[Ulic Qel-Droma]

Interstellar -- Trailer -- Official Warner Bros. - YouTube

[CA_FTW]

hmm looks interesting..

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

anyone see it yet?

kinda a mind fuck. it's a very long movie and it pays a ton of homage to space odyssey 2001.

i liked space odyssey more. interstellar had more of a hollywood touch and a less abstract feel. more "obvious".

but still give it a high rating. not as profound or mind fuck as space odyssey.

opens up a lot of questions about inter-dimensional travel.

theme of different interpretations of selfishness vs selflessness

[SkinnyPupp]

I wrote about it in the movies thread. Easily one of my top 10 movies of all time, if not top 5. It's not perfect, but so much of it felt "just right". The most intriguing thing to me was: *major spoiler, don't read until you see the movie*

who "they" are. Some people were disappointed that they were "able to figure it out right away" but to me that's not the point. The whole thing about who "they" are is something that I have pondered for as long as I can remember.

Because to me, extra terrestrial life is inevitable. However them coming into contact with us is not even close. If anyone is going to contact us, it's us. That's the way I have felt for a very long time, and the way they were able to visualize extra-dimensional communication was excellent.

[DragonChi]

I like how they explained the dimensions and worm holes. On top of that, how frail we really are if we didn't have our planet to live on.

The only negative thing that I could see about the movie is how it would stretch on for a while. It felt really long, probably because I was tired and it seemed like a 3 hour movie.

Hmm, I always thought that they was the human race that transcended the 4th dimensions. Just like how dude was in the wormhole and did the first handshake.

[twitchyzero]

anyone watched it in IMAX? We dont have local IMAX theatres that support the 70mm it was shot in...but should still a significant step up from the regular 35mm.

[m3thods]

Heading down to Seattle to catch a showing in 70mm imax. I have high hopes.

There are only 2 35mm places locally (Surrey and White Rock). It's been a while since I've seen a film in that format, but in this case there's the opportunity to go big in Seattle, so I'm taking that choice instead.

[twitchyzero]

good choice...related article

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/40342/_1384807791.jpg

Christopher Nolan Strapped An IMAX Camera To A Learjet For Interstellar's Aerial Sequences - CINEMABLEND (http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Christopher-Nolan-Strapped-An-IMAX-Camera-Learjet-Interstellar-Aerial-Sequences-40342.html)

:ahwow:

[StylinRed]

they also used handheld imax cameras which people thought would be impossible given their size and weight


Heading down to Seattle to catch a showing in 70mm imax. I have high hopes.

There are only 2 35mm places locally (Surrey and White Rock). It's been a while since I've seen a film in that format, but in this case there's the opportunity to go big in Seattle, so I'm taking that choice instead.

interstellar isn't completely in imax format btw so the 35mm sequences will be blown up to fit the screen which reduces image quality..however supposedly interstellar used the 6K scan to blow up those 35mm scenes so the negative effects should be minimal

[nsmb]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_original/aapj5qbk0iyjatrnjfy0.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/ghLMAtk.jpg

[SkinnyPupp]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_original/aapj5qbk0iyjatrnjfy0.jpg
That looks WAY more confusing than the movie :lawl:

[ncrx]

Did anyone else burst out laughing at this part? when matt damon pops out of the hibernation bag?

good movie all in all, didn't care for the way it was wrapped up at the end, but i thoroughly enjoyed the interpretations of the various phenomena

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

I wrote about it in the movies thread. Easily one of my top 10 movies of all time, if not top 5. It's not perfect, but so much of it felt "just right". The most intriguing thing to me was: *major spoiler, don't read until you see the movie*

who "they" are. Some people were disappointed that they were "able to figure it out right away" but to me that's not the point. The whole thing about who "they" are is something that I have pondered for as long as I can remember.

Because to me, extra terrestrial life is inevitable. However them coming into contact with us is not even close. If anyone is going to contact us, it's us. That's the way I have felt for a very long time, and the way they were able to visualize extra-dimensional communication was excellent.

