Blu-Ray - Interstellar (4K Ultra Hd+Blu Ray) (1 Blu-ray)

While it seems like just another “adventure in space” film on the surface, it really is much more subtle and impressive. It definitely has disasters, threats from alien worlds, lots of loud noises, fancy machines, brave guys to look up to and cowardly guys to look down on, and pretty girls aplenty, if that’s your genre, but it has a far greater depth than that too. Think of that as a bonus. In fact, think of the whole thing as a thinking person’s movie, from beginning to end. You’ll definitely get more out of it that way. I agree with the reviewer who said if you like being spoon-fed a plot, you’ll hate this movie. Well maybe not hate it exactly. If you’re 12 and your notion of “plot” is video games, you’re good to go. If you’re an adult who likes video games, you’ll just wonder why you wasted your time on the movie when you could have been playing video games instead. Everyone has their own way of participating; you get marks for being there. I wasn’t certain I’d like the movie—though I like disaster movies, and I had a cold. I wanted to watch others “suffer” as I was. And I’ve liked Mathew McConaughey’s movies in the past, so I gave this one a try. From the first, I realized this was a subtle work, much like legitimate theater and requiring active cooperation from the viewer. Surprise, surprise! Somebody gave me credit for thinking actual thoughts. Opening scenes seemed like it was “today,” especially those scenes of very much senior members of society reminiscing on TV about what it was like during the Dust Bowl days. Okay. But then the hero of the film says he always came back from flying at the speed of light and close to black holes, and bingo, I realized this was not “today” as in 2023, but not so very far in the future that everything looks like something from a 1920s movie about the “Future”—think “Metropolis” (1927). The whole movie is like that, giving the viewer little strange details about what’s going on without actually telling you. You start thinking, “It could be this…,” “Maybe it’s that….” “Well, this is kind of fun.” Like a “who-dun-it” movie. As things progress, you start to realize that this film incorporates an awful lot of what’s theorized in modern physics, so someone onboard is obviously steeped if not totally stewed in Quantum Mechanics and Relativity. (After reading a synopsis on Wikipedia, I realized that the famous physicist Kip Thorne was involved. We’re not talking kindergarten physics here—though I’ve no doubt today’s kindergarteners know way more about physics than I do). I was interested to see where they went with it. About ¾ of the way through it, though, I was a little disappointed. I felt like I was being led down a rabbit hole. Then I realized it was intentional. As usual with something that intrigues me, and this movie certainly did, I started thinking about the characters. What motivated them. And not just the characters as people, but the actors who were chosen to portray them. What was the meaning there? What was I supposed to have learned that I might have missed? In thinking about it a whole lot I realized, who but Michael Caine could produce such a convincing and compassionate character like “the mad scientist” Brand. The man’s a genius. I mean, who but Michael Caine could star with an entire cast of Muppet puppets and not come out second best? And Ann Hathaway? Really? Seems like everyone hates her for being so versatile and successful as an actress, as a woman. And her character goes on to be the stepmother of humankind. And what about McConaughey, he’s always a mister ordinary nice-guy, brave soul, laid back fellow, your next-door neighbor who always lets you borrow his snow-blower every winter, even though you never even replace the gas. And Matt Damon, he’s a born “hero” if ever there was one, or at least he plays the role well. And that’s when I got it. They’re all intentional typecasts. They’re all paradigms and foils for one another. Ultimately for all of us. They’re “Us” put in positions that try them/us, sometimes to the limits of endurance. I mean, poor Mann—what a name for a character who fails to be what everyone including himself expects him to be. The whole thing is about what strengths we bring with us to a tense situation that others can’t or don’t. About them/us facing the actual facts about who or what we are and especially are not. About facing unpleasant facts and dealing with them—or not. About sacrificing self or resisting it, about making excuses for ignoble behavior because we know we haven’t lived up to the image we had of ourselves but pretend "it’s all for a good cause,” “I really hate myself, but I have to do this,” and “I’m “really sorry, but….” Would you have been entirely sane if you endured what Mann had? And the robots. What about the robots? They were programed to be human but acknowledged that they were machines. That’s pretty self-aware, actually far more self-aware than the people. And it took a movie miracle plot twist, a deus ex machina intervention, to pull us out of the spot we got ourselves into. Is that a suggestion that the authors feel we are in for it, sort of “hang on, we’re in for a bumpy ride?” I think so. Someone once asked me if I thought humans could pull the earth away from a major climate catastrophe. I’m a skeptic, but not a denier. I said, “You can hardly get two people to cooperate on something. How are you going to get 8 billion of them on the same page? It’s just that the price of not trying at all is unthinkable.”

great movie

Action and suspense. Very good movie!

