Interstellar

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I've reviewed this movie before, I'm too much of a nerd to have enjoyed it. the ending was telegraphed like a mother*er which was dissapointing from nolan.

Visuals were amazing especially on the big screen, i disagree with those claiming it was a great "thinking" film, switch off the brain don't think to much about tidal bulge's, data transmissions, tidal forces of a black hole and of course the whole issue with the rocket engine and separation. obviously you need to have no clue about the US dust bowl of the 1930's, I'm there's similar quotes and scenes from photos. Fun fact the phenomenon was actually caused by having too many farms with loose top soil, when drought hit mass crop failures occurred and the loose soil was exposed to open plains which were frequented by high winds, which in turn caused horrible dust storms just cascaded.
 
I absolutely loved this movie, and am currently eagerly awaiting my pre-ordered special/deluxe whatever edition disc from JB Hifi.

What I also really appreciated about it is the fact it had me still thinking about physics and the cosmos in general, an entire week after seeing the film. It got me stuck into researching online a lot of the science involved and learning a lot of things I hadn't known before.
 
I just watched this movie again and was blown away even more than the first time.

It defies understanding to me how anyone cannot like this. No movie has ever had such a profound affect on me. The story, the score, the passion, the science, the love... It was just a work of art.

This is my favourite scene.

 

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My favourite scene was when he revealed himself to his daughter
 
Sydney Bloods said:
I've reviewed this movie before, I'm too much of a nerd to have enjoyed it. the ending was telegraphed like a mothergoose which was dissapointing from nolan.

Visuals were amazing especially on the big screen, i disagree with those claiming it was a great "thinking" film, switch off the brain don't think to much about tidal bulge's, data transmissions, tidal forces of a black hole and of course the whole issue with the rocket engine and separation. obviously you need to have no clue about the US dust bowl of the 1930's, I'm there's similar quotes and scenes from photos. Fun fact the phenomenon was actually caused by having too many farms with loose top soil, when drought hit mass crop failures occurred and the loose soil was exposed to open plains which were frequented by high winds, which in turn caused horrible dust storms just cascaded.
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Are you kidding?

This was a movie that dared to challenge what may be in dimensions we cannot yet understand ... The physics matched everything we understand to today ...

I couldn't care less about the 1930's dust storm as did the director, CLEARLY.

I'd love to see the reaction of Nolan reading a post like this.

He would likely shrug and wonder like I am how bizarre some people are.
 
H2F said:
Are you kidding?

This was a movie that dared to challenge what may be in dimensions we cannot yet understand ... The physics matched everything we understand to today ...

I couldn't care less about the 1930's dust storm as did the director, CLEARLY.

I'd love to see the reaction of Nolan reading a post like this.

He would likely shrug and wonder like I am how bizarre some people are.
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no,
the effect of the tidal bulge is incorrect.
the ship needed a 3 stage rocket to get out of earths atmosphere but didn't require one leaving any of the planets, despite the first planet having slightly more gravity than earth.
the data would not show 8 years of data, it would take 8 years to transmit the data but it would still be only 8 seconds of data.
whilst its theoretically possible that you could enter some black holes the black hole shown in the film would resulted cooper suffering a horrible death by a process commonly known as spaghettification.
cooper would have been dosed with an extremely lethal dose of radiation on his descent.
the "frozen cloud" is just complete bullshit.
the laughable "embryos" solution.
cooper shouldn't have seen the ship from within the black hole because light itself would be bending back at that range not mention once inside a black hole all models suggest an absolutely blinding light due to all the light inside the event horizon.
I could be here all day.

it was a good movie in fact the visuals of the black hole are completely accurate time dilation etc, etc. but make no mistake its hollywood "liberties" were taken. if you think it matched everything we understand, there's not much to say you simply don't know that much about what we know.

neil tyson deGrasse has talked about it, hell even kip thorne you know they guy that consulted on the film has degrees in physics, he has even talked about some of the errors that were made, but hey i'm sure christopher nolan would know more then him.

don't get me wrong there's a lot the film got right, the problem i have is that i went into the film thinking all of this is going to be spot on, because i'd be told by people that is so realistic all the science is right. etc, etc.

which is why i dislike the film, gravity is a film i can go watch and enjoy, because it doesn't attempt to be realistic, the realism brought to the film makes the errors glaring you don't reach that "switch off" stage. and the plot and story simply aren't that great so there's nothing to redeem from the errors.

as i said I can't enjoy film because of how much of a nerd i am. I'm not saying its a bad film I just don't like it. If hearing the reasons why hurts your fanboy crush then i'm sorry i upset you.
 
