Throwing it out there... One of the all-time greats! Please think on it!

Rating: 10/10 (27 November 2014)

How to sum up this film? I could probably never do it justice.. I have watched this film twice now and this is the only time I have ever wanted to watch a film twice in the cinema. It is full of brilliant contrasts; mind bending yet understandable, calculated yet emotional. I watched this with a theology student and then with a childcare student and they thought it was unbelievable. To me (the keen physics hobbyist I am) this was truly an experience.
I really was not a fan of McConaughey before this because of previous films that he has been in but this was a master class of a performance by him. Anne Hathaway (Brand) and David Gyasi (Romilly) very notable performances too. TARS AND CASE were also massively endearing despite being robots.
The visuals: Some wild concepts that I had never even considered. One of the most notable to me being a spherical wormhole. I had heard that a rupture of time and space could be seen as a cone which is caused by a hyper dense mass, but spherical makes complete sense as it could only be observed as if it was straight ahead; that is pure genius how it was portrayed in the film. Such a cross-over from one galaxy to another in such a vivid manner was incredible as a galaxy could only observed as a uniform 3D shape once it had been traversed. Hats off to the consultant for physics for this film! The awesome wave on Miller's planet was a visual delight too with the use of something so unnatural in size causing sheer terror to even me. Inside the singularity's construct near the end is very abstract but also made a lot of sense (in that a 3D person is trying to communicate with another 3D person with 3D things but he is in a place that transcends 3D makes sense) and worked like a charm.
The story and process: I thought that the story was relatively simple at its core and had a simple but incredibly effective message in itself. The parallelism between what was going on on earth and in space was produced in such a concise manner that you never felt as if you was missing out on any of the action/intensity. I like how it was not important to delve into some parts of the film and had an air of mystery to it (like what about the 'blight' and of Tom and even the earth to some extent...) Some parts made me feel very uneasy about time itself (relativity sucks, nay Romilly?!) and this hammered home the sheer scale of the task undertaken by the explorers. What is more that despite such a fascinating and frightening excursion, the idea that humans can try and sabotage almost anything was also quite evident. This is where I was awestruck by the contrast of cold calculation and love. Something so intricate in this story yet quite primeval as Mann put it. How it links back to Cooper and Murph at the end is the proverbial icing as there were many times when I thought 'surely it is going to end now...' but it still gave more!
The audio: I honestly understand what people mean when they say that the dialogue was too quiet as my friend did struggle at times. This intentional volume is a gambit as it does require the listener to really be on the ball and if successful can envelop the viewer into a wondrous story. That being said, it can hinder some who may not be able to hear so well. The music was flawless in my opinion. 3/4 time is an underrated time signature and with a slow tempo such as this it is almost as if you can feel the tension building inside of you. The main soundtrack is such as this and it is such a wonderful piece (yes, I am listening to it right now)! I understand now because of this film that music need not be intricate to be incredibly emotional and the still sound can make a lasting impression.
Factual errors: Right okay the ice clouds is a bit out there for me and I still don't understand how light in some places can still be evident in the presence of 'gargantua' but apart from that, there is little to pick apart. I have even seen some slating the last part where Brand takes off her helmet. This is pretty poor as the story has to follow at least some parameters given by there actual mission surely??!! People live in the desert but that doesn't make it completely inhospitable because it's a desert.
I don't yet quite understand how I became so entangled in this story of desperation, isolation, deceit and triumph, but I would definitely do it again!
If you haven't seen it yet, do so now! If you are to review/critique this film, sleep on it first and then some more because there are so many parts to this film that make it a masterpiece. I could go on. This is a sample of its brilliance!