problems:
- they kept reusing spaceship shots over and over again, not even nearly enough amazing shots from space/flying/wormhole/... most of these were strangely chosen, short and scarce
- coop's batman/birdman voice infection, southern accent & cowboy attitude
- strange dialogue alternating between generic short phrases, philosophical and scientifically loaded assertions/explanations
- semi-amateurish editing with many cuts, felt rushed
- awkward silence, disproportional sound levels and boring music
- what cgi? that seemed so average (granted, it was a screener version), planetary surface & raging water were very badly modeled/rendered, far away objects looked like toys, they couldn't decide whether space has visible stars or not
- the robot, the AI, its abilities or movement or behavior or sacrifice - all comic relief? you wish...
- the incompetent 'aliens', rather basic time-travel (not too believable or complicated)
- the overly dramatic & emotional people - from spoiled farmers/kids/manchildren to non-professional astronauts
- the silly story (though it kinda works metaphorically) and almost no real excitement throughout
- the science was weak in many places (gotta blame some of it on popular trends/theories/politics), the philosophy was unconvincing and out of place
- love was awkwardly introduced and forced (it is quantifiable, roflmao)
- the title, guess gravity was already used a year ago
- 'they chose us', 'save this', 'save that' - ok, we get it, gotta believe in some kind of a savior/salvation, but cannot mention god (with all that science, even though the two aren't necessarily exclusive), so lets use aliens instead, or better yet use our future selves & evolved humans that are basically alien to us - but, damn, these scientists (incl. the robot :facepalm:) became believers fast! kinda makes sense, they were famished and in need of some kind of a salvation (quote from the movie: 'starving & suffocating')
the good stuff:
- scenes of the wormhole, the fly-by & black-hole close-ups were (artistically) very nice but way too short - this is exciting/cool stuff (like hubble images, even if doctored), gotta have moar of that!
- some of the 5-dimensional place effects, optical illusions (even if nonsensical)
- decent acting (mcconaughey was very good), professional production in general, watchable
- some jokes (knock...knock) & references
- deeper meaning (not necessarily intentional by the movie-makers)
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