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“Playlist", twenty-five points, "We were all looking forward to a contemporary science fiction oracle comparable to '2001: A Space Odyssey', presenting the mystery of space and the complexity of human nature; but 'Interstellar' is like a liar Like this, it shows a process of interstellar travel that seems to have never been appreciated before. After thinking about it deeply, it turns out that it has familiar movie scenes and vulgar and clichéd emotional resonance. We have seen too many similar movies..
What's more, we all know Renly Hall is a fine actor, but we don't need to see two homogeneous films in 'Gravity' and 'Interstellar' back-to-back in just six months. In such a highly sexual production, is Hall's performance outstanding? There's no doubt about it; but has Hall surpassed himself? Obviously not. To be honest, I don’t understand the need for this movie to be made. What on earth were the Nolan brothers thinking in their heads?？”
Full firepower！
“"Playlist" magazine did not hide its disgust and hatred at all, and did not mean to be soft-spoken in its words. It criticized the entire movie in a sharp and direct way. Even Renly was criticized and criticized. This should be the first time in Renly's history that Renly has been criticized for his performance - even the "Detachment" that had mixed reviews was not like this..
The above is just a short review. In the full long review, James Rocchi, a professional film critic of "Playlist", expressed his views more completely..
There is no doubt that Renly is outstanding and excellent, but after going through four consecutive years of being nominated for an Oscar, completing the EGOT feat, and remaining unbeaten in released films, James Roche believes that people’s requirements for Renly, and Renly’s Renly should raise his requirements to a higher level, because Renly is now the well-deserved leader of Hollywood. Even if he cannot achieve breakthroughs in every work, he should at least not repeat himself..
“If Ben Affleck or Gerard Butler or Adam Sandler, they keep repeating themselves, does anyone care? Of course not! Because they like to repeat themselves and are so used to repeating themselves that even the audience is used to it. But Renly Hall shouldn't be like this！”
James Roach expressed his strong opinion. He believed that "Gravity" and "Interstellar" are too close to each other. Renly's performance has layers and depth, but he still cannot get rid of similar routines. This is definitely a step back for Renly, who believes that Renly is starting to become "lazy"”.
Undoubtedly, this is a very interesting and very special criticism, not only the first in Renly's career, but also the first time since the wave of negativity during the awards season that there is a truly meaningful criticism - people can disagree or refute , you can even sneer and dismiss it, but James Roche is not "opposing for the sake of opposing", he really stated his own point of view, and he has the content to support it..
This is extremely rare！
Of course, he also did not hide his distaste for "Interstellar". He even used a strong adjective like "low-quality soap opera" to make a footnote. He clearly expressed his position and emphasized that this is "Nolan's current work". "The worst film in the director's career so far", and believes that this is a big setback. Nolan needs to take a good look at himself, "What kind of work do you want to make, instead of just being satisfied with Stanley -Kubrick's shallow and superficial idolatry”.
A complete negative review, without leaving any sympathy, "Playlist" clearly stated its position, and sent the first dazzling red negative review for "Interstellar", and opened the door in a mighty manner. Prelude to comprehensive media review.
Objectively speaking, in the media reviews of commercial films, this is a normal phenomenon. Even "Inception", which has gained the support of countless die-hard fans, also encountered negative reviews; and among the "comprehensive reviews" Therefore, the significance of becoming a comprehensive review is to draw an overall conclusion after counting multiple professional media and make a judgment on the quality of the movie..
“The negative review of "Playlist" is just one of the comprehensive reviews by the media. To be more precise, the only one.
After the premieres in Los Angeles and New York came to an end, the comprehensive media review was officially released, and a total of 49 professional media gave immediate comments. This easily surpassed "Captain America 2" and took the lead as this year's summer movie. Since its unveiling, it has received the most film reviews in the media, clearly showing the level of attention "Interstellar" has received.
Even after going through the turmoil over its release, the promotion period was greatly shortened; even though the feedback from internal test screenings was ambiguous, casting uncertainty over the quality of the film, it was still one of the most watched works throughout 2014. Everyone is curious about what kind of sparks can happen between Renly and Nolan, and film critics in professional media are no exception..
Forty-nine media, a total of forty-nine！
a bad review.
Ten neutral reviews.
