Christopher Nolan - Interstellar
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i enjoyed the film, although it was a tad dragged out - i need to re-watch it as i felt the search for the nasa place and then ten minutes later he's rocketing up into space...i need a bit more narrative around that....
the visuals were good but not as the loss of storyline.....and i thought the performances were excellent all round and a very bold effort 7/10
the visuals were good but not as the loss of storyline.....and i thought the performances were excellent all round and a very bold effort 7/10
Legend83 said:
Halb said:
MM has certainly become a decent actor in the past 20 years.
Have you seen True Detective?I would say he is one of the best in the business, and I will now automatically watch anything he is in (when previously I would have scoffed at the idea) - TD, Mud, Dallas Buyers Club, Intersteller, Wolf of Wall Street, The Lincoln Lawyer.
Always though he had potential after his brilliant performance in A Time to Kill.
Bastid.
I liked Sahara! I thougtt it was a decent modern INdy...perhaps the only one?
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Legend83 said:
Have you seen True Detective?
I would say he is one of the best in the business, and I will now automatically watch anything he is in (when previously I would have scoffed at the idea) - TD, Mud, Dallas Buyers Club, Intersteller, Wolf of Wall Street, The Lincoln Lawyer.
Always though he had potential after his brilliant performance in A Time to Kill.
Yes. Loved TD. Definitely stole it for me. Rust was a character that was genuinely funny, likable, not likeable. Very good.I would say he is one of the best in the business, and I will now automatically watch anything he is in (when previously I would have scoffed at the idea) - TD, Mud, Dallas Buyers Club, Intersteller, Wolf of Wall Street, The Lincoln Lawyer.
Always though he had potential after his brilliant performance in A Time to Kill.
iambeowulf said:
I am not gay or 'out but he does have a rather tones bod.
Bastid.
Apparently he eats cotton wool. Mental tBastid.
t.Nom de ploom said:
i enjoyed the film, although it was a tad dragged out - i need to re-watch it as i felt the search for the nasa place and then ten minutes later he's rocketing up into space...i need a bit more narrative around that....
the visuals were good but not as the loss of storyline.....and i thought the performances were excellent all round and a very bold effort 7/10
This was my problem with it, too. Too many jumps in the story - too many unexplained gaps in logic. Although it was three hours long, I actually wanted more exposition. I want to, for example, have more detail on the logic of the time spent on each planet and how that factored into their decision making. the visuals were good but not as the loss of storyline.....and i thought the performances were excellent all round and a very bold effort 7/10
And when that character turned up (you know who I mean) the middle of the film wasted half an hour or more reverting to type (to keep the studios happy, perhaps?).
So, not the masterpiece that people claimed. Rather flawed in fact. Nice visuals though, and I loved the characterisation of the robots!
Just watched this tonight with my sci-fi loving daughter , bloody excellent we thought! Agree that dialogue was a little mumbled at times, and the scenario with Dr Mann seemed a little disjointed at least once.
Otherwise, top notch, and at times very touching, a country mile better than crap like Gravity.
8.5/10 we reckoned. Hopefully Prometheus will be released soon to keep momentum .
Otherwise, top notch, and at times very touching, a country mile better than crap like Gravity.
8.5/10 we reckoned. Hopefully Prometheus will be released soon to keep momentum .
Prometheus has been out for ages!
I don't agree with the Dr Mann section being disjointed, it was one of the best bits and his demise was superb. I was a little disappointed with the watery planet and the explanation about the time difference although the whole scenario was brilliant.
As for Gravity, I loved it but it was spoiled by having Clooney arsing about and by the ridiculous ending. Its still a cinematic masterpiece and shows how far sci-fi has come when it can be criticised.
Next one I'm looking forwards to is The Martian - the book is pure genius so I hope it lives up to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/
I don't agree with the Dr Mann section being disjointed, it was one of the best bits and his demise was superb. I was a little disappointed with the watery planet and the explanation about the time difference although the whole scenario was brilliant.
