Interstellar - Part 5

[DCW]

I was actually hoping for something around 2 hours. I'm getting kinda tired of every movie trying to be 3 hours long.

This x 1000 for me.

I rarely have time to sit down and watch something for 3 hours.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Huh...I guess they figured out a way around the IMAX reel limitation after all.

I'm happy about the meaty runtime though, I have a feeling it'll be warranted by the scope of the film. I also love knowing that we've barely seen anything in the trailers.

Agreed, especially since this is being talked up as being more ambitious than any of the 3 Batman films or Inception.

 

[titansupes]

Huh...I guess they figured out a way around the IMAX reel limitation after all.

I'm happy about the meaty runtime though, I have a feeling it'll be warranted by the scope of the film. I also love knowing that we've barely seen anything in the trailers.

Or they cut out a good portion of the credits on the IMAX version.

Yeah, I've seen people mention that credits can be sped up in these cases.

There's also the fact that (unless I'm mistaken) only a fraction of theatres are still playing it in 'true' IMAX, like 30 or 50... the rest will be digital.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

So the lesson they learned from The Dark Knight Rises was to make possibly a longer script and a longer movie. Nolan really is in the Peter Jackson bloat time of his career isn't he.

Well, hope it's good. The marketing has yet to amaze, though a couple of the posters are pretty decent.

 

[titansupes]

The difference being Nolan's runtime's come from having so much going on plot and story wise in the movies... Jackson's come from self-indulgence and slow-motion melodrama.

 

[Micromind]

I don't think that the marketing would improve drastically for this movie, the "don't give away the plot and money shots" seems to be the philosophy.

 

[redhawk23]

If the credits is seven minutes, that gives us about 162 minutes of actual goodness.

Almost the exact same running time as 2001: Space Odyssey, just for comparison.

 

[redhawk23]

That's odd. The Arri Alexa did a good job of imitating film and Deakins did an incredible job with it.

Several of the major film companies just signed contracts agreeing to buy a certain amount of filmstock every year. I guess they're getting their money's worth.

 

[Marvolo]

So the lesson they learned from The Dark Knight Rises was to make possibly a longer script and a longer movie. Nolan really is in the Peter Jackson bloat time of his career isn't he.

Well, hope it's good. The marketing has yet to amaze, though a couple of the posters are pretty decent.

It seems to happen with some storytellers. They become successful and the pressure from their editors/studios lessens. Authors get to publish longer books and directors get to release longer films.

Whether its a good or bad thing is entirely up to the director or author in question.

I like Nolan's directing and I like most of his films. If the film is good enough the runtime wont be as noticeable. I set through Wolf of Wallstreet, TDKR, and Django Unchained and never once became bored or fatigued. I was sore afterwards, but during the experience I was fully intuned.

 

[Anita18]

Yeah if anything, TDKR was too short for the story it wanted to tell. It isn't like Transformers kind of bloat.

 

[Marvolo]

Agreed. TDKR is a rare instance where a story legitimately could have benefited from being 3 hours or 2 films.

Nolan's always kept his pace very tight imo. Which is quite a feat when you consider his runtimes. Nolan knows how to keep a film moving and the audience engaged.

At first that runtime gave me pause, but this isnt Michael Bay or one of his Transformer films. Its Nolan and TDKR was 165 minutes and I never felt that runtime was excessive. Its always felt too short to me. So if this film is good and has Nolan's usual pace Im gonna enjoy it and not mind the runtime.

The complete opposite really is Transformers 4. Holy hell, I had a headache and honest to god never want to watch the film again. It was just exhausting. And it was the same runtime as TDKR, but its a night and day difference

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Wow, it'll be just 7 minutes longer than 2001!

 

[Micromind]

Agreed. TDKR is a rare instance where a story legitimately could have benefited from being 3 hours or 2 films.

Nolan's always kept his pace very tight imo. Which is quite a feat when you consider his runtimes. Nolan knows how to keep a film moving and the audience engaged.

At first that runtime gave me pause, but this isnt Michael Bay or one of his Transformer films. Its Nolan and TDKR was 165 minutes and I never felt that runtime was excessive. Its always felt too short to me. So if this film is good and has Nolan's usual pace Im gonna enjoy it and not mind the runtime.

The complete opposite really is Transformers 4. Holy hell, I had a headache and honest to god never want to watch the film again. It was just exhausting. And it was the same runtime as TDKR, but its a night and day difference

Just sitting through complete T4 movie is quite a feat.

 

[Mulholland-Jr]

Whoo! I wonder what's going on in that last one aka why no green screens around this shuttle.

Similar to this:

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[Marvolo]

Just sitting through complete T4 movie is quite a feat.

That it was. I walked out after it was finally over feeling like I should have been paid to set through that nonsense. Felt more like work than any kind of enjoyable experience.

 

[redhawk23]

Oblivion used screens though. That interstellar set looks more like just straight up curtains, not even something to be back projected onto.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

TF4 was one of the most relentless movies I've ever seen. It just would not end. I was thoroughly engaged with TDKRises (which had pretty much the same runtime as TF4) so I fully expect the same with this.

 

[titansupes]

I'm expecting this to be at least a bit slower (deliberately) than his previous work. At least the first act or so.

 

[kendalag]

More 'buzz'

New York Daily News Critic

Jordan Hoffman I haven't seen INTERSTELLAR yet but some people I trust did & were floored. I just got bit by the fanboy bug.

Sasha Stone ‏@AwardsDaily 4h
@firstshowing Word on the street is that it’s effing unbelievable. #interstellar

Sasha Stone ‏@AwardsDaily 1m
I’ve only heard one thing about Interstellar — very 2001.

 

[Faora]

The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre. Runtime 2h 47m.

Total reported runtime: 163, 167, 168, 169 and 178 min.

 

[Marvolo]

Have yall seen this fan poster by Anton Volkov?

So someone said they should do an #Interstellar poster based on the #2001ASpaceOdyssey one...I say #challengeaccepted pic.***********/7vT7NRfPC9

https://***********/antovolk/status/513445782750773250/photo/1

Original 2001 poster for reference:

 

[AnneFan]

From Empire UK.

 

[RetrogradeOrbit]

I'm really looking forward to this. The runtime only heightens my anticipation...

 

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