Huh it made total sense to me. It’s like love is an attracting force, a sort of fifth element if you will, that humans have some dim like nascent control over. That’s all I needed to buy it.
But if you don’t buy that woo premise then it all falls apart. I can see how it’s a sort of rug pull given the science babble earlier in the movie.
Obviously your opinion is correct for you. I thought it was perfect for the themes on display the rest of the movie. It’s absolutely on the softer lofi end of sci-fi, which is not everyone’s cup of tea.
Reading what I wrote, I guess it sounds a bit condescending. No intent to insult here, sorry if I was too harsh.
Of course I can see the appeal of the movie and I understand that of course people are free to like whatever they choose. Interstellar is still a bit special because it really has everything I usually like. I went in there with high hopes and was really happy with how much my desire to like that movie had no problems being fulfilled at all. Until that last hour. With bad movies, it’s just a bad movie for me, but this one felt like I got betrayed after having already decided to love it.
But yeah, it’s just a movie and I shouldn’t be too invested. Great for you if you like it, I really wish I did, too.
I think what you are missing is that in the Fifth Element, the movie was intentionally cheesy so the ending being some hamfisted and contrite deus ex machina where love saves the day is consistent with the campy themes. For a movie that was up until then a rather serious science fiction thriller that spent most of the film world building and where the audience is presented with a mystery, to then solve that mystery in a very easy and contrite way is insulting because it makes all the world building meaningless and completely flips the tone of everything. It reeks of lazy writing, which is honestly is on par with much of Nolan’s work. In my opinion great world building scifi tends to resolve the conflicts by the characters finding ways to exploit the rules of the world. That’s what separates the serious works from the popcorn.
I went in there with high hopes and was really happy with how much my desire to like that movie had no problems being fulfilled at all. Until that last hour.
I’ve definitely experienced this with other movies, so I understand the disappointment.
You’re good. I don’t think you came off as condescending. It’s clear you were having a rant. And if you can’t have a good rant on the internet where is there left!
Huh it made total sense to me. It’s like love is an attracting force, a sort of fifth element if you will, that humans have some dim like nascent control over. That’s all I needed to buy it.
But if you don’t buy that woo premise then it all falls apart. I can see how it’s a sort of rug pull given the science babble earlier in the movie.
Obviously your opinion is correct for you. I thought it was perfect for the themes on display the rest of the movie. It’s absolutely on the softer lofi end of sci-fi, which is not everyone’s cup of tea.
I think The Fifth Element did it better.
I wouldn’t compare them as movies, but Fifth Element is peak cinema, this is true.
Reading what I wrote, I guess it sounds a bit condescending. No intent to insult here, sorry if I was too harsh.
Of course I can see the appeal of the movie and I understand that of course people are free to like whatever they choose. Interstellar is still a bit special because it really has everything I usually like. I went in there with high hopes and was really happy with how much my desire to like that movie had no problems being fulfilled at all. Until that last hour. With bad movies, it’s just a bad movie for me, but this one felt like I got betrayed after having already decided to love it.
But yeah, it’s just a movie and I shouldn’t be too invested. Great for you if you like it, I really wish I did, too.
I think what you are missing is that in the Fifth Element, the movie was intentionally cheesy so the ending being some hamfisted and contrite deus ex machina where love saves the day is consistent with the campy themes. For a movie that was up until then a rather serious science fiction thriller that spent most of the film world building and where the audience is presented with a mystery, to then solve that mystery in a very easy and contrite way is insulting because it makes all the world building meaningless and completely flips the tone of everything. It reeks of lazy writing, which is honestly is on par with much of Nolan’s work. In my opinion great world building scifi tends to resolve the conflicts by the characters finding ways to exploit the rules of the world. That’s what separates the serious works from the popcorn.
I’ve definitely experienced this with other movies, so I understand the disappointment.
You’re good. I don’t think you came off as condescending. It’s clear you were having a rant. And if you can’t have a good rant on the internet where is there left!