Interstellar [DVD] [2014]
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Interstellar [DVD] [2014]
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Interstellar [DVD] [2014]
| Dimensions: | 0.8 x 6.9 x 5.4 cm; 0.28 Grams |
| Model: | 2724564410348 |
| Dimensions: | 0.8 x 6.9 x 5.4 cm; 0.28 Grams |
love this film now have it on 4k to watch on my ps5 looks amazing now
Loved the film and if you have a high end cinema system it sounds amazing.
I felt the need to have a good cry, so I ordered the one film that’s guaranteed to make me blub like a two year old….. Interstellar.
Add to that a great soundtrack, great effects, and great acting, and you have a superior Sci-Fi movie.
But buy a box of tissues to go with it.
One of the best movies ever. If you love space science fiction this will be right up your street, some of the theories used in this film aren’t just fiction which makes it so much more interesting. You’ve probably watched this movie already and looking for the next level if it and this is definitely it.
Avoided the film at first as it was so popular, not one to climb on a bandwagon. However… eventually watched it and was blown away by the story, the relationships, the science, the CGI, the music, the practical effects. Loved it and bought the Blu-ray which is an unusual thing for me. Maybe a bit of a science geek so it appeals to me and understand the premise and supposed science behind it. Try it and see ?
This is an intriguing space movie, with some head-twisting concepts. Like many Christopher Nolan films, it doesn’t really follow a linear story-line. It has the varied angles of ‘Dunkirk’ and the mind-boggling concepts of ‘Inception’. You don’t have to understand black holes and the theory of relativity to enjoy this film, as it’s also a well-shot space epic. Some weak plot moments – but most films have them.
One of my absolute favourite films of all time! It’s obviously not going to be for everyone, but this movie gets so much right for me. I love science fiction movies and this just one of my favourite movies of all.
I’d say it needs several watches to take it all on-board and the movie ending is often misunderstood and misinterpreted, but it makes more sense than it seems.
It’s the only film I’ve ever known to almost entirely put science fact before science fiction from beginning to end. I’ve listened to an audiobook about the film’s creation and a VAST amount of time and effort was taken to investigate and verify that what is seen in the movie is scientifically accurate and plausible as much as possible. So much time was spent on this.
In one scene a pack of scientific observations, recordings and calculations stay laying on a table, you never really see them, but that pack of information was painstakingly created and checked for accuracy. The level of detail is breathtaking.
Tension, emotion, action, humour, amazing special effects.
* Brief Synopsis
In the future, the world has changed for the worse; the world needs farmers as food shortages dominate due to dust storms as in the 1930s. N.A.S.A has been discredited, but in secretly developing methods to use a black hole as access to interstellar flight to investigate new worlds for colonisation.
* Comment
This film’s strengths is the realistic and authentic feeling it gives to its exploration of the story by using real equations in computers to generate images of black holes and their effects in spacetime. The scope is majestic as the crew land on different planets and discovers the positives and negatives of there possible colonisation. This film is beautifully shot with atmospheric music and storytelling. I saw this at its cinematic theatrical release and I was bored, but not this time at home. It’s a marvellous movie and I really rate this second time around. The connection of 4-dimensional space-time is explained at the end of the film is similar to a recent mathematical science book I have recently read. Without this insight from the book, it could have made the culmination of the film less understanding to me.
The acting is very good, with McConaughey putting in one of his finest performances; ably supported by Chastain, Anne Hathaway and Micheal Caine. Hans Zimmer composes one of his finest scores, unusually centered around the organ. The scene in which Cooper leaves the farm is accompanied by one of Zimmer’s finest ever compositions. On the second disc, there are almost three hours of extras detailing its production. This Blu-Ray release is well worth having in any film fan’s collection.
This movie is both beautiful and sad.
***Plot***
Cooper, a former NASA pilot and his kids are living in the future where dust storms and weather phenomena are rendering Earth almost inhabitable.
So Cooper and other astronauts are sent to space to go through a wormhole and across the galaxy to see which out of the 3 planets are suitable for moving the population to.
