Well it was worth experiencing in IMAX, but it was no Dark Knight (or Memento)

Rating: 9/10 (6 November 2014)

This is not Christopher Nolan's best picture or the picture that I hyped it up to be. Coming out almost a year after Gravity, I was expecting something as mind capturing as that, since both flicks take place in space, and even though Interstellar had moments of great suspense, in-between were too many moments of lackluster drama.
The story of a small group of men and women (Well one woman, Anne Hathaway) who must travel beyond our solar system to find a new home for the human race, was told beautifully though the Visual effects. Watching the astronauts travel to the end of the solar system, through a black hole, and explore planets were humans can occupy was exciting. Nolan attempted to make this journey as real as possible, and completely worthy of the extra cash I spend for the 70mm screen.
The second story of a father, played charmingly by Matthew McConaughey, struggling with leaving his children behind in order to save the human race, and desperately wanting to get back to them was emotional and, touching, and fueled the entire movie, but it also felt like it was rushed through. I have a theory that Nolan could have done this on purpose to tie in on one of the movie's themes, the relevance of time. Weather I'm accurate or not, the dramatic pull was very iffy. You felt it, but not really.
With Dark knight, Nolan was able to balance a big budget with great story telling. I'm starting to think it was no coincidence that Batman is not a concept Nolan and his brother, Jonathan thought up on their own.
Memento was a perfect movie without the need of a hundred million dollars, but it seems every time Nolan gets his hands on some big money to tell his own story, it suffers a little, and I never thought he was that type of director. Maybe he has not mastered that art of telling a story through Visual effects like I've given him so much credit for.
Overall, Nolan's homage to 2001 a Space Odyssey was enjoyable. If you like Inception at all, than you will like Interstellar.