Interstellar (Post-release)

[Vivek]

Re: Interstellar

Yeah that's tragic what happened. And indeed bad timings for this sweepstakes. I shared my thoughts about it in the off topic thread.

As for the sweepstakes, sadly I can't enter as it's restricted to US residents. All the best CessnaDriver, I hope you get it.

I know many others will indeed opt for cash, no surprise there. But the flight is itself worth $100,000 and if one takes the flight they will get an additional check of $50,000.

So Total Grand Prize is worth $150,000, which is double of $75,000. I would have opted for the flight, even if there wasn't any other bonus involved.

 

[Banner]

Re: Interstellar

I had an opportunity in college to film a student project being tested on NASA's zero-g test plane (aka the Vomit Comet). 30-45 seconds of weightlessness at a time for about 90 minutes. One of the most amazing experiences of my life. Still have dreams occasionally about that feeling.

I'd definitely take the flight! Accidents will happen. You just have to know what you're getting into and accept that anything is possible.

 

[gooses2]

Re: Interstellar

Been hyped for this ever since I saw the first trailer. Then I got round to seeing Mcconaughey in True Detective and now I cant get more excited for this film. Only a few more days to go(For UK realise that is)!

 

[SVTStingRay]

Re: Interstellar

a theater in my neighborhood is gonna show it Tuesday night...........cant wait!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CessnaDriver]

Re: Interstellar

Yeah they added Tuesday night here too, but damn I couldn't keep up with these last minute new showings, so just have to stick to Wednesday night.

 

[swgeek]

Off to see the crew screening of Interstellar at the Warner lot, woohoo! Hope it's good.

 

[SVTStingRay]

just got back from a early showing...............................great movie. nolan homers! didnt know where it was going. kind of shocked by some of the story.......

 

[CessnaDriver]

Good to hear. Tomorrow night can't come fast enough for me.

 

[SVTStingRay]

ok time to simmer here are my thoughts.............
long complicated story..........it a bold story with bold concepts about human survival as a species vs the individual. some major moral
choices are made with serious planetary implications. .
just like nolan's other movie the prestige, this movie should have started with a voice over saying "are you paying attention."
liked it altho i have to see it again, some fanboys (IE aholes) talked during the movie and i missed some important dialog
music is great
the robots are amazing, TARS is the new R2D2 with more sarcasm.
the movie is a slow build-up.
1 thing i didnt like - mat damon...........his appearance pulled me right out of the movie.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Ad astra per aspera"Through hardships to the stars"

And boy is there a lot of hardship! LOL

Agreed it takes a while to build but delivers a powerful third act. It could probably have been edited down on the front end without paying a big price.
Very dramatic at times, still hard sci-fi but accessable, some hard science but they don't go overboard. They do the let's explain that for the audience thing when needed but you notice it's the let's explain this for the audience thing.
There was some applause in the theater once the credits hit.

Those Ranger spacecraft have some impressive abilities! NASA had clearly advanced even with all the problems on earth.

I hope it is a big hit, this is the bill board for space exploration I thought it could be.
Movies like this just don't come along very often in this regard at all. In fact maybe every twenty years.

Some nits to pick but I'll wait until more have seen it.

I wasn't the driver on the way home so I was able to look out and there is Orion high in the sky.
****** I wish we would get off our duffs already and GO!

 

[CessnaDriver]

Ranger studio mockup going on public display........

Exhibition at Udvar-Hazy Center to Feature “Ranger” Spacecraft and Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 Experience

http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/interstellar-open-national-air-and-space-museum-imax-theaters

 

[robn1]

Awesome! Right in my backyard

 

[CessnaDriver]

Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy fame was not a fan, and was critical of some of the science by the way.
I would wait to see the film then check his critcisms if anyone is interested in the inaccurate science depicted, he had story issues
too though.
I consider the film even if not science perfect, a huge leap forward actually to what is normally presented
to the public in big films like this.

