Interstellar (2014)

[Watashi]

[Watashi]

This is a pure Nolan move. It won't convert the haters or alienate his rabid fanbase. All of his quirks are on full display here.

I'll still take this guy over 99% of active genre filmmakers

[Dukefrukem]

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor

[Pop Trash]

Is the score oppressively WHOOOOOMP-y?

[Dukefrukem]

Apparently Warner Bros and Paramount traded rights- Inception distribution rights for South Park and Friday the 13th.

Weird.

[Pop Trash]

Apparently Warner Bros and Paramount traded rights- Inception distribution rights for South Park and Friday the 13th.

Weird.

I've noticed Warner now has blu-ray rights for most (all?) of Paramount's back film catalog.

[Barty]

Is the score oppressively WHOOOOOMP-y?

It's actually much differently. It's main theme is based around a pipe organ, and its very Philip Glass like.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I'm stunned right now. This movie was a bloated, silly, unforgivably sentimental marathon. I was tempted to give it one star, but that would be unfair to the solid first hour or so. Everything thereafter is laughably bad.

[Watashi]

I so called that.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I so called that.

:lol:

You called me hating it? Where is this?

[Watashi]

:lol:

You called me hating it? Where is this?

Oh, I just saw on Facebook that you were watching it, and said to myself, "Mike is going to hate this."

[Watashi]

Anyways, I thought the cornball sentimentalism was part of its charm. I even liked the "love transcends space and time" message and found it refreshing in an age of cold and pessimistic sci-fi films. I felt like the science and relativity jargon took backseat to the core father/daughter relationship which I connected to.

[megladon8]

So can someone please answer my question about whether or not IGN spoiled the movie with their headline?

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Does the wormhole send them back in time?

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[Watashi]

Don't worry about it and watch the movie.

[transmogrifier]

Scanning the Rotten Tomatoes blurbs, I see quotes like this:

"[Nolan is] one of Hollywood's few true remaining visionaries, and he's only getting warmed up."

and

"Nolan's creativity has reached new levels with this latest achievement."

and

"We need far-reaching artists like Nolan, since, as they say, Earth without art is 'eh.'"

I just don't get it. Christopher Nolan?

[Morris Schæffer]

Scanning the Rotten Tomatoes blurbs, I see quotes like this:

"[Nolan is] one of Hollywood's few true remaining visionaries, and he's only getting warmed up."

and

"Nolan's creativity has reached new levels with this latest achievement."

and

"We need far-reaching artists like Nolan, since, as they say, Earth without art is 'eh.'"

I just don't get it. Christopher Nolan?

He's the best of the best when it comes to crowd-pleasing cinema so perhaps the critics are indirectly thinking that between Nolan and Michael Bay, the choice is simple.

[megladon8]

Yeah he makes pretty great movies.

[transmogrifier]

Far-reaching, creative, and visionary describe very few directors; they certainly do not describe Nolan.

[Skitch]

Far-reaching, creative, and visionary describe very few directors; they certainly do not describe Nolan.

You may not like him, but The Prestige, Momento, and Inception are far from the middle ground of mediocre cinema. Or are you just trolling?

[transmogrifier]

You may not like him, but The Prestige, Momento, and Inception are far from the middle ground of mediocre cinema. Or are you just trolling?

So by saying he is not far-reaching, creative, or visionary is, by your way of thinking, "an inflammatory,extraneous, or off-topic message with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion?" (Thank you, Wikipedia).

[Dukefrukem]

Skitch he's not trolling. He's just a hipster.

[Skitch]

So by saying he is not far-reaching, creative, or visionary is, by your way of thinking, "an inflammatory,extraneous, or off-topic message with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion?" (Thank you, Wikipedia).

Nah, it was the "certainly" part, as though anyone who would disagree is "obviously" wrong.

[transmogrifier]

Nah, it was the "certainly" part, as though anyone who would disagree is "obviously" wrong.

That's certainly a weird position to take for an extremely common expression used in discourse to indicate the extent of the speaker/writer's certainty of their own personal convictions ("I'm certainly not buying him a fucking present," or "Well, he is certainly not here, the bearded weirdo"), or sometimes as mere emphasis (as in this sentence, or "That is certainly an interesting Halloween costume, if your intention was to look like a slightly retarded man-child on crack"), rather than a direct challenge to all people that hear/read it that they are wrong. But by all means, feel free to interpret it in a novel way to maximise your indignation. It looks like a fun game.

[quido8_5]

Far-reaching, creative, and visionary describe very few directors; they certainly do not describe Nolan.

I haven't seen the film yet, but among popular directors working today he's far and away one of the most visionary. Dude's not Malick; however, that's not the ilk these critics are comparing him to.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I haven't seen the film yet, but among popular directors working today he's far and away one of the most visionary. Dude's not Malick; however, that's not the ilk these critics are comparing him to.

I feel like you're conflating "visual" and "visionary." In what ways do you believe Nolan is pushing the boundaries of cinema, or altering the landscape with his films? I can think of very few visionaries (two names that spring to mind are James Cameron and maaaybe QT) and Nolan sure isn't one of them.