Spoilers Interstellar

[FitzTheRuke]

Why can’t you wander round and talk to people?

I meant people back on earth in the past. Not, say, someone with you on whatever vessel you took to get in there.

 

[trappedslider]

The original ending to the film would have had Cooper trying to send the data back to Earth, only for the wormhole to collapse before he does so.

 

[Morrus]

I meant people back on earth in the past. Not, say, someone with you on whatever vessel you took to get in there.

Well yeah, that bit is magic. But I thought that was established!

 

[Gradine]

The problem with Interstellar is that it was a Stephen Spielberg film and he would've directed the hell out of it, and due to Hollywood insider baseball shenanigans they ended up having to go with someone else, and that someone else somehow ended up being Christopher Nolan, who I can easily see being attracted to the deep science-y bits like the time dilation to it but also has never had a particularly great grasp on this whole "emotion" thing that us humans experience, which isn't great when "Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space" is one of the main thesis statements of your film

 

[Morrus]

The problem with Interstellar is that it was a Stephen Spielberg film and he would've directed the hell out of it, and due to Hollywood insider baseball shenanigans they ended up having to go with someone else, and that someone else somehow ended up being Christopher Nolan, who I can easily see being attracted to the deep science-y bits like the time dilation to it but also has never had a particularly great grasp on this whole "emotion" thing that us humans experience, which isn't great when "Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space" is one of the main thesis statements of your film

Huh. But I feel like the flaw is the mumbo jumbo plot resolution. The human connections part was superb. He nailed the emotional aspect. The film is mainly about that, and did it really well. I must admit I’m surprised to find somebody feeling otherwise.

I don’t think Spielberg would have made such a thoughtful film.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Well yeah, that bit is magic. But I thought that was established!

Yes! It's what I've been meaning to say - I feel that the spots where they tossed aside the science for the magic didn't work for me.

But you are right - if you only look at the parts that are correctly science, and ignore the parts that are magic (even where those parts cross-over with the science, as if the film is trying to convince you that the magic is the logical conclusion to the science) - then the science is good, for our current (or at least at the time) understanding of science.

 

[Scribe]

I liked the movie, but I'm pretty easy.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

The problem with Interstellar is that it was a Stephen Spielberg film and he would've directed the hell out of it, and due to Hollywood insider baseball shenanigans they ended up having to go with someone else, and that someone else somehow ended up being Christopher Nolan, who I can easily see being attracted to the deep science-y bits like the time dilation to it but also has never had a particularly great grasp on this whole "emotion" thing that us humans experience, which isn't great when "Love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space" is one of the main thesis statements of your film

Well, I agree with you. I didn't think that part worked very well either, which certainly influenced my feelings on the other parts.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I liked the movie, but I'm pretty easy.

I'm sure that part of my problem with the whole thing is that I had seen interviews with Nolan, and reviews of how great it was, and all of that, before I saw it. And I was already inclined to be critical of Nolan (I like him, but I'm often inclined to be critical of directors that I like).

What I'm trying to say here is: I'm usually pretty easy, too. I famously enjoyed watching that Matthew Broderick version of Godzilla, in spite of it being objectively terrible, because at the time, I was simply looking to see buildings get smashed. They got smashed. I was happy.

 

[Gradine]

Huh. But I feel like the flaw is the mumbo jumbo plot resolution. The human connections part was superb. He nailed the emotional aspect. The film is mainly about that, and did it really well. I must admit I’m surprised to find somebody feeling otherwise.

I don’t think Spielberg would have made such a thoughtful film.

To me, there is no distinction between the "mumbo jumbo plot resolution" and the "human connections" part, because the latter is meant to be the answer to the former (see the whole "love" speech from Anne Hatheway). Spielberg would absolutely be the guy to nail that landing, if anyone could.