Interstellar gets a true inter-generation treatment.

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2009)

I want to give it a ten, I truly do. I'll keep this short, or as short as I can keep it Jim.
It's a truly mesmerizing, accomplished piece of cinema. There are just a couple of things that mean it doesn't strike the bullseye this time around. No doubt this will be revised, but here is version 1.
From start to finish ST entertains. In the 'downtime' the visuals and homages make it impossible to tear our eyes from the screen let alone take a bathroom break. We went to the IMAX, and it is there that good heavens, I've almost flown in space.
I'm not a 'Trekkie' or 'Trekker', I'm merely a geek who likes and appreciates the show but did not grow up on it. This does not matter. For once, somehow they manage to make a film that has something for everyone .. for everyone without being distasteful with the usual obligatory adult humour. They bring ST into the millenia without any real compromise to the spirit. It's like they took the series and gave it a completely new gloss without changing or barbarising the characters. There is evident care and attention to detail, it's plain to see. All the actors are strong. The only really niggle, if I had to have one would be that Zachary Quinto. If you don't know his name you soon will, it will be a fluent household name soon- is 98 percent on par with 'Spock'. He has the character, he's put work in, there is just a very narrow margin between theatrical acting and the complete embodiment of 'Spock'. I'm not asking for Spock Spock, it's just that he appears to be swimming in the waters of the character without being completely confident to surf the waves seamlessly. This will come in time, it's not an easy role to take on. The favourites, it would appear besides J Tiberius himself (and Spock) are Dr. McCoy and Nimoy himself. Karl Urban has never sounded so good. What an actor, Eomer then Bourne 2 assassin and now a character I feel he was almost born to play. Scotty doesn't appear until a good two thirds into the film, but his is an instantly applauded crowd pleaser. They could not have selected a better actor. Simon Pegg is to films and sci-fi what Gordon Ramsey is to food. The rest of the cast are very enjoyable, strength where there is room for weakness and gaping potholes just waiting for the wrong kind of laughter. It's 11:30 at night and I need to wrap this up. One last minor gripe that robs it of the ten (at least on my first viewing) is some of the camera work. On two occasions where there is fighting, it becomes hard to tell what is happening. It's not quite Bourne shaky, but it is sufficient for the viewer to lose sight of who is kicking who's butt. Those technicalities asside- IMAX ladies and gentlemen. Some of the most incredible special effects. Space panoramas and ship battles you are likely to behold for a long long time. This is a thrill ride that will leave the viewing thinking for some time. The plot, ah yes I almost forgot, as far as I am concerned is irrelevant and something that serves purely to stick the characters together. People don't really care about the plot, they just sit back and set phasers to WOW!
What's next, blu ray baby.
9 and a half out of ten.