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Interstellar (2014)
Proof that Nolan is detached from his characters.
Interstellar, while visually stunning, is one of the most flawed films in recent memory. Flawed, because more time was spent rendering out the special effects than developing a screenplay worthy of the cast and budget. When you're a filmmaker who can make anything you want - on film - there is no excuse for your films to at-least bring something new to the table and work at a basic screenplay level.
Interstellar does not ask new questions and with a script that literally feels like a first draft --I'm just shocked that Nolan didn't develop this more. The entire core of this film is the relationship between our lead Cooper and his daughter - but this is so rushed and honestly, extremely cheesy, that we don't care what happens. They spend far too much in time in space - with a ridiculous plot involving Matt Damon - and cut back to Earth is sporadic cuts that pull us into so many directions.
This film proves that the Nolan brothers can not handle a couple of things: writing females and writing emotional characters that we're attached to. The dialogue was laughable - over the top in many places - and basically just a ton of one-liners. We cut from Cooper learning he has to go to space - says goodbye - boom on the rocket - NO ATTACHMENT. There is zero development here - just get him to space, which fails to tell the core story well - which bites this movie in its ass in the third act.
Forced. Rushed. However you want to put it - I'm sorry folks - it's not a great movie - not even a good one. Everything is spoon fed to the audience - no, not just the science - the twists - I didn't know on the nose screen writing was so acceptable in Hollywood - guess it is. They talk about ghosts so many times within the first act that anyone with half a brain KNEW there was something there - and if you know anything about space travel, black holes - or any of the stuff that is talked about in the trailers - can put two and two together and call the major twist in the FIRST ACT.
Come on Nolan, you can do better.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Funniest Movie of The Year
I just got home from an early screening of this terrible attempt at a modern day ghost story. It starts out showing off a house that Del Toro should have saved for use in his Haunted Mansion film, and begins spinning a G Rated web of terrible CGI fairies, weak character development, and most of all a TERRIBLE script.
I realize this is a remake of a TV movie, so nobody should expect much going in, but I can honestly say that I was laughing through all of the "scary" scenes along with the rest of the audience in the full theater. The only reason this film gets 2 stars is for the young girl who plays the object of the dime sized villain's obsession. Seriously, these Gremlins rip-offs were easily killable and yet maybe one dies throughout the entire film.
Sorry excuse for a film and anybody who wastes their money on this should go in looking to laugh. Oh, and about the R rating, what a joke! The film is full of PG-13 MTV cuts that make the Nightmare on Elm Street remake look classy. The dialogue and shots were nothing but cliché attempts at "looking cool".
I'm afraid to say that with the stupid moviegoers of today who praised Transformers, this film will be a hit. Until people can wake up and realize that most modern films today are gimmicks the studios use to get their hands in your pockets, trash like this will keep getting released.
-Michael