Interstellar is a Masterpiece and probably Nolan's best work

Rating: 10/10 (7 January 2015)

Interstellar always looked a sure shot, from the moment it was announced that it will be Christopher Nolan's next project. And it didn't disappoint! In fact it exceeded my personal expectations for the film. Christopher Nolan has always been criticised for being cold hearted and lacking the human touch in his films. But then again he is not one of those directors who relies on emotional stuff in his films, he is a visionary director who compromise those shortcomings with his grand innovative ideas he put in to his scripts. He always does. Although Interstellar is not the greatest of emotional stuff ever made, it does answer many of the criticism Nolan has had in the past for being cold hearted and Interstellar is undoubtedly the film that has the most human touch to it among Nolan's works. The script as usual, did its magic and that combined with its brilliant score from Hans Zimmer and the stunning visuals, captured in Imax 65mm on hateful and physically challenging locations, which was then converted and projected in to 70mm (something only very handful of directors are willing to do, not to mention Nolan never used the green screens too!), Interstellar takes us on a mesmerizing and never seen journey in to the unknowns.
Interstellar has its praises and criticisms. Many people might point out to its scientific accuracy as a part of the criticism but the truth is, you cannot actually question its accuracy! Simply because you cannot actually prove the science used in the film are impossible. I cannot find a serious flaw in the film. I'm pretty convinced with the accuracy. Interstellar doesn't work on mere fantasies you might see in many of the science fiction movies. It is a futuristic movie purely based on real science and possibilities, not all necessarily on proved theories but every theory that has been used in the movie is based on either real life practically proved, theoretically proved or real life theoretical assumptions. You could still argue on how some some stuff happening in the movie could be possible but the fact is we (not as in just the audiences but the whole human species) have a very little knowledge of our universe, like maybe less than 0.0000001%. We don't really know what happens inside a black hole. We don't really know if life exist or if life can exist outside Earth. Maybe it doesn't or most probably it does, not on just one planet but maybe like thousands or even millions of planets like Earth, outside our solar system, outside our galaxy. Right now we don't know about any habitable planet but once we are able to travel through universe beyond the limits we currently have, we might just find millions of those. Years ago people used to laugh off possibility of black holes, now we have actual images of thousands of black holes. So if you consider Interstellar was made in those years with futuristic views, with only 'possibility' of black holes, many would've laughed off and questioned its accuracy. Now they cant since its found to be existing. We're learning more and more about our universe day by day and maybe in few years it might turn out that all these theories used in Interstellar happened to be real or maybe it will turn out to be not. But for now, best thing we could do would be to cherish all those possibilities and enjoy Nolan's work. It also needs to be mentioned the simulation of black hole (work of over an year) in the movie is the most accurate ever made, not just in the film field but also the whole science field. Kip Thorne, a renowned astrophysicist (also a friend of the great Stephen Hawking) having already made contributions to science in real life on the subjects the movie revolve around, black holes, wormholes and general relativity, worked as a science consultant for the film and made sure the science used is as accurate as it can get for the huge amount of imagination and vision Nolan put in to this movie.
The performance of the cast were top notch. Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, the list goes on. I'm not going to point out and praise each one but special mention should go to Matthew McConaughey. I spend a lot of time thinking if any actor could've done as good as Matthew in Interstellar and honestly i cannot find one. His performance is so brilliant and intense and that's just what the movie needed from its lead actor. There isn't a single frame in the film where i could say he could've done better! But the unsung hero is Hans Zimmer. He has been ever present in most of the Nolan movies. I have never been amazed by a score in a movie as much as the one Zimmer has done for Interstellar. It plays a big vital role in making movie being so great as it is. Its a part of the DNA of the film. Maybe the music alone can make you sit through the whole movie! It's that good. Probably the best score ever? Maybe! It indeed is an extraordinary one. Said to be unmatched front runner for the best score at the Oscars, i'll be very disappointed if Zimmer doesn't win this one.
Interstellar is the best movie of the year. Even though Interstellar is the most Academy friendly movie from Nolan to date, it most probably wont get even a nomination at the Oscars except for its score, visual and other technical stuff but that doesn't make the movie any less good. It is something you haven't experienced in a while. Like Quentin Tarantino said about the film, it's been a while since somebody has come out with such a big vision to things. The Oscars tally might be unconvincing but it is definitely the movie of the year. Its a masterpiece.