Coopers daughter Murph who is about 12 struggles with her dad leaving, worrying she won’t see him again. Murph believes, even before her dad leaves that a ghost is in her room as books constantly fling of the shelf, but later you find out it was Cooper in the future trying to communicate to himself and Murph not to leave. Time stands still through the worm hole but back home everything is aging. Every hour on the wormhole planet is 7 years of time at Earth. One of the astronauts messes up and costs them decades more than the mission was going to be. The professor who created the mission reveals on his deathbed that he knew they would never return home and everyone on Earth would die. The astronauts were sent to re populate, however the astronauts themselves didnt realize this. Murph and Cooper do finally reunite, but she is practically near death, while Cooper remains the same age as when he left. It ends with Cooper leaving Earth to go through the wormhole to the hospitable planet where one of the astronauts remained. This film is so beautiful, but very sad. The music is georgous too. If you believe in wormholes and time travel, this definitely makes you think.
I’m not usually one to write long reviews, so I hope this made sense
I watched the film a second time fairly quickly after the first viewing and appreciated some aspects better. I enjoy sci-fi if the emphasis is on the ‘sci’ which mostly it was here with the flights of fancy atleast grounded in, and a plausible extension of, the scientific starting points. Ofcourse this being a fiction and a hollywood blockbuster it has to have a story and a human angle but I found the main characters engaging and their motivations realistic, although Michael Caine is always Michael Caine! The premise of humankind having to look to the stars to find a new home as Earth turns into a dust bowl as it slowly starves due to all plant life and crops gradually succumbing to ‘blight’ is realistic (think about the most recent example in UK of Ash trees being killed off). The oft touted ‘relativity’ science lesson is well conveyed and helped me to understand the concept better and what it really means for us human beings with our terribly short lifespans. It does make you try to appreciate the vastness and indifference of the universe. Not the best sci-fi film ever made but a decent enjoyable film particularly if you want a bit of heart-string tugging and hopefulness at the end!
Right from the beginning you can see that this film has been expertly directed and with incredible craftsmanship, both on and off camera.
I would say that something which is added to the visual pleasure of watching this film is how Nolan has used seriously wide range of camera formats to film with, not only with digital, but with 70mm film and IMAX!
If you have read reviews telling you that the story is completely ridiculous or laughable etc. it’s literally because they can’t understand it! This film is for people who love the idea of space, real space, and what might be out beyond us (as stated in the title ‘Interstellar’). Despite this the film is not a documentary. The acting by all actors is flawless, the directing is incredible – so much so that by the end i was sad there wasn’t another shot to look at.
The music in my opinion is the best original score ever created for a film! And the special effects! Well all you have to do is watch the trailer!
The science in the film makes you wonder, and even though people are saying that the theme of ‘love’ in this film doesn’t work well in a sci-fi film… Well actually it works perfectly well, considering we know as much about ‘love’ as we do about space! – love being something that we all come across everyday in all kinds of forms (something we can all relate to). SPOILER: A man has been forced from his home to save the world, away from his kids… only to find out that the whole mission wasn’t to find a new planet for the human race, but to research planets (meaning he will die in space). I think that ‘love’ SHOULD be a main focus point in this film, because i know for certain, that if i was thrown into space – probably to never see my family again – i’d be feeling pretty sad about that………….
I recommend buying a blu-ray edition with extra features! 3 hours could never be enough for someone who likes this film! The sound is epic, as well as the overall aesthetics of the film, the acting, special effects, the writing and story, the science… Just the entire picture is brilliant! If you are thinking to upgrading your hi-fi system, this is the time to do it! This film will blow you away when you hear the first note come out of your speakers!
Do not take any notice of the 1 star reviews!!!
This is seriously one of, if not, the best film ever made in the history of cinema!
A highly regarded film and rightly so. This is part of the current movement of ‘New Wave Science Fiction’ that is making an attempt to appeal to a broader audience.
This film is nuanced, cerebral and very well directed with great performances from many actors. The ‘behind the bookcase’ CGI of the closing stages of the film is breathtaking (I’ll say no more about that) but this is really a film where the CGI doesn’t overwhelming – the story and the screenplay are its strongest points.