Thirty-eight positive reviews.
Just from the comparison of data, we can see that the comprehensive media reviews continued the ambiguous attitude of the previous internal test screenings. "Interstellar" failed to win the unanimous support of film critics like "Gravity".
However, "Gravity" is originally an art film that follows the film festival route - Warner Bros.'s previous hesitation in the tactical selection stage during the awards season is the best proof, and the subsequent explosion of commercial box office can be regarded as an unexpected surprise; "Interstellar" is a commercial movie aimed at the box office - whether it is Thanksgiving or summer, box office is Warner Bros.'s main goal. It is not surprising that the media's reputation is uneven, and it is even acceptable..
“Los Angeles Times", 40 points, "Nolan's tribute and interpretation of '2001: A Space Odyssey' is undoubtedly what I expected from this movie, but unfortunately, Nolan completely lost the significance of science fiction works to the unknown and to human nature. The discussion also completely lost the magnificence and profundity of the space epic. In the end, it was just filled with piles and piles of emotional bonds and settled on the rut of human self-movement. This is undoubtedly disappointing..
Objectively speaking, the visual effects, sound effects, and film editing all performed very well, and the actors led by Hall, Chastain, and Hathaway also gave wonderful performances, but everything is based on the "father and daughter" "Family Love", this is absolutely an intolerable depravity for a science fiction movie. Nolan's performance should be higher than this level - it must be said that Hall lost his sensitivity in script selection for the first time.”
“San Francisco Chronicle, Fifty Points, "For much of the film, Nolan once again shows his mettle, unafraid to tell a story about a massive, $165 million production. The majestic theme of human self-sacrifice and the choice between the individual and the larger self; until Nolan made the two protagonists resolutely choose to return to Earth, the core of the theme of the entire movie began to collapse, and finally became a family soap opera. Huge The theme has not been able to sublimate, but has fallen back. This is undoubtedly a setback for science fiction movies..
If I were to discuss the outstanding part of the movie, then I would choose Renly Hall. Although the film failed to break through on a science fiction level, Hall's performance gave the character and story more discussion possibilities - despite these The discussion was not what I expected..”
“"The Guardian", 50 points, "An epic with majestic visual effects, but a farce with shallow content. The script lacks enough foreshadowing to give the characters and story more space to develop, which also makes subsequent plot twists become frivolous. It tried to show the insignificance and humbleness of human beings in the face of the long river of time, but on the development curve of "love can defeat time and space", it lost all the profundity and turned it into a cheap sensational work..
On the performance level, Nolan once again showed his timidity in training/coaching actors - the performances of actors such as Hathaway, Chastain, Damon and Kane all appeared to be over-exerted, with close-ups of emotional outbursts. All the delicacy and polish of the performance were thrown away, and what was finally presented was just a roaring performance like a Colombian soap opera. Fortunately, Hall saved all this, and his restrained and delicate, simple and profound performance held the scene in check, otherwise the movie would have become A massive car accident, can't imagine how bad that could have been; but even Hall's performance was wasted by the script.”
“"Village Voice", 60 points, "No matter what Nolan's strengths and virtues are, the only thing that is certain is that he lacks a human touch. All his films lack a real 'sex/sense' ——I'm not talking about scenes of applause for love or scenes of taking off clothes. In fact, those scenes are never really 'sexy', just pure sensory stimulation; in all Nolan's works , the connection of human nature is just a 'sacred idea', just like a concept or a term in the textbook - the 'Bible' - it cannot capture the flesh and blood under the human skin..
‘"Interstellar" attempts to break the constraints of time and space through the bonds of family, but the lack of character details 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..
Renly Hall mentioned the missing character of 'Tom' in the post-screening Q&A at the premiere, which just proves that Hall is still right about the script capturing the character's humanity - in fact, Hall's performance To a large extent, it makes up for Nolan's shortcomings, but Nolan's directorial control is too strong. Even Hall, as an actor, the remedies he can make are very limited..
After watching the movie and thinking about it carefully, the answer came out: all the reflections, all the shocks, and all the touches came from Hall's performance and the spirituality that Hall gave to the characters, not about the movie. .without Hall then this is just a soulless popcorn movie and I don't think it's better than 'Transformers'.”
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