I went to go see Interstellar on Thursday. It was a good movie. It's a futuristic space film, where astronauts go very far into space to find humanity a new planet. I was afraid it would be a bit out of my league, but it was pretty easy to understand, except for one scene near the end. Trust me, I was racking my brain trying to come up with some reasonable explanation. And, I think I did. Read on....
Matthew McCaughnahey, as Cooper, is a former engineer who has now been forced to farm for a living. In the future, there have been serious droughts and dust storms worldwide, and certain crops have failed. Wheat failed a while ago, there's one crop that's nearly gone, and corn will soon follow.
He and his daughter, Murph, stumble- literally- upon a very big and secret plan to hunt for worlds that might be good for humanity.
First, I am so, so, so sorry that I missed the IMAX boat on this one. The special effects, especially the galaxy sequences are awesome. Orchestration was a bit different from a standard film, it was mainly a pipe organ, so I could understand why people were complaining about the sound being too loud and unbalanced.
I loved the father-daughter dynamic between Matthew and Mackensie. She was so good. I had flashbacks to the locket scene before the battle between Bella and her daughter Renesmee in Breaking Dawn 2; especially when Cooper is saying goodbye to Murph.
I really loved the robot, believe it or not. He was funny, and the design was great. He was truly three-dimensional.
I was a bit worried that the plot would lean a little too much in the direction of "2001: A Space Odyssey", and it did towards the end, but it wasn't too bad. I also appreciated, at the beginning, the use of dust bowl testimonials. You aren't sure at first if it's a cool parallel with history... or something else. If you get my drift.
Matt Damon does have a small but important part in the film that wasn't widely publicized. When you watch the film, you realize why they couldn't say very much. He does have a sort of HAL-like streak. That's all I'll say about that.
Going back to the sound issue.... I don't know if it was the actors just getting emotional, but there were a couple of instances where the dialogue got muffled, Anne Hathaway and Matthew, to note.
The astronauts do visit a couple of planets. Not really sure who thought they would be good planets in the first place. The second planet at least has land. Would days with longer hours really mean a shorter life span?
About the issue of time...one could think of time as both physical and abstract. At one point, near the end, you have to believe that time is physical. And, if something is physical, it can be manipulated. I'll leave it at that.
My title, in part, reference a poem recited by Michael Caine: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." It seems to talk about regret. Perhaps, on another level, it implores the reader to change what you regret, and not going gently.
That is what this film is about... trying to fight the hardest to change what seems impossible.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Mockingjay Roundup, etc.
Mockingjay Roundup, etc.
I'm honestly not trying to turn this blog into a Mockingjay fan blog... really. I just haven't had that much to write about. I need ideas, badly.
That being said, I've bought my share of Doritos bags. Lionsgate has been running a contest. People enter codes online to unlock each of the 12 districts, and eventually, district 13. Each district represents a certain prize pack, and 13 Is a trip to The premiere.
The cool news is that I actually won codes through that contest to use for the movie tickets. It was a long three- week period of waiting, but they finally arrived in my email a couple of days ago.
About the soundtrack. .. I'm not really enthusiastic about it at all. I've liked a bunch of songs from the previous two films, but not this one. I do like Lorde's song "Yellow Flicker Beat," but that's it.
One fan site got the track listing for the score, and I'm interested in that. But the titles- save one- sound kind of dull in general. I would have been interested in the job, really, haha. One job I'd love is to give titles to DVD chapter menus, but that position seems to have fallen permanently by the wayside.
One movie I'm really excited about seeing is Interstellar. I'm planning to see it the night before Mockingjay.
I tried reading Gone Girl, but it's just too heavy for me. I might still try to finish it.
"There's that word again: "heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?
" (Doc Brown, "Back to the Future")
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