It was OK, but not the greatest for me

Rating: 6/10 (23 April 2015)

As a huge Christopher Nolan fan, I was a bit disappointed in this movie. The cast was great, cinematography was brilliant, but the story...just fell short for me. I just felt like too many things were left unexplained and certain parts could have had more depth to the writing. I didn't feel drawn in to the story like I have previously with his works like Memento, Inception & the Dark Knight series. Matthew McConaughey gave a brilliant performance and kept me drawn in to see the movie through to the end, otherwise I would've stopped it 20 minutes into first watching. Beautiful shots of space and vivid imagination to detail - Christopher Nolan hit a home run there. I just didn't feel much of a connection to the characters or feel it was realistic how McConaughey was the one chosen/taken on the mission. Hans Zimmer scored the music for this film, honestly, nothing stood out for me nor did it add much to the plot or scenes. Usually his music stays in your head after seeing the movies he composes for (Pirates, Inception, Dark Knight etc.) I think music really plays a large part in drawing you in to scenes, characters the plot etc.