"they", were the future humans... there's kinda this looping recursive paradox happening here... but time is supposed to be fucked up like that lol.


one thing that i cant get my mind over is...

that planet that had the super waves... my understanding is because it's near the super big black hole, the gravity from the blackhole constantly has the waves/water pulled up high like mountains, thats why they can stand on the seabed all the time... and it's not the waves that are travelling around the planet, but the planet spinning around, and the wave is stationary or something rather... but what bogglies my mind is that... the planet has 130% gravity... 1.3g right?

so they needed a rocket booster like some crazy big ass saturn V type booster rocket to LEAVE earth and get the shuttle up to the bigger engine/docking station... 1g, but on a 1.3g planet they can somehow escape the planets gravity with the little shuttle craft... wut... lol

[SkinnyPupp]

"they", were the future humans... there's kinda this looping recursive paradox happening here... but time is supposed to be fucked up like that lol.


one thing that i cant get my mind over is...

that planet that had the super waves... my understanding is because it's near the super big black hole, the gravity from the blackhole constantly has the waves/water pulled up high like mountains, thats why they can stand on the seabed all the time... and it's not the waves that are travelling around the planet, but the planet spinning around, and the wave is stationary or something rather... but what bogglies my mind is that... the planet has 130% gravity... 1.3g right?

so they needed a rocket booster like some crazy big ass saturn V type booster rocket to LEAVE earth and get the shuttle up to the bigger engine/docking station... 1g, but on a 1.3g planet they can somehow escape the planets gravity with the little shuttle craft... wut... lol
Yeah the giant waves were basically an interpretation of "super tide"... As in the tiny little moon we have can have such an impact on our surface, imagine what a black hole can do

I don't think it's absurd to think that a space craft that can take off in 1.0 G will be able to do it at 1.3. That's like saying cars shouldn't be able to start moving on a hill.

Of course all this stuff exists in a time where we have some energy source that we haven't found yet. Just one of those things in sci-fi you have to accept... It's not as insane as warp drive though, which I find pretty cool.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

I don't think it's absurd to think that a space craft that can take off in 1.0 G will be able to do it at 1.3. That's like saying cars shouldn't be able to start moving on a hill.


i dont think u got what i meant...

i mean ... then why did they need a huge rocket booster to get up to the orbiting "station/engine" from earth? lol... wouldn't it be easier just to fly the shuttle they were already in...

if they needed the rocket booster on earth to get to orbit... they would probably need one on a heavier gravity planet!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2HjpnzIIAETssH.jpg

[SkinnyPupp]

i dont think u got what i meant...

i mean ... then why did they need a huge rocket booster to get up to the orbiting "station/engine" from earth? lol... wouldn't it be easier just to fly the shuttle they were already in...

if they needed the rocket booster on earth to get to orbit... they would probably need one on a heavier gravity planet!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2HjpnzIIAETssH.jpg
Oh I see what you mean now... Just one of those oversights I guess, fodder for those lists of "goofs" on IMDB.

On the other hand, I think the shuttle could have broken through earth's atmosphere without extra rockets... Maybe they just used staged rockets to conserve fuel?

More likely, Nolan just wanted to have a rocket scene in the movie, even if it's a bit anachronistic.

[gilly]

dude waited 23 years. damnnnnnn. Almost as old as me lol

[radioman]

dude waited 23 years. damnnnnnn. Almost as old as me lol

That was my favorite scene. A definite 'whoa' moment. It was acted so well by everyone.

[fsy82]

just saw this movie tonight and wow i was impressed..definitely go and see it if you havent already.

[rsx]

I didn't really see what the big whoop was about

why didn't he just morse code, "hey, it's dad" // or try sending messages through different times of her life // why didn't they just send that robot to survey and recon the ice planet // OR why didn't they just ride it, considering it rolls super fast! 1 hour is 7 years, you'd think they would be pressed for time

[SkinnyPupp]

I didn't really see what the big whoop was about

why didn't he just morse code, "hey, it's dad" // or try sending messages through different times of her life // why didn't they just send that robot to survey and recon the ice planet // OR why didn't they just ride it, considering it rolls super fast! 1 hour is 7 years, you'd think they would be pressed for time

Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy it... Genuinely, you missed out :okay:

[BoostedBB6]

I'm looking forward to seeing this one when it hits DVD/Blue-Ray. Never have time to get away to see movies in the theatres and I can not find any decent places to stream it from.

[3klipze]

I know the movie isn't "plot-hole free", but it was without a doubt powerful and emotional. The imagery combined with the soundtrack emphasized emotion and my eyes got watery when he Cooper came back to the station 23 year later and saw his kids grow all grown up.

[Jegz]

Saw the movie last week. Too fuckin sick.

[6793026]

Even with all the mind fuck expected from all the reviews and spoilers alert, it was still pretty pimp.

Thought the acting was decent but you guys are all right, the development wasn't as good on a character level. For the longest time, I wanted to punch the girl and just yell, "stop hating and mofo get over it, it's been X yrs".

great emotional roller coaster moments and acting was great.

score was decent but i keep comparing it back to gravity and i thought gravity's score and the space sequence was much better with Gravity.

oh, is it just me but were there a lot of marketing done? i remembered inception was epic crazy with marketing, budget 160 m, ended up with 800m+, this one... i didn't see that much marketing hype ...

