Interstellar

AsSiMiLaTeD

Saw it tonight in the full 70mm IMAX format and it was spectacular, best thing I've seen in a LONG time! I'll need a rematch to confirm, but this one probably makes my top 5 list.

I'm sure this movie can and will get picked apart from a scientific perspective, but those who want to pick this apart are missing the point and, more importantly, the spirit of the movie. This is not a documentary on relativity and quantum physics, it's a movie.

Go see it on the biggest screen you can find, come prepared to be engaged intellectually and emotionally, and visit the bathroom before because it's the better part of three hours and there's not really a part of the movie that's a good time to leave.

If you have the chance to see the full IMAX 70mm version go for it. There are only a handful of theaters showing it in this format, only 3 in the state of Texas. If you can't do that version try the regular IMAX version or the 70mm non-IMAX version, go see the normal digital version as a last resort if you can't find those film versions near you.

whgarrett1394

Thanks for the info, bro. I've been waiting to see this for a long while and didn't want to get too high of expectations. Can't wait!!

AsSiMiLaTeD

It looks like I'm going again over the weekend with another group of friends so we'll see how it holds up after a second viewing

dromunds

Thinking of going tonight..... Just megascreen. Lol

whgarrett1394

Went and saw Interstellar last night. I thought it was magnificent. Definitely not a movie for everyone, but for me it was three hours of brilliance.

Polkie2009

I'll keep an eye on Interstellar to see what others are saying before I see it. Having seen a few reviews on it and compared to the other new movie "Fury", many are saying "Fury" was a better movie and are hoping it will win an Oscar or two.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Interstellar is a very polarizing movie that you need to see for yourself to form an opinion. Comparing to something like Fury doesn't really make sense, as they're not even remotely similar.

drumminman

Some of the reviews I've read said the science was fairly accurate, the special effects great, but what made it outstanding is it's still a movie about people. IOW the se's don't overshadow the character development. It's on my short list.

BlueFox

Definitely will buy the Blueray so I can watch it with great sound in a good theater.

AsSiMiLaTeD

This is one you may want to watch in the theater if you've got a good IMAX nearby. I've been in a few really high end home theaters and none of those can compete with the best IMAX screens out there, especially with a movie like this.

The trick is finding a good screen, even here in Dallas where we are fairly modern there are less than a handful of really good screens.

AsSiMiLaTeD

I saw the 70mm IMAX version the first time and nobody in the theater seemed to have an issue, didn't see anyone get up and walk out either. My wife gets motion sickness very easily (can't ride in the back of a car of fly without dramamine) and she made it through just fine.

Trust me, if you can find it in your area the 70mm IMAX is the version of this film you want to see. There are very few of those around the country though, so good luck.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Must have been the screen you saw it on then, because that is not normal. Like I said, nobody here had issues and I'm not seeing these problems mentioned online.

I'm not discounting your experience, I'm merely pointing out that it's not a broader issue and advising other people not to skip that version based on an isolated incident.

AsSiMiLaTeD

DSkip wrote: »

What theater did you go to Danny?

I've seen it on two screens here in Dallas. The Cinemark at Webb Chapel is the only 70mm IMAX screen in the area and is where I first saw it. I watched it again at the AMC Northpark on the 'fake' IMAX screen, that was the regular, digital, IMAX version.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Geez dude, relax...

You said "if you get even the slightest bit motion sick, you will be yacking your guts out in an iMax". That's a pretty declarative statement and is gonna scare people off because a lot of people get 'the slightest bit motion sick'.

I responded that, not only had I had not seen anyone with that reaction including my wife who is extremely sensitive to that, but that I hadn't seen mention of a problem with this movie in that regard online anywhere.

In response to the search you did, I googled that exact phrase and I get lots of hits of course, but I'm not seeing the complaints. I had to get through the first 6 links before I found anything, and that was one guy complaining about his kid getting motion sickness.

As I said a couple posts above, I'm not discounting your experience and I'm sure a handful of people may get motion sickness. I just wanted to make the point that I had not observed that behavior nor have I seen it mentioned in all the discussion I've seen of the various versions of this movie online, and that I don't think it's as bad as your initial post made it sound or at least how I interpreted it.

AsSiMiLaTeD

OK, fair enough about me discounting your experience, poor choice of words on my part. As I mentioned though that wasn't my intent. To help others here who might be on the fence, link up some of those articles or news stories about the issues with this movie. I didn't come across those in my search, so I'm genuinely curious and not just trying to be an ****.