H2F said:
Id be every interested in what you classify as an 'above average' film?
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My favourite movie is Casino

Movies I have loved over the years

Batman Begins
Inception
Gladiator
Goodfellas
Rocky
The Last Castle
Gone girl
Pulp Fiction
Million Dollar Baby

These would classify
 
Sydney Bloods said:
no,
the effect of the tidal bulge is incorrect.
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Yes it was convenient that they were in two feet of water while the water receded, big deal.

the ship needed a 3 stage rocket to get out of earths atmosphere but didn't require one leaving any of the planets, despite the first planet having slightly more gravity than earth.
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The ship needed nothing. They had one last old rocket to get up to the ship.

the data would not show 8 years of data, it would take 8 years to transmit the data but it would still be only 8 seconds of data.
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Multiple times in the movie they discussed that. The data could have been the early pings repeating themselves, that was well explained in the movie.

whilst its theoretically possible that you could enter some black holes the black hole shown in the film would resulted cooper suffering a horrible death by a process commonly known as spaghettification.
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You been inside a black hole have you? We simply do not know much about them except for the extreme gravitational effect. For all we know they are calm on the inside and latest theories suggest they could even contain entire universes themselves.

cooper would have been dosed with an extremely lethal dose of radiation on his descent.
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Again you are speculating on something we simply do not know.

the "frozen cloud" is just complete bullshit.
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How do you know it wasn't falling ice, or an attached structure to the surface that is possible in 0.8 G's.

the laughable "embryos" solution.
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How is IVF laughable?

cooper shouldn't have seen the ship from within the black hole because light itself would be bending back at that range not mention once inside a black hole all models suggest an absolutely blinding light due to all the light inside the event horizon.
I could be here all day.
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All models? LOL

We don't even know if there is solid core. Theories (not models) range from matter compressed tighter than Neutron stars to entire universes inside them.

it was a good movie in fact the visuals of the black hole are completely accurate time dilation etc, etc. but make no mistake its hollywood "liberties" were taken. if you think it matched everything we understand, there's not much to say you simply don't know that much about what we know.

neil tyson deGrasse has talked about it, hell even kip thorne you know they guy that consulted on the film has degrees in physics, he has even talked about some of the errors that were made, but hey i'm sure christopher nolan would know more then him.

don't get me wrong there's a lot the film got right, the problem i have is that i went into the film thinking all of this is going to be spot on, because i'd be told by people that is so realistic all the science is right. etc, etc.
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I love cosmology. I consider myself rather up to date with what we know.


which is why i dislike the film, gravity is a film i can go watch and enjoy, because it doesn't attempt to be realistic, the realism brought to the film makes the errors glaring you don't reach that "switch off" stage. and the plot and story simply aren't that great so there's nothing to redeem from the errors.
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Gravity... LOL

When astronauts find out who they’re going to be flying in space with, they begin training with them on a daily basis for several months. So why didn’t Clooney and Bullock know anything about each other?

as i said I can't enjoy film because of how much of a nerd i am. I'm not saying its a bad film I just don't like it. If hearing the reasons why hurts your fanboy crush then i'm sorry i upset you.
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I didn't have a crush on Nolan, but I do now.

Best Director on the planet.
 
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H2F said:
Yes it was convenient that they were in two feet of water while the water receded, big deal.
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no the tidal bulge is not a wave in no way should it have acted as a violent wave with no shore all that would have happened is the water would have have been a smooth gradual building and they bobbed along up and over it then down the other side.

The ship needed nothing. They had one last old rocket to get up to the ship.
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that ship stayed in orbit what they took to the planet was a shuttle. its a thrust and fuel issue.


Multiple times in the movie they discussed that. The data could have been the early pings repeating themselves, they said it in the movie.
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and thats incorrect, you know what a data stream is yes? the information starts then stops. they said it themselves it transmitted for 8 seconds then got wiped out by the impossible wave. there's no repeating after that it stopped transmitting. it would have to still be functioning in order to repeat. you cant have it both ways.


