The greatest sci-fi film/The greatest film!

Rating: 10/10 (27 February 2020)

There are a lot of film titles you will hear when discussing the greatest sci-fi film of all time, A space Odyssey, Alien, The Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, The Matrix. Don't get me wrong, all are worthy titles and a strong argument can be made for each. One film you may not hear is Interstellar. As a fan from day one, and when I say day one, I do mean day one, as in the day Christopher Nolan announced his next project was a time travel film, it still dumbfounds me, and I will never understand why. Maybe it will be one of those films that is remembered more fondly as time progresses, maybe on the 10 or 20 year anniversary the film will find itself on more top ten lists, dare I say maybe at the top of a few. Don't get me wrong, the film was a hit. It grossed north of 600 million and recieved universal acclaim upon its release. Despite that, this film is criminally underrated.
As I stated earlier, I was on this film from day one. Being a huge Nolan fan, as soon as the announcement came, I was unbelievably excited. I couldn't wait for the release. When I saw the teaser one year prior to the release, I didn't think I could wait that long.
There were other films around this time that I was incredibly excited for. One was Man of Steel. When I left the theater from seeing that film, I was completely shocked at how bad it was. Growing up with Jim Carrey, I was also pumped for the Dumb and Dumber sequel. I won't even get into the depressed feeling I felt walking out of that theater. For this film however, I was more excited for than the other two combined. I remember walking into the theater, I began to become nervous that the film wouldn't live up to the extraordinary hype that I had built up for it in my head, seeing as how the other two hadn't. When I walked out of the theater, it took 20 minutes for my jaw to close. It not only met my expectation, it surpassed it. Nothing could have prepared me for the emotional roller coaster that was this film. The visuals were out of this world, literally and figuratively. The first movie that I saw and knew that the CGI would not age. The story was unbelievable. The classic story of the ordinary man thrown into the extraordinary situation. I didn't cry, but I easily could have. Everything that the actors feel, you feel. The performance from Matthew and Hathaway were spectacular. And that ending, WOW!
The fact that this film was not even nominated for best picture that year was the moment that for me confirmed that the oscars are completely useless. Not that this film needs any Oscar for validation. It is spectacular and magnificent in every way, and is not a film you will soon forget after viewing. It will make you think, make you cry, make you laugh, and make you wonder what the academy considers a great film. This review section was the first thing that had anything to do with this film outside the film that made any sense to me. When I read all of the rotten tomatoes reviews and reviews from a few other web sites I started to question whether they had left their thoughts on the wrong page, Thankfully on the IMDB user page, everything made sense again. I thought to myself, there are still people with brains and taste for cinema left in this world.
I won't spoil any part of this film because that would be robbing someone of something that won't come around again for a long time. If you haven't seen the film, just watch it. Don't read any more reviews, JUST.....WATCH.......IT