Wednesday, December 31, 2014

"Interstellar" - Sci-Fi Awards

Excellent.  Infinitely more satisfying than "2001."  Portrayal of the effects of time dilation through space travel is exceptional.  The physics and research behind the story and the visuals are said to be highly-respectable.  The end of it is fantastic and not simply to mean it is very good but rather that it is beyond belief but it brings the movie to a highly satisfying resolution.


Most Scientific Without Being a Drag Sci-Fi Movie Award

Time dilation is an exceptional and incomprehensible aspect of physics which would be insufferable and painful on a chalkboard but is shown in the movie with a precise clarity.  The end requires suspension of disbelief but that's handled deftly as well.  Overall, the presentation of the science that's beyond the comprehension of most mortals in an exceptionally artistic and non-patronizing way is, to my view, a mark of extraordinary genius.


Strongest Political Statement without Making One Award

The school system of the wasting Earth has modified the textbooks to show the Apollo missions were faked and really were set in Arizona.  The purpose is to stop people from dreaming of space as a solution for the enormous problems of the Earth.  Texas gets a blazing shot and it's well-delivered.


Most Novel Use of a Spaceship in a Sci-Fi Movie Award

This is the first time a spaceship has been used as a surfboard and it served well.  The science behind a monstrous tidal wave within minutes of their arrival on the planet is not precisely clear (i.e. nonexistent).  It was still cool to watch, tho.


First Use of Tesseract in a Sci-Fi Movie Award

Tesseract is a word for an entity that is only understood by people who can think in more dimensions than most people have old rock concert t-shirts.  You never hear it in real life much less in a movie so it's impressive to get that one in there.


Best DVD Protection for a Sci-Fi Movie Award

There's a varying whitish noise in the background.  It was only be playing frequently with the EQ to drop it out that the movie was tolerable.  A significant amount of dialog was inaudible because of it but there was enough to follow the story reasonably well.  The problem was not in one bad copy but rather I downloaded three or four of them from different sources.  All were substantially different in various ways but the same audio flaw was in all of them.  Who knows if there is an unrippable DVD but something sure beat the rips for this one.


The movie was so outstanding that it's worth stealing again to get a copy with a clear soundtrack.  The parts about love across time and space were beautiful but I couldn't hear all of the words and it would be highly worthwhile to watch it again to hear the rest.

It kicks "2001" as the music in that one was beautiful but pointless.  The docking scene in "2001" was breathtaking cinematography and the backing of the "Blue Danube" is as gorgeous as it is exceptionally grandiose.  Functionally, the scene is useless as there's a space station and a shuttle docks with it.  Yahoo.

There is music for "Interstellar" but it's much more tastefully and effectively used.  There was nothing that seemed like a light show simply because it looked cool on the screen.  For me this goes on a list of Best Sci-Fi Ever.

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