Good quality disc, played without a qlitch

This isn't a movie you enjoy so much as experience. It reminded me in many ways of 2001: A Space Odyssey in that regard. Yes, 2001 was an interesting example of special effects. Yes, it does a great job of conveying the bleakness of space. So good movie making? Yes. An enjoyable movie? Depends what you enjoy. I would say no. This movie is filled with sadness from start to finish. A happy note in this film could best be described as bittersweet (with a slight nod to bitter over sweet). It is, after all, about the last days of earth (not a happy topic) - think of what it must have been like just before Mad Max took place when society was in decline. Not a lot of happiness. Then there's the space exploration part- as it would likely be if this happened in real life there is certainly more failure than success. You can call failure a learning opportunity but it feels like failure in the moment. So while I need to give credit for the filmmakers not turning this into a joke by having a simple happy ending you just have to be braced for the feel of this movie. At one point I felt like they were piling despair upon hopelessness (I give up, I'll take the Hollywood happy ending!). The other odd part about this is that if you don't prepare yourself for the story (I did not) you might think this is mostly a space movie. It is not. It is about one half on earth in the final days and then the other half in space looking for a solution. So for a while I wasn't sure where the movie was going since the images I saw were all in space and yet we are an hour in and still no sign of space flight (the star isn't even an astronaut at this point). That was made a bit more confusing by the documentary-like interviews they cut to at points in the film which look like they are telling you about what life was like - which is fine but we're seeing it first-hand now. That was a clue, I guess, that there would be life after this bleak time but it takes a long time to tie that element back in to the story. But I'll take a glimmer of hope in an otherwise bleak world, I suppose. The acting and effects are good. I think the story is solidly written. As one critic pointed out it reach probably exceeds its grasp but I appreciated them trying. For 90% of the movie I had to say they didn't cut corners to get to a happy ending or keep the story moving. Then there is the 10% where things derail a bit but by then you have either bought into the plot or you haven't. The questionable areas (which I won't detail) didn't lose me entirely but they did feel a bit tacked on- they didn't have a good way for our hero to be a hero so a scene is inserted. Voila! The scene in question is also the most 2001-esque- which for me is not a good thing. But again, we're winding down at this point so I was ready to coast to the finish. So check this out - it is a good story with some minor issues.

TODOS ABSOLUTAMENTE TODOS LOS LARGOMETRAJES DE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN CUENTAN CON ARMAS DE FUEGO. Salvo éste. Arruina-tramas más adelante. No seguir leyendo si no se ha visto la película. A pesar de ser aficionado el cine de Christopher Nolan, sus películas siempre pecan de utilizar armas de fuego para cooptar a los personajes a realizar lo que hacen. Por eso interestelar es tan buena, la motivación de los personajes no tiene que ver por medio de una amenaza individual, cada personaje tiene su motivación y su forma de ver, con el fin último de poder salvar a la humanidad. Interestelar más que hacer un guiño a grandes clásicos de la ciencia ficción, tener efectos especiales espectaculares y físicamente realistas, música inolvidable y ejecutada a la perfección como ya es costumbre de la dupla Zimmer-Nolan, es primeramente la obra maestra de un cineasta que ha alcanzado su madurez. La película toca temas fundamentales sobre la existencia humana, las motivaciones del día a día, la paternidad, el amor, el heroísmo y el sacrificio. Inicia en un futuro no especificado pero situado aproximadamente entre el 2050 y el 2100 en el cual la humanidad ha entrado en una crisis alimentaria global y no es por sobrepoblación. Lentamente construye el ambiente para que el espectador empáticamente se relacione con alguno de los personajes que presenta. Llena de giros e imprevistos la película no para de sorprender. Justo en cuanto se ha comenzado a volver tediosa, algo inesperado y perfectamente justificado sucede que dota de profundidad adicional al filme, en vez de cambiar de sentido, enriquece la narrativa. A todo esto se debe sumar las excelentes actuaciones de ganadores de oscar y de varios nominados, además de caras conocidas ya en el trabajo de Nolan, una preciosa y cuidad cinematografía, la mejor edición sonora que he visto en películas como ésta y un soundtrack que recuerda tanto a los trabajos minimalistas de Phillip Glass como a las épicas sonoridades que genera Zimmer. Todo lo anterior filmado en IMAX, estos agregados hacen que la producción deba ser disfrutada en no menor calidad que en FULL HD y con audio descomprimido como se presenta en un BLU RAY que por sí solo vale el precio que trae. Adicionalmente la caja cuenta con un DVD, material adicional, una copia digital para la computador y un cuadro (filme de celuloide) de una escena de la película, donde se puede corroborar que está grabada originalmente en formato IMAX y convierte una compra común en una pieza de colección. La película satisfacerá a amantes de la ciencia ficción, como a coleccionistas, amantes del suspenso, el existencialismo, la relatividad, amantes de películas épicas y de las películas de acción. No se pueden perder esta obra maestra.

