INTERSTELLAR

2.5 stars (out of 4)

Released 2014

Love, like gravity, is a force that transcends time and space. Love is all you need.

I had no expectations when I went to see this movie. I did not watch any trailers or read any reviews or plot descriptions. I didn’t even know who was starring in it.

INTERSTELLAR is an out-of-this-world sci-fi adventure. The special effects are phenomenal. Get ready for wormholes and black holes… and plot holes.

For those who have not seen the theory of relativity applied to a movie plot before, that aspect might also bring a certain wow factor. However, it’s definitely not my first time.

The pacing was often slow, especially in the beginning, and yet, too many things were still left for inference instead of being clearly explained. For instance, it took me quite a while to realize that the catastrophe we were seeing only in that little farming community was supposedly happening all over the world.

It didn’t help that the dialogue was frequently difficult to hear, as well. The worst example was the deathbed speech made by one of the characters, in which I estimate I made out not even 20% of what he said. It was not a huge deal, since you could figure out what was happening, usually, by events that followed, but what was the point of even having that dialogue then?

In the end, the one thing I really couldn’t get over, even though I saw it coming, was the “ghost” reveal. Some details of that were, to me, unnecessary and needlessly nonsensical. Of course the whole conceit of the story is that things may not make sense to someone, such as myself, who can only comprehend things in 3 dimensions; considered in 5 dimensions, anything is possible. Right.

Robotic TARS was the best character, albeit in a wish-fulfilment kind of way: smart, funny, and completely subservient.