Mother-in-law's doomsday space soap opera

Adolfo 2022-03-16 09:01:01

Solemn reminder: There are many panoramic rotating lenses in this film, which may cause stomach discomfort such as nausea and nausea. Please watch it carefully if you are prone to motion sickness and seasickness. This is not a joke. If the first time I saw Inception, I felt "I don’t understand it very much, but it looks amazing. I will watch it again next time I have time." The film is "Oh, that’s it." In general, the story of Interstellar itself. And the narrative rhythm failed. The story can no longer be described as "new wine in old bottles". To be more precise, the old bottles are filled with a mixture of seven or eight kinds of old wines, with some new flavors added, and put on a new label and sold. From the beginning of more than 40 minutes of the male protagonist’s various entanglements and the setting of apocalyptic background, to the male protagonist doing a big deal just for his own family’s motivation, to the professor’s deceitful plot reversal, to the male protagonist’s sacrifice The key plot of becoming the No. 1 female, to the setting of “it turns out to be another time and space to change one’s own destiny”, to the circular narrative that connects in the first place, to the reason for the blackening of the villain, to the end, the female shoulders the responsibility of mankind. New Hope (and so on) can find countless shadows in Nolan's past films and other films. Although the plot is pieced together, it is not bad in general. In contrast, the director's rhythm control is a catastrophic degradation. The neat and uncluttered editing in The Prestige, TDK, and Inception was completely lost, replaced by Korean drama-style mother-in-laws. The first forty minutes is especially so, it is almost drowsy: the daughter finds that the strange plot in the room has been repeatedly rendered, and the length is simply unbearable, as if for fear that the audience will not know this is the key plot; the male protagonist and the daughter's farewell The movie can actually be filmed so muddled. The middle section is a little better, and the scene when the male protagonist enters the five-dimensional space is extremely procrastinated: the male protagonist observes what happened in his daughter’s room in the five-dimensional space; the adult daughter thinks in the room; the adult daughter’s friend is outside the house Urge her. These three scenes were cross-edited together in an attempt to create a sense of tension, but unfortunately, I didn't feel it. This cross-editing lasted about ten minutes before entering the next episode. It stands to reason that with such a large amount of emotional paving, the final effect should be very impressive. But Nolan always feels itchy when taking pictures of human emotions. Just like Inception, it's good to stop. The rich colors in Interstellar make this feeling even stronger in the end. For example, the last time the male protagonist drove away from home alone to NASA, opened the pile of debris in the co-pilot position, and found that his daughter was not in this plot this time. The sensational technique is exactly the same as the paper windmill in the safe in Inception, but the effect is far worse. . Nolan is not good at touching emotions. I suspect that he knew this, so he desperately added gimmicks such as mathematics, physics, astronomy and philosophy to his movies. Am I moved by some plots of Interstellar? Indeed there is. But that is the instinctive reaction of human beings to the immensity of family affection and time. Just like hot enough chili, no matter which chef makes it, it can make you cry. It has nothing to do with the level of the chef. There is also the scene where the male protagonist was conspired by Dr. Mann, and the filming was procrastinated and without tension. The fight between the two in spacesuits was cumbersome and boring enough, and there was a panoramic shot in the middle, and the two small two punched and kicked me in the inconspicuous place at the bottom of the screen. Dr. Mann left as soon as he left, turning his head in three steps, the drag was speechless. Regarding visual effects, I can only say "very plain", really plain. There is nothing beyond imagination, and there is no point of wow. There are small surprises. The display of the five-dimensional space is a bright spot, but it is not so impressive. The soundtrack has no impression. In general, Interstellar's movie-watching experience is very poor. Due to the failed rhythm control and poor visual effects, there is almost no orgasm in the whole story, and it is easy to fall asleep accidentally. But don’t worry about sleeping for a long time to affect the understanding of the plot, because you will be awakened by the sound effects from time to time. Many of the details inside do require careful understanding of the lines (even certain background knowledge), but it has no effect on understanding the development of the main line. Unlike Inception, to understand the main line, you must first understand the settings of those dreams. It is not a pleasant thing for the actual viewing time to drag to more than 160 minutes. In fact, people will feel very tired after two hours of concentrating, so after watching this movie, I feel very tired. There is also the physical discomfort caused by the rotating lens mentioned at the beginning. Having said so much is not good, in fact, Interstellar is not good enough for real bad movies. After all, such a story with a tall subject, interstellar and warmth of human nature, it is impossible to take pictures that people can't help but curse. But compared to the director's previous works, it is far worse. Personal rating: 59/100

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Interstellar quotes

  • [last lines]

    Dr. Mann: ...There is a moment...

    [gets cut-off by an explosion]

  • Brand: Very graceful.

    Cooper: No. But very efficient.