The scenario is the near future. Earth is facing climate change calamity. A retired astronaut (McConaughey) is asked to take part in a possible non-return mission to seek out new worlds through a wormhole, to find a new home for humankind. But time dilation and all, things turn out not quite as planned. Brilliantly executed, you ought to see this film even if you are not a science fiction fan. The extras in the disc are worthwhile – there’s a good interview with Kip Thorne, who was adviser to the film.
People say that it got boring, but I think not – it was fine, kept my interest all the way through, even if it was all quantum entanglement hocus pocus, reminded me of Star Trek – getting very implausible at the end, with similar eulogy to the genius girl – who saves the world – how? dunno – she solved gravity apparently, whatever that means, and all is well and we all live happy ever after. There arnt many films which stay clear of war and violence within the sci-fi genre, so this is a good example of a film which explores more grown-up ideas about space exploration, with good space-ship ideas, without aliens and monsters and occult and all that usual stuff which they put into sci-fi films. So imo. a good effort, worth the bucks for the on-line streaming, which I didn’t think it would be with the terrible reviews – I thought it woz gonna be a complete turkey of a movie.
So what was bad about it? – obviously they should have schooled the lead actor to speak so that he could be understood in the English-speaking world, as on-line video duzant have sub-titles, or I could not find them anyway.
How could it be improved? SPOILER WARNING – the ending was fudged – they could have had an alien space ship as the method of getting the quantum information out and back in time – that’s why I think Oblivion with Tom Cruise is the best sci-fi film of all time – due of the alien twist to it – if they had an alien star ship instead of all that black-hole stuff – too silly for me, too implausible – spoiled the film for me – and he could then twiddle the watch within some sort of ghost distortion in the fabric of reality and that – the watch thing was a good idea, but it seemed done badly in the end – it was a good idea, but not done as it could have been – better, and there needed to be more thought put into what exactly was the genius girl trying to solve? And how could the robot obtain the quantum info anyway like that? There could also have been a better planet perhaps, but I actually liked the ending, the final bit – and the ideas about relativity and time distortion were done well, and interesting. But like I said – not enough twist in the plot to make it a great film.
So in summary – a good film which could have been an excellent film.
I watched this film on the plane in May 2015- I brought it again recently (waited for the price to drop) and brought from Zoverstocks who are awesome and reliable): Watched it this evening on a bigger screen! I am not sure what the 1 star reviewers were watching when they commented on this film, but all of us thought it was amazing. The choreogaphy of music to the film was excellent; Zimmer as usual; the science and comprehension of this film makes one really dig deep to work it out: Not boring; tense at times; surprise Matt Damon appearance; The materials and arts as true to details as I have ever scene in a space film like this: very accurate and well thought out: effetcs; 10/10. Instead of running out of budget or ending the film abruptly, it continues to unravel; a complex crescendo and was totally impacting and brilliant. Its a sci fi so what to expect from that can be anything; and this was far afield of what we could perceive to understand but one day… who knows! Excellent film. matthew was brilliant. 5+ stars recommend and i will be watching again real soon.
I think this is a real Marmite film. There is a lot wrong with it: it is too long, the mumbling may drive you insane (what is it with Christopher Nolan films and mumbling?), the plot from time to time made me laugh out loud, it is trying to be several types of film all at once and the ending was a little too Hollywood for my taste. But.. I kind of loved it. I have never had a film fail to suspend my disbelief in some sections to the point of guffawing and then have me holding my breath enraptured ten minutes later. I loved it for its ambition and for trying to do something epic and touching when they could have remade some TV programme from when we were kids. I loved that it took the risk of being slow burn, of not having speed-of-light editing and of actually telling a story. I love that it plainly had amazing special effects but I couldn’t really remember them afterwards because what I remembered was how it made me feel. I couldn’t get this film out of my mind afterwards. Go with it, don’t overanalyse the plot and enjoy
Much of this is fairly ridiculous and you’ll either go with it or you won’t – it’s very much my kind of thing (big budget, thoughtful sci-fi) though and I loved it.
