An unviable home for popular science fiction

Rating: 5/10 (7 November 2014)

Where to start. For a movie which has a running theme of relativity and its effect on time the first point i should make is that its far too long. It feels like three movements joined together. The second of which will leave you checking your watch and pondering if you yourself are travelling beyond the speed of light and experiencing the slowdown of time. Visually its lovely, but the wonderful scenery doesn't make up for the often heavy scientific concepts that hold the story together. We are not talking Gravity level eye candy here but its still pretty nice. I also find it frustrating that in order to help us understand the difficult concepts, the characters feel the need to explain them to each other. One would think a team of hand picked experts for a super important mission that had been sat together in a tin can for years wouldn't have had to wait to the point of seeing a worm hole to have to explain its makeup to one another. Surly there is a better delivery method for hand holding? There is a bit of action in various parts which is genuinely suspenseful and enjoyable, but like space there are vast voids of emptiness. Lets break this down. This is not a movie for Joe Blogs. If cinematography and all that shtick is your bag, you'll probably dig it. If your looking for a bit of Sci-Fi escapism, this is not the new home your looking for......