So, yeah, I saw Interstellar. There were a few niggling things (ONCE
would have been enough to quote Dylan Thomas--MAYBE twice--but then:
enough) (what sort of engines are ordinary vehicles utilizing, that they
can routinely keep tooling around in constant dust storms?), but the
mass lists online of all the not-quite-perfect scientific details seem
like a great deal of navel-gazing by people who HAVEN'T (and quite
likely, never will) pulled together any sort of visionary epic. That the
tragedy of what mankind has done to its home planet, the poignancy of
close family interactions and loss, AND the mind-bending venture through
time and space are pretty convincingly woven together into a whole is
alone a cheer-worthy accomplishment, let alone that it's a beautiful and
thought-provoking one. (And the whole "love" thing; I left that out of
the quibbles. Over-belabored, what we can see with our own hearts and
minds, and no, it's not "quantifiable.")
What I would have liked just an inkling of, in the end, is a
mention--Any. Single. Mention.--of all the trillions of other creatures
mankind has undoubtedly destroyed along with Earth. But not a single
horse, cow, dog, cat, even passing bird is ever once seen, much less
whales, gorillas, elephants, schools of fish, coral reefs... Presumably,
having found a way to make their own escape, humans just left all the
rest of creation behind to die? Or so it would seem.
Still, overall: kudos.
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