Posted on 11/08/2014 11:04:11 PM PST by Enlightened1
Christopher Nolan's Interstellar took first place on Friday, though family moviegoers should drive Disney Animation's Big Hero 6 to a weekend win.
After two days in limited release, Interstellar expanded to 3,561 locations and earned an estimated $17 million. That's well below Inception's $21.8 million debut, though it is at least roughly on par with Gravity's $17.5 million start last year.
Interstellar's audience was split evenly between men (52 percent) and women, and skewed much older (75 percent were at least 25 years of age). They awarded the movie a "B+" CinemaScore, which is in line with Inception.
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This is a 3 hour movie that is mainly about technology, science, philosophy , religion and politics into one movie. Although it starts off a little slow it gets better and better throughout the movie.
Overall I would give it a 9 out of a 10. It's not perfect, but close to it.
Interstellar is a great movie until the final eighteen minutes. When you get to the scene of the crazed professor getting dumped into space and the Pilot/gal recover their station....walk out. At that moment, it’s still a five-star movie. After you get the explanation of the final eighteen minutes....you just start shaking your head and wondering what the heck this whole thing was about.
Nice you found an enjoyable big screen movie.
I have been increasingly disappointed with Hollywood’s offerings to the point that none are grabbing my interest.
For anyone in the washington dc area... a great way to see Interstellar is to first go to the air and space museum planetarium to see Dark Universe. That gives the edge of science fact while showing images similar to Interstellar. Then go see Interstellar. By doing the two together you have a better idea of the true boundary between science and science fiction.
The main character, McConaughey, went from the 3rd Dimension (where we are at now) to the 4th Dimension in that Scene.
Here is an explanation of the 10 dimensions.
There is no question director Christopher Nolan is a gifted storyteller and that this fact has a lot to do with his deserved success. What really sets the director apart, though, is his love for humanity. Unlike so many of his counterparts, Nolan doesn't see mankind as a disease or doomed by an inevitable apocalypse brought on by man's greed and ignorance. Nolan thinks we're pretty special, and in his achingly ambitious "Interstellar" this belief once again manifests itself in more than just theme.
Nolan believes so much in us he doesn't patronize or pander with only the "feel-good." Although he creates hugely expensive tentpole blockbusters, his canon isn't watered down for mass appeal. As we saw in the last two chapters of his "Dark Knight" trilogy and 2010's "Inception", Nolan gambles big on this faith with hugely complicated (in a good way) stories that that have Big Things to say about the human condition, our place in the universe, and our unlimited potential for decency and to make better or save humanity.
I rarely go... about 3 times a year. Usually in the Summer and again around Christmas.
Although I may have to see “Exodus: Gods and Kings” in the Theater too. Check it out,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8YsulfxVI
Wow I did not know that about Christoper Nolan?
Anyway that’s impressive!
Just tell me it is not about global warming, and that would make me go see it. :)
LOL! Hey if it was, then I would NOT recommend it.
Is it about evil white people killing polar bears and space or just about space and people?
Son and DIL went to see it last night. The LOVED it! Me and grandpa will wait until it comes out on Netflix. Son really wants us to see it. He said it’s family friendly. That’s a great plus.
In the 1950s and 1960s it was 25 cents to go to the movie, 75 cents if you were 12 or older. Drive in was $1.00 per car. Cokes were 5 cents....
People asked Sandra Bullock what it was like ‘filming in outer space’ after she made GRAVITY. I wonder if people are asking MM the same thing... LOL
LOL! It’s about people and explorers in space.
Yep that’s what printing money out of thin air does.
Not clear cut right or left. Themes about environmentalism (Food supply is down just growing corn), but also defends Americans as explorers.
The space scenes seem, from my understanding, pretty real? Although I am sure an expert would tear it apart.
It's a dust bowl like we had in the Midwest during the 1930s.
The film does not go into why it was happening.
And the average American made how much a year? It’s all relative.
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