[StylinRed]

1. expected the use of Imax cameras, space, exploration, etc. would mean excellent cinematography, but Nope. Instead we get constant close-ups/tight spaces/and lazy CGI

2. the constant attempt at making the undramatic, excessively dramatic was annoying (the docking sequences come to mind; his son returning to the farm for two)

3. you know what's coming right from the beginning but it took about 2.5hours before we got to it and the movie actually started before then it was just mind numbingly needless time wasting (see #2)

4. the last 30mins? was acceptable at best, kinda lame, but compared to the rest of it it was great

5. Matthew was good and I liked the casting of his daughters they performed well and actually looked like one another (the role of his son seemed completely needless)

not really but kind of a spoiler? so spoilered
I love sci-fi flicks mind you and this reminded me of Sunshine (which was excellent) but couldn't hold a candle to it imo even with Sunshines weaknesses (like the antagonist which Matt Damons character reminded me of)

When the lights came on in the theatre (20% full) it looked like everyone was jarred awake by the lights and groggily got up and labouriously made their way down the steps

All in all disappointed but it passed the time. :okay:


4/10



I suspect a lot of the love is due to Christopher Nolan fans

[SkinnyPupp]

How did I know you'd hate this movie :lawl:

So sad, but to each their own

As for liking because of Nolan, not for me. I enjoy his movies but am not a "huge fan".

[StylinRed]

lol i thought this may have actually been another movie we'd both like :P

but naw wasn't for me :/

i'm usually a Nolan fan myself which was another reason I thought i'd like this flick :/

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

u guys just all gotta check out

2001: a space odyssey

you'll know what exactly this movie was paying homage to.

[StylinRed]

u guys just all gotta check out

2001: a space odyssey

you'll know what exactly this movie was paying homage to.

To even compare it to 2001 is an insult imo :p
This failed everywhere 2001 succeeded in


Edit about the ending...

I thought they would tie in what Anne Hathaway and Matt Damons characters were saying about love being a powerful draw and in the end McConaughey would see his kids because that's what he wanted most...(so he imagined the ending as he dies) but if that's what Nolan tried to convey in the end there it didn't play out how I would have expected as it not only ties in but also adds too much to the story be related, imho, to that concept.... so instead of tying in the long winded scenes of Damon & Hathaway, which would have made the movie pretty good, we get a kind of lame/quick explanation of 'oh evolved humans did it causing a paradox'. In doing so it really hurt the movie for me and caused me to dislike those scenes with Damon & Hathaway even more

But then if he didn't do that too many people would be bitching for an explanation about the 'ghost' and wormholes so I guess Nolan was damned either way...

[J____]

I'm with stylin, I'm not 100% feeling the movie. Heard about it and saw it for the hype but kinda of disappointed and thought I wasted 2.5 hours

[m3thods]

Watched it in 70mm IMAX today. I've already reviewed the movie, so here are some of my thoughts of what I found different:


The most important difference to me was the sound mixing in IMAX was far superior to the regular edit. I could actually hear the dialogue, and not just reverberating bass.
The IMAX scenes were gorgeous. Basically any scene you were in awe for (if you were in awe, for that matter), were just unbelievable on IMAX. If you have a chance, definitely try and catch it on the BIGger screen (digital or 70mm).
The "normal" parts to the movie somehow looked worse. The dynamic range wasn't there, so there was a lot of things in darkness that I don't remember being dark. It might be the older theatre, but maybe not.
If there's one thing that leaving film as a medium is good for, it's the lack of "crap" on the reels while you're watching. For a good 10 minutes, there was a stray pube right on screen. It would've driven me insane had it been the first time watching it.
How did Topher Grace get so much IMAX screen time? I swear there's a huge chunk of him on the big screen, but WHY?


tl;dr-

If you loved the movie in digital, you'll love it even more in IMAX (either film or digital). If you had trouble hearing dialogue, try to catch it in IMAX. If you love Topher Grace, try to catch it in IMAX.

[RunningFree]

To even compare it to 2001 is an insult imo :p
This failed everywhere 2001 succeeded in


Edit about the ending...

