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So what did you think of INTERSTELLAR?

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The big release of this weekend past was undoubtedly acclaimed director Chris Nolan’s latest offering Interstellar. Despite some third act clumsiness where things almost go full M. Night Shymalan (you never go full Shyamalan!), I really, really enjoyed the film for its unrivalled ambition and mindblowingly big ideas. As a film it has it’s flaws (which we’ll discuss later), but as a love letter to all kinds of sci-fi geekery, it just towers over anything else we’ve seen for the last few decades.

But that’s the opinion of a self-confessed science geek who knows more about doppler shifts and string theory than how to change the oil in his car. So what did the rest of you guys think? As always, this article is for people who have already seen the movie, so from here on out we are a go when it come to SPOILERS. Yes, SPOILERS are allowed and in fact encouraged. If you haven’t seen the movie yet but wander in here anyway and get something spoilt for you, the only response you can expect from me is diresion and raucous laughter.

Last SPOILER chance!! Scroll down after the image to keep reading and join the discussion.

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Right, so you’ve all heard my thoughts on the movie, but I have a few gripes I couldn’t mention earlier. Firstly, even though the whole episode with Matt Damon’s Mann sabotaging them so that he can get off planet results in what is easily the film’s intense action highlight, the entire plot point feels incredibly contrived. Secondly, just how did Murph go from just rereading her childhood notebook to figuring out the ghost was actually her dad sending her messages via gravity from the future? Speaking of sending messages… Do you have any idea how much data could be collected from inside a black hole?! And then you send it back only using morse code? Do you know how long that would take for Murph to read, even if you ignore the fact that she’s missed the first 20 years of ticking? And finally, why the hell did Murph wait until they found her father to send him after Brand? If they had the means to get to her, why did she wait until she was on her deathbed before doing it?

I know some reviewers have not connected with Nolan’s ponderings on love as a scientific abstract, but I have no problem with it. It’s really just these issues that bother me. Do you have any more gripes, like maybe these 15 Maddening Interstellar Plot Holes? Or maybe you’re from the school of thought that says that Cooper actually died when entering the black hole and the film’s final few moments were just him seeing his loved ones one more time?

Last Updated: November 10, 2014

18 Comments

  1. it was… stellar

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  2. Axon1988

    November 10, 2014 at 11:59

    OH MY SPACEBALLS!

    SPOILER alert!
    Couple of emotions I felt:
    1. That feeling of how massive space is.
    2. That risk that they took, I could feel the emotional weight Cooper had to go through.
    3. Time is relative, you watch your children grow older than you… ouch.
    4. TARS, Tars I love you, don’t die! What a memorable character.
    5. How Romilly had to wait 24 fucking years for them, HOLY SHIT he played that part ace. Especially when Cooper (after docking) just walks past him like he saw him a couple of moments ago and Romilly sort of reaches out because he just wants to touch another human again… WHOA
    6. The exploration aspect of it, I loved Mann’s planet and how the clouds were frozen.

    I just can’t… too much emotions. Fantastic film, a highlight for this year.

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    • RinceThis

      November 10, 2014 at 12:04

      Dem feels! Agree with all you said!

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      • Axon1988

        November 10, 2014 at 12:13

        I’ve had an evening to think about it all, and it’s constantly at the back of my mind when I’m not actively thinking about specific parts of the movie. But it got me thinking, I read an article on Nolan’s filming of Interstellar and his initial viewing of the movie with select directors. One of the directors was Tarantino, and he said something along the lines: (After watching Interstellar)

        It’s the kind of movie you have to watch at least twice. After the initial view, you start thinking about some scenes. And you digest what happened and then when you watch it a second time, smaller details are noticed and you enjoy it even more.

        So like alcohol.

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        • RinceThis

          November 10, 2014 at 12:57

          Will see it again this week. Brilliant movie.

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          • Axon1988

            November 10, 2014 at 13:02

            Make sure you pick up a tars along the way. I want one in my house.

    • JustSayin'

      November 12, 2014 at 08:58

      Dem hard feels! Nearly leaked from my face :'(

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  3. RinceThis

    November 10, 2014 at 12:05

    I flipping loved this movie so hard. Not often do I finish a movie and want to watch the thing over again immediately.

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    • konfab aka derp

      November 10, 2014 at 17:01

      I am going again next weekend. One small advantage of having divorced parents 😀

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    • JustSayin'

      November 12, 2014 at 08:50

      I KNOW RIGHT! As the credits started rolling I was instantly like “I NEED TO SEE THIS AGAIN RIGHT NOW”, but it was the last show of the night. I’ll go see it on Imax this week.

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      • RinceThis

        November 12, 2014 at 09:18

        You are so lucky to have an IMAX to watch it in! Enjoy 🙂

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  4. Reid

    November 10, 2014 at 12:21

    I watched this movie yesterday and loved it. There were some plot holes and that part inside the black hole was a bit weird (although there is no real understanding of what’s in there and that was left up to the people making the movie). One thing that really stood out was how silent the scenes in space were. No sound. Like it should be.

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    • Axon1988

      November 11, 2014 at 12:54

      And how massive space is. The blackhole might be strange, I like to think of it as just the way Cooper perceived it. And that it’s not what really happened. That his daughter just had an epiphany and that later in her life she figured it out on her own. And the blackhole just sent Cooper back to Saturn.

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    • JustSayin'

      November 12, 2014 at 08:56

      Agreed. I was also perplexed by the whole infinite loop that is created. Chicken or the egg? I like to agree with Axon1988 that it was just his perception, otherwise alternate universes/realities starts to come into play maybe? Anyway, still loved it absolutely

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      • konfab aka derp

        November 12, 2014 at 15:47

        The time loop that is shown doesn’t have to have a start.

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  5. konfab aka derp

    November 10, 2014 at 17:56

    I was blown away by it.

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  6. JustSayin'

    November 12, 2014 at 08:51

    The morse code thing bothered me as well. It would take (earth) years to read that whole thing. Also, how do you even translate mathematical terms and symbols in morse code? o_O

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    • konfab aka derp

      November 12, 2014 at 15:57

      It was a bunch of reading, thus numbers.
      Even then it is not too difficult to translate anything into a stream of numbers, after all that is how computers work.
      For example:
      A fraction can be written in a language called Latex as frac{5}{4}, meaning 5 over 4. Now you have an array of characters. Each character is given a unique number from 0-255.
      Those numbers can then be converted into binary for transmission by morse.

      01011100 01100110 01110010 01100001 01100011 01111011 00110101 01111101 01111011 00110100 01111101

      Bear in mind that this sequence describes a symbol and numbers, so the actual won’t have to be as long as this.

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