Interstellar - Part 8

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Anne is looking sexy.

 

[titansupes]

Best she's looked in years. IMO, she got a little lean for a while.

 

[BatLobster]

In the words of Andrew W.K. ...she is beautiful.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I hate to say this because it's her body but I do think she looks better with more meat on her bones. I know that goes against conventional Hollywood wisdom that the skinner you are the better.

 

[antsman41]

This was downright beautiful. Tight, yet fun, and a whole lot of heart...

I don't understand the folks who whined that Nolan's films are cold, and are still *****ing in this film. This has the most emotional and worthwhile core any sci-fi film has ever had.

I need to see it again tomorrow, before I rank it truthfully or have any conversation/review about it.

All I can say for now is I loved it.

The Prestige (#1) and Begins/TDK (#2-#3) have too much adoration/investment towards them at this time for myself but I can easily say this was a bigger achievement and his biggest success as a whole film probably since Memento.

With that in mind, I can easily place it #4 for now. I like and love all of his films outside of Following, but this did more than Inception (outside of the whole real/not real discussion), Memento (is just missing something for me for re-watching after you get past the timeline stuff) and TDKRises did for me. Insomnia is pretty solid and Following is alright but very much a student type film.

Good Job, Team Nolan.

 

[antsman41]

I actually did guess it. I mean, not in detail, but

Spoiler

as soon as Murph talked about the "ghost" at table when she has the Lunar Lander model, I thought "Cooper or Cooper's spirit is somehow going to return to Earth in the past and be a part of his daughter's life in that form". I thought he might be on another plane of existence, able to touch ours, but not be seen or heard. I called it that second (but not the 5th dimensional tesseract in a black whole and returning in the flesh or anything).

Spoiler

I honestly though it was going to be a 'force' or an alien like thing guiding us to salvation... was amazed and loved it even more that Cooper lead his own daughter to hope.

 

[Marvolo]

Anne looks good in burlap.

 

[antsman41]

Did anyone else feel like Bill Irwin sounded very much like Cillian Murphy?

 

[jmc]

Best she's looked in years. IMO, she got a little lean for a while.

She looks healthier finally, that stupid Les Miz film had her lose her body shape, she's only gotten her curvier frame back recently.

 

[addison81]

Seeing this tomorrow and looking forward to it. Reactions on Twitter from tonight's screenings seem very positive for the most part, at least much more than it's critical reception.

 

[redfirebird2008]

I just got back from seeing it and I don't even know what to say. I can't even rate it after one viewing and probably not even after two viewings to be honest. It makes Inception look like a walk in the park from a viewer's standpoint. I am excited to see it again to try to figure out what I just watched.

I believe this film will flop pretty bad at the box office because it is hard sci-fi to the max, but I can understand why Paramount is proud of it. Perhaps the riskiest huge budget movie ever made.

The only things I can really quantify at this moment are the visuals, acting, humor, and emotional content. This performance from Matthew is better than Dallas Buyers Club, but I'm sure he won't even get nominated for an Oscar because he won last year and because the movie isn't obvious Oscar bait.

The visuals are maybe the most incredible thing I have seen in a movie theater. Paul Thomas Anderson was 110% right. See it in real IMAX or LieMAX if you can. Both are worth the money for this movie. It'll be highway robbery if anything other than Interstellar wins Best VFX at the Oscars this year and I say that as someone who loved, loved, loved the VFX in Apes 2.

The humor is by far the strongest of any Nolan movie. Good lines and great delivery from the cast. The emotional content is probably the strongest of any Nolan film and it contains one of the saddest movie scenes I have ever experienced. People were crying all around me in the theater throughout the film, but especially during the scene in question.

 

[antsman41]

Also, I was more scared that

Spoiler

TARS died in that explosion on Mann's planet or the event horizon

than any other crew member...

He was awesome.

 

[flickchick85]

I don't think it will "flop," but I do believe this will be the least-successful Nolan film at the box office since The Prestige. I mean, it will do better than The Prestige obviously, but not as well as any of his movies since then, imo.

 

[antsman41]

Crazy theory I found on NolanFans;

Spoiler

Cooper's dream about the plane crash wasn't an actual dream... it was a premonition about the spacecraft he will be in when trying to find Brand.

 

[SuperJediHero]

AWESOME movie, but question

Spoiler

Is going into a black hole, to become a ghost

theory possible?

 

[Jumpman]

I just got back from seeing it and I don't even know what to say. I can't even rate it after one viewing and probably not even after two viewings to be honest. It makes Inception look like a walk in the park from a viewer's standpoint. I am excited to see it again to try to figure out what I just watched.

I believe this film will flop pretty bad at the box office because it is hard sci-fi to the max, but I can understand why Paramount is proud of it. Perhaps the riskiest huge budget movie ever made.

