Interstellar is Underrated.

Rating: 9/10 (7 December 2014)

(Note: The spoiler is read as a movie trailer as it has snippets of the film that does not affect the main crisis in the film.)
To start off, I would like to explain my rating of 9/10. I truly believe that no work of art, be it a literary, theatrical, visual or cinematic work of art whatsoever can be entirely perfect. Thus, as much as I really feel that this movie is the best I have seen in my entire life and deserves 10 stars, I have to hold true to the principle that no form of art can ever be 10/10 because there is always space for improvement. Just like no human being can ever be perfect.
Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is really his most complex and most beautiful masterpiece to date. After filming all 3 parts of Batman he has transferred all his knowledge gained from past filming experiences into Interstellar and takes the art of filmmaking to a whole new level. Filming about outer space is especially challenging as Anne Hathaway said that there were no green screens involved in the filming, hence it is a movie that is worth your buck. Even though till date, the gross earnings for Interstellar are about $559 million (and still counting) which is a far cry from Inception with $825.5 million, Interstellar is very underrated as it deserves much more than Inception for this elaborate 2 hr 49 mins movie which is truly well researched, and thoroughly written with a lot of learning lessons to take home.
Overall, Interstellar provided viewers with a healthy balance of scientific theories as well as artistic ideas. I truly applaud and respect Christopher Nolan for his keen eye for detail and for his relentless pursuit for perfection. From a scientific perspective, the script was well researched, with many accurate scientific terminologies and theories applied to craft the tense situations that arose in space between the spacecraft and complex machinations of the outer universe. The artistic perspective was, in my opinion, one of the best portrayals of human emotions and human nature that I had ever seen. For the record, this movie was not all about the grandiose task of rescuing the fate of humankind, and of all the scientific equations that need to be solved, the film is so much more than that. It shows us the true power of connections between humans, the many memories we have with our loved ones is powerful enough to overcome anything. It teaches, and exposes us to the endless power of love and it's possibilities. In the end, when Cooper enters the 5th dimensional world, he realizes that love was the key, it was more important than anything else in the world. Not even science was enough to solve Professor Brand's complex gravity equation. All along, he spent his life mercilessly sending hopeful astronauts into space, then cruelly left them stranded there, knowing that there was "something" that was needed to solve the equation but couldn't figure it out. The answer was fairly simple, and he didn't realize it because he did not feel love. It was Cooper whose overwhelmingly powerful mutual love between his daughter enabled him to crack the code and solve the mystery, saving humanity. He was also the only astronaut who had significant family commitments.
I feel very compelled to mention evident foreshadowing in the movie, when Dr Brand (Anne Hathaway) said she preferred to go to Edmund's planet instead of Mann's because she felt drawn to it by a powerful force of love for him, (and so goes her long speech about love) Cooper dismissed the idea because he knew it was not going to be productive if they act based on emotions for they needed to consider that Mann's has more viable research material etc. Surprisingly, when Cooper went to Mann's he got himself nearly killed, showing how disastrous it is to not follow the call of love.
Combined with the stunning visual effects of space, that were previously reported to be extremely accurate, if not, entirely accurate, it provided viewers with a good educational insight into outer space. For the first time, I actually felt I was watching something that was "real" and "truly existed", not some science fiction movie that consists of nonsensical characters and plots invented that didn't exist. Take "Aliens vs. Predator" or "Star Wars", did they make you feel kind of disappointed that those monsters didn't exist at all after a 2 hour long movie that got you so embroiled in the show? Well, this time, I was certainly not disappointed that black holes existed and there was really such a thing as a 5th dimensional world.
There is one central theme that the movie was trying to express, that is " Love has the ability to transcend all boundaries, space and even time."This is a familiar phrase often heard among us and it is no surprise that Christopher Nolan was actually "spacing" his movie based on this.
I hope that my review has been useful and that it has been enjoyable reading my innermost thoughts about the movie. Interstellar is certainly a movie that would ignite love in all of our souls.