I thought they would tie in what Anne Hathaway and Matt Damons characters were saying about love being a powerful draw and in the end McConaughey would see his kids because that's what he wanted most...(so he imagined the ending as he dies) but if that's what Nolan tried to convey in the end there it didn't play out how I would have expected as it not only ties in but also adds too much to the story be related, imho, to that concept.... so instead of tying in the long winded scenes of Damon & Hathaway, which would have made the movie pretty good, we get a kind of lame/quick explanation of 'oh evolved humans did it causing a paradox'. In doing so it really hurt the movie for me and caused me to dislike those scenes with Damon & Hathaway even more

But then if he didn't do that too many people would be bitching for an explanation about the 'ghost' and wormholes so I guess Nolan was damned either way...

But I wonder if in a way, Interstellar succeeded where 2001 failed... ie. Giant space baby.

I think for the most part, Interstellar managed to semi-neatly tie up it's loose ends. Even if those loose ends were drawn from plot devices that were way too hastily set up to have any emotional buy-in.

For example:

"Hey Coop, you're perfect to fly this shit through a worm hole."
"Roger that NASA, I'm good to go. Fuck you kids, I'm outta here."

I think the only character I really had any empathy for was Dr. Mann.
That dude got the short end of the stick. And while being a little too high and mighty during his speech, you could sense the desperation and his struggle with his humanity/guilt when he leaves Cooper to die.

The other major plot devices were pretty weak. Overall, I feel like it was some sort of visual tour de force that really had no substance behind it, other than an overly dramatic score that was really kind of annoying at times.

The one thing that did have me excited, only to let me down:
The possibility of seeing Cooper pilot the new generation ranger ship, which kind of looked like it might a one man fighter with have combat capability (his flight suit was coincidentally military colored). This was interesting to me because at that point, man had been able to utilize gravity, and it's possible that the fighter/ship might of used a gravatic drive instead of using conventional (as we know them) engines. That would mean the ship could utilize a singularity to generate momentum and travel at near relativistic speeds! /end sci-fi nerd rant

*sigh* Ok it wasn't exactly as bad as I'm making it out to be... but even the people I watched it with, who aren't very critical viewers felt cheated.

[StylinRed]

The "normal" parts to the movie somehow looked worse. The dynamic range wasn't there, so there was a lot of things in darkness that I don't remember being dark. It might be the older theatre, but maybe not.
think i made a comment somewhere but the normal scenes were upconverted (albeit from a 4k source) and it was reported those images looked weak/soft

I didn't know that the regular versions of the film had horrible audio though, I noticed the dialogue issues (didn't see it in imax) and thought that was just how Nolan made it; which was quite annoying
edit: well looks like Nolan and team wanted it that way http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/17/7234689/interstellar-sound-problems-addressed-by-christopher-nolan-sound-designer

But I wonder if in a way, Interstellar succeeded where 2001 failed... ie. Giant space baby.
lol i dunno if that had never been done before and i saw it today i would be like :heckno: but since its from the 60's I guess I give it allowances :lol


I think the only character I really had any empathy for was Dr. Mann.
That dude got the short end of the stick. And while being a little too high and mighty during his speech, you could sense the desperation and his struggle with his humanity/guilt when he leaves Cooper to die.

Damon performed well but its just a nitpick for me i guess that his type of characters profile/m.o. has been overused for me (from other films) so i didn't really care either :/


The one thing that did have me excited, only to let me down:
The possibility of seeing Cooper pilot the new generation ranger ship, which kind of looked like it might a one man fighter with have combat capability (his flight suit was coincidentally military colored). This was interesting to me because at that point, man had been able to utilize gravity, and it's possible that the fighter/ship might of used a gravatic drive instead of using conventional (as we know them) engines. That would mean the ship could utilize a singularity to generate momentum and travel at near relativistic speeds! /end sci-fi nerd rant

*sigh* Ok it wasn't exactly as bad as I'm making it out to be... but even the people I watched it with, who aren't very critical viewers felt cheated.

YES! that's a complaint I've seen and heard a lot! I'm actually pretty surprised so many ppl feel the same way about that...maybe they'll release an extended version on disc with it ;)

I think my expectations may have been too high...i dunno..so we were pretty bummed out by it however not so let down that we would walk out of the movie (which we've done before)

[Tegra_Devil]

good movie, hit me hard in the feels

[SkinnyPupp]

2. the constant attempt at making the undramatic, excessively dramatic was annoying (the docking sequences come to mind; his son returning to the farm for two)

What goes on in your mind during scenes like these? Because both times I was on the edge of my seat, palms sweating...

If you don't buy those tense moments (and I think you said the same thing about Gravity) I'd be curious to know what type of movie it takes to get your heart pumping...

[RunningFree]

For me, when the scene started, it was tense.

But then the same scene was shown again and again, like the docking clamps not clamping. It lost it's effect for me.

