Original and thrilling, but a bit overlong

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2018)

With 169 minutes runtime, this is the longest Christopher Nolan feature and one of the longest movies I've ever seen. In the beginning, the whole idea of some "end of the world" could be seen as a cliche, but taking into regard that Nolan always offers us something that's original, or narrated in a unique way, it probably has a good explanation and an unexpected turn of events. Which it does. As someone who's watched many films about space, it was rather fun and interesting to see taking it to a new level. There's an emotional aspect of father having to leave his family in order to save humanity, which may be distressing and disturbing to many. I am not saying the movie is bad. In fact, probably one of the best movies with this thematic. It is just that at some points it felt overlong and unnecessary (maybe there are people who saw this as an almost 70 year long movie, so I can't blame them either), especially the dialogues. However, the duration sometimes is justified by spectacular shots and well-executed CGI, which is rather fascinating in itself, despite the plot. There are also some scientifical parts which are sometimes hard to follow, and I read more about some things I wasn't quite sure about, sometimes finding them described and explained completely differently than what's shown in the movie. However, one cannot blame the director for that, since many in the audience probably don't understand the subject completely. It was explained reasonably. The ending confused me a bit, which is also why I was slightly dissatisfied after finishing this movie. But generally, I would recommend this to anyone who hasn't seen it yet.
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