At the films heart is Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and his daughter Murph (Mackenzie Foy/Jessica Chastain). He’s an ex pilot, now a farmer, eking out an existence on a dusty, starving planet Earth. He won’t be on planet Earth for long though as an exposition heavy first act lines up the rest of the films characters (given to us by an all star cast) before throwing a few of them into outer space on a mission to save humanity.
So, interplanetary travel, black holes, worm holes, time warps, ice planets and more are the order of the day amidst ongoing family drama. It’s not a fast paced, gung ho, Armageddon style effort though, it beats to a slower drum. It’s a more measured, thoughtful take on the genre, feeling like a strange mash up of 2001, The Right Stuff and Field of Dreams.
There are scenes of great spectacle of course playing out alongside some goose bumping, heartwarming/breaking moments. There’s elements of hard sci-fi, some slides into thriller territory and to be honest it does veer sharply between incredible and incredulous at times. For me though, it really worked and can be added to the ever growing list of cracking films that Christopher Nolan is putting out there.
It is immaterial to me as to whether the science presented is accurate or not. When entering the SF genre (as with any type of genre) the key question is whether the film engages and moves. Michael’s Caine’s poignant quoting of Dylan Thomas’s poem `Do not go gentle into that good night’, the occasional pithy sarcasm provided by TARS (Douglas Adam’s Marvin sprung immediately to mind) and the downright unapologetic sentimentality of the evolving relationship between Cooper and his daughter Murph were all quality moments. However, I feel the film lacks the narrative rigour of the director’s previous high concept movies Memento and Inception, and despite Christopher Nolan presenting some truly magnificent images and sequences very reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven, I believe that it falls short of being an awesome masterpiece it aspires to be. There is no doubt that this is a considerable achievement and it is certainly a film which will provoke contrasting opinions, as does `2001′. For myself, after one viewing I `liked’ it. I will watch it again and perhaps after further viewings I might revise my opinion and end up `loving’ it.
Could have been so much better … if they hadn’t dumbed down the middle of the film.
The first 3rd and last 3rd of the film were very, very good. A real dissapointment with the middle part that seems to compromise itself over two most important factors; intelligence and film length.
There is a strong sense that a decision was made to ‘simplify’ and shorten the main plot to appeal to wider audiences, perhaps.
Interstellar clearly is influenced stylistically by 2001 A Space Odyssey but that’s where the comparison ends. Interstellar lacks the courage, intelligence and integrity of 2001 and it will surely be forgotten in 12 months time, except when a sequel will be due out no doubt.
While some of the special effects are really great, the quality of the sound engineering is appalling. The dialogue was mostly unintelligible and I had to turn on the English subtitles. Yes, it is that bad! I just don’t know how such a technical error of this magnitude could have occurred without being corrected.
I’ve posted 4 stars but should probably be 3 because of the gross technical flaws.
I was expecting something different but did not regret buying it. I love realistic scifi movies but the industry lack good writers. I enjoyed the acting, even though it was not too challenging except Matthew McConaughey who was brilliant and did make me feel as if I am there, which is very difficult to do with scifi movies since we cannot relate to it directly. I felt bored just for 5 min, but I was hooked for the rest of the film. The science was believable to a point, where I did not stop and say bulls***, which happens in all sci-fi movies, except communication between galaxies through a wormhole!? Even though the science was abstract it was at least possible in its own way. The story was very good and balanced, sometime there is too much dialogue where you expect some action, or vice versa as in most scifi movies.
The computer robot was interesting. At first it looked like a very cumbersome piece of machinery trying to show body language, but it was amazing what it did with very little, I was pleasantly surprised by that.
Some reviewers gave it one star. Well if you expecting Die Hard when watching Cinderella then you would be disappointed, this film tells a story in a specific way and did it very well I think. Gravity miserably failed to do what this film did. By then end you think you have taken that trip. Just watch it for what it is and do not expect anything to begin with.
Overall, it is better than most realistic scifi movies there, so for the fans definitely a must watch. It does take you to another place, very absorbing.
This has to be the best science fiction film I have seen in many years. It has immediately jumped into my top 5 and could well take over the number 1 spot. Since purchasing the movie a week ago, I have already watched it three times, get more from it each time and it continues to have a compulsive effect on me. Any film that last just short of 3 hours and keeps me on the edge of my seat has to be something very special indeed! Visually stunning and extremely thought provoking, I am not in the slightest surprised that it picked up an Oscar for special effects. I’m only confused that it did not secure many more. The acting is quite superb. Set in the not too distant future, which is still very recognisable, when environmental catastrophe threatens the survival of the Human Race, it tells about the efforts to save Mankind. Great visual tale. Get it and enjoy!
Update: After repeated viewings still get a great deal of pleasure from this movie. Each time I seem to pick up some fresh. Great film!
This film is beyond brilliant. It’s a marmite film, either you love it or hate it but considering ’empire’ and ‘total film’ loved it, I suggest people go on their review rather than the one star idiots and don’t understand the film at all. Inception was slightly similar, if you can’t understand it and that means you hate it, don’t review at all. I don’t even understand the ending but I’ve been wondering how it could work and I’m still baffled, but that’s what I loved about inception and I still love it for interstellar. As usual Hans Zimmer creates a beautiful soundtrack that fits the film perfectly (some people called it boring but considering Hans Zimmer wanted the create a space like soundtrack and considering space is empty space or dramatic scenery then I think he’s done a great job). The film is visually stunning and it’s the first time Christopher Nolan has conveyed a good amount of emotion that is believable and really well acted. Overall, brilliant concept, stunning visuals, great acting and script, perfect music, just simply incredible. If you loved inception you’ll love this.
must say, have to agree, it is a brilliant upgrade (worth adding to your collection)
Former pilot ‘Cooper’ (Mathew McConaughey) turned farmer lives with his Step-Father ‘Donald’ (John Lithgow) and
two children ‘Murph’ (Mackenzie Foy at 10yrs old) and ‘Tom’ (Timothy Chalamet at 15yrs old)
The Earth will not sustain human-kind for much longer, the crops are being ravaged by horrendous dust storms
which continue to intensify.
On a journey of discovery ‘Cooper’ along with daughter ‘Murph’ in tow come across a secret installation perhaps
not by accident.
The unit is run by a former colleague ‘Professor Brand’ (Michael Caine) and daughter ‘Doctor Brand’ (Anne Hathaway)
it’s a spin off from the now closed ‘Nasa Space Center’ which can no longer be afforded as food has become a single
minded priority.
It is explained to ‘Cooper’ that a planned mission to a far off planet in the far reaches of the Galaxy needs the skills that
he had been trained for in years past, the mission the professor explains is to find a planet to save the future of mankind
a place the people remaining can go to.
If the 4-Man Crew ‘Cooper’ – ‘Doctor Brand’ – ‘Williams’ (William Devane) – ‘Doyle’ (Wes Bentley) along with robot ‘Tars’
(voiced by Bill Irwin) will have to negotiate the unknown a worm-hole if they have any chance of reaching the distant
planet nestled with the vast Galaxy.
They believe that they are on the journey to save mankind and perhaps have family if but in the future joining them, however
the mission will come at a cost the crew of ‘The Endurance’ ….was it ever intended that they should return to Earth, decisions
for the future may have to be made…………….but, ‘Cooper’ had promised ‘Murph’ he would return home…
An often tense spectacle which harbours superb special-effects along the way, with some great performances throughout.
Great Picture and Sound Quality Throughout.
The Release is a 2-Disc Edition – Disc One – The Film – Disc Two – Special Features (detailed below)
* Plotting an Interstellar Journey – Origins, Influence and Narrative Design
* Shooting In Iceland – Miller’s Planet – Creating two vastly different Worlds in One Country
* Celestial Landmarks – How practical special effects give the illusion of real Space-Travel
* Miniatures in Space – Explore the Large-Scale Models used in the Film plus – More. (over 3-Hours of Features)