At last True Science Fiction

Rating: 8/10 (8 November 2014)

Lets be honest, Science Fiction has seen better days. Movies like 2001 and the Day the Earth Stood Still(non Keanu version) said something about who we were and where we were going. Now most Science Fiction movies mostly consist of alien invasions, or worse Sharknados.
However, Christopher Nolan does something unique, he attempts to create a film that actually makes you think. The movie is full of big ideas like Time Dilation, 5th dimensional beings, and the physics of going through a wormhole.
Still, at its score Interstellar is about the human condition. It is about an ex engineer and pilot named Cooper who has been grounded on a dying earth that needs farmers and not pilots. A world where the moon landing is shunned. It's a world that has become Anti- Science...with the notable holdout being Coopers daughter Murphy.
To make a long story short, Cooper is offered the chance to leave and save the planet by looking for habitable worlds. But in order to leave he will have to leave his daughter behind perhaps for decades. The image of Cooper driving off while his daughter is crying is one of the more powerful moments of the film.
The movie really takes off when Cooper and his crew try to find the perfect planet. The movie shows some the hazards of time distillation...as being on a planet for 3 hours could mean being away from earth for decades. In a sense time becomes the crews ultimate enemy though far from its only enemy.
It also emphasizes how lonely and scary space can truly be. This weakness of the human condition is also emphasized as much as any big idea.
Interstellar is the rare Science Fiction movie that actually challenges you to think about our place in this world. It makes you truly see the awe that is this universe. At the end it reminds us we are all on an adventure the Human Adventure.