Monday, November 10, 2014

Interstellar (2014)



Interstellar generated a great deal of excitement from movie fans prior to release, only to land with a bit of a thud as it gets celebrated by some for its visual treats but picked apart by many for logical lapses and a problematic third act. I'm not here to defend the third act - it is a stinker. The stinky third act is also one that you can see coming if you are paying attention both because it is a fairly conventional and familiar sci-fi "surprise" and because the film is larded with relentless hinting. The third act, however, only wounds and does not fully kill the experience of what was, for the nearly two hours that preceded it, one of the most entertaining movies I have seen this year.