Christopher Nolan - Interstellar

[Legend83]

Recently re-watched Interstellar as the wife had not seen it and have to agree with the poster above - I knew the story so could relax and just soak up the epicness, the incredible visuals and the absolutely brilliant score.

I can see why Nolan's films are marmite but I personally am a big fan of his boundless vision and think he is a shining light in a world of fking Marvel films and re-makes of re-makes of re-makes.

[SWoll]

Legend83 said:

Recently re-watched Interstellar as the wife had not seen it and have to agree with the poster above - I knew the story so could relax and just soak up the epicness, the incredible visuals and the absolutely brilliant score.

I can see why Nolan's films are marmite but I personally am a big fan of his boundless vision and think he is a shining light in a world of fking Marvel films and re-makes of re-makes of re-makes.

He's a proper film maker and one of the few who still delivers what I would class as 'epic' films. My issue with Interstellar was that it was just so slow at times and suffered throughout with being either ridiculous or confusing. In many ways reminded me of Prometheus (though not as bad). Both films made by a auteur's who always deliver amazing visuals and sound design but both had me rolling my eyes and shaking my head throughout.

[Legend83]

SWoll said:

He's a proper film maker and one of the few who still delivers what I would class as 'epic' films. My issue with Interstellar was that it was just so slow at times and suffered throughout with being either ridiculous or confusing. In many ways reminded me of Prometheus (though not as bad). Both films made by a auteur's who always deliver amazing visuals and sound design but both had me rolling my eyes and shaking my head throughout.

I agree with you to an extent - it's all personal but for me the good (visuals, score, WOW moments) always outweighs the bad (clunky-script, Michael Caine, pushing the boundaries of 'yeah, right') with Nolan.

One thing I will always criticise him for is his inability to get his cast to nail the human side - the final meet between Cooper and old Murph is one of the worst and most disappointing scenes I have ever witnessed and nearly spoilt the entire film for me.

[Pommygranite]

SWoll said:

Motorsport_is_Expensive said:

Pommygranite said:

I'm finding all of Nolans work like a good riddle. First time you try them you stick with it until the end but once you've done it you have no interest in doing it again.

Ever tried to watch Inception more than once? It's bloody impossible and tiresome.

Interstellar? Nah just the one viewing thanks.

Batman? Erm, good once, boring on repeat

I'm with you here. Nail on the head.

Once I've watched them, they're in there. There's no real desire to watch them again. Great films, but yeah.

I thought I was the only one! Haha.

Totally agree regarding Interstellar, never been tempted to watch it again despite ample opportunity to do so. The rest however I've watched multiple times and will do again I'm sure.

OOI guys, are there any films that you do enjoy multiple viewings of?

Goodfellas
Heat
Aliens
Sunshine
28 Days Later
Goonies
Sneakers
Life of Brian
Casino
Castaway
City of God
Escape to Victory
Shawshank Redemtpion
ET
Silence of the Lambs
Forrest Gump
Rocky 4
Con Air

Just a few of them

[p1stonhead]

Pommygranite said:

SWoll said:

Motorsport_is_Expensive said:

Pommygranite said:

I'm finding all of Nolans work like a good riddle. First time you try them you stick with it until the end but once you've done it you have no interest in doing it again.

Ever tried to watch Inception more than once? It's bloody impossible and tiresome.

Interstellar? Nah just the one viewing thanks.

Batman? Erm, good once, boring on repeat

I'm with you here. Nail on the head.

Once I've watched them, they're in there. There's no real desire to watch them again. Great films, but yeah.

I thought I was the only one! Haha.

Totally agree regarding Interstellar, never been tempted to watch it again despite ample opportunity to do so. The rest however I've watched multiple times and will do again I'm sure.

OOI guys, are there any films that you do enjoy multiple viewings of?

Goodfellas
Heat
Aliens
Sunshine
28 Days Later
Goonies
Sneakers
Life of Brian
Casino
Castaway
City of God
Escape to Victory
Shawshank Redemtpion
ET
Silence of the Lambs
Forrest Gump
Rocky 4
Con Air

Just a few of them

I only recently discovered Sunshine. Its really good. And beautiful - the Mercury scene is amazing.

[Pommygranite]

p1stonhead said:

Pommygranite said:

SWoll said:

Motorsport_is_Expensive said:

Pommygranite said:

I'm finding all of Nolans work like a good riddle. First time you try them you stick with it until the end but once you've done it you have no interest in doing it again.

Ever tried to watch Inception more than once? It's bloody impossible and tiresome.

Interstellar? Nah just the one viewing thanks.

Batman? Erm, good once, boring on repeat

I'm with you here. Nail on the head.

Once I've watched them, they're in there. There's no real desire to watch them again. Great films, but yeah.

I thought I was the only one! Haha.

Totally agree regarding Interstellar, never been tempted to watch it again despite ample opportunity to do so. The rest however I've watched multiple times and will do again I'm sure.

OOI guys, are there any films that you do enjoy multiple viewings of?

Goodfellas
Heat
Aliens
Sunshine
28 Days Later
Goonies
Sneakers
Life of Brian
Casino
Castaway
City of God
Escape to Victory
Shawshank Redemtpion
ET
Silence of the Lambs
Forrest Gump
Rocky 4
Con Air

Just a few of them

I only recently discovered Sunshine. Its really good. And beautiful - the Mercury scene is amazing.