The same thing happened when the camera kept showing Topher Grace. It reminded me of the Austin Powers steam roller scene:

Austin Powers International Man Of Mystery Steamroller - YouTube

Gravity for me was more intense... I realized that I never, ever want to venture into space.

[StylinRed]

What goes on in your mind during scenes like these? Because both times I was on the edge of my seat, palms sweating...

If you don't buy those tense moments (and I think you said the same thing about Gravity) I'd be curious to know what type of movie it takes to get your heart pumping...

no i liked gravity (as far as i can remember anyway)

i just didn't feel it in those docking moments...it just seemed comical to me with the zimmer music going crazy over coupling it was like :seriously: especially on the 2nd/3rd time it was like COME ON
it just didn't seem like an act that deserved being played up since its an act that astronauts would be used to (McConaugheys character anyway since it's not his first rodeo) or the robots/computer systems iirc the first tense docking scene was handled by the marine robot

the only docking sequence that deserved all the drama was the last one (given the circumstances) but by that time i was already jaded and im like "here we go again"

[AzNightmare]

Matt Damon is a dick.

It was well done by Nolan though. His whole intention of the secret cast was for the effect of when we see him, we all have him ingrained as the protagonist that will save the day... It totally worked on me.

[R. Mutt]

Watched it in 70mm IMAX today. I've already reviewed the movie, so here are some of my thoughts of what I found different:


The most important difference to me was the sound mixing in IMAX was far superior to the regular edit. I could actually hear the dialogue, and not just reverberating bass.
The IMAX scenes were gorgeous. Basically any scene you were in awe for (if you were in awe, for that matter), were just unbelievable on IMAX. If you have a chance, definitely try and catch it on the BIGger screen (digital or 70mm).
The "normal" parts to the movie somehow looked worse. The dynamic range wasn't there, so there was a lot of things in darkness that I don't remember being dark. It might be the older theatre, but maybe not.
If there's one thing that leaving film as a medium is good for, it's the lack of "crap" on the reels while you're watching. For a good 10 minutes, there was a stray pube right on screen. It would've driven me insane had it been the first time watching it.
How did Topher Grace get so much IMAX screen time? I swear there's a huge chunk of him on the big screen, but WHY?


tl;dr-

If you loved the movie in digital, you'll love it even more in IMAX (either film or digital). If you had trouble hearing dialogue, try to catch it in IMAX. If you love Topher Grace, try to catch it in IMAX.

Are you a compositor?

[inv4zn]

no i liked gravity (as far as i can remember anyway)

i just didn't feel it in those docking moments...it just seemed comical to me with the zimmer music going crazy over coupling it was like :seriously: especially on the 2nd/3rd time it was like COME ON
it just didn't seem like an act that deserved being played up since its an act that astronauts would be used to (McConaugheys character anyway since it's not his first rodeo) or the robots/computer systems iirc the first tense docking scene was handled by the marine robot

the only docking sequence that deserved all the drama was the last one (given the circumstances) but by that time i was already jaded and im like "here we go again"

I think that perhaps you're being overly critical, because you weren't able to be "immersed" as myself and others who liked it were.

The repetition of the docking sequences were never "here we go again"...because I was "in" the movie, and it wasn't a repetition of the same event, but just the next event in a marvelous sequence of very interesting events.

Maybe not totally equivalent, but it's kind of like thinking to yourself "here we go again" as your wife starts screaming having her third child, because you've already witnessed it twice.

[Soundy]

If you loved the movie in digital, you'll love it even more in IMAX (either film or digital). If you had trouble hearing dialogue, try to catch it in IMAX. If you love Topher Grace, try to catch it in IMAX.
BTW, interesting point I came across regarding Digital IMAX vs. film:

Film-based IMAX runs 65mm film stock sideways through the projector. This format means each frame of the movie is held on a very large area of film.

http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e5811c5372f86390ad7f7d13c3b1b525?convert_to_webp=t rue

This large physical area results in a very high image quality.

If you wanted to faithfully represent this image digitally you might use 8000x4000 = 32M pixels. At a pinch you might get away with 6000x3000 = 18M pixels.

Digital IMAX uses the same large screen size as IMAX but replaces the film with a 2K digital projection system.
So you are seeing only 2 Million pixels in the image. You read that correctly.
The thing they call "Digital IMAX" contains 10 or 20X less picture information.

IMAX has plans to replace the projectors with 4K models. But currently, Digital IMAX is pretty much the same resolution as your domestic 1080P TV (1920x1080).

In other words, go see Interstellar on actual film.
Digital IMAX is not a high resolution format.

