Interstellar - Part 7

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I never got the hype for The Illusionist. I watched it once and thought it was okay but never wanted to watch it again.

 

[Marvolo]

Yeah Ive got friends that still argue that the Illusionist was the superior film, and Im just like "Whatever youre smoking...stahp itttt!!!"

 

[Rocketman]

The Illusionist basically asked you to be impressed by its twist ending, but it never bothered to explain how or why it happened. I was like, "That's not a twist, that's writing your way to a convenient ending and saying 'Look how cool this is'." A twist is supposed to catch you off guard and make you realize or think about something you hadn't been thinking about, or consider something you hadn't considered... This movie just basically tacked on this weird deus ex machina and then it ended. I was so livid.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Remember when everyone was comparing/contrasting The Prestige and The Illusionist when they came out the same year? It's funny how much The Illusionist has been completely forgotten due to how bland and crappy it is. I knew it eight years ago.

Without question. One will go down as a strong effort in an auteur's presumably long filmography. 30 years from now people will be comparing all of Nolan's films with each other and The Prestige will be in that conversation for sure.

Meanwhile, The Illusionist is just kind of "there." It's not a bad movie by any means but the thing it will be remembered for most is that it came out at the same time as Nolan's magician movie.

The most interesting thing to me about the comparison of Prestige/Illusionist is that the two of them were in development at the same time. Seems to happen a lot in Hollywood.

 

[ghoulstock]

Just saw the film. Truly remarkable/overwhelming experience. Filmmaking at it's finest; Nolan's most mature film to date.

 

[Agent Orange]

Huh, I didn't read Denby's review but I thought it was a positive one. It was 70 on Metacritic. Nope, a splat on RT.

 

[Rocketman]

I have to say, I'm overwhelmingly excited by the totally polarizing effect this is having. When so many people say it's awful AND a movie for the ages, you know it's something special just based on the sheer divide of it. You know, another movie did that back in 1968...

 

[ghoulstock]

I have to say, I'm overwhelmingly excited by the totally polarizing effect this is having. When so many people say it's awful AND a movie for the ages, you know it's something special just based on the sheer divide of it. You know, another movie did that back in 1968...

It's an intelligent film with really heavy ideas mixed with some really weird ones. I can see why some people won't like it, but having just left the theater a half hour ago, I can say it's one of the best films of the year.

 

[Deserana]

Just saw the film. Truly remarkable/overwhelming experience. Filmmaking at it's finest; Nolan's most mature film to date.

I'm just gonna presume you're telling the truth but I'm gonna skip to my biggest question. Do the trailers hold much back?

 

[ghoulstock]

I'm just gonna presume you're telling the truth but I'm gonna skip to my biggest question. Do the trailers hold much back?

Yes, the trailers give away probably 35 % of what the movie really is. There's a lot more going on.

 

[Rocketman]

^ That is music to my ears.

 

[Rocketman]

It's going to be hilarious when we look back on this a year from now and discuss how underwhelming the trailers were (which I agree they were), and then realize how strategic and ballsy that was from a marketing standpoint. The last movie that I honestly believe did this was The Village.

It's really reaching a point where the trailers for Nolan films are really a part of the experience, and not just a persuasive tool to get people in the theater. I like that.

 

[Deserana]

Awesome so it's safe to say audiences will get a surprise. People eat that up this day and age.

Is the last 30 minutes as bat**** as the Empire review made out?

 

[ghoulstock]

Awesome so it's safe to say audiences will get a surprise. People eat that up this day and age.

Is the last 30 minutes as bat**** as the Empire review made out?

It's not really that crazy, especially if you've seen 2001. But it's definitely out there.

 

[AnneFan]

Just saw the film. Truly remarkable/overwhelming experience. Filmmaking at it's finest; Nolan's most mature film to date.

Glad to hear it. As a Tarantino fan, I remember walking out of Django Unchained with a really satisfied feeling. Like, yeah, that's how you make a movie man! I hope this is how I feel again with Nolan's Interstellar.

 

[Black Narcissus]

My guys are Jeremy Jahns (who isn't an RT critic for some reason) and the Schmoes. I bet we're on the same page around 95% of the time.

Because Jeremy Jahns is awful?

Also, how the hell is this guy a professional critic?


‏@calummarsh
Interstellar is hilariously awful. Christopher Nolan is such a doofus.

https://***********/calummarsh/status/529468554035617792

 

[Deserana]

Ah okay cheers I wont ask anymore. Im pretty sure I'll like this, recently I've been excited/nervous seeing a Nolan film but with Interstellar I just feel like I know I'll like it.

 

[Rocketman]

So I'm guessing it comes down to

Spoiler

Cooper meets Murph and Tom, but they are much much older than him (hence Ellen Burstyn and William Devane), and it's a bizarre thing to watch middle-aged Cooper meeting his own children, who are now old enough to be his grandparents.

Cooper, meanwhile, has been away from Earth for less than a week, while everything on Earth moved forward 50 years.

I might be way off, but that's what I'm assuming.

 

[Deserana]

I normally follow Schmoes Know and sometimes Jahns. Similar taste to me. Schmoes review is actually the one Im waiting for most.

 

[Donut]

It's going to be hilarious when we look back on this a year from now and discuss how underwhelming the trailers were (which I agree they were), and then realize how strategic and ballsy that was from a marketing standpoint. The last movie that I honestly believe did this was The Village.

It's really reaching a point where the trailers for Nolan films are really a part of the experience, and not just a persuasive tool to get people in the theater. I like that.

The question is will those types of trailers help or hurt the box office ? That will be the bottom line for any studio moving forward with Christopher Nolan. Depending on how this movie does

 

[Rocketman]

Because Jeremy Jahns is awful?

Also, how the hell is this guy a professional critic?


‏@calummarsh
Interstellar is hilariously awful. Christopher Nolan is such a doofus.

https://***********/calummarsh/status/529468554035617792

If that's all it takes to get paid for being a critic, sign me up I guess.

That's just completely pitiful.

 

[Rocketman]

The question is will those types of trailer help or hurt the box office ? That will be the bottom line for any studio moving forward with Christopher Nolan. Depending on how this movie does

Well, Shyamalan's premise was basically, "Show them nothing, and then get them in the theater to see what the hell it's all about." - And we know how that turned out. The problem is, he didn't deliver on the "nothing" that was promised in those abstract/mysterious trailers. So people paid for movies where they didn't know the premise, and then when they saw it they were like, "Now that I know what the premise is, I don't like it." So really, he didn't deliver what he never promised, lol.

Nolan's kind of the opposite. You know you're going to see something awesome and interesting, and you find out that you totally are for real.

 

[redfirebird2008]

The Village was sold in a big way as a real horror movie. Turned out to not be anything close to that.

 

[ghoulstock]

While the trailers for Interstellar are vague, they're also not trying to present the film in a different way. The trailers nail the tone and overall themes of the film, there's just a lot more going on that the marketing is purposefully leaving out, for better effect.

 

[AnneFan]

From the NY premiere: