TAKE 1: One Man’s Opinion
…because
film is largely subjective
by Frederick William Springer
III
Interstellar
Release Date: 7 November 2014 Runtime: 169 Minutes
Review Date: 3 March 2015 Rating:
4 (of 6)
It does have a
notable cast. John Lithgow, Ellen Burstyn
and Matt Damon to name a few. I actually
began thinking it was The Dark Knight
Rises Redux at one point with Anne "Catwoman" Hathaway and
Michael "Alfred" Caine, not remembering till the end credits that
both movies shared a director.
*SPOILER: I'll
try to make this as generic as possible in case you have a wandering eye and
have yet to see the movie. If, over a
hundred years into the future, mankind has made crucial advancements as
evidenced by what is shown, why wouldn't they have already been able to get
word to a solo astronaut and procure their return?
Actually, after
letting it stew overnight, more should bother the viewer than just that. How is Plan A ever viable? Cooper makes a big deal about not forsaking
those still alive on Earth. However,
Plan A was just to get off the planet on a space station which was to be
populated by NASA employees, who were currently working and living there, and
their families. That's it. How big are we to
believe this underground station to be launched into space was? Even by a stretch of the imagination, maybe
it would be able to house a county's worth of people but certainly not a
state's worth, a nation's worth, a continent's worth or the entire earth's
population, even if you make allowances for a drastic decrease due to the
blight. So, in that light, humans were
already essentially forsaken except for a select few so Cooper's indignant
stance really doesn't sit right. While it
is possible I missed something, if something that important is hard to catch,
then maybe you should spend more time on it.
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