As for Gravity, I loved it but it was spoiled by having Clooney arsing about and by the ridiculous ending. Its still a cinematic masterpiece and shows how far sci-fi has come when it can be criticised.
Next one I'm looking forwards to is The Martian - the book is pure genius so I hope it lives up to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/
Blaster72 said:
Prometheus has been out for ages!
I don't agree with the Dr Mann section being disjointed, it was one of the best bits and his demise was superb. I was a little disappointed with the watery planet and the explanation about the time difference although the whole scenario was brilliant.
As for Gravity, I loved it but it was spoiled by having Clooney arsing about and by the ridiculous ending. Its still a cinematic masterpiece and shows how far sci-fi has come when it can be criticised.
Next one I'm looking forwards to is The Martian - the book is pure genius so I hope it lives up to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/
I am of course referring to Prometheus 2 . As for the Mann section, he seemed to leap from being at disadvantage to being in the ship, the air lock sequence however,as said, was superb.I don't agree with the Dr Mann section being disjointed, it was one of the best bits and his demise was superb. I was a little disappointed with the watery planet and the explanation about the time difference although the whole scenario was brilliant.
As for Gravity, I loved it but it was spoiled by having Clooney arsing about and by the ridiculous ending. Its still a cinematic masterpiece and shows how far sci-fi has come when it can be criticised.
Next one I'm looking forwards to is The Martian - the book is pure genius so I hope it lives up to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/
As for Gravity, that was about 3d, which like Avatar was quite an experience , other than that , unremarkable, and in many places, just boring.
Going back to Interstellar, will there be a follow up? Was left wide open at the end regarding Brant,but perhaps not enough gutsy story line left to enact a trilogy.
I watched this for a second time, at the home of a friend, a real cinema buff who'd not seen it before.
When I say 'cinema buff', it was projected with a £6000 4K projector onto a 12ft wide screen, with about £50k of 7.1 speakers and amplification.
He's into his techie stuff so I warned him about what I saw and heard at the IMAX, that was low dialogue levels and distortion on louder sections.
It looked and sounded amazing. The low dialogue levels were gone, and there was absolutely no distortion, and could actually hear what was going on. During the loud sections there was a lot of bass rumble, and whilst this was astonishingly resolved with the organ crescendos and score over the top, at the IMAX, it clearly couldn't cut it with the complexity of the audio.
As for the film, I enjoyed it as much a second time, and picked up a couple of things I'd missed before. To me, this film has the lot. A clever idea, a mind challenging concept, emotional empathy with the characters, superbly shot and sounding great. On the second watching even the 'love' concept made me wince less on second watching it made more sense the point that was being made.
Is it a perfect film? No.
But, it is a masterpiece, albeit a slightly flawed one.
When I say 'cinema buff', it was projected with a £6000 4K projector onto a 12ft wide screen, with about £50k of 7.1 speakers and amplification.
He's into his techie stuff so I warned him about what I saw and heard at the IMAX, that was low dialogue levels and distortion on louder sections.
It looked and sounded amazing. The low dialogue levels were gone, and there was absolutely no distortion, and could actually hear what was going on. During the loud sections there was a lot of bass rumble, and whilst this was astonishingly resolved with the organ crescendos and score over the top, at the IMAX, it clearly couldn't cut it with the complexity of the audio.
As for the film, I enjoyed it as much a second time, and picked up a couple of things I'd missed before. To me, this film has the lot. A clever idea, a mind challenging concept, emotional empathy with the characters, superbly shot and sounding great. On the second watching even the 'love' concept made me wince less on second watching it made more sense the point that was being made.
Is it a perfect film? No.
But, it is a masterpiece, albeit a slightly flawed one.
Blaster72 said:
Next one I'm looking forwards to is The Martian - the book is pure genius so I hope it lives up to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/
Yeh I've recently read the book and have high hopes for the film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/
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