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"Interstellar" is incredible. Possibly the GOAT sci-fi film of all time

It looks AND sounds incredible for the entire running time. ...
dashing drab national
  08/03/24
i thought it was totally mediocre except for a couple scenes...
Gaped azn
  08/03/24
Did you watch it on an iPad? It demands a full theater exper...
dashing drab national
  08/03/24
watched in threatre contact lived up to its premise inter...
Gaped azn
  08/03/24
They aren't comparable. Contact is more like The Arrival or ...
dashing drab national
  08/03/24
https://www.vulture.com/2014/11/contact-interstellar-matthew...
Gaped azn
  08/03/24
I like Contact too so not really trying to argue You disa...
dashing drab national
  08/03/24
i didn't see oppenheimer but i'm not a nolan fan, he always ...
Gaped azn
  08/03/24
proles were all OOOOO time travel
crimson deer antler
  08/03/24
I'm prole as fuck so this tracks
dashing drab national
  08/03/24
i liked the scene with the black guy turning old from the ti...
Gaped azn
  08/03/24
I burst out laughing when Matt Damon shows up
dashing drab national
  08/03/24
yeah it was really jarring. bad casting. hathaway was also...
Gaped azn
  08/03/24
I knew he was the traitor the second I saw his rat face.
Pearly forum
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vengeful stage brethren
  08/03/24
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Gold tank
  08/03/24
So cr
charcoal mental disorder state
  08/03/24
it is indeed a great movie, all the criticisms ive seen come...
Dull new version
  08/03/24
I liked the part where they weren't mountains, they were wav...
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crimson deer antler
  08/03/24
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Gaped azn
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charcoal mental disorder state
  08/03/24
It's good
glittery keepsake machete
  08/03/24
Cr Interstellar and Inception are Nolan's best
Burgundy garrison alpha
  08/03/24
I read the original script written by Jonathan Nolan when it...
Flushed Know-it-all Athletic Conference Parlour
  08/03/24
Why didn't he just say to wait for "the President"...
Lavender Haunting School Kitty
  08/03/24
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Gold tank
  08/03/24
Could have had a twist at the end that the Earth was really ...
Blue stirring orchestra pit
  08/03/24
They could have worked it in using something like what you j...
Flushed Know-it-all Athletic Conference Parlour
  08/03/24
I liked it but they could've cut the first 40 minutes of the...
Big Theatre Idiot
  08/03/24
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Gaped azn
  08/03/24
This was an Ode To White People fwiw
Burgundy garrison alpha
  08/03/24
I liked the documentary style sound bites from old ladies. I...
dashing drab national
  08/03/24
the gravity planet part was incredible (the waves, the look ...
Balding exciting hunting ground public bath
  08/03/24
Great looking movie, but the plot was and is dumb as hell. ...
buff depressive philosopher-king
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Gold tank
  08/03/24
I think it’s a really good movie but I still like A...
twisted ratface
  08/03/24
Ad Astra is a movie for Men
Burgundy garrison alpha
  08/03/24
there’s a lot of truth to this
twisted ratface
  08/03/24
It’s overly sentimental and lachrymose, too much &ldqu...
Khaki hot newt
  08/03/24
I love the film despite virtually all these criticisms being...
Pearly forum
  08/03/24
Hans Zimmer's score was an absolute banger
charcoal mental disorder state
  08/03/24
Kip Thorne (Caltech prof. and Nobel laureate for his work in...
salmon home trust fund
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twisted ratface
  08/03/24
It's no Wrath of Khan.
Blue stirring orchestra pit
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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:10 PM
Author: dashing drab national

It looks AND sounds incredible for the entire running time. Every single shot could be a photograph in a frame. Every single actor is A-list and they have incredible chemistry. It is easily Nolan's best work and if you compare it side by side with "Oppenheimer" the latter seems like trash.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924464)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:12 PM
Author: Gaped azn

i thought it was totally mediocre except for a couple scenes. the first half or 2/3 of the movie is shot on land in the dust belt. the score was wildly overbearing

the same producer did "contact", which was 10x better imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924468)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:12 PM
Author: dashing drab national

Did you watch it on an iPad? It demands a full theater experience if not iMax imo

Contact has 1/10 of the outer space scenes lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924470)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:14 PM
Author: Gaped azn

watched in threatre

contact lived up to its premise interstellar didnt imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924477)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:15 PM
Author: dashing drab national

They aren't comparable. Contact is more like The Arrival or Sphere or other slow burn "space" thrillers that basically take place on earth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924481)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:18 PM
Author: Gaped azn

https://www.vulture.com/2014/11/contact-interstellar-matthew-mcconaughey.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924493)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:19 PM
Author: dashing drab national

I like Contact too so not really trying to argue

You disagree that Interstellar is better than Oppenheimer? Was it just the ending you didn't like?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924496)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:21 PM
Author: Gaped azn

i didn't see oppenheimer but i'm not a nolan fan, he always does huge pumping scores and plays around with time to hide the flimsiness of his material

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924498)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:14 PM
Author: crimson deer antler

proles were all OOOOO time travel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924479)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:16 PM
Author: dashing drab national

I'm prole as fuck so this tracks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924484)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:17 PM
Author: Gaped azn

i liked the scene with the black guy turning old from the time dilation planet stuff and the matt damon fake planet stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924488)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:17 PM
Author: dashing drab national

I burst out laughing when Matt Damon shows up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924490)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:19 PM
Author: Gaped azn

yeah it was really jarring. bad casting. hathaway was also terrible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924494)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:18 PM
Author: Pearly forum

