Movie of the Year

Rating: 9/10 (16 November 2014)

Nolan is undoubtedly one of the greatest directors of our times; his masterpieces have sparked a number of similar (though all inferior) works and he has inspired (and will continue to inspire) generations of talents. The worshippers of cult flicks will remember him for "Memento", the mind psyche group will revere "Inception", while I believe he will establish his place in the cinematographic hall of fame with his Batman series and this movie - Interstellar. The world described here is a bleak barren land going through a global scale of desertification. Mankind has been reduced to pathetic beings facing famine and starvation as a constant threat. Dreams and aspirations are luxuries and the dreary daily battle with dust and sandstorms as well as dwindling agricultural produce make this a drawn-out version of living hell. Our chief protagonist is an explorer and adventurer who, like a fish out of water in his present existence, jumped at the one chance of saving the world by doing what he does best. As expected, this turns out to be an introspective and revealing odyssey putting humanity to the test. Thanks to the almost-too-smooth twist of the plot, the ending was brighter than what we thought it would be. Do not miss TARS the robot - providing the necessary mirth to dissipate the doom and gloom that might otherwise haunt the movie. The concepts of relativity, black holes, wormholes, 5-dimensional existence, etc. are quite well explained thus digging up physics textbooks are superfluous. This is quite definitely the 2014 film of the year (with only two remaining months to go). Highly recommended.