Interstellar is Great!

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2017)

Traveling through the depths of space in order to save humanity from going extinct, that's a pretty big deal. Interstellar is an intense film telling the story of leaving Earth on an expedition in search of a new planet to call home for the human race. The 2014 hit movie directed by Christopher Nolan involves a strong cast, mind-blowing cinematics, and a creative and interesting plot. To begin, the movie strikes strongly with an in depth and well thought out plot. Nolan seems to have done his research and gotten reliable and respectable information to back up all of the important scientific aspects to the movie. The plot moves excitingly along, with each scene providing more fascinating information to pile on top. No doubt that a level of intenseness was achieved as you keep getting further and further into the movie. This intenseness provided in the film can give a huge thanks to the epic cinematics and animation used to create an awesome and stunning outer space, as well as the spaceships used, and the planets visited within the movie. The overall development throughout the film is very exciting. Each moment as the movie progresses just gets better, that is if you can sit down and enjoy from beginning to end. Interstellar is almost a whopping three hours long, so you have to have some time on your hands before you take a seat and enjoy this masterpiece. The film keeps you engaged the entire time despite its ridiculous length, which definitely adds to the quality of the film greatly. Now of course the plot, the cinematics, and the overall success of the movie would be nothing if it weren't for the acting crew assembled by Christopher Nolan. The lead character, Cooper, played by Matthew McConaughey, becomes the pilot for a mission to save humanity. With supporting actors like Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon, and many more, the movie capitalized in great acting success, where I felt all roles were played phenomenally. I would not ask for different people to be substituted into their places, they all did excellent jobs. Along with that, there are some flaws with Interstellar, just like in any movie. To start, this film has some originality to it, for example in the exact plot and how events play out, but there are many films with a similar idea to them, such as Armageddon, Gravity, or Avatar. These movies are all relatable in the fact that people are going into space, and also in many of them people are attempting to save Earth from its destruction as well. Also, Christopher Nolan has a lot of the cinematics and detailed aspects that are similar to what these other films have done. With that being said, the movie has its downfalls, but it still remains a masterpiece. Overall, I feel that Interstellar achieved great success in many ways, and the numbers don't lie either. It is considered one of the biggest movies of our time and was very well done by Christopher Nolan. Through all the aspects of what it takes to make a film, Interstellar hit on most to really achieve being an amazing and enjoyable movie. Now not everyone may appreciate this film or feel that it is truly good, but go out and watch it and decide for yourself whether or not Interstellar is a movie for you.