 

[berger]

Just saw the movie in 70mm here at the state museum in Indianapolis. Holy craps it's good. There are some slow parts, and some things that don't work so well, but overall it was a great movie. I'm SO glad I decided to see it in 70mm instead of the regular Imax theater i go to. The scenes shot with Imax cameras are great, and mixed throughout the entire movie, and they take up quite a bit of time, not just a few minutes. The aspect ratio change didn't really distract from the movie or seem as jarring as it did in the dark knight.

It really is a stunningly beautiful movie. My girlfriend said she cried a few times, and I got choked up a few times as well. I won't go into spoilers just yet since most people haven't seen it yet, but man.... I can't wait to see it again. even though there are some slow parts the 3 hours just flew by. You can definitely see the 2001 connection.

GO SEE IT ON THE BIGGEST SCREEN POSSIBLE, In 70MM if you can!

 

[C0mmand3rC0dy]

I loved it, not perfect like some people have said, but probably the best movie I've seen in awhile.

 

[Shadow345]

Visuals of space travel were spectacular, and the black hole sequence is an amazing set piece. Amazing to think it was modeled after real data.

Emotional scenes were good, but a little overdone on the weepy bits.

Some of the story threads in the final act were poor, but the actual ending was great.

Hans Zimmer score is very forgettable, just another score made up of a wall of noise.

It's a mixture of stuff we have seen in sci-fi before, but as a film with big ideas it is satisfying.

 

[swgeek]

Ok, so I've seen it twice now. The last time at an IMAX theater, definitely the way to see it! As berger says, see it on the biggest screen possible.

I really liked this movie, a lot. I thought the acting overall was very good. I've never been a big Matthew Mcconaughey fan, but I thought he was great. A really interesting story, with a few plot holes, and some questions, but nothing that I felt really detracted from the overall enjoyment of the movie. Fantastic effects. I loved the score, although I thought it was a bit overpowering at times. Great art direction, I really liked the overall look of everything. The robots, which I didn't know much about before the movie, really impressed me. I liked their design and personality. In the end I was really surprised that it had been almost three hours, the time flew for me.

Overall a very good movie. I highly recommended seeing it, and seeing it on the big screen. I know some of the props and miniatures are on display at the Archlight Hollywood, Cape Canaveral, and at a theater in Bethesda MD. Not sure which one, I'll try and find out.

 

[Vivek]

Interstellar exceeded my expectations on many levels despite my minor issues with certain plot points. The movie is obviously awe-inspiring with its visuals and I was very happy with the direction of the story and the surprises it offered, along with some emotional moments that had me choked up (no surprise there either). I might watch it again in the theatre next week.

I don't know if Interstellar will become the movie I want it to be, which will inspire the masses about space exploration; maybe no movie can do that for the majority of the population.

But if Interstellar even manages to breathe new life into the conversation about space exploration, if it makes some people ponder about space like they never imagined before, if it makes a new generation of people including the youth look up in the sky and wonder what if...?

Then I am thankful to Christopher Nolan for making Interstellar, as it would have served its purpose beyond just great entertainment.

 

[hdtheater]

I saw it last night and am still trying to figure out what I just saw.

Visuals were cool and acting was good, but the theater had the volume for Hans's score so loud that in some scenes the dialogue was drowned out. I thought the physical design of the movie hit the mark, but the science did not make a lot of sense to me. I guess I need to know more about quantum mechanics and theoretical physics. I am tempted to watch it again, but will wait and see what others say to judge how much of it was my experience vs. the movie.

 

[Banner]

I don't know if Interstellar will become the movie I want it to be, which will inspire the masses about space exploration; maybe no movie can do that for the majority of the population.

But if Interstellar even manages to breathe new life into the conversation about space exploration, if it makes some people ponder about space like they never imagined before, if it makes a new generation of people including the youth look up in the sky and wonder what if...?

So much this... but unfortunately I think it really just made me realize that there is only a relatively small amount of people on this planet that think exploration is a worthwhile endeavor. The rest would rather watch Honey Boo Boo and amass guns and supplies and wait for the zombie apocalypse. I didn't always feel this way and maybe it's just a function of the environment I'm living in now.