Let's find a new planet to destroy

Rating: 5/10 (9 November 2014)

Roughly divided in three parts and taking place not too far away in the future, the story follows the adventures of Cooper, NASA ex- astronaut turned farmer. Cooper lives in Dusty Somewhere, USA, with his two children (Murph and Tom) and dad in law. Mankind destroyed Earth ecosystems and our heroes are facing dire consequences.
Cooper finds "by chance" the secret location of the new NASA and he is immediately assigned the very important mission to retrace a bunch of astronauts sent into a wormhole 10 years previously to check some promising planets in another part of the galaxy. End of part one.
Part two is about the search. Featuring great images of space travel we follow Cooper and his crew of three down the wormhole. Two crew members are of the disposable type, the other is Amelia, who is in love with one of the astronauts dispatched 10 years previously. As to be expected, the exploration of new planets turns out as risky business.
Part three is about Cooper falling into a black hole and finding the fifth dimension, which conveniently allows him to tie a lot of loose knots. Some sort of happy ending ensues, but not the heart-warming type.
Much as I like Nolan's films, I found Interstellar the weakest of his production. There are some major plot holes in the script, such as why new NASA does not just call Cooper to guide the new mission instead of waiting for him to "accidentally" stumble upon the super- secret location.
And do you really need to retrieve data from a computer to find out that an icy, rocky planet perhaps is not inducive to growing crops?
The whole first part of the movie feels like wasted time, except for establishing the strong bond between Cooper and Murph. Then we get some cringe-inducing dialog about love, gravity and relativity and constant harping on about the fact that children are our future. I guess this was a personal theme for new dad Nolan, but it boils down to showing what a bright child Murph is, while Tom – also part of humankind future – is nothing more than annoying.
Finally, we are shown three new planets, all menacing and uninviting as possible "home" for mankind and simultaneously we see how low people can get just to save their skin. Not the most promising scenario for any planet facing abuse and misuse thanks to humankind massive migration.