An excellent movie set to have a cult following!

Rating: 10/10 (17 November 2014)

You know a movie is going to be great when it is directed by Christopher Nolan. However, when you know that the two brothers are collaborating to write the script of the movie, there is nothing else you can do except sit down, cross your legs and hug your knees and pray that your mind does not become as sore as it was when you were brutally struck down by Inception.
At the very least, you know what to except, right?
Ah. How naive we humans can be.
The movie Interstellar is nothing short of a masterpiece. Considering that the bar set by Inception and Memento for Nolan put the phrase "The sky is the limit" to shame, it was hard to imagine how Nolan would pull this off. But pull it off, he has, and in a spectacular fashion. What makes this movie a better achievement was that it managed to blow us away in spite of our high expectations! When Inception came out, we had no idea of the chaos that would ensue. Moreover, it was about a topic that was completely unknown to many of us. But Interstellar is about space, a concept most of us have understood in varying degrees. And everyone was equating it with Inception since the release of the trailer. But it still manages to grip you. That is what makes this a work of art.
Set mainly in space, Interstellar is set in the not-so-distant future, where Earth has become dry and the idea of a luxury dinner means corn being prepared in 5 different ways. Dust devils are very common and sandstorms a surety. The collapse of human civilization seems imminent and nothing much can be done about it. However, all hope is not lost. Believing that while mankind was born on Earth, humans are meant to touch the stars, a group of brave men and women working for a familiar organization decided to accept the signs and seek a way to find another home where humans can live on, destroy the environment and eventually abandon again. There begins a daring journey, complete with a black hole, a wormhole, solid clouds, time warping and a cheeky robot.
The story is painstakingly thorough. The base physics concepts that serve as the foundation for the movie is very strong. The black hole, the worm hole, the planets, the relative property of time, everything is excellently portrayed. Granted, the movie takes a few liberalities towards the end, but you cannot begrudge it for that. These liberalities too have been brilliantly crafted into the story by the Nolan brothers so that they seem plausible. However, let us not argue about physics. Because what the movie sucker punches you with is the sheer brilliance of the storyline. No one else would have handled this movie the way the Nolan brothers have, and that is what lifted this movie from an intriguing movie to something that will have you at the edge of the seat in front of your actual seat.
The visuals are stunning. The way the worm hole, the black hole and the planets are captured is breath-taking. The environments are wonderfully crafted, with nothing being over the top. Everything fits and nothing jars out. It truly feels like an amateur physics enthusiast's paradise, remarkably crafted and meticulously rendered.
The soundtracks are nothing short of inspiring. They keep up with the tempo of the movie and just enhance the experience. Nolan has cleverly used the concept of negative noise during some scenes in space which just makes you feel tingles down your spine. The combination of Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan is one that inspires you, makes you feel connected and immensely enhances the movie experience!
All in all, this movie is set to become a cult film. Rarely are movies about space exploration this good, partly because of clichéd concepts and partly due to lack of imagination. Interstellar rose above this and managed to deliver a movie the likes of which the world hadn't seen since 2001: A Space Odyssey. This is not a movie we will be forgetting soon.