SCULLIBUNDO
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Alfred dies. Aunt May is Carnage etc etc.
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Bob Dobalina
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Batman dies at the end
Mcconaughey ends up sacrificing himself and ends up in a black hole. In said black hole he finds out he is in a "fifth" dimension and communicates with his daughter as a kid. His messages are what lead to him finding the NASA facility and helps his grown up daughter solve the equation which lets the surviving humans giant life boat spacecraft to get into space.
Oh and then he hops in a ship to go be with his new women (Hathaway) who is setting up the colony on the new planet.
Oh and then he hops in a ship to go be with his new women (Hathaway) who is setting up the colony on the new planet.
That's about it.
Just saw it.
Earth is dying from...something. A plague on crops? too much agriculture? some technological regression from too little NASA funding? Most people don't believe in the Moon landings by that time, and professional baseball is the size of an amateur league.
The wormhole was created by "they" beings from another dimension, for humans to use.
By the time McConaughey finds out about the project, they've already sent several ships to look for habitable planets. They found 3 planet candidates, but only rudimentary information like "thumbs up" has come back to Earth. Oh, yeah, NASA had to go underground because popular opinion didn't think it needs to be funded, but governments kept funding it in secret.
So they head to the wormhole, to a system with three planets for possible habitation, but they need to decide which one to visit based on several factors. There's a black hole in the middle of that system.
All in all, they make bad decisions and end up on a planet with giant waves, then hop to a giant ice planet were they find Matt Damon, the last survivor of one of the first missions through the wormhole.
Matt Damon is evil, turned crazy after being alone in a planet for so long. Or rather, lied about there being life on his planet so that they would pick him up and then he would just run back to Earth. Obviously, he makes things even more impossibly difficult.
Those square things in the movie that walk are robots built by NASA, with humor in them.
Mcconaughey saves the day by going inside the black hole and communicating with the daughter in the past and giving her the information needed to power up the giant habitable ships that take humanity into the wormhole.
Hathaway at the end gets to the third habitable planet and manages to begin the colonization project.
The black hole part is insane.There are several big "twist". but the biggest is the paradox that humans from the future built the wormhole for humans in the past to use it. Humans evolved to fifth dimensional beings... what.
And get this: McConaughey sends a message to his daughter by way of the middle hand in her old watch, while he's in a three dimensional representation of time and gravity.
Earth is dying from...something. A plague on crops? too much agriculture? some technological regression from too little NASA funding? Most people don't believe in the Moon landings by that time, and professional baseball is the size of an amateur league.
The wormhole was created by "they" beings from another dimension, for humans to use.
By the time McConaughey finds out about the project, they've already sent several ships to look for habitable planets. They found 3 planet candidates, but only rudimentary information like "thumbs up" has come back to Earth. Oh, yeah, NASA had to go underground because popular opinion didn't think it needs to be funded, but governments kept funding it in secret.
So they head to the wormhole, to a system with three planets for possible habitation, but they need to decide which one to visit based on several factors. There's a black hole in the middle of that system.
All in all, they make bad decisions and end up on a planet with giant waves, then hop to a giant ice planet were they find Matt Damon, the last survivor of one of the first missions through the wormhole.
Matt Damon is evil, turned crazy after being alone in a planet for so long. Or rather, lied about there being life on his planet so that they would pick him up and then he would just run back to Earth. Obviously, he makes things even more impossibly difficult.
Those square things in the movie that walk are robots built by NASA, with humor in them.
Mcconaughey saves the day by going inside the black hole and communicating with the daughter in the past and giving her the information needed to power up the giant habitable ships that take humanity into the wormhole.
Hathaway at the end gets to the third habitable planet and manages to begin the colonization project.
The black hole part is insane.There are several big "twist". but the biggest is the paradox that humans from the future built the wormhole for humans in the past to use it. Humans evolved to fifth dimensional beings... what.
