The week of movies: day 3

The movie for today was Interstellar ...

a British-American 2014 science fiction epic film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine. The film features a crew of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity.

I thought the movie was really good - great acting, a character-driven story, very nice effects, pretty good science. I loved the robots! You can see one of them in action in this scene - he's the one who looks a bit like a stainless steel refrigerator :) ...



I don't want to give away all that happens, but here's the beginning of a review by Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times ...

What a beautiful and epic film is “Interstellar,” filled with great performances, tingling our senses with masterful special effects, daring to be openly sentimental, asking gigantic questions about the meaning of life and leaving us drained and grateful for the experience.

Christopher Nolan’s most ambitious work yet — and we’re talking about the architect of the “Dark Knight” trilogy — is clearly influenced by “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and it contains some of the most memorable, most breathtaking outer space scenes since Kubrick’s masterpiece, but there’s as much spirituality as science at play here.

Here is a Hollywood blockbuster about wormholes and the theory of relativity and black holes and extra dimensions, but its theme song could well be “All You Need Is Love.” ...

As I watched it, I couldn't help comparing it to another similar movie in which Matthew McConaughey starred ... Contact. I think the film is well worth a watch. Here's a trailer ...