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Just saw it - not impressed!

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Doug Flynn

In Reply to: RE: OK, I know I'm late to the party, but I finally saw "Interstellar". posted by free.ranger on November 17, 2014 at 20:44:14

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Edits: 02/27/18

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Maybe you just don't like sci fi as a genre anymore? - Jazz Inmate 07:04:38 11/18/14 (15)
Above all, I like that films such as Prometheus and Interstellar cast the scientists' motives as self-serving and opposite the greater good, in contrast to sci fi of yesteryear. I think that takes guts and brings new life to a genre that had become too formulaic and tiresome.
- You mean - the monster movies? - Victor Khomenko 11:10:00 11/18/14 (14)
  It seems the American sci-fi movies have developed (some might say - degraded...) into silly monster flicks. A competition for the most revolting monster... with plenty of bodily fluids, ugly overbite and great survival skills.
  
  I have not seen any "sci-" part in a long, long, long time...
  
  I recently had rather dubious pleasure of watching the Prometheus and Event Horizon - both pretty much belong in that category.
  
  Besides the endless parade of unpleasant, flesh-devouring space rats - is there anything out there worth watching in that genre? I hate to have to go back to the 2001 and Solaris times...
  - RE: You mean - the monster movies? - pictureguy 16:08:32 11/19/14 (0)
    What might be the most literate SciFi entry of all times was a mid-50s entry called 'Forbidden Planet'.
    Based on Shakespeares 'The Tempest', it features what can only be described as a 'stellar' cast with a great plot and motivation.
    
    �..
    Too much is never enough
  - "with plenty of bodily fluids, ugly overbite and great survival skills. ". . . . . - Billy Wonka 15:14:41 11/18/14 (0)
    One more rude comment, wisenheim, and Delaware will be my new home.
  - Loud. Explosive. BIGGER! Guys like Jazz (he should use METAL for his film monicker) - tinear 13:37:27 11/18/14 (2)
    grew up in the GameBoy era: non-stop action! Big noises! Bigger is Better!
    Of course a film should show concepts and not expend time with nerdy sci-babble.
    The problem with Interstellar is that it's a REALLY corny film when you strip away the BOOM!
    It's really a parental love story, but it has no time to develop that aspect. So what is it?
    It's a superficial vehicle for people mesmerized by bright lights and BIG noises to become neurally short-circuited. The complexity of the story is to give them cover to claim it's "deep."
    - Tin, all my posts regarding Interstellar and Prometheus have been about the symbolism and multilayered meaning - Jazz Inmate 09:32:06 11/19/14 (1)
      behind the story arc and imagery. I have not adopted a juvenile attitude about films, so your comments, as usual, are really weird.
      - Heavy metal can have all the symbolism and meaning one would wish for - tinear 19:47:49 11/19/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Tin, all my posts regarding Interstellar and Prometheus have been about the symbolism and multilayered meaning posted by Jazz Inmate on November 19, 2014 at 09:32:06
        
        in a deafening, repetitive, and non-original format.
        I stand by my comparison. Jazz isn't about sledgehammering the audience into submission. Metal is. Interstellar is. 2001 isn't.
  - No monsters in this one Vic. But it had a spaceship doing equivalent of wheelies. - free.ranger 12:25:53 11/18/14 (1)
    That was special. One of the loud music periods.
    - They wore leather jackets... - Victor Khomenko 14:13:29 11/18/14 (0)
      Spaceship mama... here I come!
      Maybe I should see it... after all.
      
      Edits: 11/18/14
  - Re Solaris. . . I hate to think about the fact. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:06:47 11/18/14 (6)
    . . . that the beautiful Natalya Bondarchuk must now be a babushka.
    - There you go! - Victor Khomenko 12:19:01 11/18/14 (5)
      Then... and now.
      
      Edits: 11/18/14
      - Yikes! - rlw 15:52:26 11/18/14 (4)
        
        In Reply to: RE: There you go! posted by Victor Khomenko on November 18, 2014 at 12:19:01
        
        Man, she's hideous now...
        -RW-
        
        Here's a better shot - Victor Khomenko 16:06:56 11/18/14 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Yikes! posted by rlw on November 18, 2014 at 15:52:26
        
        Below is her husband... 14 years her younger.
        
        Where did the beauty go? (Open in New Window)
        
        Edits: 11/18/14
        
        Harpooooon that whale! - rlw 13:58:48 11/19/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Here's a better shot posted by Victor Khomenko on November 18, 2014 at 16:06:56
        
        Mrs. Moby Dick?
        -RW-
        
        Noooooooooooooooo!!! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:32:19 11/19/14 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Here's a better shot posted by Victor Khomenko on November 18, 2014 at 16:06:56
        
        Even worse, she's an accomplished violinist w/intimate shots accompanying the liner notes. - tinear 07:34:21 11/19/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Noooooooooooooooo!!! [nt] posted by Chris from Lafayette on November 19, 2014 at 00:32:19
        
        Not. :-)

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