{"id":27351,"date":"2014-11-24T06:30:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T17:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=27351"},"modified":"2014-11-24T18:49:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T05:49:27","slug":"more-thoughts-on-interstellar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2014\/11\/24\/more-thoughts-on-interstellar\/","title":{"rendered":"More Thoughts On “Interstellar”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A “farm boy”…<\/p><\/div>\n

Note: I have tried to be broad-brush in my comments, but the following May Contain SPOILERS for some.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday I shared my initial reaction to the movie<\/a> Interstellar<\/strong>, reflections that still hold good.<\/p>\n

I’d like to add, though, that it was really refreshing to see a film that while “big” in its conceptualisation was not about “big battles.” Much as I like big, heroic stories I can’t help feeling decidedly “over” films that reduce the storytelling to big battles (es-pecially if that was not the focus of the original: yes, Prince Caspian<\/strong>, I’m looking at you!)<\/p>\n

\"...goes<\/a>

…goes on an epic quest<\/p><\/div>\n

Which leads me to my next reflection: yes, Interstellar<\/strong> is classic “epic” storytelling! Think about it: we have the “farm boy”, who goes on an epic (interstellar) journey, with a band of brothers and lovable “animal”—ahem, robot<\/em>—sidekicks: and why—to save the world, of course!\u00a0 The journey also comprises a take on “there and back again” with the changed hero unable (Odysseus fashion) to return to the old life…<\/p>\n

Given the science, as I indicated yesterday, is pretty much “fantasy science” one could even argue that it is not only epic, but “epic fantasy”—but even for me, that would be stretching too long a bow. Let’s just say that this is definitely Space Opera and not hard SciFi. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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