Ten years after its initial cinematic release, Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic Interstellar is back in cinemas. The ninth film directed by Nolan received five Academy Award nominations with one win, Best Visual Effects. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, Michael Caine, and many other surprise faces. Interstellar takes cinema to new heights with its storytelling and visual tactics.
50 years in the future, Earth is a dying planet (even more than it is in current times) and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Due to global blight and dust storms, the planet’s inhabitants are suffering from draught and famine. Former NASA test pilot, and now farmer, Joseph Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) has his family to take care of. Tom (Timothée Chalamet) and Murphy “Murph” (Mackenzie Foy) live with their father on this desolate farm and are the lights of his life. As Cooper and Murph accidentally find a secret NASA facility run by Dr. John Brand (Michael Caine), Cooper is offered responsibility of piloting the spaceship “Endurance” searching for habitable planets through a wormhole near Saturn. Wanting to give his children the best life possible, he accepts. Cooper joins the “Endurance” team, consisting of Romilly (David Gyasi), Doyle (Wes Bentley), Brand’s daughter Amelia (Anne Hathaway), and robots TARS (Bill Irwin) and CASE (Josh Stewart).
Taking ideas from science and adding them to this futuristic world, Nolan brings what scientists can only study and guess to life. Space is a key player in Interstellar and one of the reasons why the film has made such an impact over the last ten years. The cinematography and visual effects are one of the best aspects of the film. The scenes that take place in space are undeniably exquisite and the scale of the interstellar beauty is, no pun intended, out of this world. Scientists have even praised the computer-generated black hole created by theoretical physicist Kip Thorne. There is no doubt at all how Interstellar took home the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 2015.
Not only is the film enhanced by the cinematography, but it is also the score that adds such emotion and feeling to the story. Hans Zimmer works with Nolan again to compose the beautiful score that belongs to Interstellar. From the moment the first track, “Dreaming of the Crash” begins, to the final scene of the film, the score conveys more than just the dialogue and shots can.
If you haven't seen the film before, beware of the next paragraph. On top of the astounding visual effects and unbelievable score, the acting involved in Interstellar is also out of this world and completely heartbreaking. McConaughey gives the greatest emotions in the film. As he plays Cooper, a single father, all he wants to do is protect his children. From the very beginning of the film this can be seen. He completely breaks down with young Murph when she tries to get him to "STAY" instead of leave on the Endurance. Breaking down into tears, and then again later in the film when we see Cooper in the middle of space and time. Leaving the audience speechless and in tears themselves.
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Like many, if not all, Nolan films, Interstellar exceeds expectations and goes to great heights to explore space and the future of the planet. Do not miss this chance to see the film how it was made to be seen: in cinemas. IMAX, 4DX or even just standard, all cinema versions do the film justice.
Photo credits to Space.com, Wallpaper Flare, [FILMGRAB], and IMDb.
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