That being said, I never said I had read 'ALL' the discussions of the versions of this movie, I said that in all the discussions I had read I didn't see it mentioned. That may seem like a small grammar syntax thing, but those are two VERY different statements. If we're gonna argue let's try to keep it limited to the actual content on the page.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Wow, that discussion went sideways really fast. Sorry about that for anyone who's unfortunate enough to have read through all that.

So, I'm sure there's a chance some can get motion sickness but still go see the 70mm IMAX version if you can, it's worth the risk. If you end up getting sick I'm sure the theater will let you swap to a different version. If you can't do that version at least try to find the 70mm film version without the IMAX scenes.

Geez, I shoulda just posted that the first time...

AsSiMiLaTeD

Here is a breakdown of the articles listed:

http://www.shakesville.com/2014/11/film-corner-interstellar.html
The reviewer mentions the potential of motion sickness, but goes on to say it's not as bad as Gravity. I assume you've not seen Gravity in IMAX since you've never had issues before and this reviewer said Interstellar was not as bad, that's a bummer because Gravity was really cool in IMAX.

http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2lmysq/interstellar_question/
There are zero complaints in that link, a guy asking about it and someone mentioning Transformers but no complaint about Interstellar.

https://www.facebook.com/amctheatres/posts/10152366167377413
No complaint at all

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=919753&page=40
This one does have a mention of one girl getting sick, so there's complain #1.

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=212495&page=66
No complaint at all, people praising the IMAX version actually

http://campus.ie/surviving-college/ents/interstellar-review-unconventional-genius-nolan
This reviewer cautions against sitting in the front of an IMAX showing, so not sure if that counts as a complaint.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QFoq6cYsMg
That basically has nothing to do with this conversation, but the Oculus Rift version looks WAY cool!

http://niketalk.com/t/567941/christopher-nolans-interstellar-nov-7-2014-run-time-2hrs-49mins/240
This one has a guy saying that he heard about some reporting getting sick, not really a complaint if you ask me but we'll count it as one.

https://twitter.com/dance_life_away
Given the context of her other tweets on that page I bet she hadn't even seen the movie, but we'll count it.

http://sarahsbackstagepass.com/interstellar-pg-13-★★★½/
The reviewer mentions that it is not recommended for those sensitive to IMAX sickness.

http://www.nolanfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=15758&start=330
Another complain for sure here.

So, of the 11 articles linked 6 had warnings or complaints. We had to get through 3 pages of Google search results to get half a dozen complaints about the movie. I didn't see a CNN article linked, but don't think it really matters at this point.

One thing I do think is fair to say is that we don't have any articles or news stories about the IMAX version being problematic for people with motion sickness. So while you are correct that this isn't necessarily an isolated incident, it's also clearly not a widespread issue affecting lots of people.

So here's where we're at:

In your initial post you said "if you get even the slightest bit motion sick, you will be yacking your guts out in an iMax". That's a pretty declarative statement and is gonna scare people off because a lot of people get 'the slightest bit motion sick'. Maybe my interpretation of that was wrong, but it seemed reasonable. My response, however, was poorly worded and in retrospect came across more harsh than I intended, which then triggered your responses that I believe were equally harsh.

Like I said above, I'm sure there's a chance some can get motion sickness, but still go see the 70mm IMAX version if you can, it's worth the risk. If you end up getting sick I'm sure the theater will let you swap to a different version. If you can't do that version at least try to find the 70mm film version without the IMAX scenes.

dromunds

I saw it last night on the Megascreen. Pretty good movie, really great effects. The ending I need to see again.

codyc1ark

Whoa... Calm down boys. I'll be seeing it this afternoon on 70mm imax, and getting paid while doing it! Huzzah!

mhardy6647

whoa... I thought that previous post said "getting laid while doing it!"...

TNHNDYMAN

Why don't you guys exchange personal emails or phone numbers and take your pi$$ing contest offline. Ridiculous.

AsSiMiLaTeD

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=212495&page=66
115 pages of posts, the link points to page 66. You check all 115 pages? Because I did. Several mentions of vertigo and motion sickness in the thread.

Then why not just link to the page with those comments?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QFoq6cYsMg
Read the comments. The video itself wasn't my point. The mentions of motion sickness in the comments were.

