Out on bluray. I really struggled with the audio. Constantly having to turn it up to hear people and down when the action scenes happened. Really annoying.
Out on bluray. I really struggled with the audio. Constantly having to turn it up to hear people and down when the action scenes happened. Really annoying.
Interestingly, Mark Kermode covered Interstellar in his most recent Uncut Vblog. He basically discussed how he thought that it might lose a lot of its visual impact on home cinema systems - especially as Kermode has seen it on the BFI IMAX and in old fashioned 15/70 mm IMAX film.
Lots of people have mentioned that in the cinema, there were problems with the audio - like you mentioned. I can't say that I noticed it when I watch it - although the action sequence(storm and the black hole sequences) were really loud.
I watched it the other day and the audio was all over the place. One minute you had to turn it up to hear the actors, next minute the full orchestra started up and blows you ear drums out.
I liked the idea of the film, the visuals and acting were good, but I personally think they could of chopped a good 30mins maybe more out of the film.
I enjoyed this film, ive watched it twice but it had flaws. Too long, first third was slow, i felt they couldnt fit in proper character development because the first third took too much time. And it kept irritating me how coop didnt seem to care at all about his son. At the end he didnt even ask about him. I assume he was dead but who knows? Coop didnt even bother to ask
And it kept irritating me how coop didnt seem to care at all about his son. At the end he didnt even ask about him. I assume he was dead but who knows? Coop didnt even bother to ask
Also the fact that when he finally meets up with his daughter, someone who he loved so much that he managed to communicate with her through dimensions, she basically goes "nice to see you, ok you can go now and meet Anne Hathaway".
Out on bluray. I really struggled with the audio. Constantly having to turn it up to hear people and down when the action scenes happened. Really annoying.
The DVD is just as bad. Dolby 5.1 sound only with humongous volume range: Surging organ pipes over rocket engines alternating with soft spoken drawl and dying breaths.
I re-watched it with subtitles to catch the information lost.
Also the fact that when he finally meets up with his daughter, someone who he loved so much that he managed to communicate with her through dimensions, she basically goes "nice to see you, ok you can go now and meet Anne Hathaway".
Yep. You would've thought the film would at least provide the audience with a decent pay-off here given the investment in their relationship, but its cursory treatment was hugely underwhelming. I've said elsewhere Nolan was out of his depth and it certainly shows here.
Also the fact that when he finally meets up with his daughter, someone who he loved so much that he managed to communicate with her through dimensions, she basically goes "nice to see you, ok you can go now and meet Anne Hathaway".
Throughout the film it's implied (well smacked him with a sledgehammer) that Coop was an explorer not meant for this world, to sit around growing crops. His daughter states no parent should have to see their children die as she knows she's coming to an end and frees him of the guilt she placed upon his shoulders when he left her as a child, allowing him to do what he dreamed of.
Throughout the film it's implied (well smacked him with a sledgehammer) that Coop was an explorer not meant for this world, to sit around growing crops. His daughter states no parent should have to see their children die as she knows she's coming to an end and frees him of the guilt she placed upon his shoulders when he left her as a child, allowing him to do what he dreamed of.
I thought this was pretty clear.
This sort of reasoning isn't the issue. It's Nolan's treatment of it that falls short. Here was a moment that really needed greater emphasis to put its point across, but Nolan just wasn't up to it. As drama it's a complete bust. But then Interstellar often forsakes the old maxim show, don't tell for cringey dialogue so it shouldn't really surprise.
For you, but then it appears you've not really paid enough attention to it.
Oh really? To me it highlighted the problem(s) the film had as a whole - that it stumbles clumsily between two stools (formal and emotive), and Nolan doesn't have the skill to spin a cohesive, rewarding whole out of its parts.
I didn't think that scene fell flat. I thought it was really touching. If anything bugged me about it, it was that the rest of the family seemed completely non-plussed about finally meeting Coop.
Enjoyable, Matt Damon bit was predictable as hell, have seen that it countless movies. All a bit of a mishmash of ideas from other films was my end verdict. Like the soundtrack.
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The science, and construction of, the tesseract
The soundtrack
The science behind the wormhole and black hole
TARS and CASE
The use of miniature models
The planets in Interstellar
Interestingly, Mark Kermode covered Interstellar in his most recent Uncut Vblog. He basically discussed how he thought that it might lose a lot of its visual impact on home cinema systems - especially as Kermode has seen it on the BFI IMAX and in old fashioned 15/70 mm IMAX film.
Lots of people have mentioned that in the cinema, there were problems with the audio - like you mentioned. I can't say that I noticed it when I watch it - although the action sequence(storm and the black hole sequences) were really loud.
I liked the idea of the film, the visuals and acting were good, but I personally think they could of chopped a good 30mins maybe more out of the film.
Also the fact that when he finally meets up with his daughter, someone who he loved so much that he managed to communicate with her through dimensions, she basically goes "nice to see you, ok you can go now and meet Anne Hathaway".
I re-watched it with subtitles to catch the information lost.
Throughout the film it's implied (well smacked him with a sledgehammer) that Coop was an explorer not meant for this world, to sit around growing crops. His daughter states no parent should have to see their children die as she knows she's coming to an end and frees him of the guilt she placed upon his shoulders when he left her as a child, allowing him to do what he dreamed of.
I thought this was pretty clear.
For you, but then it appears you've not really paid enough attention to it.
You weren't satisfied, fair enough, move on.