Not Very Stellar

Rating: 5/10 (9 November 2014)

First off I am a big fan of Mr. Nolan, Anne Hathaway, and Michael Caine. I love epic Sci-Fi stories and was impressed with the 9.1 rating this film had received by IMDb users. Yet this movie is the most over-hyped schlock I have seen in years. I got burned and now I know. This will be the last time I see a film based on the IMDb user reviews and I thought the review scale for Netflix was messed up. So here is where I stand with this one.
The Good: Some good visuals, especially the journey through the wormhole. The soundtrack is nice. Love the realism of no sound in space. The A.I. of the robots was cool and one of the most entertaining aspects of all the characters.
The Bad: Poor character development. The soundtrack was very over- hyped with many reviewers on here. So were the visuals. Weak story development. Unrealistic references to science. Silly time travel plots. Predictable. Way too long. Boring! And some very cliché plot twists that you could see coming.
Mr. Nolan is a fantastic director and he had a great cast to work with here. Yet his latest two efforts (The Dark Knight Rises & Interstelar) are just lazy. Interstellar tries really hard to sound intelligent but like The Big Bang Theory (TV Show) it uses generic "dumbed down" ideas (mostly unrealistic) to fluff it's own silly story. You'd think with a great creative mind such as Nolan that he'd piece together an epic love story told through an awe inspiring space and time back drop but he doesn't. You have no real connection to the characters and could care less if they live, die, complete their mission or save humanity. The heartfelt moments are forced with no real connection to the audience. Once second Cooper is driving in his truck all teary eyed as it cuts briefly to Murph chasing after him, then bam, he is in space. What sorta connection is that? Furthermore why was so much attention focused on the daughter and not balanced with the son. Then you have some serious plot holes like, what made the Earth so doomed? I guess the assumption is we did. It tries to explain "The "Others" but when you learn who they are it just adds the plot holes. I don't wanna give too much away so I won't reveal "The Others" by revealing more plot holes, you should be able to predict it half way through the film. Also why would Mann go through such great lengths to maroon the crew on the crappy Ice Planet? I guess the writers needed another predictable twist. Then you have Tom being a d!ck for no reason other then a failed attempt to build tension.
Look I read several reviews talking about this film being Nolan's masterpiece, with great characters, beautiful and realistic space shots, and a perfect score put together by an epic heart wrenching love story. It is none of these things. Plus the comparisons to 2001 A Space Odyssey is misplaced. With so many ten star reviews I am left with the assumption that many of those come from people connected to Nolan's crew, Nolan fanboys, or the McConaughey obsessed. I would advise you to watch at your own risk. As a fan of both drama's and sci-fi this film is a poor excuse for both. More shocking is how so many people ripped Luc Besson's Lucy a "new-one" for it's misrepresentation of "5% of the brain" theory and this film with far more problems gets more praise. At least Lucy was entertaining.
My five star is for the few and far between cool visuals and the nicely used audio.
Upon looking through some of the reviews it is apparent that this film was a major hit in India. As most of the 10 star reviews are from India, which seems trolled to me.