Vince I make sweet, sweet love to my legally licenced copy of Microsoft Vista.
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Posted on: Nov. 16 2014,06:40
Overall, no. I don't want to give anything away. So I think the best way to describe it is to say it's much like his Batman movies were. Very dark but ultimately satisfying.
TPRJones I saw The Fault in our Stars opening night.
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Posted on: Nov. 16 2014,10:44
Hmmm, the feedback I had heard was that the science was pretty good, but that it wasn't very good as a movie. That it failed with the human elements of character and dialogue. You would disagree?
Vince I make sweet, sweet love to my legally licenced copy of Microsoft Vista.
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Posted on: Nov. 16 2014,15:46
That's an interesting question. I would disagree, but I would add that the movie does probably require a certain amount of empathy from the viewer to get that out of it. Getting to the human elements present a challenge for the movie for a couple of reasons. First, it's a really big story. There are a lot of moving parts plot wise. Also, the difference in time between what's happening in space and what's happening on earth creates some gaps on the earth bound side of things that the viewer needs to fill in.
It's not the kind of movie where a character says (paraphrasing) "I feel sad because X & Y". It's more of a story where you see the character reacting emotionally and have to put yourself in their place to really feel it and understand where it's coming from. That might be why some thought the dialog was failing. They inferred a lot instead of explaining it I guess.
I got the whole lump in the throat thing a couple of times.
Planning to watch Interstellar with the wife when I get back home.
In the meantime, I noticed a few of the movies with MM in them from the 2011-2012 period are on Netflix. I certainly overlooked them because of shit like "Failure to Launch"
Halfway through "Mud" right now. I like it so far. Next one is some kind of Texas murder movie - "Killer Joe"?
Vince I make sweet, sweet love to my legally licenced copy of Microsoft Vista.
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Posted on: Nov. 17 2014,14:06
Now I feel the pressure hoping you like it.
I did talk to the coworker I'd mentioned earlier and he thought it was in his top 5 movies of all time. Don't know that I'd put it that high, but definitely glad I saw it and saw it at the theater. A lot of his connection to the story came from his being a father as well. I think there's a really strong human element.
