A Sci-Fi Masterpiece That Will Astonish You From Beginning To End

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2015)

*SPOILERS* Yes, there are times in which Nolan's latest sci-fi epic can be very scientifically inaccurate. However, he tried his best, and the end result was one of the most amazing movie theater experiences in recent years. One of the common things I've seen critics do is compare this film to 2001: A Space Odyssey. This cannot be done. Kubrick made his film about evolution, Nolan made his about saving mankind. Interstellar has so many great aspects such as the launch of the Endurance, Gargantua, and Miller's planet, it's hard to choose a favorite. This movie runs for approximately two hours and fifty minutes, and, at least in my opinion, not a single second felt wasted. I was just as intrigued in the theater as I was watching it the next two times on Blu-ray at home. Matthew McConaughey delivered a great performance, as did Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway and Mackenzie Foy. Speaking of Matthew McConaughey and Mackenzie Foy, man did they make a believable father-daughter duo. And hey, that's pretty important because it's pretty much what the entire story revolves around.
However, that duo did, in some ways, make the movie a bit difficult for me to enjoy.
I'm not talking about the movie as a whole but rather the end scene, when Cooper lies to Brand about their fuel situation and drops into Gargantua. Cooper finds himself within a tesseract created by future humans (I know, it sounds cool), and then he soon realizes that his connection with his daughter Murph is quantifiable. Initially, I thought to myself, "okay, seems pretty cool," but then I realized what that meant. Cooper is able to save mankind because of his love for his daughter and her love for him. That's probably the only part of this movie that I disliked. Though it's the basis for the enter movie, it's the two and a half hours of greatness before that that helps me look past it.
In conclusion, I thought this film was a masterpiece. It has a cast of A-list actors, good cinematography, directing, writing, score, visual effects and outright masterful production quality. However, the theme of love as the underlying story made it hard for me to give this movie more than a nine star rating. With that said, Interstellar remains one of my favorite science fiction movies of all time.