I knew he was the traitor the second I saw his rat face.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925156)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 6:34 PM
Author: vengeful stage brethren



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925356)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:29 PM
Author: Gold tank



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925182)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:16 PM
Author: charcoal mental disorder state

So cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924487)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:20 PM
Author: Dull new version

it is indeed a great movie, all the criticisms ive seen come across as people trying unsuccessfully to prove that they are too smart for it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924497)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:22 PM
Author: cerise talking senate legal warrant

I liked the part where they weren't mountains, they were waves

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924500)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:22 PM
Author: crimson deer antler



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924502)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:22 PM
Author: Gaped azn



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924503)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 3:09 PM
Author: charcoal mental disorder state



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924667)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 2:31 PM
Author: glittery keepsake machete

It's good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924539)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 3:11 PM
Author: Burgundy garrison alpha

Cr Interstellar and Inception are Nolan's best

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924671)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 3:20 PM
Author: Flushed Know-it-all Athletic Conference Parlour

I read the original script written by Jonathan Nolan when it was being passed around Hollywood and the original ending was way better. In it, humanity sent a couple of robots to a planet orbiting a black hole. The robots’ job was to prepare the planet for humanity to live there. When the ship arrives, they find a thriving global civilization of huge cities and millions of robots awaiting humanity’s arrival, and even though the robots were only sent there a few months earlier, you find out that five-thousand years had passed on the planet due to time dilation as a result of the planet’s proximity to the black hole. Chris Nolan didn’t end up using it because IRL time dilation works the exact opposite way (i.e., LESS time would pass on a planet orbiting a black hole). It was still a 180 idea for a story though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924707)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 3:24 PM
Author: Lavender Haunting School Kitty

Why didn't he just say to wait for "the President"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924722)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:29 PM
Author: Gold tank



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925185)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 6:06 PM
Author: Blue stirring orchestra pit

Could have had a twist at the end that the Earth was really the one orbiting a black hole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925309)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 6:33 PM
Author: Flushed Know-it-all Athletic Conference Parlour

They could have worked it in using something like what you just said. There was a rumor that Chris Nolan didn’t use it because he wanted to use it as the plot for a sequel but I don’t believe that. I’m fairly certain he just scrapped the idea altogether. Renowned physicist Kip Thorne was an adviser on the film and I think he straight up told Nolan this shit is retarded and could never happen IRL.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925352)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 3:27 PM
Author: Big Theatre Idiot

I liked it but they could've cut the first 40 minutes of them dicking around in a corn field imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924735)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 3:30 PM
Author: Gaped azn



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924753)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 3:38 PM
Author: Burgundy garrison alpha

This was an Ode To White People fwiw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924785)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 4:09 PM
Author: dashing drab national

I liked the documentary style sound bites from old ladies. It made the bleak dystopian future more palatable and established a somber baseline mood to persuade us that this guy would leave behind his kids for a farfetched space mission

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924923)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 4:02 PM
Author: Balding exciting hunting ground public bath

the gravity planet part was incredible (the waves, the look on the guy's face when they return, and the reaction to his daughter/son growing up)

matt damon being a bad guy was pretty good

rest was decent. stuff like love was silly

i'm generally a big fan of the movie

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47924890)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:04 PM
Author: buff depressive philosopher-king

Great looking movie, but the plot was and is dumb as hell.

"Cooper falls into the black hole and finds himself in a four-dimensional tesseract, where he travels through time and space and finds himself able to manipulate the falling dust grains in his childhood home, allowing him to send the NASA site coordinates to his past self and bootstrap his mission. He also deduces that the tesseract itself was constructed by a future generation of humankind to similarly guide their predecessors. He and TARS transmit information from within the black hole by manipulating the hands of Murph's wristwatch."

He uses love and a wristwatch to communicate to another dimension (also he can only send codes through becausue you can obvioulsy manipulate a watch through time and space but you can't jst send fucking words).

I've seen paw patrol episodes where i've had to suspend my disbelief more

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925132)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:30 PM
Author: Gold tank



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925187)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:08 PM
Author: twisted ratface

I think it’s a really good movie

but I still like Ad Astra more for reasons I’m not quite sure I can articulate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925140)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:11 PM
Author: Burgundy garrison alpha

Ad Astra is a movie for Men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925146)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:26 PM
Author: twisted ratface

there’s a lot of truth to this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925171)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:15 PM
Author: Khaki hot newt

It’s overly sentimental and lachrymose, too much “love my dang kids gonna miss them so 🥺”. Barf.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925151)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:21 PM
Author: Pearly forum

I love the film despite virtually all these criticisms being valid, anne hathaway being a drag, and a bunch of plot points being stupid af.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925163)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:32 PM
Author: charcoal mental disorder state

Hans Zimmer's score was an absolute banger

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925192)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:44 PM
Author: salmon home trust fund

Kip Thorne (Caltech prof. and Nobel laureate for his work in gravity) was technical advisor on the movie. I talked with him about it. His objective was to make sure that nothing portrayed was impossible based on our present understanding of physics. Highly speculative was OK, obviously. He wrote a short book called "The Science of Interstellar," which shows his back-of-the-envelope calculations illustrating why things portrayed in the movie could be true. The book has a fair amount of depth on what happens around black holes. The visualization work they did on black holes and wormholes was 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925233)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 5:50 PM
Author: twisted ratface



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925256)



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Date: August 3rd, 2024 6:05 PM
Author: Blue stirring orchestra pit

It's no Wrath of Khan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5569239&forum_id=2#47925307)