And get this: McConaughey sends a message to his daughter by way of the middle hand in her old watch, while he's in a three dimensional representation of time and gravity.
EpicallyBald
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Seriously WUT. Sounds super interesting, will watch.
MCtalkfunny
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It's nice to know that ghost are just people from the future who can talk to us via morse code because people from the even farther future allow them too.
Felt nothing for all most 3 hours, no excitement, or tension, or bordem, just nothing.
Thought that sound mixing was awful, couldn't make out a lot of the dialogue. How does that happen?
Felt nothing for all most 3 hours, no excitement, or tension, or bordem, just nothing.
Thought that sound mixing was awful, couldn't make out a lot of the dialogue. How does that happen?
sweetvar26
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Just watched it, I guess the basic plot has already been posted and I'm still processing what I saw.
Movie is heavy. Gonna work your brain up.
Edit: that background score by Zimmer...
Movie is heavy. Gonna work your brain up.
Edit: that background score by Zimmer...
Stallion Free
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The parallels between this and Time for the Stars by Robert Heinlein made me smile.
petethepanda
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This movie was a nesting doll of stupidity. Just a hint at first, but it just keeps revealing itself to be dumber and dumber and dumber (and it didn't help that it was just punch-you-in-the-face predictable).
By time our hero was fist fighting Evil Matt Damon (Sunshine syndrome if you will) I was pretty much checked out.
[Edit: To clarify, I mean all character- and narrative-based stupidity. Like "you're the best pilot ever we need yooou," Anne Hathaway being the usual Extremely Stupid Smart Person, etc. I don't mean science-y stupidity, as expecting realism from a movie like this is a one-way ticket to no fun town]
Visually stunning, though. Just wish they were more inventive with stuff like diving into a black hole, it was sweet for a few moments before the obvious bookshelf reveal.
By time our hero was fist fighting Evil Matt Damon (Sunshine syndrome if you will) I was pretty much checked out.
[Edit: To clarify, I mean all character- and narrative-based stupidity. Like "you're the best pilot ever we need yooou," Anne Hathaway being the usual Extremely Stupid Smart Person, etc. I don't mean science-y stupidity, as expecting realism from a movie like this is a one-way ticket to no fun town]
Visually stunning, though. Just wish they were more inventive with stuff like diving into a black hole, it was sweet for a few moments before the obvious bookshelf reveal.
The water planet was just dumb. Could they not see any of the surface? They should have been able to tell that the mountains they detected were moving or that as they were getting closer the *thumbs up* signals were not transmitting.
However, water planet was visually amazing.
However, water planet was visually amazing.
MiamiWesker
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I loved evil Matt Damon, the whole sequence with his turn, the sister on earth, the incredible hatch sequence to me was the most exciting parts of the film and it was more in line with the kind of space adventure I was hoping for.
All the elements for a great drama was there but something didn't click. Maybe it was some of the heavy handed exposition, "love transcends time and space". The ending being insane didn't help either, a paradox, really.
Visually AMAZING. And that soundtrack, wow. Matthew was incredible as well. Good movie, I wish I enjoyed it more.
All the elements for a great drama was there but something didn't click. Maybe it was some of the heavy handed exposition, "love transcends time and space". The ending being insane didn't help either, a paradox, really.
Visually AMAZING. And that soundtrack, wow. Matthew was incredible as well. Good movie, I wish I enjoyed it more.
movie a few great scenes, the visuals + Mconaughey shined brightest.
but yeah, it was pretty dumb. hard to keep a straight face with that love monologue. but every character felt... empty besides Mconaughey and the funny robot. i guess the two other space guys being boring were the point since they had no other relationships and i guess relationships make you not boring. mostly predictable in plot.
also, so much exposition. there's nothing wrong with exposition btw, if it comes out naturally. which it doesn't here thanks to the characters being what they are and the dialogue being what it is.
