Nolan's ambition is hypnotizing in Interstellar

Rating: 10/10 (30 March 2020)

From the moment I pressed play on my television remote last night, my eyes were glued to the screen in fascination, stunned by the extraordinary ambition of one of this era's greatest filmmakers. My mind was captivated by his thought-provoking and moving story, and my senses were assaulted by my favorite composer's incredible score and the astoundingly beautiful cinematography of Interstellar.
When the screen turned black and the credits rolled, I suddenly felt numb, amazed at the impact movies like this can have on an individual's mind and his point of view on the world.
Fifty-something years ago, during the golden age of space exploration, people gazed at the stars with a sense of wonder, thinking about all the secrets that are just beyond our reach, awaiting to be discovered. But as time passed and no more men escaped the pull of Earth's orbit, this idolized view of the cosmos started to fade. For younger generations, like mine, exploring space is more the stuff of textbooks than real-life discovery. While humanity's understanding of the universe is expanding more rapidly than ever, it has become an activity for scientists to sink their teeth into; it is no longer a concern for normal people. As McConaughey puts it, we used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt.
With Interstellar, I think that Nolan wrote an hommage to humanity's sense of discovery, an ode to the great days of space exploration, while also pondering its future, and how it will undoubtedly play a crucial in the survival of mankind. I believe that those who fault the movie for being unrealistic are missing the point; after all, it's still science-fiction.
Interstellar is in my opinion one of the most ambitious movies ever made, and it deserves all the praise for that. It's a movie I'm already dying to rewatch, and I think it fully deserves its five-star rating.