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re: Interstellar is one of the most boring movies ive seen in years
Posted on 4/9/15 at 7:47 am to Ping Pong
Posted on 4/9/15 at 7:47 am to Ping Pong
From what I'm gathering from your posts, it looks like you prefer conventionally plotted films. Doesn't make Interstellar a boring movie--maybe a boring movie for a person with movie tastes similar to yours.
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:01 am to shutterspeed
I hesitated seeing it for so long, because I was anticipating a long, boring movie... I watched it earlier this week and really enjoyed it...
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:11 am to Ping Pong
As a renowned poster remarked on November 30, 2014:
"My reaction is the same as it was for Inception. Nice ride but as substantive as cotton candy. Won't think much about it. Certainly nothing deep."
I wan't bored, really, but I didn't think it was particlarly interesting.
ETA: If someone doesn't care for Interstellar, it in now way suggests that they only go for "action movies" or comedies, etc. Actually, to the contrary.
"My reaction is the same as it was for Inception. Nice ride but as substantive as cotton candy. Won't think much about it. Certainly nothing deep."
I wan't bored, really, but I didn't think it was particlarly interesting.
ETA: If someone doesn't care for Interstellar, it in now way suggests that they only go for "action movies" or comedies, etc. Actually, to the contrary.
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 8:14 am
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:38 am to Draconian Sanctions
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I bet he's one of these people that thinks No Country is too slow and pretentious.
I thought No Country for Old Men was incredible and loved every minute of it, but I thought Interstellar sucked. I also loved Edge of Tomorrow and look forward to rewatching it.
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 8:46 am
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:49 am to Ping Pong
i agree for the most part. I didn't find it particularly boring, but it was way too long and I don't think I'll ever have the desire to rewatch it.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 8:59 am to MasCervezas
The movie was a mess. Far too many plot holes and WTF's.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:10 am to Draconian Sanctions
similar to gravity, much better movie in the theater experience as opposed to home viewing
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:14 am to Ping Pong
I loved this movie, but I'm a sucker for sci-fi's. I thought it was very unique film and thought provoking.
I could be wrong, but I think this film will only get better with age.
I could be wrong, but I think this film will only get better with age.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:33 am to VOR
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As a renowned poster remarked on November 30, 2014: "My reaction is the same as it was for Inception. Nice ride but as substantive as cotton candy. Won't think much about it. Certainly nothing deep."
Sounds like a pretentious arse.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 10:03 am to Mo Jeaux
For the two guys who seem to hate this film, and well versed in astrophysics, how would you make this film "not boring"? Im sure if every element of the film was scientifically sound, it would be unbelievably boring IMHO. Better yet, it probably wouldnt have been made. If you didnt get the memo, movies are for entertainment, and not necessarily for accuracy. To suspend your imagination. To make you think about "what if". To get you interested in the topic, and so forth. This movie does those things. If you missed it, the forum has had some great discussions about this film. Sure, some movies try to get it as close as possible, and this film has had some well renowned scientists praise its attempt at doing so. In a lot of cases, movie accuracy isnt what's always the most entertaining. Take Braveheart for example. Its historically very inaccurate, but its one of my favorite films. Still didnt make me like it any less, yet, I did go to Scotland to see the battlefields, his memorial, and do more research to find out the true story of it all. Im not here to bash you. I could care less what you think is a good or bad movie. Everyone has their own opinions, but I am interested in how you would make this particular movie more entertaining.
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 10:05 am
Posted on 4/9/15 at 11:04 am to BoostAddict
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The movie was a mess. Far too many plot holes and WTF's.
don't know about that, I chronicled some of my wtf moments:
* Indian military drones run amok
* -with extreme value solar cells
* NASA operating clandestinely and in MM's back yard
* idiotarian teachers "we don't teach the moon landing any more"
His future earth seems troubled with some of the stupidity of the current gen of climate change obsessers that lack any real understanding of science.
The rest of the story is actually decent.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 11:36 am to Jagd Tiger
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It also did something I thought would be impossible, (spoiler)
it caused me to legitimately hate a character portrayed by Matt Damon.
it caused me to legitimately hate a character portrayed by Matt Damon.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 11:38 am to Jagd Tiger
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* Indian military drones run amok
* -with extreme value solar cells
Supposedly in the initial drafts, that was supposed to be much more important in the grand scheme of things in the movie, where the solar cell comes in a lot of handy later in the film.
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* NASA operating clandestinely and in MM's back yard
To me it's not that NASA is in his backyard (he worked for them in the past after all and I don't think Cooper has gone too far from where he worked for them), it's that NASA wasn't aware that he was around or think to go looking for him. They've known about the wormhole for 50 years and were sending probes into it when Cooper was flying for them. They would have certainly at least kept tabs on him.
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* idiotarian teachers "we don't teach the moon landing any more"
I like that, because really it just shows how fricking embarrassing we've become as a species. We haven't technically left the Earth's atmosphere since 1972, and we've become really stagnant as a species obsessed with pointless bullshite. Cooper's generation in the film was nicknamed the "Caretakers", which actively promoted being stagnant as a species and to look at everything we did in the past as merely a waste. Trivializing the single greatest thing we've done as a species is propaganda to make people just focus on their immediate livelihood rather focusing on dreams and ideas.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 11:50 am to Ping Pong
I like the way they presented the deterioration of things on earth, gradual, almost subtle, hence very believable.
Overall I was impressed with how the movie presented all the very complex things in as believable a manner as possible given the time and audience restraints.
