Moving and Incredible.

Rating: 10/10 (18 April 2015)

I have never liked the Oscars due to the attitudes of the actors and the often unfair results, but this year really did it. Birdman? BIRDMAN? Are you kidding me? Interstellar was one of, if not THE, greatest movie I have ever seen in my life. This movie deserved at least four more Oscars than it received.
First of all, Christopher Nolan created a movie that could appeal to everyone: while it has science statistics, it also has tense action scenes, nail-biters, and incredible emotional scenes. I have never been one to cry at movies- the only movie I recall crying at was Saving Private Ryan. Interstellar was at another level. It moved me. I cried three or four times, and everyone I have talked to, including "tough guys" like me, cried. While some of the science in the movie, such as the Tesseract scene, was difficult for me to follow, subsequent viewings of the movie reveal just how deep and layered this movie is. The Tesseract scene was one of the scenes in which I teared up while viewing the movie for the second time. It is amazing because Cooper is, in that moment, God. He controls the past and the future, and in this mind- bending center of the black hole, time is tangible. Everything that can happen will happen or has happened. I think this movie was too deep for the Academy to handle, since they are just a bunch of dumb old white men.
Also, Hans Zimmer's soundtrack alone is Oscar-worthy. The music added heavily to the emotional aspects of the movie and each measure was carefully designed to evoke the passion and energy of this film.
While Anne Hathaway may not have given her best performance, Matthew McConaughey's performance was one of the best I have ever seen by an actor. The scene in which he watches his children's video messages as their lives progress has to be one of the most moving scenes in film history, right up there with the end of The Green Mile. McConaughey deserved an Oscar for his jaw-breaking performance.
An unsung hero of the movie was scientific consultant Kip Thorne, who contributed his vast knowledge of theoretical physics to the film to make it incredibly plausible. Another person who deserves more credit is Matt Damon, who plays in a cameo role as Dr. Mann on the frozen planet named after him. While he plays a minor role, his feelings of fear and despair utterly chilled me, and his fight with Cooper was utterly symbolic of our society: while he believed he would be able to make the ultimate sacrifice in the attempt to save humankind, he found that he valued his own life too much. This relatively small and surprising twist in Interstellar was, in my opinion, one of the most moving and significant parts of the film.
I've watched too many movies in my life to count, but I believe this is the best I've ever seen. Better than Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Saving Private Ryan, The Godfather, The Green Mile, Forrest Gump, Casablanca, High Noon, Some Like It Hot, Gone With The Wind, and every other movie I've seen. Christopher Nolan was never my favorite director, nor was Matthew McConaughey my favorite actor (in fact I disliked them both), but this film leaves me speechless. It is unexplainable what I experienced and came away from the film with. This stunning and moving story is unforgettable, and if you haven't watched it you must. Interstellar is not just a movie, but an experience.