Almost perfection and completely underrated!

Rating: 9/10 (2 June 2018)

Going back to a film roughly four years after its release is actually a really interesting way of viewing how your opinion on a film can change or stay the same. Back 2014 I remember that this was one of the the most anticipated films of the year, Christopher Nolan directing a science fiction film. My main take away from the film was the grand perspective and direction that the film had, the sense of really pushing the boundaries in terms of what can be portrayed on film. Overall I absolutely fell in love with the film four years ago and now 2018 I pretty much have the same feelings towards the film. Almost perfection and completely underrated however it does have a few problems.
Chris Nolan's directing is impeccable throughout the film with so many styles of camera format and frame put into one film it is hard to keep up, you will either hate this or love it and I tend to love it. Even in 2018 I still think its some of his best directing in all of his films. Insanely good!
You know that the creators of a film are taking it seriously when they are getting creative help from an actual physicist in Kip Thorne. The story of the film is one of the most complex stories in film, I no Im probably wrong in that statement, so many layers and separate stories being weaved in and out perfectly. Combining all these story threads and building the film around a foundation of real science, to a certain degree, is a true achievement. The film is giving a science lesson with out you realising it. I encourage anyone who loves this film to watch the making of this film and especially the stuff about Kip Thorne's involvement in the project, extremely fascinating.
The cast of the film could not be anymore brilliant everyone from McConaughey to Caine they are all superb in there various roles. Standouts for me are probably McConaughey, Chastain and Hathaway. All of them bring there a game and bring theses characters to life, beautiful crafted by all of them.
However there are two cast members that 100% deserve a mention, not only do the actors but Chris Nolan and production team to. Not since, "HAL" in "2001 : A Space Odyssey" or C3P0 and R2-D2 in "Star Wars", have two robotic characters been some memorable and fantastically used. Bill Irwin and Josh Stewart have done fantastic voice work and I think Irwin actually operated both of them manually for majority of the time, apart from the CG scenes. They bring two seemingly boring and not pretty looking blocks to life in that way is incredible, a truly fantastic achievement. The dialogue written for them, especially TARS, is fantastic and some of the highlights of the film.
The last positives are the cinematography,production design and score. The cinematography and production design are faultless throughout and are mesmerising. The screen in beautiful and jaw dropping to look at with some really creatively design spacecraft. However one of the biggest highlights of the film is the score and for me personally the best score every created. I said it back in 2014 and I'll say it now, for me personally it is the best score ever, pure genius and magic from Hans Zimmer. That docking scene........the score is amazing and at the end with "Brand" tear jerking.
Lastly there are a couple of negatives, firstly the film is way to long, about 20 minutes to long, I've always wondered if the film should have ended when "Copper" enters the black hole, could have been a cliffhanger. Im not to sure on this meet older "Murph" stuff at the end, its just not needed I don't think, I know the film is trying to give an emotional punch but it really doesn't work for me. More importantly though what happened to "Tom", like what happened to him we have no idea and actually the whole film/story completely shafts his character, was there much point having the character in the film?
Overall 95% out of 100% or 9.5 out of 10 simply brilliant and almost perfect just a few little problems here and there. Completely underrated not only for Christopher Nolan but for Sci-fi films. Not for everyone, you either love it or hate it and I love it!