You been inside a black hole have you? We simply do not know almost anything about them except for the extreme gravitational effect. For all we know they are calm on the inside and latest theories suggest they could contain entire universes themselves.
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and its the extreme gravitational effect that causes it, combined with time dilation of course. you don't need to IN the blackhole, you just have to descending towards it. but hey go demonstrate that every astrophysicist in the world is wrong.

Again you are speculating on something we simply do not know.
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hang on, you're going to sit there go against everything we know about how physics works and against the scientific consensus? everything we know about black holes is based around this fact. the extreme gravity around a blackhole is soaked in radiation most notably gamma and x-ray radiation. I'm mean hey its only through these high levels of radiation surrounding them that we can even detect black holes. but, you saw a movie where it wasn't so clearly science is wrong. go collect a noble prize,

How do you know it wasn't falling ice, or an attached structure possible in 0.8 G's.
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because the film quite clearly shows it was suspended in mid air. if it was down to gravity the breaking ice wouldn't have reacted the same way as when it broke

How is IVF laughable?
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one woman is going to restart the human population? sounds viable.


All models? LOL
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tell you what show me a model of how a black hole could possible function that doesn't describe these effects on light in and around a black hole, hell even the paper thorne wrote after seeing modeling the optical effects for this god damn film supports it. its what makes a black hole black. while i go and reclassify Cyg-X1 as an unknown event.

I have studied Cosmology my whole life, I love it. I consider myself rather up to date with what we know.
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and yet you don't even understand the basic principles of a black hole such as how it affects light or how radiation is generated by light and matter being accelerated as it approaches the black hole.


Gravity... LOL

When astronauts find out who they’re going to be flying in space with, they begin training with them on a daily basis for several months. So why didn’t Clooney and Bullock know anything about each other?
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this is exactly what i am talking about it doesn't try to accurate at all, it's a popcorn movie sit back switch off and relax. and watch a movie where they make references to actual science without trying to pretend its legit.


I didn't have a crush on Nolan, but I do now.

Best Director on the planet.
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great director yes, doesn't put him above criticism. and doesn't give a pass when being flat out lazy. We saw what he got right most notably the wormhole absolutely in line with the models. there was no reason for half the errors in the film, given the lengths they went to, to get some things correct. clearly some parts of the film were just not given a second coat of paint.
 
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H2F said:
Excellent taste in movies.

Maybe watch it again, you must have been having a bad day or simply do not like sci fi.
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Fair enough ill try it again
 

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Crap film. Cringeworthy finish. My girlfriend fell asleep a few times.

I'm separated from the mother of my daughter. Any film with a father/daughter thing usually has a deep effect on me.

I love astrophysics & would read and study anything about it as a child.

This film had an easy target in me, yet it was crap.
 
jasonwilde said:
Crap film. Cringeworthy finish. My girlfriend fell asleep a few times.

I'm separated from the mother of my daughter. Any film with a father/daughter thing usually has a deep effect on me.

I love astrophysics & would read and study anything about it as a child.

This film had an easy target in me, yet it was crap.
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It really polarises us doesn't it.

I think it is the best movie in 20 years.

Did you at least love the score?
 
Just finished watching it and it's incredibly overrated. Goes about 2 hours too long and absolutely loses the plot towards the end.

Quivorir said:
Watched this on the plane to Perth last week. Am I the only one that thought the actual spaceship scenes (Looking at the ship travelling for example) looked extremely fake and poorly done? It may have just been the small screens though.
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Yeah, I recall one scene where the spaceship looked extraordinarily fake, but overall it was pretty good visually.
 
Was excited to finally watch it without really having any notion of what it was about when I started.

A few really emotional moments and a movie I had no trouble watching right through and it was enjoyable enough but I certainly don't get the hype. Wouldn't rush to watch again.
 
MinerBoy said:
Was excited to finally watch it without really having any notion of what it was about when I started.

A few really emotional moments and a movie I had no trouble watching right through and it was enjoyable enough but I certainly don't get the hype. Wouldn't rush to watch again.
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Screw you man, screw you.
 
Echols said:
Screw you man, screw you.
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