Sunday, 21 December 2014

To rise above self interest

Interstellar (2014)

Directed by Christopher Nolan this film stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, David Gyasi and Bill Irwin. Planet Earth is dying, to survive humanity must look to the stars.

Without doubt this film is standing on the shoulders of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and while I do not think it hits the heights of that film or Nolan's own earlier film Inception (2014) I do still think this is a great film in it's own right. There are elements of the story I was not entirely convinced with but they ultimately ended up working. The films is a really good of study of human nature, especially our instinct for survival and how that may help or hinder our chances for survival as a species. I thought both the special effects and heavy use of science were handled really well while Hans Zimmer delivers another outstanding sound track.


5/5

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