Interstellar Review
Overall Rating: 8.9
Interstellar is a Sci-Fi film starring Matthew McConaughey, that was released in October, 2014. Directed by Christopher Nolan, this film explores a futuristic earth beset by the Blight, a crop destroying plague that has rid the world of all food sources besides corn and okra. The protagonist Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) has to go into space, where there is a wormhole to other planets that could be habitable. Cooper’s main problem is time, he wants to find a solution to earth's problem to save his family on earth. The theme of family stays consistent throughout the film with Coop emphasizing getting back and saving his family back on earth. What makes this film so astounding is the story and the score. The story is well laid out, with each detail of the movie connecting to the other. The entire story fits incredibly smoothly and it makes the movie connect with everything in the plot. An example of this would be in the first couple scenes of the film, in which we get some exposition about people’s past life, narrated by themselves. When you first watch the film it doesn’t make sense, only until the end do you realize that it was exposition about their past life before the world's hunger problem was solved. Everything in this film comes back together, and just like the perfectly crafted story, the score excels in bringing us, the audience, into the film. The composer, Hans Zimmer, does a great job at composing the feeling of outer space but at the same time his score keeps the value of family that Cooper holds so dearly. The use of the organ as a synthesizer is also what makes this score so unique. It’s unique sounds makes the score so intense yet religious in a sort of way. So many aspects of interstellar make this film superlative. I would rate this film a 8.9/10.
-Franco Campodonico, Bound 2 Enthusiast