Glyn Williams's answer to What's the difference between 70 mm IMAX and digital IMAX? Which one should one prefer to watch movies like Interstellar? - Quora (http://qr.ae/mZsLy)

[320icar]

Keep it simple.

I can see general audience not liking it. I very much enjoyed it and didn't want it to end. I went in totally blind didn't know the cast (except for Matthew) and dint even see a trailer. Bu that's because I KNEW I'd like it and didn't want to spoiler anything.

The love shit was lame. But the rest was awesome sauce

[m3thods]

Are you a compositor?

I am not. I'm just a huge fan of spectacles and, from what I read online, seeing Interstellar in 70mm IMAX was the way to watch it. I couldn't wait another week to see it, so I watched it in UltraAVX opening weekend. I'm glad I did because I was able to really appreciate the IMAX scenes for what they were after the fact. I actually love the film more after seeing it again in IMAX.

If you're really looking for something to do, I really suggest heading down to Seattle to check it out in 70mm IMAX. It's supposedly the last feature film to be done in the format, so at least you can say that you saw it in 70mm IMAX. If you do go, however, do get your tickets online early and arrive early to line-up. I went 40 mins early and was halfway through the lineup. All shows were sold out for the past 2 weekends (4 per day I believe).

Make a day out of it if you feel silly going down to see a movie. I went to catch the early showing, then spent the rest of the day eating and chilling at Pike Place.

Edit: I thought I'd share this. I've been listening to it all day and it's made me want to watch the film again just for this one scene. Spoilered since it's taken from the film (audio):

Interstellar Soundtrack - Docking (High Audio Quality) - YouTube

Skinny feel free to take it down if it violates anything.

And for you guys that didn't like the film. I will concede that the dialogue is almost "George Lucas"-like. As evidenced by the clip above. It's pretty bad in some parts lol

[m3thods]

BTW, interesting point I came across regarding Digital IMAX vs. film:



Glyn Williams's answer to What's the difference between 70 mm IMAX and digital IMAX? Which one should one prefer to watch movies like Interstellar? - Quora (http://qr.ae/mZsLy)

A more visual aid:

Interstellar is playing in IMAX, IMAX Experience, 70mm, 35mm, 4K, 2K? Here?s how to decide which format to see it in (VIDEO). (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/11/07/interstellar_is_playing_in_imax_imax_experience_70 mm_35mm_4k_2k_here_s_how.html)

[3klipze]

Lots of debate on this. Is it because its by Nolan? It sure is an adventurous project for him.


Already mentioned, but i'll say it again.. to each of their own. I agree, the character developments were rushed, but I didn't feel like it was trying to sell that. In my opinion, it was making the viewers empathize for Cooper and what he's going through. That is how I saw the movie. In that perspective, it has sold me ten times over.


I DL'ed the FLAC of the OST. Zimmerman's masterpiece.

[twitchyzero]

watched it in digital IMAX...audio was very immersive so you felt like you were actually in the ship but I did have trouble hearing some dialogue.
non-IMAX scenes were indeed pretty bad...mostly on Earth so you don't miss out on too much details.

i'd rate the movie 7/10...i may appreciate it more on subsequent viewings esp the last 45 minutes. I applaud Nolan for trying to take tackle themes of this scale...but I don't think he'll ever top Memento for coherence and artistic style. I've noticed The Dark Knight Rises and this one the last 45 min feels too rushed and suffers feature creep as he tries to cram too much shit in for that epiphany factor.

Didn't Dr. Brand (Caine) already figure out gravity 40 years ago or was that Matt Damon simply lying? What exactly did Cooper convey to Murphy that helped her solve all of man kind's problem?

[Soundy]

BTW, this is an awesome read :)

Arun Singh's answer to Did Interstellar (2014 movie) take its concept from Hindu mythology? - Quora (http://qr.ae/mSxLB)

:troll:

[SkinnyPupp]

no i liked gravity (as far as i can remember anyway)

i just didn't feel it in those docking moments...it just seemed comical to me with the zimmer music going crazy over coupling it was like :seriously: especially on the 2nd/3rd time it was like COME ON
it just didn't seem like an act that deserved being played up since its an act that astronauts would be used to (McConaugheys character anyway since it's not his first rodeo) or the robots/computer systems iirc the first tense docking scene was handled by the marine robot

the only docking sequence that deserved all the drama was the last one (given the circumstances) but by that time i was already jaded and im like "here we go again"
This definitely gives me some insight on how you approach movies, and probably why our tastes differ so much... Interesting!

