The Grapes of Wrath meets 2001

Rating: 3/10 (14 November 2014)

I am being generous by giving it 3 stars. First it is way, way too long. Second, I was given to understand that it was a movie about going to space to hunt for a new planet. Most of the story takes place on Earth. It is almost an hour in before they even leave the Earth. Third I am getting really tired of "the earth is dying because of what we have done to it, poor poor us". I am not a flaming non-global warming person, but I think that this environmental disaster stuff in every movie is getting a bit much. The first half was taken directly from Grapes of Wrath. The pickup trucks loaded with a families' possession heading off to a better life. If you want to see this done properly go watch the Grapes of Wrath. It is much better done. And at least it was based on a true story. The ending is ripped from 2001. Also done better than this movie. I know some people say there is not comparison but I don't buy it. I hate to say it but even the space visuals were done better in Gravity. I hated the story in Gravity but the visuals were stunning. Interstellar is just standard space disaster stuff with a bad story. I could spend hours talk about the plot holes but others have done that better. The only one thing I will mention. They need a rocket to boost their shuttle into escape velocity from the earth then when the were leaving a planet with more gravity then earth the small engines on their were just fine.