A movie that defies the basic fundamentals that make up astronomy

Rating: 3/10 (27 December 2015)

To start off this review, I would like to inform the reader that I do not claim to have a plethora of knowledge regarding the laws that govern astronomy, however I understand enough of the basic laws to understand that this movie fails to comply with a vast majority of them. Christopher Nolan's attempt at a making a movie labelled under Science Fiction is an insult to anyone who follows the genre extensively. While watching this movie I couldn't help but feel Nolan was taking advantage of the casual audience watching this movie who aren't perspicacious enough to catch the major factual errors that are littered throughout the movie.
I won't spend the entirety of the review rambling on about all of the factual errors within the movie, for that would take hours. However, I will list my major frustrations with the film.
1) My first complaint has to be Nolan's lack of understanding regarding the basic laws of gravity. Any half-wit with a basic amount of knowledge about gravity would be able to see that Nolan erred in this field. You first see this when the doltish crew of astronomers travel through the wormhole and find themselves by the planet filled with water. When looking at Einstein's work we can see that when there is more gravity, time will move significantly slower... However Nolan to to completely disregard this fundamental theory. When mcconaughey and Catwoman descend into this planet with that other arrogant dbag whom I can't remember (that guy who was to dense to get into the ship and got swept away by the wave that miraculously appeared out of nowhere) Nolan's disregard for this theory becomes apparent. The astronauts state that every hour spent on this planet is 7 years on earth... WHAT! DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? The when Catwoman steps onto this planet to retrieve a transmitter, the gravity appears to be exactly the same as that on Earth. WHAT!? This is an outrageous insult to anyone who enjoys the science fiction genre. However, this isn't the worse part. After they are finished with their expenditure on this planet after completely botching the whole mission, they return back to their ship. There they find their fellow astronaut who said they were down their for 20 something years... WHAT? Am I supposed to believe that the other astronaut sat up there for that amount of time playing with his balls? I can barely sit in my own house for 5 hours without contemplating some dark things. How that guy sat up there for 20 years doing nothing with his life is absolutely beyond me.
2) My second and last complaint that I will be discussing is what happens when cowboy mcconaughey takes a stroll into the Black Hole. A black hole gets its name for obvious reasons. A black hole's mass is large enough to pull suck in stars and whole galaxies. Not even sound or light can escape a black holes mass because of its large gravitational pull, hence the reason why they are invisible to the naked eye. The theory around black holes is that if you were to enter one, you would find yourself among many other different galaxies that were consumed by the black hole. Nolan's idea of what happens once you get sucked into a black hole is absolutely absurd. According to Nolan, you'll find yourself hiding behind your daughter's bookshelf, and these bookshelves go on indefinitely so you can communicate with your daughter all throughout time... WOW... Doesn't contradict any theories or laws whatsoever. Then when you are in Nolan's idea of a black hole, your robot will discover the formula of gravity. You can then take this formula governing gravity and send it to your daughter as and "ANOMALY". She can then use this formula regarding gravity to create a better and more sustainable future for the human race. Then mcconaughey is able to teleport miraculously into Saturn's orbit and get rescued while only minutes remain in his oxygen tank... WOW... SCIENCE...
However with all of the flaws being stated, there are some positives, hence the reason I gave it a 3. The cinematography is phenomenal. The visuals can be breathtaking at moments and for that it gains two points. It gains an additional point for that entertaining scene where Matt Damon goes all Jason Bourne on mcconaughey and tries to hijack his space ship and gets blown to smithereens.
I wouldn't have had an issue with this film if it was under the genre of fantasy, rather than Science-fiction. Science-fiction implies that the movie will try to follow that basic principles that govern astronomy, and this movie failed to do so.