"Interstellar Exploration" 7.5/10 As the only Hollywood hardcore space film that can be watched on the big screen in recent years, this film inherits the fine tradition of space films from 2001 to the first person - extensive use of stable and smooth composition and lens movement , with a passionate and distant symphony, intertextually reflect the tenacity and loneliness of human beings with the poetry and nothingness of space. Brad Pitt contributed a wonderful one-man show, entangled in the vortex of mission and family, no less than McConaughey's performance in "Interstellar."
The overall plot is similar to the low-profile male main version of "Contact in Time" + the ultra-low-profile space version of "Apocalypse Now". Although the audiovisual performance is first-class, there are many regrettable places in the rhythm of the plot and the expression of the theme. In addition to the inexplicable action scenes that the producers asked to join, the climax of the confrontation between father and son was also a complete mess. It was supposed to be a conflict of ideas between a father who is persistent in space exploration, representing civilization and rationality, and a son who is persistent in finding his father and returning home and guarding the warmth of humanity, but in the end it turned into an understatement of reconciliation and "father murder". Although a lot of inner OS in the film helps to understand the plot, it undoubtedly weakens the sense of isolation and the inner entanglement of the protagonist that the film intentionally creates. Overall, James Gray is not yet equipped to balance commercial and literary, but his poetic audiovisual design and bold space-themed exploration are still admirable.
It is a pity that the domestic box office of this film is less than 30 million (although it is mainly a problem with the film, it is the first time to see the show of releasing Blu-ray resources the day before its release), and the IMAX version is even more pitiful. I'm afraid it's hard to see such beautiful hardcore space films in domestic cinemas in recent years, let's watch and cherish them.
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