radewart wrote:I feel there is too much positive buzz now from these celebrity tweets. Its gonna set high expectations for the bloggers and critics. Some will have their knives out for sure.
Yeah, I know what you mean. Or like with Inception, even if the first round of official reviews is positive, the next wave will essentially be reviewing the reviews and nitpicking like crazy. It's a risk you run with this sort of thing for sure...all we can do is hope that the film is so damn good the bloggers and critics would feel ashamed to say anything bad about it and it gets unanimous praise like a few of these past films that they have all rallied behind and the RT and Metacritic meters have been damn near 100 for.
There's something about those films that enabled them to get through the gauntlet without much more than a scrape...
I think the common link in all of those films has to do with their relatively straightforward plot lines. Very few twists and turns, and easy for the common moviegoer to follow. Nolan's movies are easily picked apart by critics because they are complex and unpredictable, leaving room for minor plot holes or ambiguous interpretations (what I love about his films). Troll critics have a more difficult time giving movies like the Artist a bad review for this reason.
Yeah, I mean inherently I know that it's probably because those films aren't challenging like what Nolan puts out, but if Nolan is to be believed at all Interstellar is supposedly more straightforward (minus the black hole/wormhole stuff I'm guessing lol)
I think the best for Interstellar (or for any film to strive for really) would actually be if it can somehow mirror how Toy Story 3 impacted the critics. Granted it was animation but it made them cheer and weep and if Interstellar can almost unanimously do the same could we see something like this...
99%
Average Rating: 8.9/10
Reviews Counted: 279
Fresh: 275
Rotten: 4
Critics Consensus: Deftly blending comedy, adventure, and honest emotion...
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Average Rating: 8.6/10
Reviews Counted: 243
Fresh: 234
Rotten: 9
Critics Consensus: Charming, audacious, and timely, Wall-E's lighthearted magic and stellar visuals testify once again to Pixar's ingenuity.
Exchange charming/lighthearted for emotional/intricate and Pixar for Nolan? Just maybe...?
Nolan history says no because his films have been too challenging for some, but if Nolan has re-invented himself with Interstellar...
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FYI to clear up - review embargo lifts 8am PT on Monday, tweet/reaction embargo is apparently until monday only for people watching this in LA
John Andre
I was there last night. Here's my 2-10 cents. Visually a work of art. Christopher Nolan = one of the most visionary film makers working today. Christopher Nolan needs to get rid of his script writing number 11 button and stop trying to make every scene a home run. Like music the best movies undulate invisibly rather than jump between richter scale 8 and crickets. The emotional manipulation became more and more evident as the movie progressed as the pacing was relentless yet oddly not propulsive. There 2-4 set pieces that belong in the set piece hall of fame. Hans Zimmer needs to have his number 11 button taken away from him forever and learn to play the flute. He crushed the movie, and not in a good way. With his relentless ode to 2001 I yearned for the humanity and nimble fingers of Gravity. All in though it's what blockbusters should aim to be. Ambitious, artful mainstream story telling, just with a little less dourness. Oh and Matthew Mcaugnanny (spell check please) was miscast. He's so much better as the dark heart of a piece. When he plays straight, I reach for my bugle. He makes you miss Richard Dreyfuss in his prime. And finally, IMAX is where epic cinema belongs. It's a nail in 3d's coffin and that can only be a good thing. Bravo Chris Nolan for leading the way.
antovolk wrote:FYI to clear up - review embargo lifts 8am PT on Monday, tweet/reaction embargo is apparently until monday only for people watching this in LA
John Andre
I was there last night. Here's my 2-10 cents. Visually a work of art. Christopher Nolan = one of the most visionary film makers working today. Christopher Nolan needs to get rid of his script writing number 11 button and stop trying to make every scene a home run. Like music the best movies undulate invisibly rather than jump between richter scale 8 and crickets. The emotional manipulation became more and more evident as the movie progressed as the pacing was relentless yet oddly not propulsive. There 2-4 set pieces that belong in the set piece hall of fame. Hans Zimmer needs to have his number 11 button taken away from him forever and learn to play the flute. He crushed the movie, and not in a good way. With his relentless ode to 2001 I yearned for the humanity and nimble fingers of Gravity. All in though it's what blockbusters should aim to be. Ambitious, artful mainstream story telling, just with a little less dourness. Oh and Matthew Mcaugnanny (spell check please) was miscast. He's so much better as the dark heart of a piece. When he plays straight, I reach for my bugle. He makes you miss Richard Dreyfuss in his prime. And finally, IMAX is where epic cinema belongs. It's a nail in 3d's coffin and that can only be a good thing. Bravo Chris Nolan for leading the way.
This review is confusing. Did he like it or hate it? He seems to take issue w/ a lot of the film, but then he says "All in though it's what blockbusters should aim to be."
Erica Beeney @EricaBeeney 10m10 minutes ago
@Daniel23hardy respected the scope & import of the story (big film, big ideas) but at times felt weighted down by it. Score didn't help IMO
Erica Beeney @EricaBeeney 10m10 minutes ago
@Daniel23hardy respected the scope & import of the story (big film, big ideas) but at times felt weighted down by it. Score didn't help IMO
OVERMAN wrote:These reactions are extremely worrying, something tells me half of the critics are ready to bash on it for being over-pretentious. Pity.
Agreed...I have this horrible feeling that some critics are more excited to rip on the movie than they are to actually watch it. It's like whenever a director reaches a certain level of prestige, people always look for opportunities to take him/her down a notch.
