My Opinion is on the higher dimensions !

Rating: 9/10 (18 November 2014)

Interstellar is a simple story which amalgamates the tender relationship between a father and a child and the courage to do whatever it takes to keep a promise and honor that relationship. This film dares to look beyond, farther beyond what man has been able to navigate so far to preserve what's routine and rudimentary on earth. The treatment the film received made it much more than just a simple story. 'Epic' can be an apt word; sounds cheesy and overused though, but I'll go with it.
Outer Space is an integral character here and not just a backdrop, and all efforts have been taken to keep this film as scientifically accurate as possible. Of course, scientists in real world have not yet actually found any black hole/wormhole and most of the science is theoretical, but they have a good reason to believe they all exist. Relativity is a deep concept which would have people scratching their heads for long. Time Dilation , the by-product of Relativity has been observed in fractional values between earth and International Space Station timings, by atomic clocks. Chris has extrapolated that exponentially so it starts to 'matter' and becomes of this magnitude.
Space-time distortions, gravity being the fifth dimension, possibly even more of them, perhaps a time travel element - are what Nolan wants you to discuss about after seeing the movie and of course its all subjective and open to interpretations. There is no absolute answer. Among you and him, he has to be smarter one and you feel okay with that. No worries if you didn't get it all. No one did.
McConnaughey shines through the movie. Frankly, I didn't even know him couple of movies and one television series earlier. Then I saw some of his previous movies and found he's one hell of an actor. Hathaway, Chastain, Caine have formidable roles. Can't say the same for Casey Affleck and Topher Grace. I really liked Mackenzie Foy though. The best actors don't look like they are acting at all, she is one of those kinds.
Jonathan Nolan remains the unsung hero for Chris' film but he deserves special mention for doing that amount of research with Chris on the science with Kip Thorne and penning down a palatable narrative for the audience but on a tantalizing level. Hans Zimmer, hands down, brought out astoundingly different but equally great background score for the movie. Hoyte Van Hoytema from 'Her', formidably rose to the challenge of a Chris Nolan film of this Goliath scale. People at Double Negative have done their job exceptionally well. The whole cast and crew deserve applause for pulling off one of the greatest works of art.
On the risk of being called pro-Nolan, this film deserves a standing (perhaps on high chair) ovation for the sheer sincerity and the scale he is known to make his movies with. He brings out the best from the actors, shoots as much of the action on film, with ridiculously huge set pieces, and doesn't leave a lot of work for the VFX guys. He has narrative style of welcoming the average moviegoer into his complex world of movies so that they don't withdraw themselves from the movie at any point even though are not 'getting' the movie completely. He's the perfect blend of old school and neo-noir filmmaking. These are qualities seldom found in a director. Arguably, Chris Nolan is considered the benchmark today in better filmmaking. This movie explores new horizons, literally and figuratively, of filmmaking so some people might have been a bit underwhelmed with film not being exactly as cohesive as some of his other films are. This film is actually two scripts merged into one, one by each of the Nolans and it felt like, when they mentioned 'Love' to be another dimension which human can't really comprehend, that the seam started to show! haha. He is not your run-of-the-mill director. You might not see it yet but maybe, before you know it, it might become a cult film and with advancements in Science in time, it might make you believe what he presented was not that wrong after all. There have been creative liberties that the makers have resorted to, but then you have gone into seeing his film to be amazed and awe- inspired, not just sit through a documentary on Physics. Nolan's decision to shoot this on film and that too lot of footage on IMAX camera, couldn't have been more apt than this movie. I sincerely hope this is not the end of movies being shot on film. Digital method has a long way to go before it can be used for IMAX, with that much bandwidth for color reproduction and immersive imagery. I hope Chris along with other major directors keep that method of shooting and getting it projected, alive.
Nolan is not the first director to explore these outer space concepts in a mainstream movie. There have been attempts in the past as well, with reasonable acclaim. But not being the first to do that, of which little can be done, doesn't take away the accolades Interstellar deserves. How many of have you discussed about a movie after coming out of the theater and given it your thought and judgment? Comparison brings out the worst and one should shy away from doing that. Filmmaking is an immensely challenging ask and to have shaken you after those 2-3 hours is all that a director, as an artist, seeks as his prime reward. Whatever the critics say about this film or compare it with, Interstellar is and will remain a milestone in the history of filmmaking.
P.S. - In the unlikely event of the premise of the movie taking place in real life, I sincerely hope they conserve Nolan films when they move to the other planet. haha..! No, seriously.