I’ve been informed that Interstellar is regarded as one of the best Science Fiction movies of all time. Personally, I mean… I definitely thought it was fine.

Visually, this movie was pretty good once they actually got to space. The water planet was really fun to see, but that’s basically it. It’s very much going for “realistic” science fiction, which is understandable because the ending is bat shit crazy.

I do think Interstellar was predictable in a good way. Like, the plot is WILD, but when the ending comes around, it makes sense. Everything is set up very well, but… boy does it take them a while to do so. If I hadn’t watched this movie with friends, I probably wouldn’t have made it through the first half hour.

Matthew McConaughey didn’t really do much for me in this film, which is unfortunate as he plays the main character. They would have us believe he has chemistry with Anne Hathaway, which he doesn’t really. I usually really like Anne Hathaway. Her character, however… is fine? Mostly she’s just boring, but they really try to make her the “emotional” opposite to McConaughey’s “rational” scientist, which made me want to barf. Look: there’s not a lot of women in this movie. For no real reason! Half of the male characters could have been women and it wouldn’t have changed a thing. Cooper (the main character) could have been a woman and it wouldn’t have changed a thing either! OR? Maybe it would’ve been better??

No, but picture this: Anne Hathaway as the lead. Now there’s a movie I would have liked to see.

Matt Damon is also in this movie, with a subplot that really could have been cut out. His part is basically just the Martian, but nowhere near as good.

One of my minor gripes with this movie is that it tries to over-explain things. You can just let the ending be weird!! It’s science fiction! Have some fun!!! Not to mention that they’re so afraid of giving this movie an open ending when they really should have. Like, the ending is still open but as far as I’m concerned they could have ended it at a way earlier point and it would have been better.

Overall I’d say Interstellar has potential, but would have benefited from a LOT more editing.