That's completely irrelevant since it's an offhand comment talking about what may happen with the Oculus version and has nothing to do with the IMAX version.

AsSiMiLaTeD

TNHNDYMAN wrote: »

Why don't you guys exchange personal emails or phone numbers and take your pi$$ing contest offline. Ridiculous.

You're absolutely right. I had another huge response typed up and decided not to keep it going. That's difficult for me because it's just not in my nature but this discussion has long since gone beyond benefiting anyone else here and has become beyond petty at this point.

I don't concede the debate (if you can call...whatever this is a debate) but I'm certainly not going to drag it out further here.

AsSiMiLaTeD

ZLTFUL wrote: »

It isn't a pissing contest. It is having your experience dismissed as a one off affair because the other person didn't have a similar experience.
It is again having your experience dismissed after providing evidence of similar experiences from others.

I completely agree with Assimilated on the movie being a very good movie. I just don't appreciate it when someone discounts my opinion and then says, specifically that they aren't dismissing my opinion.

Anyway, I am done with the thread.

It wan't my intention to specifically dismiss your opinion, I was more trying to understand and then put some context in terms of the rarity of that experience since I wasn't seeing it shared by others and things got out of hand.

I'm particularly sensitive to posts where I think people overstate or exaggerate things because people do that so much, especially when those comments are declarative and likely to influence other the actions of others. Maybe I read too much into that, but that's how I interpreted that first comment and is what prompted my subsequent reply.

I'm also done here, at least with this discussion.

I should have just let the initial post go and instead we have a whole page of nonsense. I basically ruined my own thread, I'm an idiot...

codyc1ark

Back to topic, the IMAX version was really, really good. The coworker I went with said it was too loud, I disagreed and stated that what reference level sounds/feels like.

AsSiMiLaTeD

The digital IMAX version I saw (not the 70mm) was actually very loud, I actually had to wear my earplugs and after the movie I felt like I had been pounded in the chest for three hours.

headrott

Just got back from seeing it. I thought overall it was a great movie. I had a couple issues with the story line and also the sound levels. It was probably a theatre specific issue, but in a number of cases the music drowned out the dialogue. In some cases, it was done on purpose, but in some cases I couldn't understand the dialogue when I should have been able to. I will watch it again when it comes out on Blu-Ray on my theatre downstairs so I can understand all the dialogue.

Overall, a great movie. Like Contact and The Fourth Kind, the ideas in the movie can be taken a few different ways. I have my own ideas about what was implied in the movie. Once I can understand all the dialogue, it may answer a few questions I have about the story. Again, it was probably just the theatre I saw it in that caused the audio imbalance problems, but did anyone else have a hard time understanding the dialogue in some spots?

AsSiMiLaTeD

Well there were scenes where the audio was pushed up and even covered some unimportant dialogue, but you already noticed that. I've seen it in two formats on two screens in two different theaters run by two different companies and I didn't notice any issue, other than the whole movie being presented exceptionally loud in the second viewing at the AMC 'digital' IMAX.

dromunds

When I saw it on the "Megascreen" there were no issues with loudness. No trouble whatsoever understanding the dialogue.

exalted512

I enjoyed the movie. I didn't see it on IMAX, just a regular screen with not so great audio, but I enjoyed it anyway.

I'd say 9.2/10. I think I had higher hopes going into it because of all the talk about how this is one of the best movies ever and it really makes you think, but I didn't think it was hard to follow and found some of the plot twist's to be predictable.
-Cody

AsSiMiLaTeD

I completely agree Cody,

Anyone who thinks this is the best movie ever made very likely has had limited exposure to film (see what I did there?). This is a great movie but it's not even in the discussion for best movie ever made, it's probably not even the best movie this director has made (Inception was arguably a better film).

This movie is also not the brain bender that some people make it out to be. Sure, it's a bit more thought provoking and intelligent than Die Hard and is on the higher end of the spectrum when judged against all film history, but it's not a mental exercise to watch this movie. I'd say the movie is more 'profound' than 'intellectual'.

Us sic-fi guys have been watching stuff like this for a long time though, albeit not as grand in scale, so the concepts in this movie aren't new to us. This movie wasn't directed toward us though, it was directed towards the general public and to that larger audience it may appear more intellectual than it actually is.

If you want a real headache then go watch Primer. It's a short movie, which is a good thing because you'll have to sit through it twice to fully get it.