liked how hopefull the movie was, how every character made the decision they thought was correct even if it wasn't. except for Matt Damon. didn't like how the film ended and tied everything up too perfectly. also, did he really have to steal that space jet?
in conclusion, humans are da best.
but yeah, it was pretty dumb. hard to keep a straight face with that love monologue. but every character felt... empty besides Mconaughey and the funny robot. i guess the two other space guys being boring were the point since they had no other relationships and i guess relationships make you not boring. mostly predictable in plot.
also, so much exposition. there's nothing wrong with exposition btw, if it comes out naturally. which it doesn't here thanks to the characters being what they are and the dialogue being what it is.
liked how hopefull the movie was, how every character made the decision they thought was correct even if it wasn't. except for Matt Damon. didn't like how the film ended and tied everything up too perfectly. also, did he really have to steal that space jet?
in conclusion, humans are da best.
outunderthestars
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A bit too long, and had some really clunky editing.
Can someone explain to me why they could have ships that could travel to deep space but were unable to send probes to the candidate planets after they arrived on the other side of the wormhole?
Can someone explain to me why they could have ships that could travel to deep space but were unable to send probes to the candidate planets after they arrived on the other side of the wormhole?
petethepanda
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Though it was preceded by a lot of nonsense, I did think it at least found the right note to end on (McConaughey flying off), which many better movies fail to do.
MiamiWesker
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Do you guys think this will be an enjoyable rewatchable film. I remember the second I got out of the theater after TDK and Inception I wanted to walk back in and see it again. I feel done with Interstellar, I saw it, enjoyed it but I don't know if I want to go through that again so soon.
One question I had... why didn't they just send Plan B with all of the Lazarus astronauts. Brand would have showed up to a number of people starting a new life, not a dead guy around some buildings.
I don't know how rewatchable the film is. My company is going to see it on Friday. It'll be a pass for me.
I don't know how rewatchable the film is. My company is going to see it on Friday. It'll be a pass for me.
I will champion and defend this movie to my grave.
I'll need some more time to process everything and articulate my thoughts... but I thought this was a MASTERWORK, and I completely understand and admire the fuck out of what Nolan was trying to do.
It is not a smooth ride by any means. But I fully believe the highs within INTERSTELLAR outweigh any low points, and it is a miracle this movie even exists (5th dimensional gateways in a $200 million blockbuster? Are you kidding me!?)
I'll need some more time to process everything and articulate my thoughts... but I thought this was a MASTERWORK, and I completely understand and admire the fuck out of what Nolan was trying to do.
It is not a smooth ride by any means. But I fully believe the highs within INTERSTELLAR outweigh any low points, and it is a miracle this movie even exists (5th dimensional gateways in a $200 million blockbuster? Are you kidding me!?)
DevelopmentArrested
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Pros:
- Visuals were absolutely incredible. Everything on the planets including Evil Matt Damon and docking bit were outstanding.
- Great Zimmer soundtrack as always.
- Atmosphere was amazing - Tars, emptiness of space, etc.
Cons:
- Everything past the blackhole was hokey as shit. Sorry but the morse code / second hand of watch stuff was corny.
- I didn't care about anybody on Earth... like at all.
- Way too much exposition, some cheesy dialogue.
IMO:
1) Memento
2) Inception
3) Prestige
4) BB
5) TDK
6) TDKR
7) Interstellar
8) Insomnia
9) Following
- Visuals were absolutely incredible. Everything on the planets including Evil Matt Damon and docking bit were outstanding.
- Great Zimmer soundtrack as always.
- Atmosphere was amazing - Tars, emptiness of space, etc.
Cons:
- Everything past the blackhole was hokey as shit. Sorry but the morse code / second hand of watch stuff was corny.
- I didn't care about anybody on Earth... like at all.
- Way too much exposition, some cheesy dialogue.
IMO:
1) Memento
2) Inception
3) Prestige
4) BB
5) TDK
6) TDKR
7) Interstellar
8) Insomnia
9) Following
Well then you are gonna love the anti-Nolan GAF.
