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Interstellar |OT| (dir. Christopher Nolan) Whatever can happen will happen
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True Savior
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Yes. Disliking but also recognizing the faulty nature of most movies , including some of his owns.
For instance , a film everyone on Gaf loves , including myself . Blade Runner. Roy Batty explicitly verbalizes most of the film themes in different scenes. I dont think it diminishes the film. It's in the nature of dialog driven stories. Sometimes i think cryptic is confused for subtlety.
I also think he (Nolan) gets a lot of flack for something most director's do , outside of ones who actively purse some type of experimentation. Most end up being called as presumptuous.
Extra Sauce
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Frequent, not "immense". A few examples off the top of my head:
- The school staff explaining the current state of the world to McConaughey, because apparently he's an audience member and not a character in the movie.
- The kid explaining that his cough is caused by the dust. Really? I thought it was a cold, despite the fact that you live in a giant fucking dustbowl.
- One of the older folks from the docu-style segment telling us how they flip dishware to avoid dust, because it was not obvious enough from looking at footage of people doing just that.
Josh Larsen put it well in his review:
"...a long line of characters who appear not to live and breathe within the story, but rather to tell us things."
when I finished watching the movie earlier today I thought it was overly sappy and trying too hard to channel 2001, but you know, a few hours later I've come to realize that I actually quite enjoyed the trip (the space scenes, mostly) even though a number of plot points were very predictable and I'm not too happy with the ending
oh, and the docking scene was simply fantastic
oh, and the docking scene was simply fantastic
You have to be kidding me with these examples.
AtomnayaKlubnika
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I was really hesistant with this movie after the TDKR debacle, but man Interstellar was an amazing space movie.
As loud as possible is truly the only way this movie can and should be experienced. Blow those channels!
True Savior
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Don't you think you could change the subject of the moon hoax with the creationism stuff and have two people having a similar conversation ?. With the difference that they actually explain why they want kids to learn that. Is it really expository ?
Isn't that more of an editing criticism ? Matching the imagery followed by dialogue. An extremely common juxtaposition in editing . And its a children who has the not subtle comment. Hardly very different from real life , won't you agree ?
Again , the recurring imagery juxtaposed with dialog. And wasn't he one of the real persons of the Ken Burns documentary ?
Was he talking about Rust Cohle ?
I'm sorry but its too easy. Does it also detracts you when he explicitly explains to me , you , the world , marty what he thinks about the world , its surroundings , how is he feeling , etc ?Because it is very frequent. Not woeful from my point of view.
Baroquemantic
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I just finished watching this movie and I really wish it was longer. I didn't want it to end. Everything about it was just....so mothafuggin good. Without a doubt one of my favorite movies ever. I think I'm going to give it another watch later today.
My man. I felt the same way in theaters. I just sat through the credits and wish the story had continued. I could have easily watched another hour.
Don't you think you could change the subject of the moon hoax with the creationism stuff and have two people having a similar conversation ?. With the difference that they actually explain why they want kids to learn that. Is it really expository ?
Isn't that more of an editing criticism ? Matching the imagery followed by dialogue. An extremely common juxtaposition in editing . And its a children who has the not subtle comment. Hardly very different from real life , won't you agree ?
Again , the recurring imagery juxtaposed with dialog. And wasn't he one of the real persons of the Ken Burns documentary ?
Was he talking about Rust Cohle ?
Because it is very frequent. Not woeful from my point of view.
Agreed, I think all the exposition talk is reaching. How many conversations do we all have in the real world with our peers about things we are already well aware of? I always make the joke at work that every meeting ever held is just to discuss things we already know and there's truth to that. So in the film it can be looked at as plain old conversation while at the same time informing the audience which is a good implementation of exposition.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Hahahaha.
Cooper is hardly a scientist. How long from the reveal of NASA to when he takes off? To me it seemed like 1 or 2 days. I see no problem with asking Brand to refresh his memory so that he can get a better understanding for later.
My problem is with people calling it unnecessary. Sure to you or even myself it might seem unnecessary, but movie threads on here and everywhere else show that STILL some people don't get it. My point is that it's not unnecessary to everyone.
What was so clumsy about it? Honest question.
m_shortpants
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Same...I know it will be better...I'm just going to pretend I can't cancel my preorder..
Yes...
i think it's a copout to say exposition isn't a problem if people still had questions about the film. Most of the confusion comes from arguing over fuel or the ending, but i doubt anyone is really asking why the wormhole is a sphere.(if they were, would it matter?)
my dad left the theatre after spider-man thinking uncle ben was spider-man before peter was (and that's why he gave him the speech about responsibility) - but that doesn't mean the movie needed exposition to explicitly say this wasnt the case.
my dad left the theatre after spider-man thinking uncle ben was spider-man before peter was (and that's why he gave him the speech about responsibility) - but that doesn't mean the movie needed exposition to explicitly say this wasnt the case.
I almost skipped this movie purely going off of reviews. Man I'm glad I didn't.
I sat here watching the film in the dark, late into the night and by the end of the film I was struggling not to cry. The film certainly has had a profound impact on me personally for various reasons I won't go into. What an amazing film. I feel like it's one I will forever remember.
I sat here watching the film in the dark, late into the night and by the end of the film I was struggling not to cry. The film certainly has had a profound impact on me personally for various reasons I won't go into. What an amazing film. I feel like it's one I will forever remember.
Gravitys sound design was "loud noises into sudden silence" -trope played over and over again.
