Good but not great

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2014)

I had high expectations for this film and i did enjoy it, however i also left the cinema feeling a bit disappointed. I thought it looked beautiful, had an interesting setup in terms of the situations of the people, both on earth and in space. BUT and it's a big but for me, i think it was too long, badly paced and by the end i couldn't help thinking it had all got a bit too carried away with it's own far fetched theories. I don't mind going along with it, even if it's all a bit of fantasy but when this film tries so hard to stick to what is theoretically possible i think it does a terrible job of bringing that to a realistic presentation. By the end i'd given up caring about the characters as i felt a bit ripped off by the last 20 minutes.
I would have liked more action on the planets surfaces and a bit less of the waffle in the space ship or at least less waffle and more action. I like Mr Nolan and i loved Inception but for me this wasn't as good as that.