After we get a look at Cooper's life and intellectual mind, he is then approached by Professor Brand (Michael Caine) who is asking him to go back to his piloting and engineer days by flying a spaceship into outer space. Why? It's because the earth is under such bad health/nature where the dust storms they are having will eventually get worse and the crops will no longer be able to grow anymore food causing starvation leading to extinction of all human life. It is now up to Cooper to fly the rest of the space explorers to a black hole where they can search for other planets among other solar systems to move human life to. What are the obstacles? That most intense parts of the movie. It is time. What ever solar system or planet in that system they travel to, the people on earth will age years faster depending on how long they are on that planet. It's the best kind of intense because it gives us more dramatic characterizations about Cooper and his family being at stake. the way Nolan approaches it though is more subtle than it would be nail-biting. You feel for his character and the dilemmas he goes through when it comes to wanting to go back to earth to be with his age and saving the human race before time for the humans on earth runs out.
I'm gonna leave it there so you readers can go see the movie to find out what happens. Before you go though, I do want to say that I think this is Matthew McConaughey's best work by far. I even thought his performance in the trailer to this film was better than his whole work in Dallas Buyers Club. We of course get a whole line of great performances as well like Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and Mackenzie Foy especially who gets my personal award for "Best Performance of the Year by a Child". There are a lot of cameos as well that give provide their non-wasted two cents as well like Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, Ellen Burstyn, Wes Bentley, and Bill Irwin who provides the voice for the best written robot I've seen in a movie yet. Yes, there are robots in this movie. Please still see it.
The technical aspects of this movie are the best I've seen this year going from the visual effects, to the production design to the music score by Hans Zimmer which I believe is not only the best of his whole career but also the best music score I've heard this decade so far. It provides everything a score needs when it comes to pure epic moments toning it down to its more quiet moments. This is the first time in a long time that I've wanted the soundtrack to a film this bad. Hoyte Van Hoytema was the perfect replacement for Nolan's previous cinematographer Wally Pfister who had worked on Nolan's previous films going all the way back to Memento (2001). The shots done by Hoytema are incredible enough that you would definitely get your money's worth if you saw it on an IMAX 70mm screen.
Christopher Nolan has awarded his fans, obviously including myself, with his most ambitious work yet. It's something I've personally wanted from him for a long time because it's the most emotional and subtle experience I've had from his films to date. The script he's written definitely moves fast with its plot, but still takes its time with getting to know the characters. You in fact get to know the characters so well that it comes off as more of a character and plot study than it would an action film as most would assume from the trailers. I would also assume that almost anyone who is a Christopher Nolan fan who's only favorite movies of his are The Dark Knight Trilogy and maybe Inception are probably going to hate this movie because it might be to big for their train of thought required for this type of experience. Either way, it is an experience I HIGHLY recommend you at least check out. It might also require a second viewing, especially for the last 40 minutes of the film. The film was great enough that I went to see it two more times and still want to see it more. I love this movie and I hope everyone goes to see this film at least once (or twice). If they do, see it the best way possible, which is IMAX 70mm.
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