[m3thods]

watched it in digital IMAX...audio was very immersive so you felt like you were actually in the ship but I did have trouble hearing some dialogue.
non-IMAX scenes were indeed pretty bad...mostly on Earth so you don't miss out on too much details.

i'd rate the movie 7/10...i may appreciate it more on subsequent viewings esp the last 45 minutes. I applaud Nolan for trying to take tackle themes of this scale...but I don't think he'll ever top Memento for coherence and artistic style. I've noticed The Dark Knight Rises and this one the last 45 min feels too rushed and suffers feature creep as he tries to cram too much shit in for that epiphany factor.

Didn't Dr. Brand (Caine) already figure out gravity 40 years ago or was that Matt Damon simply lying? What exactly did Cooper convey to Murphy that helped her solve all of man kind's problem?

You're correct- Old Dr. Brand solved his form of the equation decades ago, but essentially "as best he could". The solution to get the stations off the ground required quantum data not accessible to anyone on earth. Basically, it's only available "from inside the singularity" aka the core of the black hole. That data from TARS was recorded when the two went into Gargantua, and that's what was relayed via morse to the watch for Murph.

[VanCellClinic]

This looks like a really great movie. I have heard great reviews and have even heard there is a surprise actor that was not advertised in it. does anyone know who that actor is? Or is it a spoiler.

[RunningFree]

Ok here's something about the plot that I've been wondering:

So Cooper falls into the black hole, ends up in a tesseract and TARS gets the quantum data. Coop deduces that it was made by humans far in the future that have been able to transcend space and time.

Ok, we know that humanity is on the brink of failure, and the data on how to get the facility into space is in the data that's given to what's-her-face by Coop through the bookcase (which I still think is dumb). Now how would beings in the far future exist if we assume that humanity died because they never got the quantum data required?

Are we to believe that the chicken came before the egg?

[rsx]

You know, when SP said I missed out, I thought...hey, maybe I actually missed some important pieces in the movie. I watched youtube videos explaining the movie, read posts, studied diagrams, etc....and it was exactly what I thought the movie was about. The movie is pretty straight forward, right? Why are there people explaining and drawing diagrams on this??

[m3thods]

It's straight-forward. The diagrams are to help explain the gist of the movie, but there's no "deeper meaning" stuff. The hardest part for people to comprehend was the last third of the movie, but once you get it explained via watching it again or reading supplemental material you'll get the entire movie.

[Naka San]

Everything you need to know about the movie and actual facts about space - watch the video under "spoiler"

Discovery Channel The Science of Interstellar - YouTube

[DragonChi]

Ok here's something about the plot that I've been wondering:

So Cooper falls into the black hole, ends up in a tesseract and TARS gets the quantum data. Coop deduces that it was made by humans far in the future that have been able to transcend space and time.

Ok, we know that humanity is on the brink of failure, and the data on how to get the facility into space is in the data that's given to what's-her-face by Coop through the bookcase (which I still think is dumb). Now how would beings in the far future exist if we assume that humanity died because they never got the quantum data required?

Are we to believe that the chicken came before the egg?


I would think that from every decision we make, there is another universe that is spawned where the choice we make is the opposite of the one we made in reality. Aka alternate realities. If the movie is explained in that way. Maybe there was another way that Coop found NORAD, like if the prof straight out approached him and he said yes. Then from that reality, he went into bookcase scene to make it happen.

In the end it was a scifi movie, you could make up just about anything to make it plausible or justified. haha

[roastpuff]

My favorite characters from the movie are the two robots: CASE and TARS. I loved their design - it's not anthropomorphic, it's unique and geometrically engaging. The fact that they can subdivide into smaller parts and then form geometric shapes that can be very useful.

Plus their sense of humor is awesome.

[m3thods]

My favorite characters from the movie are the two robots: CASE and TARS. I loved their design - it's not anthropomorphic, it's unique and geometrically engaging. The fact that they can subdivide into smaller parts and then form geometric shapes that can be very useful.

Plus their sense of humor is awesome.

I was the only one laughing hysterically at this line:

WHY ARE YOU WHISPERING THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU

I guess everyone was too into the movie to care for that wonderful wit lol.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

My favorite characters from the movie are the two robots: CASE and TARS. I loved their design - it's not anthropomorphic, it's unique and geometrically engaging. The fact that they can subdivide into smaller parts and then form geometric shapes that can be very useful.

Plus their sense of humor is awesome.

they pay homage to the black obelisk in 2001: a space odyssey

Ok here's something about the plot that I've been wondering:

So Cooper falls into the black hole, ends up in a tesseract and TARS gets the quantum data. Coop deduces that it was made by humans far in the future that have been able to transcend space and time.

