Banal trip through endless cliches

Rating: 1/10 (15 January 2019)

I have read and watched sci-fi books and films for almost sixty years, starting in the 40's with such titles as "Thrilling Wonder Stories" and eventually "astounding Science Fiction." Regarding this contribution, "Interstellar" to the list, it is without the slightest shadow of doubt that I count it as absolutely the worst movie in the genre I have ever had the misfortune to watch. The characters are wooden, the pace is like a snail trying to move through molasses, and trivial or improbable comments are promoted as though they were profound realizations. The basic premise is, in a certain debatable sense, philosophical, mixed with a lot of impressive-sounding technospeak. Things are represented as sudden inspirations which should (and would) have been understood long before the journey even begins, as though to remind the viewer that the protagonists are intelligent and clever enough to figure out what in a real world they would have known and taken for granted long before. Seeing all the grovelingly positive reviews, I tend to classify the film as a con job designed to impress a certain kind of viewer with already understood cliches so as to confirm that they are after all as smart as they think they are. Science is a wonderful tool, but it cannot touch the reality of life, and should not represent itself as though it can.