Good but not great

Rating: 8/10 (5 November 2014)

I would say that this is a good movie but not great. I love these kinds of movies. I loved Contact (Robert Zemeckis), felt transported. Again felt transported by Sunshine (Danny Boyle), but did not feel transported by this movie. I was aware at all time I'm watching a movie. I'm not sure exactly why but probably part to some bad acting, bad storytelling and some very bad choices.
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Casting Matt Damon was probably too much. I also didn't like the robot. It didn't feel realistic at all. Nolan trying to have something different went too far. No way I can accept that a big ridiculous wall is a reasonable shape for an intelligent walking robot. It screams look how clever we are.
Also it was a bad idea to cast Ellen Burstyn as old Murph. That's the most important emotional moment of the movie and immediately you feel it's someone else, it's not Murph. I think even if they had used Jessica Chastain in a bad old makeup, it would have been better.