Super obraz i audio, świetny film

Me acaba de llegar un día antes de su lanzamiento Interstellar, así que lo primero un 10 para Amazon que cumple como "casi" siempre. La edición que comento es la Edición Coleccionista en formato digibook. El formato es bastante robusto, buen tacto pero ojo al quitar la contraportada de papel con las características porque viene con los molestas gotas de pegamento. Esta edición viene con copia digital para disfrutarla donde quieras. El digibook viene en castellano y tiene unas 25 páginas con fotos del rodaje, actores, director, naves, trajes espaciales, paisajes y en general está bien. Está claro que no estamos comprando un libro que nos puede satisfacer más. Los dos discos del blu ray totalmente en color negro con el logo de Interstellar. En cuanto a su contenido podéis ver lo publicado por otros compradores que lo han descrito muy bien. Ahora algo sobre mi opinión personal: Interstellar se ha convertido ya en un clásico del cine de ciencia ficción. Y es que los hermanos Nolan no suelen defraudar (Origen, Trilogía de Batman, Memento, The prestige). Los 169 minutos te llevarán a un viaje alucinante para salvar a la humanidad donde Matthew McConaughey y Jessica Chastian están fenomenales en sus papeles pero no olvidemos a Anne Hathaway y al grandísimo Michael Caine incluida alguna sorpresa en el reparto. La película tiene momentos para todo, drama, acción, suspense... y las escenas en el espacio son de lo mejor. Bien rodada, banda sonora de Hans Zimmer y con un buen doblaje te hará disfrutar de lo lindo. Nota general 8,5 sobre 10.

Für mich ist "Interstellar" einer der besten Filme aller Zeiten und markiert den absoluten Olymp des Sci-Fi-Genres. Aber nicht nur inhaltlich, sondern vor allem technisch setzt diese 4K UHD Blu-ray Maßstäbe. Hier meine Eindrücke zur Technik: ​Das Bild: Absolute Referenz Visuell ist die Scheibe aktuell das Maß der Dinge. Die Schärfe und die Farben sind unglaublich. Besonders die IMAX-Szenen sind atemberaubend und nehmen einen förmlich mit in die unendlichen Weiten des Weltraums. Wer wissen will, was sein TV wirklich kann, muss diesen Film einlegen. ​Der Ton: Brachiale Gewalt auch ohne 3D-Sound Ein wichtiger Hinweis vorweg: Es gibt hier keinen 3D-Ton (kein Dolby Atmos oder DTS:X). Aber lassen Sie sich davon bloß nicht abschrecken! Die vorhandene DTS-HD Master Audio Spur ist schlichtweg phänomenal. Was hier an Bass und räumlicher Tiefe geboten wird, sucht seinesgleichen. Der Score von Hans Zimmer drückt mit einer Wucht in den Raum, dass die Wände wackeln. Ich habe selten (oder eigentlich nie) ein so heftiges und immersives Heimkino-Erlebnis gehabt. ​Fazit: Technisch sind Bild und Ton absolute Spitzenklasse. Wer einen 4K-TV, einen Player und eine vernünftige Surround-Anlage besitzt, muss diesen Film in der Sammlung haben. Es ist eine Demonstration dessen, was Heimkino leisten kann. ​Kaufempfehlung: 100%

Très grand classique de la science-fiction interstellar en ultra HD HDR à voir et à revoir