Interstellar

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2015)

Interstellar "'Do not go gentle into that good night...'" Interstellar is, for a lot of reasons, an important study of space and time -- not just for the adventurers on the screen, but for myself.
Upon my initial viewing of Christopher Nolan's ode to "2001," I found myself walking in with unfairly excessive (i.e. unmeetable) expectations -- sugarplum fairy dreams of a cinematic masterpiece -- and walking out mildly disappointed.
So, I stepped away from the film and decided, once the hype -- both internal and external -- had died down, that I'd revisit it once more several weeks later.
Space and time.
And that's when I discovered not necessarily what I was hoping for, but what it was -- Interstellar is a small study of love performed on a grand stage of discovery. An epic study of people told against a backdrop of their desperate attempt to survive, this is a Nolan we've never seen before, and I hope to one day see again.
As gorgeous as the eye-melting visuals are (not to mention the docking scene which probably is the best scene of the year), this is a movie about the relationship between a father and his child -- and the tragedy, hope and loss it must endure in order to survive.
Whether it's the most important relationships in our lives or just a movie, sometimes the things we care about don't turn out the way we want them to -- and that's a good thing.
Sometimes they just need space and time.