Interstellar - Part 9

[DA_Champion]

Nice review Galactus.

 

[Darkness Falls]

i love the score for the docking scene one of the most memorable scores/scenes i've had the privilege of experiencing in a cinema

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I think I may have to see this again before it leaves the cinema, I havent been able to get it out of my head since seeing it.

 

[Phallic]

I've seen it an excessive amount of times in the theater and I'm still thinking about it.

I have a free ticket voucher as well - perhaps I should make it even more excessive :-p

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

i love the score for the docking scene one of the most memorable scores/scenes i've had the privilege of experiencing in a cinema

I thought that moment was just superb all around, a brilliant spectacle, it showed how good Cooper really was and the score was just amazing, superb visuals as well. One of the best scenes of the year for me.

 

[Travesty]

Whoever brought up the M Night Shyamalan examples, did you get that comparison from watching this AMC roundtable?

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[The Shape]

I thought that moment was just superb all around, a brilliant spectacle, it showed how good Cooper really was and the score was just amazing, superb visuals as well. One of the best scenes of the year for me.

It was super intense.

 

[The Squirrel]

Saw it last night. What a wonderful movie.

 

[Galactus10]

Nice review Galactus.

Thank u for reading bro.

I really want to see this again. It's a lot to process. This is such a great sci fi movie how it respects science and stays grounded in the first two acts but is also an artistic work of fiction. That balance was very well done

 

[Deserana]

I just cannot get this film out of my head.

I'm still unsure as to where it lands amongst Nolan's others but the more I think about it the more it absolutely delivered in the areas I wanted it to. It truly had that feeling of awe that not many films have brought. A film that just makes you want to make films. Yes it falters at parts but that doesnt take away from anything.

It did what great films did and immersed you in its world. It could have shown more of the global issue but I personally liked that you just heard the odd line or saw the odd thing from the perspective of this one family.
Another thing I loved was that this is also one of those very very rare times when a huge blockbuster (I love blockbusters but this is an issue) gave me that feeling of "I genuinely have no idea what the **** is going to happen after this" after Cooper goes into the blackhole.

 

[Deserana]

It sucks I missed all the big discussion about the film.

 

[DA_Champion]

It sucks I missed all the big discussion about the film.

Nah man we're still discussing

 

[Deserana]

In all honesty I can't see Spielberg's version of Interstellar having any resemblance to this version in the slightest. Spielberg is happy to play within a more fantastical playground whereas Nolan is far more by-the-book. I understand his reasoning behind having such a grounded approach, he wants to give the audience something that has far more weight to it. It took me a while to figure out what some Batman fans meant when they said his film were not great Batman movies, it's not that they were bad or weren't true to the character, it's that Batman was placed in an environment that was a little too close to home for them, to many fans the Batman world should be larger than life and Nolan took that away to some extent. Interstellar has the same thing happen, it could easily be a more fantastical sci-fi film.

I have to disagree, the grounded approach did absolutely nothing to hinder the awe the film provided IMO. Visually IMO from the IMAX to the planets themselves this gave me a sense of grand scale very few sci fi films have been able to give me. It wasn't like Star Trek Into Darkness where the planets were just there for pure visuals here they served a purpose. They looked more peculiar, we found out about them and the effects the surrounding world had on them. The reason it's grounded is to put ourselves in their shoes, it may not work for Batman but here it really did.

 

[Zeus]

so was i the only one who thought that TARS sounded like Matt Damon?

OMG I was all along thinking it was Damon, then I saw the actual Damon and was like WTF?

Then did a IMDB search, really weird how they sound alike

 

[Deserana]

Another thing that hit me was even though it was bigger in scale this really was much like all of Nolan's films even going back to Following and a short film called Doodlebug he did.

 

[Phallic]

Another thing that hit me was even though it was bigger in scale this really was much like all of Nolan's films even going back to Following and a short film called Doodlebug he did.

Nolan has always had sort of an indie feel to his movies despite them being largely blockbusters post TDK. He never really just goes all out Michael Bay, his stories typically have a pretty grounded core to them.

 

[ЯɘvlveR]

the best movie I've ever seen.

 

[Brother Jack]

I kinda dislike Zimmer most of the time...but this thing is rad. Mountains , with the clock motif , is off the charts.

It is a good score, his best since Inception, but I have to agree with the people that have said it was mixed too loud in the film. At times it became grating during my IMAX screening. It was also an issue in Dark Knight Rises though when I've watched it on TV it didn't stick out so it might have just been the IMAX presentation. But I still think Nolan went overboard on the sound mixing here. On a technical level he's consistently great but his sound mixing has not been perfect. There are some terrific moments of silence in this film but I think Nolan should pull it back a bit and let the images speak more for themselves.

 

[Black Narcissus]

My favorite part is when McConaughey speeds the Lincoln to 88 mph, and travels back in time to save his family.

 

[drunkhomer]

I just came back from my 2nd viewing from a different theater, and again I had no sound issues, only times I had trouble with the dialogue was Cooper's [BLACKOUT]crash dream[/BLACKOUT] and when Michael Caine was at his [BLACKOUT]death bed[/BLACKOUT].

I'm so glad I watched it again, first time I came out, I didn't know what to think and was too much for my brain to digest it all. After the 2nd time, I truly enjoyed this movie and can only describe it as an EXPERIENCE!

 

[bullets]

OMG I was all along thinking it was Damon, then I saw the actual Damon and was like WTF?

Then did a IMDB search, really weird how they sound alike

I assumed he had something to do with programming him , but now your telling me that wasn't Damon's voice. Weird.

 

[DA_Champion]

There is a good interview with Kip Thorne over at Nature Magazine.

 

[Tequilla]

It is a good score, his best since Inception, but I have to agree with the people that have said it was mixed too loud in the film. At times it became grating during my IMAX screening. It was also an issue in Dark Knight Rises though when I've watched it on TV it didn't stick out so it might have just been the IMAX presentation. But I still think Nolan went overboard on the sound mixing here. On a technical level he's consistently great but his sound mixing has not been perfect. There are some terrific moments of silence in this film but I think Nolan should pull it back a bit and let the images speak more for themselves.

I do think Nolan's sound is exactly as he wants it. Reading about this complaints , kinda throws me back to the prologue of TDKR where he had to change what was an extremely fun style for a much clearer bassy sound.

I’ve always loved films that approach sound in an impressionistic way and that is an unusual approach for a mainstream blockbuster, but I feel it's the right approach for this experiential film,” Christopher Nolan said, speaking for the first time in detail about the use of sound in his new film
Describing his approach to the movie’s sound mix as “adventurous and creative,” Nolan told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview Friday, “Many of the filmmakers I’ve admired over the years have used sound in bold and adventurous ways. I don’t agree with the idea that you can only achieve clarity through dialogue. Clarity of story, clarity of emotions—I try to achieve that in a very layered way using all the different things at my disposal—picture and sound.”

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/christopher-nolan-breaks-silence-interstellar-749465

The cornfield chase example he gives in this interview is actually a very clever way to allow sound to be part of the scene integrity's.

 

[dark_b]

whats the color of flying suit in the first scene . when he is dreaming. is it the same color like at the end?

 

[tek]

enjoyed the movie. however the Caine speech on his deathbed was extremely hard to decipher, the fact that is was an important reveal and nonreveal made it frustrating at that moment. the emotional high point for me was Coop meeting the old daughter on her deathbed. was engaging and worth the watch