Interstellar - A film who kept me on the edge of my seat

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2014)

The film altogether is absolutely mesmerizing both visually and acoustically. Between the immensity of this futuristic earth that is being shown before ours eyes, which is bone-chillingly close to what our future could look like, and beautiful soundtrack accompanying the scenes. My mind was left to just gaze upon the spectacle of Nolan's (Christopher) last film: Interstellar. Not to mention the absolutely heart-clenching moments where Cooper alias "Coop", starring Matthew McConaughey, has to overcome the fact that he has sacrificed the possibility of ever seeing family again in order to save mankind: that would leave any father and mother in a pool of tears.
In the introduction, I have to admit I liked the fact that the film brings the reality and possibility of going back to basics in our daily lives as far as consumption and utilization of the technology around us. My personal opinion being that we are starting to forget how to not use technology, in social context and every-day-leisure. Admittedly, I'm not talking about going back to the Stone Age but taking a step back and only using technology if it is absolutely necessary. After the film I found myself thinking a lot about whether, in our current situation and online world, using technology less was still a possibility. What do you think?
In terms of the visuals in the film, I believe it was extremely believable because of the fact that Professor Kip Thorne used Einstein's general relativity equations for the wormhole and natural laws of physics. That being said, there was still and astonishing use of imagination for the scene where Coop is trying to communicate with Murphy in a place where time is shown through three dimensions and he is able to literally move himself across time and space. A big thumbs for the creativity behind the set-up of that one space in space.
Now, acoustically, I would have to watch the movie a second time and probably take some notes for me to be able review the movie soundtrack appropriately, but I'll talk about what I do remember. One of the most memorable scenes for me was whilst Coop was trying to dock onto the Endurance which was frantically spinning due to a prior explosion. I remember the intense organ and sharp violin notes accompanying the intensity and suspense of whether or not Coop was going to make it. The ever-continuing loop of notes kept me on edge. If I were to have to share a perfect example of a soundtrack and scene tied together, this is it. Despite Zimmer having other great soundtracks like in The Amazing Spiderman 2 or the genius behind the batman trilogy; Hans Zimmer has yet again out- done himself and really shown the world how powerful sound and music can be when tied to such an epic scene, like the one previously mentioned.
I must applaud the works of Christopher Nolan, as I have always admired the way he directs and puts together his films. For example, the fact that he personally keeps his crew in-check and wanted this film to be scientifically as accurate as possible: ingenious. Then obviously, another huge thank you to Jonathan Nolan who pitched the initial idea, "merging a script Jonathan developed in 2007 with Christopher's ideas." (Wikipedia), which in conclusion created this jewel of a film.