The only things I can really quantify at this moment are the visuals, acting, humor, and emotional content. This performance from Matthew is better than Dallas Buyers Club, but I'm sure he won't even get nominated for an Oscar because he won last year and because the movie isn't obvious Oscar bait.

The visuals are maybe the most incredible thing I have seen in a movie theater. Paul Thomas Anderson was 110% right. See it in real IMAX or LieMAX if you can. Both are worth the money for this movie. It'll be highway robbery if anything other than Interstellar wins Best VFX at the Oscars this year and I say that as someone who loved, loved, loved the VFX in Apes 2.

The humor is by far the strongest of any Nolan movie. Good lines and great delivery from the cast. The emotional content is probably the strongest of any Nolan film and it contains one of the saddest movie scenes I have ever experienced. People were crying all around me in the theater throughout the film, but especially during the scene in question.

Okay, I'm not ready for this thing. Redbird has sent me into over drive in hype.

 

[Snow Queen]

I just got home from seeing it. I believe it was BatLobsterRises who said something about not being able to give it a number rating on first viewing and while I didn't think that would happen going in, I definitely am in that camp as well. I thought it was fantastic though, just definitely needs to digest a bit. Maybe another viewing.

 

[Mysteryman]

Have any any women post here seen it ?
I am curious about the female perspective of Anne and Jessica's character

 

[antsman41]

Have any any women post here seen it ?
I am curious about the female perspective of Anne and Jessica's character

That's what is most frustrating with what critics are latching to; another widow'd husband/father... no mother, blah blah blah.

While this film has a very smart, heartwarming, head strong female character in Murphy and a very scientifically logical, yet very emotional driven female character in Brand.

It's baffling, how critics are overlooking them.

Heck, the only weak female character is Lois. Which, we never get enough time with anyways to even try to flesh out (which is necessarily needed).

 

[Snow Queen]

Have any any women post here seen it ?
I am curious about the female perspective of Anne and Jessica's character

Yeah, I liked the both. I didn't have any major issues with them, which surprised me due to comments I had heard beforehand. Brand was definitely improved over the leaked script, where, as kvz5 put it, [BLACKOUT]she became a bland love interest in the third act. I appreciated that she and Cooper didn't really have a love story going on. [/BLACKOUT] Though I did feel her [BLACKOUT]love[/BLACKOUT] speech was a bit...meh. But that's more of a dialogue thing. And then [BLACKOUT]Murph[/BLACKOUT] was one of my favourite parts of the film.

Speaking of the leaked script, I thought the changes, especially in regards to [BLACKOUT]Murph[/BLACKOUT] were major improvements. At least from what I recall, as I haven't read it since it leaked last year.

 

[antsman41]

I have yet to read the leaked script, going to this week; but wasn't there

Spoiler

more of an alien presence or something

someone alluded to like two years ago in here?

 

[AnneFan]

Have any any women post here seen it ?
I am curious about the female perspective of Anne and Jessica's character

I'm going to explore this component after I see the movie tomorrow.

I hope my mind is not too bent and I'm able to express myself coherently.

 

[Anita18]

I have yet to read the leaked script, going to this week; but wasn't there

Spoiler

more of an alien presence or something

someone alluded to like two years ago in here?

Yeah, and even more of a [blackout]deus ex machina saving the day, with China building a gravity device in the wormhole that our heroes find and reappropriate.[/blackout]

From what I've seen, Nolan's version has greatly streamlined the leaked script.

 

[Agent Orange]

Frustrating at times, laden with theatrical, melodramatic dialogue (which despite what some may say, Nolan has never laid it on quite this thick before) but I loved the hell out of it and I greatly admired its nerve. Regarding box office, I can't picture this being a big, box-office hit. It'll be interesting to see how it does and if Chris can garner BIG budgets in the future.

That said, it's not my favourite Chris Nolan movie. He can't quite nail down the gaudy themes that he's reaching for.

It's probably one of those sci-fi films like Spielberg's A.I. and Danny Boyle's Sunshine that will be greatly admired in the future - especially after several viewings.

Nolan took advice from his characters (Tesla and Eames) quite... literally.

"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling."

"You're familiar with the phrase 'man's reach exceeds his grasp'? It's a lie: man's grasp exceeds his nerve."

There isn't a single blockbuster filmmaker who aims higher.

 

[flickchick85]

Have any any women post here seen it ?
I am curious about the female perspective of Anne and Jessica's character

As a woman I found the female characters to be pretty much par for the course with Nolan. They aren't his strong suit and I don't expect that to change any time soon, but they could be worse. Anne's speech was the only thing that bugged me on this front, because A.) it was terrible, and B.) it probably wouldn't exist if her character had been male. But outside of that they were unremarkable but fine, imo.