I didn't get any romantic vibe from that at all. I just figured it's because he found out she was still alive and was likely the last person from his time that he might still have a connection with her.
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I didn't get any romantic vibe from that at all. I just figured it's because he found out she was still alive and was likely the last person from his time that he might still have a connection with her.
I thought Hathaway was fantastic as Catwoman in TDKR (and was actually the only part of that movie I really liked). And she was also great in Rachel Getting Married as well.
I agree she wasn't that memorable here, but that's probably because her character wasn't really given anything much to do, except cry and give a really sappy speech about the power of love.
I agree she wasn't that memorable here, but that's probably because her character wasn't really given anything much to do, except cry and give a really sappy speech about the power of love.
Agreeing with David Brin!
My top 15 SF movies of the decade so far:
2010s:
1. Interstellar(2014)
2. Transcendence(2014)
3. Inception(2010)
4. Edge of Tomorrow(2014)
5. Pacific Rim(2013)
6. Star Trek: Into Darkness(2013)
7. Europa Report(2013)
8. Man of Steel(2013)
9. Oblivion(2013)
10. Her(2013)
11. X-Men: Days of Future Past(2014)
12. Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)
13. Looper(2012)
14. Tron:Legacy(2010)
15. The Adjustment Bureau(2011)
My top 15 SF movies of the decade so far:
2010s:
1. Interstellar(2014)
2. Transcendence(2014)
3. Inception(2010)
4. Edge of Tomorrow(2014)
5. Pacific Rim(2013)
6. Star Trek: Into Darkness(2013)
7. Europa Report(2013)
8. Man of Steel(2013)
9. Oblivion(2013)
10. Her(2013)
11. X-Men: Days of Future Past(2014)
12. Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)
13. Looper(2012)
14. Tron:Legacy(2010)
15. The Adjustment Bureau(2011)
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Finally saw the movie. I loved it. "A." If I had to choose one scene as my favorite (there were many contenders) it was the matching rotation between the dropship and the Endurance, which was incredibly intense and had me awestruck. My least favorite scene would probably be Brand talking about love being a multi-dimensional blargle garble so let's risk everything on that. I'm not opposed to expressions of love, mind you, and I found the love between Cooper and Murph to be well-handled (Nolan no doubt basing a lot of it on his feelings for his own daughter), it's just Brand's rationale was goofy as hell. Just say "my boyfriend went there and I'd like to take a chance on seeing him again" and don't try and gussy it up a bunch of pseudoscience. The scenes of Cooper's son contacting him over the years and his daughter's anger at him were heartbreaking.
Agreed, the love between Cooper and "Murph" was really the soul of this movie and, thus, more logical as to what was driving Coop as opposed to Amelia's wistful, school-girl, heart-fluttering for Nameless/Faceless Astronaut 37B. Her little speech during the decision on which planet to go to next really did little for me, that was probably the weakest part of the movie for me. It just didn't really seem to fit. Mostly because we're not given too much to really even care about her or her beau on the planet.
The docking of the out-of-control space-craft truly was a breathtaking scene. I'd probably make it one of favorites as well, but there were just a lot of cool moments in this movie. I liked the scene of the lander descending onto Hoth and its wing nicks a chunk out of a frozen cloud. I'm pretty sure you can't have a frozen cloud on a planet suitable for human life, but whatever, it was cool.
It truly was, though, a wonder that that planet was even being considered once Coop and the rest of the team got there, you'd think once there they'd be like, "Yeah, this place obviously sucks. How can we possibly have humanity survive in a place with such cold temperature extremes, frozen clouds, and no apparent means of maintaining crops? Hell, how will we even drill for minerals and such? Plus, you seem kind of crazy, yeah I think we'll tell NASA to go for the other planet.
The docking of the out-of-control space-craft truly was a breathtaking scene. I'd probably make it one of favorites as well, but there were just a lot of cool moments in this movie. I liked the scene of the lander descending onto Hoth and its wing nicks a chunk out of a frozen cloud. I'm pretty sure you can't have a frozen cloud on a planet suitable for human life, but whatever, it was cool.
It truly was, though, a wonder that that planet was even being considered once Coop and the rest of the team got there, you'd think once there they'd be like, "Yeah, this place obviously sucks. How can we possibly have humanity survive in a place with such cold temperature extremes, frozen clouds, and no apparent means of maintaining crops? Hell, how will we even drill for minerals and such? Plus, you seem kind of crazy, yeah I think we'll tell NASA to go for the other planet.
I'm normally not a fan of people shouting things at the screen, but a dude in our theater said "Maaaaatt Daaaaamon!" in his best Team America voice when he was revealed, and it cracked people up.
Jessica Chastain is pretty famous too. She's considered A-List and she was the IT Girl and the most sought after actress in early 2013.
As for Hathaway, I thought she was great.
Yeah you'd think all they'd have to do is orbit the planet a couple times before going "Hey waaaaiit a minute here, this planet is made up of nothing but ice. Why would we possibly think this is a good place to settle? And why would we waste any more time and fuel flying down to it?"
Of course the weird thing is the movie and all the characters make all this fuss about the desperate need to evacuate a dying, starving Earth and find a new habitable planet to live on... but by the end the only one who really seems interested in that planet anymore is Cooper. Everyone else seems really happy and content on their giant circular space station farm. Lol
I agree. I love the film, but the weakest part of the film was the actual mission scenes.. meaning the planetary surveys. We almost have the technology today to tell if a planet thousands of light years away can support life (with reasonable certainty). Surely they'd be able to tell if a planet can have colony just by being in orbit.
With Miller's planet I felt no emotion as Hathaway went for the data module. I mean, all they knew is that the planet was near a black hole, there was too much gravity, it was all water, had tidal waves, and wouldn't be a nice place to live. All of that information can be gathered from being near the system.
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Their engines were water-logged from the wave, so it took them longer to get off the surface than they had planned. *That's* why they were so emotional about the 23 years.
IIRC, their calculation were still a bit off, they were only on the planet for a couple of hours (which only should have been 14 years for Earth and the ship in orbit) but actually 23 years passed.
I love how much more confusing the film is when people try to help make it easy to understand!
(the first big mistake about this pic is that "black hole" should be called "worm hole")
(the first big mistake about this pic is that "black hole" should be called "worm hole")
Hey, FSM, did you want the animated version of your Tesseract avatar? I reduced the file size so it fits the TBBS limits.
Yes.
They knew how long should have passed based on the 1 hour = 7 year ratio but 23 years had passed which was MORE than they expected. They even commented in the dialogue how their calculations were off. THAT'S why there were so shocked. They were fretting on the surface about all the extra years and then lost even MORE on top of that.
Hell, they could probably tell more from space than on the surface when (according to their initial calculations) they would have to wait 168 years for Miller to accumulate a single day's worth of planetary data!
Wasn't there a DS9 Episode that was somewhat similar to this plot related to the time distillation? IIRC it's one where Sisko the rest of the Defiant crew are communicating with a SF captain via sub-space. When they arrive at the planet she's located at they find out she's been long since dead.
Hey, FSM, did you want the animated version of your Tesseract avatar? I reduced the file size so it fits the TBBS limits.
ah, thank you. I'll try to use it when i get home later