Anyone know how we would get tickets to the sneak peak at Gulf Point AMC 30? It sounds dope. http://variety.com/2014/film/news/interstellar-oculus-rift-exhibits-1201322025/
A friend saw this at the world premiere. I respect his taste in his movies so it worried me when he said the movie was a bit disappointing given the hype and long wait. Said although visually amazing, the plot was somewhat mediocre. It reminded him of Prometheus (2012) which many hated for its 2nd half of the story.
Kind of reminds me of Gravity I think it should be better than that but . .. . . one never knows Rocket River
It does make me a little bit nervous that they are using a heavy lift chemical rocket to get to an interstellar spacecraft with the power to make blackholes.
When I first watched it I assumed they were using some refurbed Saturn V rocket because of a global emergency (and the scavanging of parts from a drone). But then I saw the really advanced tech later in the trailer and wondered why that would be the case.
The cast is ridiculous. You would expect more from all the A-listers and Nolan directing. I was really looking forward to watching this. Kinda bum about all the negative reviews so far.
I only look at the Top Critics. So let's look at them: 8.8/10 80% 4 Fresh 1 Rotten Seems pretty good to me.
It's got a great cast. Looks to be visually spectacular. It's a sci-fi, which is hardly a well-tread genre these days. And yes it's Nolan. If it's similar to Gravity, in that the story doesn't hold to the same level as the rest of the production, I'm fine with that. And then the dynamic between him and his daughter, and the line "I'll love you forever." As a father that get's me every time. Maybe we've been spoiled by his other movies and the high reviews they've received. Cause 70% if that holds, is still damn good.
Also, it's not a reboot, franchise starter or superhero movie which is really rare nowadays from big studio productions...
Nolan has a thing for film stock, and has single-handedly kept Imax film (as in non-digital) alive. At least, that's what an art house projectionist claimed when I was having this conversation two days ago. I don't know how far technology has improved, but I'm guessing old-fashioned silver halide film still has an advantage in contrast ratio. But the real answer I'd be safe with is, Nolan shot it on film and prefers it projected old school, and that's how his films were intended to be viewed (including the Dark Knight trilogy).
Guardian - Jonah Nolan (Christopher’s brother) had originally been hired by Steven Spielberg and the producer Linda Obst, in 2007, to turn Kip Thorne’s theories about black holes and wormholes into a movie for Paramount. Eventually Spielberg moved on to other projects, but one evening in 2009, while scouting locations for the final film in the Batman trilogy,The Dark Knight Rises, Jonah told his brother about the script he was working on. Nolan had his own ideas for a movie about interplanetary travel, which he merged with the first and final acts of Jonah’s script. He also brought along Warner Bros, even though the project had been initiated by Paramount. “He doesn’t have a deal with Warner Bros, and it wasn’t like he was obliged to make sure they were a part of it,” Brad Grey said. When he met Nolan to hear the pitch for the script, the director said that he wanted Warner Bros to be a part of the deal, as an acknowledgment of the support they had given Nolan after a lone gunman walked into a packed theatre showing The Dark Knight Rises in 2012, killing 12 audience members and injuring 70 others. The studio had closed ranks around the film-maker, pulling him from a European press tour, withholding grosses, and donating money to a charity benefiting the victims. “He felt a real sense of loyalty because of what they had just been through,” Grey said. “When he explained it to me I said yes on the spot.” The deal that Paramount and Warner Bros negotiated was anomalous to say the least. For the right to distribute Interstellar internationally, Warner Bros traded the rights for two of their franchises, Friday the 13th and South Park, plus “a to-be-determined A-list Warners property”, while its subsidiary, Legendary, agreed to trade Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice for a further piece of the pie. To say this disregards the reigning economic logic of modern Hollywood is not quite right – it reverses the normal logic by which Hollywood operates. Franchises are the lifeblood of the studios. For Warner Bros to hand over the rights to two of its well-known properties, representing money in the bank, for the opportunity to take a spin on an original idea – a film with no sequel potential and few merchandising opportunities, based on the dimly understood recesses of quantum physics – speaks both to the value placed by the studios on Nolan, and also the extent to which he has become a franchise unto himself. Some cool behind the scenes **** from the Hollywood movie industry that I didnt even know could go on. Studios trading movie franchises like they’re goddam baseball cards. Pulling the trigger on a 2 movies and a property to be named later for McConaughey and Nolan like its some sort of fantasy movie league. I gotta be honest, I feel like Warner Bros. straight up fleeced Paramount in this deal. I mean this isn’t the 1980s…how much money are you really making on Friday the 14th almost 35 years after it first came out? I know you can always churn out a Jason Voorhees flick and make a little dough but its not like you’re getting a big time money maker. South Park I’m sure has potential for at least another big movie but its not like they are churning those out left and right either. That A-List property to be named later is a mother****er though. I wonder if Paramount can just choose which one they want. Wait for the next Harry Potter to come along and be like “Yea we’ll take that one.” If Warner Bros is smart they put some protection on that future pick. But overall I feel like nabbing Nolan and McConaughey in the most highly anticipated sci fi movie since like Avatar is a steal. This movie is gonna make a billion dollars. You can have Voorhees and Cartman, I’ll take the billion dollars now.
