Interstellar Movie Review
I would like to start in saying that this movie is the movie I am most excited for for this year. We have all been waiting for Christopher Nolan’s film after the successful Dark Knight Trilogy and the critically acclaimed ‘inception.’
You know what to expect in watching a movie by Nolan. You will be left with so many questions that will leave you eager for the answers. Basically you will be left hanging, but you know you have been provided enough to answer your own questions. This is a mark of masterful filmmaking that is so rare these days. God bless Nolan for this.
Interstellar stars Matthew McConaughey, Ann Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and well, the one that is always present in Nolan’s films, Michael Caine. In the distant future our Earth will be at the brink of dying and Cooper, played by McConaughey is tasked to save us all. Saving our world requires leaving our galaxy into another through a wormhole. All of this is to find another planet that can inhabit humans thus preventing extinction. There is a lot of science that comes along with this mission, but you get the picture. Whether he was able to save humankind is up for you to find out by watching this movie yourself.
The main drama is how Cooper needs to leave her only daughter Murphy, and this is basically what drove Cooper as a character to finish his mission in order to come back to his daughter. Hathaway, as Caine’s daughter, is focused on fulfilling the mission to find the planet that will salvage our dying earth. Solid acting from the both of them, but I got to admit, all their interaction, on the spaceship anyway, reminded me of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity.
It is very refreshing to see Jessica Chastain, playing a character I’d rather not say as it will spoil the movie’s plot, but it is worth noting the short appearance of Matt Damon. But yes, he is kinda ass on this one.
You are probably thinking that since this is an adventure through galaxies, that you will be blown away by visual effects of the stars and what not. The way it was depicted is something like making it second nature. In fact, I felt it was an another character deep in doubt and mystery. Visual effects means nothing if it is made for us just to see, it is more compelling if it will make you feel what you see. They did this very well.
I’m gonna have to admit that I have been disappointed in Hans Zimmer’s work lately (Amazing Spider Man 2 anyone?), but he always have this knack of creating a theme, mostly strong in strings, that is unique of that movie. You can tell the comfort in the music that is projected in this movie, of how comfortable Zimmer is working with Nolan after all these years.
As the drama evolves on Cooper’s family, it is the kind of drama that draws you to your own personal drama. At the end, I believe this will affect each one differently.
Interstellar is a masterpiece. I have learned over the years that in a movie, sometimes it doesn’t matter what the story is, it is how it is told. It is ambitious in every way, and in this galaxy or not, Interstellar shines.
Grade: 8.5/10
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