Incredible Movie - Hokey story line & Gaps in Physics

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2014)

I really enjoyed Interstellar for its adventure, it being somewhat though provoking and being visually stunning. However found it somewhat annoying for it violating basic high school science and for a cliché and hokey story line.
This film endeavored to be realistic and not complete fantasy - employing some super physicist as technical consultant however there are numerous times it violates basic high school science, which I being an engineer, found annoying. For example: The first candidate planet they visit orbits a black hole. There is no mention of a sun. Planets need to orbit a sun if they are to be habitable for humans; Once again the first planet they visit, it consists of an ocean about 1 foot deep. Despite it only being 1 foot deep there are massive 1000 ft unbroken tsunami waves going through the ocean - this would be physically impossible.
On the story line and plot : Issue with the whole basis of the plot with humans trying to find a new planet because crops are failing on earth. It would be far easier to put up a dome on earth for humans to live in, than to colonize a foreign planet thousands of light years away. Issue with inconsistencies in technology. The initial launch from earth is made to look like a conventional rocket launch where they are on a launch pad pointing vertically up. It looks risky and a lot of effort. When they visit planets they have these cool star wars like shuttles which are able to travel too and from the planet no sweat. Almost like driving a car.
This film could easily have been 10 out of 10 however hokey story line and failures in basic science somewhat spoil it.