Overall I was impressed with how the movie presented all the very complex things in as believable a manner as possible given the time and audience restraints.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 12:21 pm to OMLandshark
I've now watched it all the way through 3 times.
loved it every time. the scenario they're in depresses me and seems like such a feasible reality with the way people think these days.
it also depresses me because I probably won't be around to see what we discover in the next frontier and I'm only 30. we'd rather spend our money elsewhere.
the ONLY thing I do not really care for about the movie is Hathaway's character at times. she just seems a bit weak and I did not like her love speech. I felt like they let her make that speech just so she'd have a share of the spotlight for a few minutes in the film.
Oh yeah, I didn't like how his family did not really acknowledge him much when he went to see grandma Murph at the end.
I still give it 9/10.
loved it every time. the scenario they're in depresses me and seems like such a feasible reality with the way people think these days.
it also depresses me because I probably won't be around to see what we discover in the next frontier and I'm only 30. we'd rather spend our money elsewhere.
the ONLY thing I do not really care for about the movie is Hathaway's character at times. she just seems a bit weak and I did not like her love speech. I felt like they let her make that speech just so she'd have a share of the spotlight for a few minutes in the film.
Oh yeah, I didn't like how his family did not really acknowledge him much when he went to see grandma Murph at the end.
I still give it 9/10.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 12:55 pm to Jagd Tiger
Just a few issues off the top of my head...
Textbooks with no moon landing? C'mon man.
Cooper finds NASA secret base in his backyard and is only pilot left for mission.
They can grow plants in space? Why not greenhouses on earth?
The spacecraft and orbital mechanics are not consistent and are changed to suit the plot as required.
Morse code transmittal of quantum mechanics equations... not possible or would take forever (which earth/Murph didn't have). I think this could've been handled in a better and more believable way than morse code on a watch.
They can send video messages through the wormhole but only rudimentary yes/no signals back to earth.
Why send people in the first place... why not the super advanced robots?
The whole part with Mann and the fight made no sense except perhaps as a plot device to damage Endurance. Mann's whole plan was unclear and hard to follow. And why did they walk all that way to the glacier? They had 2 ships... fly one or send the robot.
Are they drinking corn beer?
Cooper spent the whole movie trying to get back to his family only to spend 2 minutes with his daughter on her death bed. And at the end why hasn't Anne Hathaway aged the same as Murph? Was she in cryo-sleep or something?
How is Cooper comunicating with SARS inside the black hole? This shouldn't be possible. Maybe it's some 5th dimensional physics. Eh... this one wasn't a big deal to me.
Why didn't the advanced humans just give the gravity formulas to someone?
Romily waited 20 years alone and is like... Oh hey guys how'd it go?
If the plan b was the original plan all along, why didn't the Lazarus people start colonies with fertilized eggs?
Lastly, you can't travel back in time to save yourself.
Textbooks with no moon landing? C'mon man.
Cooper finds NASA secret base in his backyard and is only pilot left for mission.
They can grow plants in space? Why not greenhouses on earth?
The spacecraft and orbital mechanics are not consistent and are changed to suit the plot as required.
Morse code transmittal of quantum mechanics equations... not possible or would take forever (which earth/Murph didn't have). I think this could've been handled in a better and more believable way than morse code on a watch.
They can send video messages through the wormhole but only rudimentary yes/no signals back to earth.
Why send people in the first place... why not the super advanced robots?
The whole part with Mann and the fight made no sense except perhaps as a plot device to damage Endurance. Mann's whole plan was unclear and hard to follow. And why did they walk all that way to the glacier? They had 2 ships... fly one or send the robot.
Are they drinking corn beer?
Cooper spent the whole movie trying to get back to his family only to spend 2 minutes with his daughter on her death bed. And at the end why hasn't Anne Hathaway aged the same as Murph? Was she in cryo-sleep or something?
How is Cooper comunicating with SARS inside the black hole? This shouldn't be possible. Maybe it's some 5th dimensional physics. Eh... this one wasn't a big deal to me.
Why didn't the advanced humans just give the gravity formulas to someone?
Romily waited 20 years alone and is like... Oh hey guys how'd it go?
If the plan b was the original plan all along, why didn't the Lazarus people start colonies with fertilized eggs?
Lastly, you can't travel back in time to save yourself.
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 4/9/15 at 1:25 pm to Ping Pong
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Interstellar is one of the most boring movies ive seen in years
This has to be a troll thread. I walked out of the theater drenched in sweat from my muscles being tensed the entire time. I have literally no idea how you could think the movie was boring, and I usually give people the benefit of the doubt. It was one of most exciting films I've seen in a long time. Did it have its warts and problems? Absolutely. But boring sure as shite wasn't one of them.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 2:18 pm to BoostAddict
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BoostAddict
You sound like an absolute blast to hang out with.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 2:28 pm to BoostAddict
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The whole part with Mann and the fight made no sense except perhaps as a plot device to damage Endurance. Mann's whole plan was unclear and hard to follow. And why did they walk all that way to the glacier? They had 2 ships... fly one or send the robot.
Hated this part. Thought it was terrible. Damon's character made no sense and there seemed to be no point other than to create an even more desperate situation.
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Cooper spent the whole movie trying to get back to his family only to spend 2 minutes with his daughter on her death bed. And at the end why hasn't Anne Hathaway aged the same as Murph? Was she in cryo-sleep or something?
You don't understand the theory of relativity?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 3:41 pm to LoveThatMoney
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You don't understand the theory of relativity?
Yeah... I do, for a non-physicist type.
Anyways...I didn't think that planet was subject to the massive time dilation as it was away from the black hole. Amelia went to planet 3 and Cooper remained in the black hole for a while (How'd he get out of that, BTW?). It wasn't clear and maybe I missed it. Maybe she was still under the relativistic effects of the black hole while Cooper was as well.
I love space... I guess that's why I'm overthinking this shite!
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