Movie Review: Interstellar
Skyler Powers
Interstellar is the latest and greatest from the renowned director, Christopher Nolan, who is known for his cinematic masterpieces including Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy. Interstellar follows a team of explorers who use a newly discovered wormhole to travel from galaxy to galaxy in search of a new home for the human race before the dying Earth becomes uninhabitable.
This movie was great; Christopher Nolan didn’t disappoint. The movie also have a very complex plot and, like Inception, requires deep thinking to fully understand and enjoy the film. The acting was also spectacular; Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway were superb in their roles. Matt Damon and Michael Caine also brought their best acting to the table.
The film had amazing visuals. The design of the wormhole and the different galaxies seemed so realistic even though we have never seen another galaxy for ourselves. The planets were even more breathtaking in visuals and they had some interesting characteristics. On the Earth, the feeling of peril is quickly established with the constant dust storms and the dying plants and animals. It is even more shocking because we know that our Earth could look like that in the future if we don’t change our ways.
The movie clocks in at almost three hours in runtime which may seem long, but the movie does a good job at keeping you interested. There is also good balance with family bonding, peril and disaster sequences, and even love. There is something for everyone to enjoy in this film. I loved Interstellar and I think that it beat Gravity in storyline and visuals by a long shot. Critics are comparing it to 2001: A Space Odyssey, which I think is a fair and debatable argument. Whether or not Interstellar is the next 2001: A Space Odyssey is based on opinion, but it cannot be argued against that Interstellar is an amazing, heart-warming, and breathtaking film of intergalactic proportion
