derivative of other films

Rating: 7/10 (11 November 2014)

'Interstellar' is highly derivative and repetitive of other films, such as: The most obvious one is '2001: A Space Odyssey', and in a way the book '3001'; 'Knowing', future people send messages to present Earth that is dying in order to save humans by placing them in other planets; 'Inception', the human colony living on a curved space station is the same CGI as in the dream scene; 'Oblivion', 'The Black Hole', 'Stargate', 'Prometheus', 'Contact', 'Event Horizon', and various 'Star Trek', 'The Twilight Zone' and 'The Outer Limits' episodes.
'Interstellar' was just too long, boring at times, confusing, too techy with all the time dilation and physics talk. Oh, and I didn't appreciate the time wasted on the sub-plot of the dad's attempt to get his son into college, the faked Moon landing, and the capture of the drone.
Matt Damon's illogical motives and actions, and the Prof's lies, and what the formula was for made no sense.
And ifcourse I saw the twist of what the aliens turn out to be a mile away. Any entity having the tech to create worm-holes in space could just as easily instead land on Earth and resolve all the issues without forcing anyone to fly many years in space.
And the 4k projection added nothing, the man said it was some HD, but I saw no difference... besides a tear in the screen in theater9 at Loew's 34st. But, for $8.29 it was just OK.