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re: Interstellar - things you LOVED and HATED about this movie
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:12 am to Dandy Lion
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:12 am to Dandy Lion
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I think A Clockwork Orange a superior movie/outstanding sci-fi movie.
I think more dystopian future, than anything else. I think it is a pretty big stretch to classify it as science fiction at all.
I think that either space travel and/or significantly advanced and futuristic technology are de facto requirements for the genre - I mean, time travel pieces certainly can be, because of the nature of how they get back there (Back to the Future being a notable example) - but that's almost a sub-genre itself. However, I concede that IMDB does agree with you, tagging A Clockwork Orange sci fi, along with other less obvious titles like Eternal Sunshine and Brazil (which is similar to 1984, thematically, and Clockwork, thematically and stylistically).
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Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:16 am to Ace Midnight
OK, 2001 A Space Odyssey. ET.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:16 am to Ace Midnight
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Eternal Sunshine
Most of my friends hate this movie, whereas, I thought it was fantastic. Cant believe its classified as Scifi.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:20 am to Dandy Lion
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2001 A Space Odyssey.
I agree - and Interstellar was an overt homage to this most influential of all science films, IMHO.
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ET.
Meh - well done, but silly Spielberg kiddie schlock. Really, really meh. I've never been inspired to even consider watching this film a second time. And that's before they edited the guns into scary radios.
Highly successful and critically acclaimed, I'll grant you, but doesn't even break the top 100 "outstanding" science fiction films for me.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:22 am to Ace Midnight
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Spielberg kiddie schlock
Pretty much describes every single movie of his.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:23 am to Ace Midnight
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Meh - well done, but silly Spielberg kiddie schlock. Really, really meh. I've never been inspired to even consider watching this film a second time.
What age are you (I think younger people are more influenced by it´s dated look)?
I thought it was a good movie, and technically, sci-fi.
I thought Aliens was great. I thought Bladerunner was great (I don´t think that was a critically acclaimed movie).
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 10:24 am
Posted on 4/4/15 at 10:29 am to Dandy Lion
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What age are you (I think younger people are more influenced by it´s dated look)?
I was in high school when the movie was released. Meh, then. Meh, now.
I can't tell you if it looks dated because I haven't seen it in 33 years. quote:
technically, sci-fi.
No question about that - an alien from another planet trying to get home - got it.
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I thought Aliens was great.
And it is - one of the best action films of all times - more action than Sci Fi, but definitely science fiction as well.
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I thought Bladerunner was great
My favorite film.
#TeamRidley
Posted on 4/4/15 at 11:24 am to mizzoukills
I enjoyed the movie, though I certainly agree the prestige is his best film to date
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:08 pm to Dandy Lion
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It felt like five, six hours.
I really don't think you could make Interstellar any shorter than it was. It's an enthralling epic and a warning to our species at large that some variation of this is completely inevitable, and we need to get the ball rolling now before we get in a doomsday scenario. It needed a lot of time and the movie was very quickly paced.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:13 pm to Dandy Lion
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Maybe therein lies the problem, I´m not a big fan of the genre.
I think A Clockwork Orange a superior movie/outstanding sci-fi movie.
I really don't see how you can do a comparison on the two films. While ACO is clearly sci fi, it's also pretty loosely sci fi, and feasibly could take place in our world, although that would greatly screw up the tone of the film.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:17 pm to Tommy Wayne
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Most of my friends hate this movie, whereas, I thought it was fantastic. Cant believe its classified as Scifi.
It's largely agreed on here to be one of the best films of the century. I love it, and would classify it as sci fi, but it's fairly wobbly to be honest.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:23 pm to OMLandshark
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I really don't think you could make Interstellar any shorter than it was.
This is fair - at a certain point, it would have needed to be split into 2 films - I don't think Nolan relished the idea of doing that.
If anything, certain items had to be clipped or truncated which results in a relatively polarizing ending - with even some who enjoyed the film overall taking issue with some of the convenient tie ups - particularly compared to Nolan's other original work (which tend to not tie up so easily at the end).
Whether it was studio pressure, or he realized he couldn't make it 3 1/2 or 4 hours, or whatever.
And, that's why, for me, it didn't seem so long.
On the other hand, there was a little fluff that could have been taken out in the first act, but it might have weakened the father-daughter dynamic that was so important to the story (arguably, this dynamic is THE story).
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:27 pm to OMLandshark
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I really don't think you could make Interstellar any shorter than it was.
I wish it could have gone for at least another hour.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 12:29 pm to flvelo12
Same.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 1:08 pm to shutterspeed
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it would have needed to be split into 2 films
Agreed. I think two 2 1/2 hour sagas would have been great. Come to think of it, more space exploration seeing the different environments would have been cool to see. More of how earth was deteriorating as time passed. Maybe more emphasis on the earth characters, specifically, Murph and her upbringing without Coop. This wouldve given the possibility of what a lot of people had an issue with, showing how Coop was saved at the end.
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 4/4/15 at 1:17 pm to SG_Geaux
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LOVED - EVERYTHING
HATED - NOTHING
+1 wife and I absolutely loved the film. Seeing it in IMAX was an amazing experience.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 9:30 pm to RLDSC FAN
Watching the special features was fascinating. Story about the creation and execution of the score by Zimmer was amazing. Feature on TARS an CASE was eye opening to say the least. And location set pieces with Mann's & Miller's planets + corn - unreal. The take on Nolan's belief in filming "real" is so interesting. Highly recommend to fans of the film.
This post was edited on 4/5/15 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:33 am to mizzoukills
Minus the 2 year hibernation, what was the length of time (form his perspective) that Cooper was away from Earth until he woke up at Cooper Station?
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:43 am to mizzoukills
Fun movie and I love the soundtrack.
Spoilers****
That being said, the lack of back story on Cooper as a pilot really left me wondering who the guy was and how he was qualified to pilot.
Another thing, if the dimensional presentation of his daughter's room was the source of his connection to her...how did she decipher the quantam data, translated from binary no less, in her lab at the facility. I would imagine that would take YEARS. I understood it to be that he could only affect the watch in that location.
Spoilers****
That being said, the lack of back story on Cooper as a pilot really left me wondering who the guy was and how he was qualified to pilot.
Another thing, if the dimensional presentation of his daughter's room was the source of his connection to her...how did she decipher the quantam data, translated from binary no less, in her lab at the facility. I would imagine that would take YEARS. I understood it to be that he could only affect the watch in that location.
Posted on 4/6/15 at 11:55 am to Bamadiver
just watched it Saturday night and really enjoyed it. i thought it was great, and i loved Matt Damon in it.
now i wants a TARS dammit
now i wants a TARS dammit
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