That sounds... boring. I mean, the effects will probably be fine, but that story seems rather uninteresting and old hat.
Ah, well. Wasn't expecting much in the first place anyway.
brainzelda
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To people who have seen it, would you have preferred the 3rd act was that Chinese robots built a research facility in the black hole experimenting on wormholes like the original script?
TrumanBurbank
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Casey Affleck didn't get shit to do. Dude is a great actor. He should have been on the spaceship instead of Wes Bentley.
Also, the Matt Damon plotline was FUCKING GARBAGE. I'm getting mad just thinking about it. A dumb fistfight in space? Really?
Also, the Matt Damon plotline was FUCKING GARBAGE. I'm getting mad just thinking about it. A dumb fistfight in space? Really?
The Driver
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Wayyyyy too fucking long to be as rewatchable as those but the central McConaughey relationship is so chewy that I could see it working well still. I don't subscribe to the whole "Nolan makes puzzle movies that suck after you know the twist" thing tho.
I am still processing what I just saw. I'm pretty sure I loved it though. I can totally see why some people won't (namely you heartless bastards without strong familial ties) tho.
Wasn't too hot on the legit ending. I totally loved the movie had the balls to show Murph as a old woman on her deathbed instead of having Cooper reunite with her as a beautiful adult or whatever. Yes, they saved humanity but he basically sacrificed his children in the process. It added a bittersweet touch to the movie.
I thought it was undercut by sending Cooper on a mission to find Brandt who for all intents and purposes now seems to be the pioneer of a new human civilization isolated from ours. I don't know if I would have preferred Cooper to basically take the Steve Rogers path of a lone man out of time but him flying off to find Brandt was a odd ending to me.
BotoxAgent
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Ugh, I didn't enjoy this movie. Nolan managed to make the concept of space travel into a complete chore and suck any wonder and awe out of it.
Nothing1016
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This guys gets it. Then again I'm a Nolan Fanboy.
BotoxAgent
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Matthews relationship with his family was the only part of this movie I enjoyed. The space stuff just got dumber and dumber.
Did we watch the same movie here?
Pretty much how I'm feeling about it at this point. I felt literally nothing for Hathaway's character, which is kind of a bit deal when you consider how important that monologue is as foreshadowing to the twist.
I also really liked Jerk Astronaut Matt Damon. Overall a fun ride, will probably wait for Blu-Ray to return to it though.
You really can feel the movie's origins as a Spielberg flick, and while I love that type of film, it really doesn't play to Nolan's strengths. It feels like him and his brother are in a lot of ways at odds with each other in terms of the types of narratives they excel at, and as a result their collaborations are resulting in less consistent films.
The Driver
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Bruh, outside of McConaughey really, everyone else got the shaft. Okay maybe Anne had it good too. But for real, everyone else doesn't do anything practically. I was just thinking, man I would feel kinda dumb watching this movie in theaters if I was Wes Bentley.
"There's my character!"
"Anddddddd now I'm dead by a huge wave. Nice shot of me floating like a log though right?"
I appreciate Nolan for populating these bit roles with well known faces but it's kinda distracting when they do nothing....I mean what did Topher Grace do?
Tarus did more than anyone on that ship besides Cooper.
Damon had a decent role but it feels kind of shoehorned in for conflict and I don't think Damon's motivation made any sense. Correct me if I'm wrong, so he's a chicken and couldn't bear the thought he would die alone on that piece of frozen shit, so he gives the green light for our sucker crew to land and try to colonize. Knowing he's gonna be found out soon, he ops to kill Cooper/the rest of the crew why? Then he opens the hatch despite being a astronaut where your like, legally required to not to be that dumb.
He rambles something about completing the mission but this was Cooper's intention as well + going home so I don't get why he attacked him and stole the ship when they basically had the same goal. Also the lead up was drawn out way too long. It was a good 3 minutes of cutting back and forth with Damon blabbing about survival and shit before he made his obvious move beaten over your head by the soundtrack.
