Interstellar review - some spoilers

Went to see Interstellar yesterday. Came away thinking that was OK, probably worth the time and money, but not overcome with awe.
Lots of minor glitches. The acting was generally paint by numbers wooden, which was high lit by the child star who was actually damn good (never work with kids and animals).
Special effects were OK, but some times they got the model scale wrong.

Plot had some links with Independence Day (all time poorest plotted movie) featuring a redneck farmer/pilot who saved the world and on the way found the most secretly hidden government underground research centre.

Couldn't quite work out why they needed a Saturn rocket to launch the lander from earth, but it then had the power to land on two worlds, and then take off from each.

Won't give away the ending, but handwavium was the saviour.

Daryl wrote:Went to see Interstellar yesterday. Came away thinking that was OK, probably worth the time and money, but not overcome with awe.
Lots of minor glitches. The acting was generally paint by numbers wooden, which was high lit by the child star who was actually damn good (never work with kids and animals).
Special effects were OK, but some times they got the model scale wrong.

Plot had some links with Independence Day (all time poorest plotted movie) featuring a redneck farmer/pilot who saved the world and on the way found the most secretly hidden government underground research centre.

Couldn't quite work out why they needed a Saturn rocket to launch the lander from earth, but it then had the power to land on two worlds, and then take off from each.

Won't give away the ending, but handwavium was the saviour.

I agree. The movie was "okay."

A second agree regarding Mackenzie Foy, the childstar who portrayed Murph. She was quite good. She shows some of the promise of a child prodigy mirroring the likes of a Dakota Fanning. Maybe. She's one to watch.

I was under the impression that the Saturn rocket was used because of necessity. They'd only get one shot at it, and the Saturn rocket has proved to be a workhorse. It still has the record for launching the largest payload into space. (important to storyline)

Also, no Saturn rocket has failed catastrophically in flight. Storyline only had one chance to get it right.

Ended up watching for the eye candy.

Story had some potential, but the emotional resonance between the father and daughter characters wasn't really there.

Some handwavium, and a few pieces that could be considered "fridge logic" (won't give away spoilers). Film could do with some serious editing as well; quite long.

But the SFX was probably some of the best I have ever seen, and they finally had silence in the vacuum of space (only how many years since 2001 was released?). I suppose I will have to wait several more decades before a truely brilliant screenplay, director and SFX team come together again...