No one ever talks about it but it's just so wonderfully simple.

The bit where the Asian dude gets it wrong. You just think 'yeah that really would be easy to do' and his reaction is spot on.

Beautiful visuals but it's the sound that does it. Just wonderful cranked up.

A classic if you ask me.

[p1stonhead]

Pommygranite said:

p1stonhead said:

Pommygranite said:

SWoll said:

Motorsport_is_Expensive said:

Pommygranite said:

I'm finding all of Nolans work like a good riddle. First time you try them you stick with it until the end but once you've done it you have no interest in doing it again.

Ever tried to watch Inception more than once? It's bloody impossible and tiresome.

Interstellar? Nah just the one viewing thanks.

Batman? Erm, good once, boring on repeat

I'm with you here. Nail on the head.

Once I've watched them, they're in there. There's no real desire to watch them again. Great films, but yeah.

I thought I was the only one! Haha.

Totally agree regarding Interstellar, never been tempted to watch it again despite ample opportunity to do so. The rest however I've watched multiple times and will do again I'm sure.

OOI guys, are there any films that you do enjoy multiple viewings of?

Goodfellas
Heat
Aliens
Sunshine
28 Days Later
Goonies
Sneakers
Life of Brian
Casino
Castaway
City of God
Escape to Victory
Shawshank Redemtpion
ET
Silence of the Lambs
Forrest Gump
Rocky 4
Con Air

Just a few of them

I only recently discovered Sunshine. Its really good. And beautiful - the Mercury scene is amazing.

No one ever talks about it but it's just so wonderfully simple.

The bit where the Asian dude gets it wrong. You just think 'yeah that really would be easy to do' and his reaction is spot on.

Beautiful visuals but it's the sound that does it. Just wonderful cranked up.

A classic if you ask me.

definitely one of my sci fi faves now. Plus it has one of the scariest lines ever '5 crew members......'

Chris Evans was a standout for me in it.

He wishes it did better and thinks he would have had a different career if more people saw it. Instead he got pigeonholed into super hero stuff

http://www.moviefone.com/2011/09/19/chris-evans-wa...

My favorite movie that you're in is 'Sunshine.'
Me, too, man.

Was it?
I love 'Sunshine.'

More people should see that.
I know, man. Like ten people saw it. All my good movies, nobody sees. Everybody goes and sees 'Fantastic Four,' but nobody sees 'Sunshine.' I'd have a different career if people saw that. I love that movie, man. I love Danny Boyle. I love that experience and I love that cast. That was one of those movies, top to bottom, I'm just in love with.

Edited by p1stonhead on Tuesday 3rd May 15:38

[richtea78]

Sunshine and 28 Days Later have some of the best soundtracks of any film. John Murphy is great

[p1stonhead]

For anyone who may have missed it at the cinema it's being shown at the IMAX at Waterloo on 11th December.

http://mobi.odeon.co.uk/films/interstellar_imax_15...

[Baron von Teuchter]

popeyewhite said:

Nom de ploom said:

so why the difference in time experience?

why if you spend 1 second in a high gravity situation that "lasts" longer than someone not as in the film? 1 hour equals 7 years?

Very simply the enormous gravity of the black hole speeds up Miller's planet, causing time dilation. Relativity states the faster you go, the slower your time goes and this all means that if you're on Earth time goes faster compared to Miller's planet.


Found this:

The black hole on the left is actually a wormhole in the film. Not the same thing...but both have a singularity.

Kip Thorne was the lead science advisor on this film (and an exec producer) and in 2016 won a nobel prize for his work on detecting the first ever gravitational waves at LIGO. Lots of good interviews with him on the science behind Interstellar. Whilst not all of it is plausible, it is all within the laws of physics as they are currently understood. Remarkable really!

I saw this in the cinema when it first came out - sadly not in IMAX though - and though it was good., Rewatched for the first time over Christmas and I absolutely loved it. Watched it for a 3rd time a few days ago and have now ordered it on 4k disc and bought Kip Thornes book about the science behind it.

Edited by Baron von Teuchter on Wednesday 16th January 12:19

[tobinen]

On tomorrow; Sony Movies FC 32 at 21.00

I've only seen it once so very pleased it's on again.

[p1stonhead]

tobinen said:

On tomorrow; Sony Movies FC 32 at 21.00

I've only seen it once so very pleased it's on again.

Have you waited six years to watch it again rather than buying it?

[bloomen]

I still wheel it out for the odd viewing but I dislike it more every time I see it.

I dunno what it is about deep space but it often seems to send filmmakers down baggy and bloated avenues heaving with plot holes, or they couldn't be bothered to complete the plot. Ad Astra has the exact same problem.

[Pommy]

bloomen said:

I still wheel it out for the odd viewing but I dislike it more every time I see it.

I dunno what it is about deep space but it often seems to send filmmakers down baggy and bloated avenues heaving with plot holes, or they couldn't be bothered to complete the plot. Ad Astra has the exact same problem.

I'm with you. I found it self indulgent, head scratching and tiring to watch.

Interestingly im finding Nolans film more and more like this. Amazing for first hour then slowly starts to deteriorate and you leave the cinema thinking 'I'm sure that was amazing but I'm never gonna watch that again'