Day 7 Interstellar
[2014]
Writer(s) Jonathan Nolan &
Christopher Nolan
Director Christopher Nolan
Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema
Music
Composition Hans Zimmer
Leads Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway,
Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Matt Damon.
Production Legendary Pictures,
Syncopy, Lynda Obst Productions
IMDb 8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes 71%
I
am trying to mainly watch films I haven’t seen before in this year of film, but
I couldn’t resist re-watching this one. I think I may have actually enjoyed it
more second time around. It’s the music I think that does it. The masterful
Hans Zimmer showing everyone how to turn a great film into an excellent one.
The scene where Dr Mann (Damon) tries to dock on the Endurance and blows his
ship up and Cooper (McConaughey) realises that it’s their only chance to dock
is a perfect example of Zimmer playing the viewer’s emotions like a fiddle. I
got tingles as we see a silent explosion, the music then builds until Cooper’s
answer to Dr Brand (Hathaway) “docking”, and then the organs kick in. Boom! All
the music is epic. The story is also incredible, even if it is hugely
inaccurate scientifically, who cares? McConaughey is incredible and although I
dislike Hathaway she plays her character well. Anne Hathaway is like the
try-hard at school that nobody likes. I could write so much more about this film, with all its memorable lines
(‘I’ve waited years’, ‘don’t let me leave Murph’, ‘it was me Murph, I was your
ghost’) and beautiful space shots, I admit I cried in certain scenes. How did
Gravity win so many awards and this didn’t? Close to film perfection.
Acting 3 / 4
Writing 3 / 4
Cinematography 3.5 / 4
Music 4 / 4
HWF rating 3.5 / 4