This film really blew my mind. It was so much better than the ‘Dark Knight’ films and much better executed than ‘Inception’ (2010). There were definitely elements of ‘Inception’ scattered throughout the film but with Interstellar, Nolan seemed to have redefined those elements from being a cinematic novelty few have seen before to an interesting concept that fits seamlessly into the story line yet still stands out as a defining feature.
An example would be
the concept of time-warping where we follow the timeline of the main action of the film and at the same time are made aware of the consequences to other characters’ timelines. In Interstellar, one hour on the planet that Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and his crew are on is equivalent to 7 years on Earth. Sound familiar? Yes we’ve seen something like this before in ‘Inception’ with the 5 different levels of inception where 5 minutes in the first level is 1 hour in the next etc. However, ‘Interstellar’ uses this concept flawlessly to create a human connection. It is heartbreaking to witness Cooper realise that if he ever made it back to Earth, his daughter Murphy (Mackenzie Foy, Jessica Chastain) would be at least 23 years older than when he left which means that the promise he made to be back when they were the same age was broken. It is even more
heartbreaking to see the 23-year backlog of messages he receives upon returning to the main spacecraft. Besides that, this concept creates an unmatched level of thrill knowing that every second is worth so much more than that.
The music and the sound mixing was just spot on. The understated score was really powerful and came in only when needed and at other times the silence really reverberated the vastness of space. The cinematography was very similar to that of ‘Inception’ especially with the rising waves which reminded me of the Inception scenes with the ground being bent upwards. 
I was also quite impressed at the way they carried out the frighteningly difficult task of portraying the fourth dimension of time. I know physics nerds will be quick to point out any flaws (just like I did with the whole co-ordinates interpretation of binary which I will not go into) but I thought this was one occasion where science has to be overlooked just to delight in the genius of Nolan and his crew.
One very minor criticism I had was what I believe, in my opinion, to be a small plothole. The scene where Cooper sees Murphy in her bedroom from the blackhole (looking back in time) and he communicates with her through gravity, it didn’t make sense to me why he would give Murphy and his younger self the co-ordinates of NASA if he wanted his younger self to “stay”. I mean he could have still saved the world through Murphy by telling the older Murphy, with Morse code and the watch, the quantum data of the blackhole without the NASA co-ordinates which is what triggered him to leave in the first place. The reason it was minor was because that scene to me was the climax of the film and it was a huge testament to everybody involved how it flowed so well while dealing with such heavy and convoluted subject matter and made us feel so connected to the characters the whole way through.
So on that note, I hope I haven’t spoiled it too much. Words cannot describe how truly remarkable this film is so go see it for yourself!
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