Interstellar, above and beyond stellar

Rating: 10/10 (3 October 2018)

After seeing Christopher Nolan's Interstellar it immediately became one of my favorite movies of all-time. The movie had such an impact emotionally on the entire audience. Just as Nolan provided amazing twists and turns in previous films, such as "The Prestige" and "Inception", he delivers at his best in Interstellar.
I first saw this movie on my 18th birthday, I thought it was a great surprise and gift. The music for the motion picture, created by Hans Zimmer, was absolutely incredible. At parts in the movie my heart was pounding and it felt as if it was, in some ways, real life. I love the part (spoiler) when Matt Damon's character dies in the spaceship explosion and Cooper docks to the space station as it is spinning in space, the music gave me goosebumps.
This is a story that focuses on family. The main character (Cooper) leaves his son and daughter behind on a space expedition to save the human race. He travels through a wormhole and explores different planets to determine if they are capable of sustaining human life. One of my favorite parts in the movie (spoiler) is when relativity comes into play. A huge wave hits their spaceship and they are stuck on this water planet for over an hour. But due to the gravitational pull on this planet, he ends up spending 23 earth years on it.
When he returns to the original ship he had received many messages from his son and daughter. (Spoiler) Over the space of a few hours (his time) he had witnessed his son graduate from high school, get married, have his own son, watch that son pass away, and more. In the end, he returns and his daughter is now an old woman. He promised her that he would come back to her, he fulfilled his promise. This is a very intense and inspiring sci-fi film. It is motivational and teaches us of the importance of family and love.