"Interstellar"

Title: Interstellar
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Jonathan and Christopher Nolan
Category: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Duration: 169 min
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This movie can be put into the category of films who were snubbed throughout the whole award season. The only small nominations that it got were all technical, and the five academy ones are all for sound, mix and soundtrack. However Interstellar deserved more.

The movie is set in an almost apocalyptic future where mankind is desperately trying to find a way to save itself from the inevitable extinction. Everything is focused on planet Earth and even science books changed their history to prevent people from fantasising about the Universe. However, someone is still looking up to the sky to try and find a new planet and the solution to this desperate situation. Fortunately, there is still hope when the now hidden NASA discovers a wormhole that leads to another galaxy. From Christopher Nolan I expected nothing less than something great and, pardon my French, a huge mindfuck. And of course he delivered brilliantly on the big screen. The story is intriguing, I was invested in what was happening from the start. There are a lot of things that don't get answered right away, but in the end everything is thoroughly explained and resolved. This is a movie that plays with famous physics' laws, without making you feel confused, or at least the confusion is not related to the fact that they are talking using scientific terminology, but has everything to do with the evolution of the story and what the audience needs to know and when they need to know it. Nolan is a director who loves to challenge his audience, to rapture their attention and play with it in an intriguing way, until he gives you all the answer to the million questions that you were forced to ask yourself. His movie requires attention because in the end everything comes together in full circle. Once again, it seems like Lady Luck is behind Matthew McConaughey, or it is just that he finally unleashed is talent. His performance was intense, the connection that he made with is co-stars, especially Mackenzie Foy, who plays his little daughter Murphy (the geek in me LOOOVED that she was called after the famous Murphy's Law), was on point. He was believable as a former pilot who is taking on his shoulder the responsibility of saving humanity. Matt Demon did a great job in portrayed the worst character in the history of movies and I did really hate him so much during the movie. However, what made Interstellar really interesting and beautiful for me was the fact that behind this demanding project there is just a simple concept. In this movie the message is that Love can be stronger than everything and it can travel beyond space and time, connecting each and every one of us. This idea is ever present throughout the movie, from the video recorded messages from planet Earth for the astronauts on mission, to the emotional ending and all the relationship that are created between the different characters. All in all, I believe that Interstellar is an astonishing movie that was underestimated. Its potential went unnoticed by this award season, as many other Nolan's movies did in the past. However, I highly recommend it because it is a movie that makes you feel all kind of emotions and that pulls you in until the end.

Till next time,

Fred.

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