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Recently i watched Interstellar. yeah this is the greatest science fiction movie ever made right?

JokerMM

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I went into Interstellar not expecting much, not even heard of it much until my family decided to watch it the other night.

By the end of the movie my mind was basically fucked. Honestly 10/10. I legit think this is the only movie I'd ever rate 10/10

also, that fucking soundtrack....
 
kurisu_1974

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I thought it was pretty silly to be honest. All the ruckus about 'real science" turned out to be just marketing, and I actually said to my wife, during one of the first scenes,
wanna bet that it is McConnaughy behind that bookshelf sending messages from some other dimension
and yeah that was fun being right. Also that ending was just shit, the part with the water planet was ridiculous, the part with the aging dude...

Not a big Nolan fan outside of Memento to begin with, and this did not win me over.

It's 2001 or Solaris for millenials.
 
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gaming_again

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JokerMM said:
I went into Interstellar not expecting much, not even heard of it much until my family decided to watch it the other night.

By the end of the movie my mind was basically fucked. Honestly 10/10. I legit think this is the only movie I'd ever rate 10/10

also, that fucking soundtrack....
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It has its flaws certainly but I can't think of a sci-fi with more heart in it.

There's no way I could watch it since becoming a parent. At least not in any company. No fucking way.
 
The Cockatrice

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The praise for 2001 is weird to me. I watched it ages ago and rewatched it rcently and besides amazing visuals especially considering the year it came out, its just incredibly tedious and boring to watch. As for Interstellar it was good, predictable tho but has some amazing scenes like the docking one. The best sci fi? Prolly not but Im not sure which movie I'd consider the best. Blade Runner is cybeprunk but still considered sci-fi so either that or Alien is what I consider one of the best.
 
SlimySnake

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Yeah, its probably my favorite. Some dialogue about love transcending time and space made it a meme and took away from an otherwise stellar story.
 
Trunx81

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2001 .. I remember watching it and afterwards my dad asked me "and, did you skip forward?" He expected me to find it boring, but the cinematography kept me captivated.

Interstellar, though .. I don´t know, got mixed feelings on that one. The philosophical gut punches where forced sometimes and it just didn´t "get" me that much as others.

Tennet, on the other hand: Loved that movie! Still don´t understand how people got confused by it, for me it was totally logical in the end.
 
gaming_again

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The Cockatrice said:
The praise for 2001 is weird to me. I watched it ages ago and rewatched it rcently and besides amazing visuals especially considering the year it came out, its just incredibly tedious and boring to watch. As for Interstellar it was good, predictable tho but has some amazing scenes like the docking one. The best sci fi? Prolly not but Im not sure which movie I'd consider the best. Blade Runner is cybeprunk but still considered sci-fi so either that or Alien is what I consider one of the best.
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I think 2001 is my favourite film of all time, depending on my mood, but I get your criticism.
 
gaming_again

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Trunx81 said:
2001 .. I remember watching it and afterwards my dad asked me "and, did you skip forward?" He expected me to find it boring, but the cinematography kept me captivated.

Interstellar, though .. I don´t know, got mixed feelings on that one. The philosophical gut punches where forced sometimes and it just didn´t "get" me that much as others.

Tennet, on the other hand: Loved that movie! Still don´t understand how people got confused by it, for me it was totally logical in the end.
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Tenet is amazing. Nolan makes the films I wish I’d written. It’s as though he’s pulling stuff from the bottom of my soul.
 
winjer

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For a movie that claimed to be scientifically accurate, it shit the bed in the last part.
The part with the bookshelf was just plain dumb.
It seemed like someone watched 2001, but didn't understand the underlying metaphors, and thought that just putting some random non-sense would make some deep philosophical sense.
 
AJUMP23

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I think the first act is far too slow. Once they get to space it is great but getting there takes to long. The Original SW is the greatest SCI film. Because it is a fantasy film set in space.
 
thefool

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Probably not but as a theater experience is certainly up there with anything. Its enthralling as few things are.
 
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FullMetalx117

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LimanimaPT said:
I don't think so. 2001 A Space Odissey is still unbeaten.
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Maybe it was a different time - but I tried really really really hard to watch this movie. Multiple times, not one time did I fail not falling asleep.

The ending is something tho, I researched it a lot. But tbh this movie screams only being considered good because it’s “artsy” not because it’s actually a good, engaging movie
 
Fbh

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I'm not a fan of the ending (and the third act in general) but I still think it's up there.
I liked Arrival more overall though the grand audiovisual presentation of Interestellar definitely made it the more memorable movie going experience.
 
NeverYouMind

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It is one master cut from being the greatest sci-fi film. The time shananigans and attempt to keep the protagonist alive keep it from achieving the bittersweet epic it sets out to be. If they were to simply remove the tasseract with dust manipulation and commit to the protagonist's sacrifice to cradle the new dawn of the human race on another planet it would fare better. As is, it is inferior to 1997's Contact. That said, I hold the unpopular opinion that 2001: A Space Odyssey is pretentious rubbish with equally as many poorly written plot elements as Interstellar.

 
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EverydayBeast

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interstellar space GIF
 
LimanimaPT

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FullMetalx117 said:
Maybe it was a different time - but I tried really really really hard to watch this movie. Multiple times, not one time did I fail not falling asleep.

The ending is something tho, I researched it a lot. But tbh this movie screams only being considered good because it’s “artsy” not because it’s actually a good, engaging movie
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I like it not because it is artsy, but becuse it is a realistic way for an alien civilization to contact us. From a scientific perspective it is very reallistic.

I actually forgot to mention Close Encounters of the third Kind. I really like this one and it sure deserves to be mentioned.
 
IDKFA

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Great film, but let down by the ending. It needed more of an emotional punch.

I wouldn't class it the greatest sci-fi movie ever made. Not even in the 21st century (I'd rank Moon, Arrival and Ex Machina above it)

Fantastic film, but it was just missing something that truly made it one of the all time greats.
 
Ballthyrm

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Not sold on the power of Love through spacetime thing.
Arrival, Ex Machina, Blade Runner 2049, Dune were better recently.
As for all time, it doesn't even enter the top 20 for me.
 
TonyK

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For the people saying it's not the best scifi movie (I'm not saying it is), what would be your choice? Honestly interested.
 
Grildon Tundy

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I watched 2001 only once, when I was about 14, and I had NO CLUE what was happening in the last act.

Wasn't until I read up about it that I understood what was happening, regarding the main guy getting evolved to a higher consciousness. Is that at all apparent to people without additional context not present in the film itself?
 
Rentahamster

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Ballthyrm said:
Not sold on the power of Love through spacetime thing.
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In what way? That theme is an abstraction of what is actually occuring. Dr. Mann explained it in more "biological" terms in that particular scene, if you feel like "the power of love" isn't a suitable theme for science.
 
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FullMetalx117

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We need to split the sci-fi category into sub categories. The greatest sci fi considering everything (story, theme, visuals, audio, pace, etc.) it's Blade Runner 2049 for me. In this category I would put movies like Dune (maybe), Ex Machina, iRobot, etc.

Interstellar is in the realm of Space Odyssey, Gravity, Ad Astra, etc. Because it's in space/specifically about space, there's a heavy visual and audio element that the director must get right for it to be great imo. Blade Runner/Dune/Ex Machina, etc. are philosophical heavy (not saying Interstellar isn't, but not to the extent these are). A movie like Blade Runner and Dune can survive off of having excellent dialogue and a single great atmospheric setting. Interstellar is great because you saw a wormhole, you saw a water planet, ice planet, black hole, inside a black hole which was all done in a believable fashion - this is why it's the greatest space sci fi movie.
 
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