew they were all fucked, right?

 

 

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Spoilering stuff just in case. I know it's been ages and spoilers seem to be open game at this point but it feels wierd not to.

[Guest]

Damon was a dick. They should've left him on Mars.