Interstellar. (No spoilers, dont worry. And if you comment and youve seen the movie, make damned sure you preface your comment with SPOILER if you intend to include such. Ruining a movie for others will be considered a hanging offense) We were waiting for the show to begin, two middled-aged guys sit down next to us. The previews have not yet started, but theyre running that unbelievably annoying IMAX First Look bullshit which is basically ads for TV shows and consumer goods whored up by some clueless marketing execs idea of hip - which mostly means they use the word Dude a lot, its REALLY SUPER EXTRA LOUD, and tailored to the intellectual level of people who never miss an episode of Here Comes Honey booboo. In this case, the thing was babbling on about yet another reality TV show, specifically the Oak Island Treasure - or as I like to call it, Oh look, Geraldo Opens Al Capones Vault Again, STILL Didnt Find Anything! Guy 1 says to Guy 2: Hey you watching this Oak Island show? Guy2: Thats on the History Channel, right? Guy 1: Yeah. Guy 2: I cant watch that channel, its nothing but Liberal propaganda. Guy 1: Well, yeah. But you know thats what this movie is, right? Guy 2: What? Guy 1: This movie is all about environmentalism and that liberal shit. Guy 2: What? Guy 2: You just cant get away from it. EVERYTHING has some kind of damned liberal message nowaday... Me to myself: Must. Not. Make. Fist. Of. Death. No really, who pays $12.50 to go see a movie theyre convinced theyll hate? The Fist Of Death is too good for them. Movie starts. Theres some dialog that sort of maybe kinda possibly alludes to some sort of maybe kinda possible ongoing war/environmental calamity. This entire bit is the MacGuffin, its there for set dressing, it provides a skeleton to hang the rest of the story on and gives the characters a reason to do what they do. Since this is a Christopher Nolan movie, a suitable comparison is: You start out by killing mom and dad in front of their kid, the rest of the movie is Batman. Or couched another way: its a goddamned movie, fill your blowhole with popcorn and just go with it, jackass. Guy1 snorts in eye-rolling derision all the way through the setup, extra loud when anybody mentions government, environment, climate, and/or etc. Then we get to the Startechnobabble part. Rockets and robots and wormholes and angsty hot chicks and ruggedly handsome fellas. Characters, supposedly the best and brightest and scientists and professional explorers, do really cool and really dumb things (the two are not mutually exclusive, trust me on that). Some of them die in the usual ways. Some really, really convincing special effects combined with some pretty skillful acting and some REALLY LOUD OMG! DRAMATIC music make the next two hours pass quickly. The tearful ending is predictable to nine decimal places and so what? So was the end of Field of Dreams and Titanic, still terrific emotionally-driven movies and more than worth the price of admission. Nolan was obviously going for something akin to 2001:A Space Odyssey and Id say he hit that mark pretty close to dead on. Interstellar is not a life changing event, its a movie and a darned good one. Its entertainment, and it does what it does very, very well indeed. I enjoyed it thoroughly. So did my wife. Now, the credits begin to roll. Guy 1 sits for a moment in stunned silence ... THEN he cheers and attempts to start a round of applause. No, really. He begins loudly, enthusiastically clapping. I look at him in disbelief, he actually has tears in his eyes. Guy 1 and Guy 2 exit ahead of us, excitingly waving their arms, eyes glowing, smiling and talking loudly about best. movie. EVER! So, maybe Im wrong, maybe it DID change somebodys life. That, that right there, thats Interstellar. Go see it. Go see it in IMAX. Really. _________ Link in the first comment.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:47:49 +0000
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