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"Playlist", 25 points, "We are all looking forward to a contemporary science fiction oracle comparable to '2001: A Space Odyssey', showing the mystery of space and the complexity of human nature, but 'Interstellar' is like a liar, showing an interstellar travel process that seems to have never been appreciated, but after thinking deeply, there are familiar movie images and vulgar and old-fashioned emotional resonance, and we have seen too many similar movies."
What's more, we all know that Le Lee-Hall is a good actor, but we don't need to see two works of such homogeneity in just six months, 'Gravity' and 'Interstellar', is Hall's performance excellent? To be honest, I don't understand the need for this film to be made, what the hell is going on in the Nolan brothers' heads?"
Full fire!
"Playlist" magazine did not hide its disgust and hatred at all, and there was no soft-mouthed meaning between the words, criticizing the whole movie in a sharp and direct way to uselessness, even Lan Li was criticized, and pointed the finger at the "unenterprising" Lan Li, which should be the first time in history that Lan Li has encountered criticism in terms of performance - even the "detachment" with mixed reputations at the beginning was not so.
The above is only a short review, and in the full long review, Jams-Rocchi, a professional film critic for "Playlist", expresses his opinion more completely.
There is no doubt about the excellence and excellence of Lan Li, but after four consecutive years of Oscar nominations, EGOT feats and undefeated releases, James Roche believes that people's requirements for Lan Li, as well as Lan Li's requirements for themselves, should be taken to a higher level, because Lan Li is now a well-deserved leader in the whole of Hollywood, even if not every work can make a breakthrough, but at least it should not repeat itself.
"If Ben Affleck or Gerard Butler or Adam Sandler, they're repeating themselves, does anyone care? Of course not! Because they like to repeat themselves, and they are used to repeating themselves, so much so that even the audience gets used to it. But Ranley-Hall shouldn't be like that!"
James Roche expressed his strong opinion, he believes that the homogeneity of "gravity" and "interstellar" is too close, and Lan Li's performance has layers and depth, but still has not been able to get rid of similar routines, which is undoubtedly a step backwards for Lan Li, who believes that Lan Li is starting to become "lazy".
Undoubtedly, this is a very interesting and very special criticism, not only for the first time in Lan Li's career, but also for the first time since the negative wave of awards season that there is a real criticism that has something to say - people can disagree, they can refute it, and they can even scoff at it, but James Roche is not "against for the sake of opposing", he really speaks his point and has content to back it up.
That's a rarity!
Of course, he also did not hide his dislike for "Interstellar", and even made a footnote with such a fierce adjective as "inferior soap opera", clearly stating his position, emphasizing that this is "Nolan's worst directorial career so far", and that this is a big step backwards, and Nolan needs to take a good look at himself, "what kind of work do you want to make, and not just settle for the superficial and superficial idolatry of Stanley Kubrick".
The outright bad reviews did not leave any emotion, and the "playlist" made its position clear in this way, sending the first dazzling red negative review to "Interstellar", which kicked off the prelude to the comprehensive evaluation of the media.
Objectively speaking, in the media comprehensive evaluation of commercial films, this is a normal scene, even the "Inception", which has received the support of countless die-hard fans, has also suffered from bad reviews, and the reason why "comprehensive evaluation" has become a comprehensive evaluation is that after counting a number of professional media, an overall conclusion is drawn to make a judgment on the quality of the film.
The negative reviews of "Playlist" are just one of the media reviews, or more accurately, the only one.
After the premieres of Los Angeles and New York ended one after another, the media comprehensive review was officially released, and 49 professional media gave comments for the first time, which also easily surpassed "Captain America 2", and took the lead in becoming a work with the largest number of media film reviews since the opening of this year's summer file, and it is clear at a glance how much attention "Interstellar" has.
Even after the turmoil of the promotion, the publicity period was greatly shortened, and even if the feedback from the internal test screening was ambiguous and the quality of the film was uncertain, it was still one of the most high-profile works in the whole of 2014, and everyone was curious about what sparks could collide between Lan Li and Nolan, and film critics in the professional media were no exception.
Forty-nine media, forty-nine!
A bad review.
