Thompsonuxb said:
Sorry, but this film is rubbish on too many levels to be considered for any sort of classic status.
1) the coordinates for the top secret facility - Cooper sent it back....why?.... If he regretted going.
When in the 5th dimention why only send back those co-ordinates and 'STAY' and the watch thing.
A more detailed message like 'don't go its a trap' or something like that would be more useful.
That whole concept is dumb..
2) recruitment:
Man turns up at the door of a top secret government facility -how did he find it? he explains he found coordinates on the floor in some dust in his daughter's room it was in Morse code - he is currently a farmer, previously a test pilot - but one member at the facility vouches for him he is then choosen to pilot a mission to save man kind, really?...... the same night too. (this assumed)
While this mission has been planned for some time no other pilots appear to be in training for said mission.
3)Sending crazy people into space - none of the players seemed all there or equipped to cope.
Go to an ocean planet - while checking the wreckage of the ship sent ahead of you, you see a giant tidal wave coming towards you - so search around for flight recorder?
I could go on - let's not even mention Matt Damon's cameo as another crazy person sent to save man kind.
Or the nonsense regards time
4) Oh the special effects were rubbish, really rubbish too.
5) Micheal Caine doing a Sheldon.
unstable child grows up to continue doing a Sheldon continuing MC's work - apparently the only person capable of working out this calculation for time space etc, aided by a wind up watch that has not been wound for over 20yrs - they should have called Sheldon.
6) Gravity - nearing the edge of the singularity where not even light can escape - Cooper's ship is crushed, he ejects from ship and....... Oh and his robot survives too.
Sunshine is a far superior scenario and with a much better execution......
1) It's the other way around. First he sends the message STAY, then realizes he could actually complete plan A with the quantum data collected, so sends the NASA coordinates to himself. He realises that "they," the future humans, chose Murph to save the world, so he needed to guide Murph to NASA to help out.
2) NASA wasn't supposed to exist , and Cooper was the only one who had a real flight experience, others were merely trained in simulation.
Sleepy now. Will answer the rest tomorrow.