Monday, March 2, 2015

Movie Review: Interstellar: Stellar, Epic

Movie Review: Interstellar: Stellar, Epic

A for originality, inspiration
A for dealing with deep topics, situations, emotions
A for the cast
A for making me think outside of myself
B for the slow beginning

I am a firm believer in not giving away spoilers so, to be 90% honest, there is not a lot I can say without giving anything away.  Just that this movie pleasantly surprised me.  It was a really big deal to me and so I highly recommend it.  I am such a movie nerd that I want to buy the DVD so I can watch the extras.  I enjoyed the family dynamics, the things that had to do with space, NASA, time, dimensions, universes, exploration, adventure.  I love a great, original sci fi flick and this movie went above and beyond my expectations.  It was funny - I was thinking how it kind of reminded me of Inception (excellent movie by the way) - then I realized both were directed by Christopher Nolan.  Very cool.  This movie also reminded me of another favorite movie of mine - A Sound of Thunder.

I had guesses about the plot and some of them were correct.  The last 30 minutes really did a lot to tie things in, leave not too much hanging, and give a fantastic ending.  I was telling my husband how I was quite pleased with the movie as a whole; he agreed with me and we don't always agree on what we think about movies.  All in all, it was also very touching and I cried several times

Gleenobly's rating: 9/10