Ten reviews.
Thirty-eight praises.
Just from the comparison of the data, it can be seen that the media comprehensive review continued the ambiguous attitude of the previous internal test screenings, and "Interstellar" failed to win the one-sided support of film critics like "gravity".
However, "Gravity" was originally an art film that took the route of the film festival - Warner Bros. had hesitated in the tactical selection stage of the awards season, which is the best proof, and the subsequent explosion of the commercial box office can be regarded as an unexpected surprise, while "Interstellar" is a commercial film aimed at the box office - whether it is Thanksgiving or the summer season, the box office is the main goal of Warner Bros., and the uneven media reputation is not surprising, even acceptable.
Los Angeles Times, 40 points, "Nolan's tribute and interpretation of '2001: A Space Odyssey' is undoubtedly all I have expectations for this film, but unfortunately, Nolan has completely lost the exploration of the unknown and human nature in science fiction works, and has completely lost the grandeur and profundity of space epics.
Objectively speaking, the visual effects, sound effects, and film editing and other parts are very good, and the actors led by Hall, Chastain and Hathaway also gave wonderful performances, but all of them are based on the 'father-daughter relationship', which is absolutely unbearable depravity for science fiction movies. Nolan's performance should be above that level - it has to be said that Hall lost his acumen for the first time in terms of script selection. ”
"San Francisco Chronicle," 50 points, "For most of the film, Nolan once again showed his courage to tell a majestic theme of human self-sacrifice and the trade-off between the ego and the ego with a $165 million mega-production, until Nolan made the two protagonists resolutely choose to return to Earth, and the core of the film began to crumble and finally became a family soap opera." The huge theme has not been able to sublimate, but has fallen, which is undoubtedly a regression for science fiction movies.
If I were to discuss the great parts of the movie, then I would go with Ranley Hall. While the film didn't make a breakthrough on a sci-fi level, Hall's performance gave the characters and the story more room for discussion – though not what I was expecting. ”
"The Guardian", fifty points, "a spectacular epic with majestic visual effects, but a farce with shallow content." The script lacks enough foreshadowing to give the characters and the story more room for development, which also makes the subsequent plot twists become frivolous, it tries to show the insignificance and humility of human beings in the face of the long river of time, but on the development curve of 'love can overcome time and space', it throws away all the profundity and turns it into a cheap sensational work.
At the performance level, Nolan once again showed his timidity towards the actors—Hathaway, Chastain, Damon, and Kane all seemed to be overpowered, and the emotional outburst of close-ups threw away all the delicacy and craftsmanship of the performance, and the final presentation was only a Colombian soap opera-style roaring performance. Thankfully, Hall saved the day, with a restrained and delicate, simple and profound performance that calmed the scene, otherwise the movie would have been a big car accident, and I can't imagine how bad it would be, but even Hall's performance was wasted by the script. ”
"Voice of the Village", sixty points, "Whatever Nolan's strengths and strengths are, the only thing that is certain is that he lacks a touch of humanity. All of his films lack the real 'sexuality' - I don't mean the scenes of clapping for love or taking off clothes, in fact, those images are never really 'sexy/sensual', just pure sensual stimulation, and in all of Nolan's works, the connection of human nature is just a 'divine idea', like a concept or a term in the textbook - the 'Bible', which cannot capture the flesh and blood beneath the human skin.
'Interstellar' tries to break the shackles of time and space through the bonds of family affection, but the lack of character detail makes the script look more like a good student filling in a series of elements in order to piece together a chemical equation, but without a real soul.
Ranley-Hall's post-premiere Q&A mentioned the absence of Tom's character, which just proves that Hall's capture of the character's humanity in the script is still correct - in fact, Hall's performance largely makes up for Nolan's shortcomings, but Nolan's directorial control is too strong, and even Hall, as an actor, can do very little to remedy.
After watching the movie and thinking about it carefully, the answer came out: all the reflection, all the shock, and all the emotion came from Hall's performance, from the spirituality that Hall gave to the characters, not about the movie. If it weren't for Hall, then this would be a soulless popcorn movie, and I don't think it's better than 'Transformers.'" ”