This was an interesting movie because it brought up a host of issues, whether intentional or not. The science fiction apocalypse scenario centers around a team of NASA scientists and engineers searching for a new world that can sustain life. Earth has been depleted and if humankind is to continue, it will have to be elsewhere. Engineer/astronaut Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) pilots the harrowing mission to find an inhabitable alternative. The movie can’t help but make you appreciate what we have here on earth. And you also end up thinking about what you would do if, like Cooper, you had to choose between saving your family and saving mankind. There is also some theorizing about the power of love and how it may very well trump self-preservation. Even though the movie is nearly three hours long, it held my interest and touched an emotional chord with its ‘long view’ about the fragility of our existence and the insignificance of humans in the grand scheme of things.
Should You See It? Yes, it’s fascinating. —D.W.
Viewed at Galleria 6 Cinemas
