Great potential ends up wasted

Rating: 7/10 (17 November 2014)

Having realized i have rated 1679 movies on IMDb without a single review, i think it's time to scrap this one of my bucket list. I had high hopes for this film, so why not use Intersteller for my virgin review.
What the film does well:Characters are fleshed out, nice slow burning buildup for the first hour. Captures the isolation of space and the suspense of finding foreign planets. Interesting moral dilemmas.
What the film does poorly: The last 30 minutes and the big reveal is very unimpressive and feels like a cop out. The story could have gone in so many other different directions, all of them more intriguing.
Going to keep this review spoiler free, there are a lot of bad story elements or design choices i would like to go into detail on.
All in all, a good popcorn flick. A missed opportunity, just like Gravity.
Kubrick and 2001 is still the go to movie for space exploration.