More briefly, Affleck's assholish behavior didn't make sense either. Dude's family is dying and decides to sit on his farm despite his sister and a doctor telling him to leave because...he doesn't wanna live underground?
Care to do a brief run down of the original script? That sounds sort of ridiculous (more than what we actually got) lol.
The point was he went insane, which is why he was doing foolish things. Quite a departure from what Hathaway described him as THE perfect man or something something.
Dude is a farmer, everyone knows they are doomed. He doesnt feel like running like an idiot (or hiding) and spend the last of his days shitty like that.
Plus I think the death of his other child made him fucking nuts.
MiamiWesker
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I am all for robots. Though it does sound crazy. But nowhere near as crazy as the black hole connecting to his daughter's bookshelf.
greenleaves
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Just saw the movie. I think before landing on Damon's planet they stated that they only had enough fuel in the Endurance to either head home or land on the third planet. When they decided to head home, Damon realized he couldn't convince them to land on the third planet and populate it due to majority rule. Damon then tried to kill them so that he could try to populate the last planet. I'm not sure why he didn't just admit that he faked the data right after waking up from cryogenic sleep, though. That way, everyone could have gotten off the planet, and they could have made their decision of what to do next from The Endurance.
StopMakingSense
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IIRC, there was no previous NASA expeditions, just probes, which found one possible planet (the ice planet). The movie is about the first NASA expedition to the planet. They get to the ice planet, but find a camp there. Turns out the Chinese (who basically closed their borders and went basically radio silent on Earth) had sent an expedition there. Their builder droids had built a huge camp. The Chinese crew had died, but the builders just did their thing. IN the meantime they find this crazy gravitational device that the chinese had built. The big conflict on the ice planet was with a chinese security droid.
McConaughey and Anne get off the planet, after a fashion, in the nick of time, and head back to the wormhole. Also, turns out something had happened and the planet was in a slowly decaying orbit anyways. So they go, with the life specimen of the radiation eating life form they found on the planet, and head back to the wormhole. They are taken to the other space, where they find the Chinese droids had already found the space that was seemingly created by these inter dimensional blobs they had sort of seen on their first trip.
The Chinese droids had been there like thousands of years, just building this station in this other space and experimenting with wormholes. It was the interdimesional beings bringing these two lifeforms together (humans and this radiation-eating life), to save each other because they were both on dying planets. I kinda forget where it goes from there. They were definitely not revealed to be future humans, I really don't think. At some point McConaughey sends the probe with the schematics for the gravitational device back to their time using one of the wormholes. Murph later in life figures out the probe's secret and save humanity. At some point McConaughey flies back t o earth to find it a wasteland, and releases the lifeforms there to thrive. He decides to die there. Wakes up on a human space station.
Anton Sugar
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TARS and CASE were the real stars of the show.
I have never once had a spoiler diminish my life in any way. It's easier to read a film if you're not bogged down trying to follow a plot.
Fair enough.
sorry for the double post.
Shyamalan would have ended with the dead mother being the ghost and the super being trying to save her family.
TheProdigal
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let me add a little bit to this. the probe he sends back in time ends up being the probe he found in the beginning of the movie. Hathoway decides to go exploring in space and ask Mcconauhey to find her after he goes to earth. after he wakes up on the spacestation. he meets his last relative whose dying he decides he wants to learn engineering again but is told he should be a farmer (callback to an earlier part of the script). He given a farm where he builds a robot and eventually they steal a spaceship and set of to find Hathoway -the end
Love or hate the story, the effects aren't just fine, they're incredible, really. Especially in IMAX.
Despite my summary, the movie isn't bad, not for me, but it doesn't come together all that well in the end, just leaves you exhausted. I don't know, it definitely is a lot to take in, that's for sure.
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