Stunning and real mind trip

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2014)

This is another one of those films that I have longed to see for more years than I can actually remember, I believe it was about seven years ago when I first heard about an out of this world space adventure, a couple of things appealed firstly Steven Spielberg directing another space masterpiece and second travelling through black holes. I went into this film with a very open mind knowing that the original script had been re written I wasn't too sure what to expect. I have this thing I do when I'm waiting for a particular film that has the potential to blow my mind and that is ignore it until it is released and I get to see it. A lot of the times my want and need for what I'm about to watch to be perfect destroys what it is I actually end up seeing though and I give it a half arsed rating due to letting me down so hard. This film if you are unaware has been in the works since about 2006, back then it was written by Johnathan Nolan (the Prestige, The Dark Knight) and was to be directed by Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T) Mr. Spielberg decided he'd leave the project because he couldn't find the right vision needed, since then the script has been rewritten by both Johnathon and Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight), Christopher had a few new ideas to add to the story (no spoilers sweetie) and changed a few other ideas as well. Sometime in the near future the Earth has been devastated, global warming having a major part to play. Armies have been disbanded, no animals exist and the only real food available is corn, being a farmer is considered a very well highly respected career. Cooper played by Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club, Magic Mike) is one of these well respected farmers but before the dirt storms and the collapse of the world Cooper was actually an Engineer who flew craft for NASA. Cooper and his daughter Murphy played by Mackenzie Foy when young (and Jessica Chastain in later years) find secret coded messages from an unknown source, they travel to a remote base where they meet Professor Brand played by Michael Cain (The Dark Knight, The Prestige) Cooper soon learns that world is about to die and he is needed to piolet a ship through a wormhole that has been found near Saturn. A space ship has been created with the plan of flying through the found wormhole to another galaxy, a galaxy where probes have already been sent as well as other humans to ensure these planets are climatisable. Dr. Brand played by Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables, Ella Enchanted) joins Cooper as well as 3 others and they set off on their trip of a lifetime leaving all they love behind with the knowledge that someday they will return and rescue the Earth and her people. There is so much right with this movie, I'm in no way a scientific person and I'm not going to say I knew exactly what was happening but from what I could tell it all made perfect sense to me. Apparently the science behind the film is so right, well as right as it can be without having exact proof anyway. Things I have always heard like in space there is no sound is used throughout the film as well. It made it so much more real, it really surprised me how much impact it actually made to the film. The CGI is some of the best I have ever seen and the score is amazing, there is no way they could have made the score any better, Hans Zimmer has excelled here. The cinematography is amazing as well, from its Earth corn row fields to the isolated icy cold sparse rocky alien worlds. I never knew Iceland where they filmed two of the planets was so gorgeous. Behind this film mostly is a love story, but not the love we have all come to expect it's more the love between a father and his kids especially his daughter and how far a man is willing to travel to ensure their safety, add to that the adventure of exploration and the sci fi of the unknown and you have a new genre. I'm going to call it "Sciloveture" Matthew McConaughey is once again brilliant he is really living up to his reputation of being a very fine actor, as well as his on screen younger daughter Mackezie Fox who almost steals the film from him. To be honest all the characters were likable and very believable. It's a film filled with space, science and the unknown. Please don't let that deter you from seeing this on the big screen though, as I said earlier I'm in no way smart enough to understand exactly what was being said but I guess that's what makes this film work so well I didn't need to, it all made perfect sense with everything else that happens along the way. Be sure to watch out for the droid like sidekicks as well, they bring the smiles. It has some very draw dropping moments that even put M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Village) to shame. Nolan has an amazing flair and talent he brings this story to live no matter what the naysayers think. Go see it although I would leave the kids behind because it does run for about 3 hours. 3 hours that flew by for me anyway, I didn't even notice the time I was that enthralled by the Nolan's world.