You have some really good points Migmit. I'd argue about the acting, but that's picking nits. Yes there a lot of plot issues, dialogue issues, and general logic issues. But I thought the experience was worth the time, at least once.
One small thing, and it's a newer thing at that, the bigger black holes like the one depicted in the movie might work exactly as they do on screen. Now the whole 5th dimensional beings inhabiting them is absurd, but the idea that a person could fall into one and survive is at least plausible, at that point who knows what would happen. The greatest minds in the world still do not have answers for that one. Also, the whole premise of the original script was taken from a work by a top physicist and Spielberg if I'm not mistaken, thus your friendly aliens in a black hole (I think calling them 5th dimensional beings/humans from the future was a leap too).
Yeah, the whole wet engines need an hour/twenty-three years to dry was very plot forced. Mann going homicidal was pointless. Were they deal breaking for me? I'm honestly not sure. To be honest, I'm not sure it matters that much. Nolan is a good film-maker, perhaps even a great one. But even Kubrick, Spielberg, Camron, Scott, Scorsese, Hitchcock, Welles, Coppola, Brooks, Burton... etc. have made a dud or two. I think the main problem is that this one looked so promising, and it felt like it was going to be great. I wonder in retrospect if this film will be as big a dud as we feel it is now.
Either way, nice review Migmit. I enjoyed the read.
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Date: 2014-11-16 04:33 am (UTC)One small thing, and it's a newer thing at that, the bigger black holes like the one depicted in the movie might work exactly as they do on screen. Now the whole 5th dimensional beings inhabiting them is absurd, but the idea that a person could fall into one and survive is at least plausible, at that point who knows what would happen. The greatest minds in the world still do not have answers for that one. Also, the whole premise of the original script was taken from a work by a top physicist and Spielberg if I'm not mistaken, thus your friendly aliens in a black hole (I think calling them 5th dimensional beings/humans from the future was a leap too).
Yeah, the whole wet engines need an hour/twenty-three years to dry was very plot forced. Mann going homicidal was pointless. Were they deal breaking for me? I'm honestly not sure. To be honest, I'm not sure it matters that much. Nolan is a good film-maker, perhaps even a great one. But even Kubrick, Spielberg, Camron, Scott, Scorsese, Hitchcock, Welles, Coppola, Brooks, Burton... etc. have made a dud or two. I think the main problem is that this one looked so promising, and it felt like it was going to be great. I wonder in retrospect if this film will be as big a dud as we feel it is now.
Either way, nice review Migmit. I enjoyed the read.
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