Incredible cinema

Rating: 10/10 (9 November 2014)

Lets start by saying that i was astonished by Nolan's vision, mesmerized by the visual, captivated by the plot and touched by the characters. Having waited 11 months for this film and being a huge fan of Nolan perhaps i am not able to provide an objective opinion about this film, but all i can say is that delivered what i wanted and far more. It was astonishing. So lets start with the cinematography, and as usual with Nolan's films it looks pristine. There was no shot misplaced, the tone presented by the camera movements was perfect. Every movement had a purpose and there was no unnecessary 'fluff,' hand-held cameras are used extensively and this gave the film a very pure feel. That being said there were certain scenes were our jaw will just drop. This is partly because of Nolan's genius use of the camera and also partly because he only uses practical effects which made the entire film feel far more real and tangible. The acting in this film is fantastic, the entire sequence between Coop and his daughter at the start of the film is genuinely heart wrenching and incredibly well done by both actors, and throughout the film the acting never once becomes wooden. A quick mention to Hans Zimmer for the most incredible score that held together the film and added so much to the feeling of uncertainty, not once has Zimmer made a bad score and i feel that this is his best score yet. Onto the point of Nolan's films the core focus and what drives the plot is family. Throughout the film i feel Nolan is saying that through this journey mankind is 'evolving'(too say any more would spoil the film) and throughout the film there is a sense that every misstep makes the characters better and smarter. Throughout the entire film some characters constantly say 'we did this i theory but it is completely different in reality' which i feel shows that as the movie progress so do the characters in terms of knowledge and understanding and by the end of the film some even seem like they are a 'higher being.' However throughout the film none of these high concepts feel like they are out of reach or that the film is impossible to relate to because throughout the film the one thing that holds it together is love and family and unbreakable relationships and this remains a touchstone throughout the film that everyone can relate to and understand the film. Let me say this now, although it appears to resemble 2001 I do not believe that it does. 2001 is a very clinical detached film which in my opinion is the greatest film ever, this film is very different. It may be an incredible space Odyssey but unlike 2001 it has 'blood in its veins' and perhaps Interstellar becomes too sentimental at points and it compromises the plot because of it but i feel like this is the point of the film. Nolan wanted to make an epic journey that could be related to(I would argue that 2001 is the greatest film ever but that it is difficult to grasp because of the clinical nature of it). Nolan definitely did this with Interstellar, it is a film that can be grasped and interpreted and related to, but he also made a tremendously epic film that i not simple and tackles subject matter that many directors before have struggled to even get a grasp on themselves never mind convey it in a film so grand. Is this the greatest film ever, o, but it is definitely up there and the fact that a film so complex is the largest film event of the year shows that the audiences that go in their droves to see this film aren't that stupid either. To conclude I salute Christopher Nolan for this film, it was pure incredible film making the lime of which i haven't seen in years, the fact that all i have thought about since the screening is this film and that even after 3 hours I still felt like there should be more shows in my opinion just how great a film this is. This is the best film i have seen in many years and it is my opinion Nolan's crowning work, there has not been a film this ambitious and with this complex a vision made so well since 2001. I will end as I started, incredible cinema.