Great pictures, editing and special effects, very poor narrative

Rating: 4/10 (6 December 2015)

Interstellar delivers a wonderful array of pictures in space, persuasive accounts and visual interpretations of the workings of physics and impressive special effects. However, it lacks what could be described as the essential core of a great movie: a convincing plot. What starts off as dystopian, humanist warning against our current way of life, is continuously deranged into a melodramatic, hollow and corny love-story. The dualism between Cooper and Brand is relegated to a one-sided, macho-dominated relationship, reminiscent of old Classic Hollywood, where the road-cruisers or horses are replaced with a spaceship. Also, if love is the only thing that transcends time and space, then the Nolan brothers have apparently run out of ideas, trying to emulate the brilliance and depth of other space sagas like Space Odyssey. Introducing love as the story 's fundament is simply skewed, given the very serious account in the first third/half of the movie. If this were to be a serious or daring movie (and maybe if film executives had less influence over the story?), than it had to offer either an open ending, or the opposite of what is being portrayed: Human use of technology ultimately responsible for global troubles, rather than an infinite source of salvation.