The science of “Interstellar” is daunting and I can absolutely see it taking away from the overall enjoyment of the film.  If your head is hurting from wormholes, relativity, black holes and interstellar travel, believe me you’re not the only one.  The science and the movie’s obsession with it is one of the biggest problems I have with the movie and the amount of exposition needed to even try to make sense of what is happening.  Another problem I have is with the ending and while I’m obviously not going to spoil anything here I did roll my eyes a couple times at what happens.  The acting is mediocre, the dialogue is often silly and it’s a little too long. Okay, now that I got that out of the way, let me gush about this movie.

There are things in “Interstellar” that quite frankly, I’ve never seen before.  The scenes in space are simply remarkable and several times almost look like actual Hubble images.  The concept is incredibly ambitious and the ambition of this movie is awe inspiring.  In fact, the ambition is where this movie get lost.  I feel like Christopher Nolan’s vision for this film was a 5 hour space opera and it’s almost impossible not to view “2001: A Space Odyssey” as a comparison.  The difference here though is that where “2001: A Space Odyssey” really delivered on the ambition of its ideas I feel like “Interstellar” faltered and ultimately couldn’t stick the landing.  Where “Interstellar” excels though is the ride to get there.  After the opening Earth sequences and obvious exposition dump from very good actors like Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine, then the real movie begins.  The adventure starts and as we go from space stations to black holes to planets and to solar systems it’s just one awe inspiring scene after another.

The movie is gorgeous. Ambition is an impossible thing to quantify, but when you see it, it’s undeniable.  Maybe Nolan missed the mark in a few areas but in the end I still walked away with the knowledge that I had seen something that really went for it and shot for the very stars that it captured so impressively on the screen.

Recommend? Absolutely, it’s Christopher Nolan in space, go watch it.