Interstellar finally broke the curse of modern hollywood sound and music design where you can't tell the difference of any blockbuster "broooooot" horns. I watched about 5 movie trailers at Imax a few weeks ago and it sounded like I listened to the same soundtrack five times. Even the fucking man on the wire remake! It's a movie about a man walking on a wire between skyscrapers and the trailer music sounded like it came from transformers... Fuck hollywood.
Praise Nolan.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Trailers are not movies.
And Nolan is one of the last big directors who should be praised for sound design of all things. Dude can't even get a handle on basic ADR.
Discotheque
Banned
the only time the sound design really worked for me on this was when that ship blew up after the docking failure. y'all know the whole theater visibly shook when that happened.
and also just the whole docking scene with the soundtrack. otherwise it was pretty damn messy with occasional inaudible dialogue. great soundtrack from zimmer though. i really liked inception, MI 2 and lone ranger but this is truly his best since thin red line imo.
and also just the whole docking scene with the soundtrack. otherwise it was pretty damn messy with occasional inaudible dialogue. great soundtrack from zimmer though. i really liked inception, MI 2 and lone ranger but this is truly his best since thin red line imo.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I did not like the movie at all.
I calls it like I hears it. TDK had an incredible soundtrack and Inception (for better or worse) infected hundreds of movies after it came out with a certain style of music. Interstellar felt really unique between how explicit and melodical the soundtrack was and how the sound mix blasted your nuts off. My GF hated the mix btw so I understand the criticism. It just tickled my fancy personally. But whether you liked the mix or not, you cannot deny the quality and boldness of the actual score.
Atraveller
Banned
All in all I liked the movie, but imho it would benefit from some better editing. It was way too long and there was way too much boring exposition in the beginning. It's supposed to be about space travel, but Mcconaughey only goes to space in what, 40 minutes into the movie? It should start with Cooper already in space doing the mission and Murph already an adult working on the equation. Then at various points in the movie make flashbacks to Murph's childhood, showing why they do what they do. Imho it would work better than all the happy adventures in the cornfield, that we got instead.
The beginning leads to Coop leaving the farm and blasting to space which is probably the most emotionally charged scene in the movie. "Flashbacks" lmao.
The score is not the same as the sound design of the film. Not many people are denying the score/soundtrack. It's about the sound design.
Ew...why ruin this beautiful movie with fake 120hz :/
This sounds terrible. Completely ruins the emotional impact of the movie. Nolan stated that the foundation of the movie is family/love. Not space travel. Flashbacks would cheapen it.
dehydratedbabies
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Tell me more, movie daddy.
I had no love for Nolan before Interstellar, but this movie hit me hard. Sucks if you didn't like it, but it's awesome.
SaganIsGOAT
Junior Member
Yup! I never wanted it to end. So good 🙌
Tesseract
Banned
it looks so good on my tv, zero stutter. but yeah, i know what you mean.
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I'm just not a fan of the soap opera effect. I know some that love it though. I could see it working really well in some shots for the movie
Monocle
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Just saw this. Superb score and sound design, gorgeous visuals, decent but hilariously predictable plot (if you've seen a trailer or two), good ending. I immediately guessed the twist in the very first scene with the bookshelf anomaly. I think a lot of viewers who were paying attention probably did as well. Too bad. The predictability really detracts from the film IMO.
I think I like Interstellar more than Inception because of the subject matter, though I'd have to watch both again to be sure. I'm not in a huge hurry for a second viewing. Interstellar is a rather long movie that didn't strike me as having a lot to yield after the initial experience. I might watch it again anyway if I get a chance to use a nicer screen, because it's visually stunning. I regret missing this in theaters.
I think I like Interstellar more than Inception because of the subject matter, though I'd have to watch both again to be sure. I'm not in a huge hurry for a second viewing. Interstellar is a rather long movie that didn't strike me as having a lot to yield after the initial experience. I might watch it again anyway if I get a chance to use a nicer screen, because it's visually stunning. I regret missing this in theaters.
I might check this out, thanks.
rykomatsu
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Is the Illuminated Star Projection OST edition only Europe only? I see it on Amazon.uk, but not in the US....not too familiar with myplaydirect (though it's sold out there obviously..)
Have a chance to meet up with a colleague from the UK soon and tempted to ask him to slip the soundtrack into his bag for me...
Have a chance to meet up with a colleague from the UK soon and tempted to ask him to slip the soundtrack into his bag for me...
maniac-kun
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Finaly watched it just now. I cant believe hollywood made a intelligent movie that dosnt think the audience is stupid. Dont know if all science stuff was correct but from my understanding they did a good job at everything. Except that they could have send some satelites into the wormhole to map solar system and transmit the data to the arriving starships so they would know if the planets are suitable without risking so many lifes.
I was under the assumption that NASA didn't have the resources left to do this, they were literally on their last leg.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Did we watch the same movie?
Let it go man.
Just saw this on BR and my god I am happy I saw it on theaters. That's the way to experience this epic and I really miss the roaring sound mix, everything felt flat on my humble home theatre.
Great movie still and my gf almost had heart attacks during the more intense moments. The visual effects in this movie will be timeless and will still wow people in decades to come.
It sounds to me like you watched a different movie from just about everyone else in this thread.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Yeah I'm the only person who has brought up exposition overkill/unnecessary hand-holding in this film.
Still better than shit show Avatar.
Battersea Power Station
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I'm going again April 7th to see it for its last theatrical run. So sad. What a celebration of cinema this movie is.
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