Ok, we know that humanity is on the brink of failure, and the data on how to get the facility into space is in the data that's given to what's-her-face by Coop through the bookcase (which I still think is dumb). Now how would beings in the far future exist if we assume that humanity died because they never got the quantum data required?

Are we to believe that the chicken came before the egg?


he went into the 5th dimension where every single possibility of every single time in the 3d exists... the 5th dimension is something just like... it IS space time fabric, therefore all of it exists already, and you can modify it as you wish... paradox is normal. catch 22 is normal. because you cannot think of time as linear like the way we do in 3 dimensions. it's like a strip of tape, and he edits the end which loops back to the beginning... something like that.

basically, you can't think of time linearly like the way we do in upper dimensions, all of it exists... like if we rolled out a reel of a movie. the movie doesn't have to play out for the things to happen, they all exist already

[m3thods]

^That is an excellent explanation for those of you wondering the same thing roast was. There's also a video by Neil deGrasse Tyson that explains the same ideas.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

Ten Dimensions Explained - YouTube

[maksimizer]

0/10

[RunningFree]

he went into the 5th dimension where every single possibility of every single time in the 3d exists... the 5th dimension is something just like... it IS space time fabric, therefore all of it exists already, and you can modify it as you wish... paradox is normal. catch 22 is normal. because you cannot think of time as linear like the way we do in 3 dimensions. it's like a strip of tape, and he edits the end which loops back to the beginning... something like that.

basically, you can't think of time linearly like the way we do in upper dimensions, all of it exists... like if we rolled out a reel of a movie. the movie doesn't have to play out for the things to happen, they all exist already

What you've explained is more the idea of things appearing in a quantum state: ie. Schrodinger's Cat (in the box, it's both alive and dead at the same time) or the double slit experiment (which actually kind of freaks me out as it's unexplainable). The tesseract, if indeed in the 5th dimension shows a single timeline: "each of us are collapsing the indeterminate wave of probable futures contained in the 5th dimension into the 4th dimensional line, that we are experiencing as time". Jumping from the 6D from the 5D would be the only way to change a 'future' but then it wouldn't be the original timeline.


So apparently, Cooper and Brand are doomed to die alone:

"IGN Nolan gives us the scoop"

Nolan: So the idea with the film was that it was a wormhole that leads us to a place that creates an opportunity for us and then disappears. By the end of Cooper's journey, the wormhole is gone. It's up to us now to undertake the massive journey of spreading out across the face of our galaxy. Brand is still somewhere out there on the far side of the wormhole. The wormhole has disappeared entirely. It's gone.

IGN: And he has to try and get to Brand in this little ship?

Nolan: That's the idea.



Even with a gravatic drive, he'd never make it!

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

What you've explained is more the idea of things appearing in a quantum state: ie. Schrodinger's Cat (in the box, it's both alive and dead at the same time) or the double slit experiment (which actually kind of freaks me out as it's unexplainable). The tesseract, if indeed in the 5th dimension shows a single timeline: "each of us are collapsing the indeterminate wave of probable futures contained in the 5th dimension into the 4th dimensional line, that we are experiencing as time". Jumping from the 6D from the 5D would be the only way to change a 'future' but then it wouldn't be the original timeline.


So apparently, Cooper and Brand are doomed to die alone:



Even with a gravatic drive, he'd never make it!


lol i always thought the big future base near saturn was a staging ground, a forward base for going back and forth through the wormhole... wtf if there's no wormhole how can he even get to her?

anyway... it doesnt matter what the "original" timeline is... all timelines are equal. you just live the one u are in or the one you get to. the ones that turn to disaster already exist... there must be an infinite amount of timelines where they all die, but it doesnt matter, cuz he jumps into the one where they don't die so... yeah lol, basically, fuck the other timelines, they don't matter.

[RunningFree]

lol i always thought the big future base near saturn was a staging ground, a forward base for going back and forth through the wormhole... wtf if there's no wormhole how can he even get to her?

anyway... it doesnt matter what the "original" timeline is... all timelines are equal. you just live the one u are in or the one you get to. the ones that turn to disaster already exist... there must be an infinite amount of timelines where they all die, but it doesnt matter, cuz he jumps into the one where they don't die so... yeah lol, basically, fuck the other timelines, they don't matter.

Yeah, I thought the same thing as well. Especially when they showed all the new Rangers in the launch bay. "Cool! Humanity's doing something and venturing out in the universe!". Nope. Not the case... probably exploring pluto or some shit. I really wanted to see the ship in action but the film ended. Saved money for sure... but it was really the only thing that really captured my attention. :(

[Chronix]

Interstellar Docking Scene [SPOILERS] - YouTube