interstellar is an imaginative movie bringing out our survival instincts to forefront

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2016)

"We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt." Interstellar is the rare film that forces deep consideration of "our place" in both the terrestrial and celestial spheres, though its conclusions are perhaps less satisfying than the cinematic journey itself. It's an provocative, enthralling, ambitious movie that comes at a time when space exploration has seen some new horizons.Earth has been rendered useless by an climatic disaster called as the Blight – forcing humanity to abandon earth and in the dreams of discovery, in order to focus on basic survival. To this, former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), a widowed father of two, is now a farmer tasked with growing one of the planet's last remaining sustainable crops: corn.Because the earth appears to be on a hopeless trajectory, NASA is actively and secretly developing an escape plan for humanity, but first they must find a livable planet. Thankfully a Dylan Thomas-quoting physicist, Professor Brand (Michael Caine), has discovered a mysterious wormhole near Saturn which provides a shortcut to unexplored galaxies and, potentially, habitable planets. Early expeditions through the wormhole (aptly titled the "Lazarus" missions) have not returned and no one knows what they may have discovered. A new mission is necessary, and the survival of the human race depends on it. Cooper, a widower raising a young son and daughter alongside his father-in-law (John Lithgow), makes the tough decision to embark on a journey that might ensure a future for his children but will almost certainly mean he won't see them again for many years, if ever. Deep space travel of this sort does odd things with time, you see. One hour on a distant planet can equal years back on earth. Survival is Interstellar's most central theme. It's no coincidence that the words of Dylan Thomas are repeated throughout: Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Every character in the film is a testimony to the natural instincts of self-preservation and adaption in the face of extinction: doing whatever it takes to survive, both as individuals and as a species; surviving