Re: Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR (11.7.14)
Stoked for this one. Nolan get's a bad rap from some, and while some of his movies have hit or missed certain marks, I think he's come up with a way to combine high level, blockbuster entertainment with intelligent, well thought out stories. In that regard, no one delivers that kind of movie better. So a new Nolan movie is coming. They've got my money already.
But by the looks of this trailer, he's hitting on some emotions I don't think I've seen in one of his movies before. I like that he doesn't resort to some of the standard tricks of the industry to induce emotion. Weepy score, or slow motion to accentuate a mood. The emotion is there, and wether you have to have some personal empathy to relate or just immerse yourself into the story to buy in or similar.. it's just not done in a cheap way. There are two scenes that I think hit an emotional mark in his movies. One was in Batman Begins, when Alfred comforts Bruce after his parent's funeral. That scene was all Michael Caine, and I think it's beautiful. Another was in the Prestige. The scene where Borden and Sarah are arguing and she says she says "I know what you really are".. the arguing is disturbing and felt real, not like dialogue.. but the little girl in the hallway listening and Fallon coming to take her away and comfort her.. that scene floored me pretty good. In that case, perhaps it's a little personal.
BUT.. with Interstellar those scenes between McConnaughay and his daughter.. those exude emotion in a way I don't think I've ever seen out of Nolan before. In a trailer, it feels a little manipulated, but I'd bet it won't be that way in the film. For me, perhaps it's the nature of the material.. perhaps its that i'm a relatively new father and I can relate to wanting to keep your children safe at any expense. Either way, he seems like he's broaching new territory with this movie. The trailer is certainly the best out of any of his films yet, and I find myself a little surprised at how much I'm excited about this movie.
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