I had to look up Costa Concordia. I knew there was going to be this comment, about aging well, but I thought it was in reference to the covid outbreak on a cruise liner in 2020. Now in 2021 the delta variety outbreak on a cruise liner has happened.
"What's best of the worst?" "I don't know..." What if Jay and Mike from Best of the Worst and Jay and Mike from Half in the Bag exist in different universes in the great multiverse within in the Red Letter Media RU-vid Cinematic Universe?
You know what's really crazy? The Mr. Plinkett from the Star Wars reviews and the Mr. Plinkett from Half in the Bag exist in different universes, but in one of the HitB episodes, they mention Mr Plinkett's reviews. That means either that Mr. Plinkett from HitB also does reviews when Mike and Jay aren't in his home fixing his VCR, or, even crazier, it implies that Mr. Plinkett's reviews exist in a pocket universe INSIDE the HitB universe, and by extension implies that some version of RedLetterMedia also exists inside the HitB universe...
When they pulled the love schtick, my eyes rolled up to the top of my head so fast that you could hear the clank across the room. I mean, a movie that they researched with esteemed physicists for scientific accuracy pulling the old love conquers all thing was a big letdown for me in a movie that I otherwise loved.
@@saraklaren Interstellar is tearing me apart, Lisa! There are parts of it that are among the most incredible stuff ever filmed, the robots are the best, the docking scene might be the most epic and intense piece of cinema I will ever see, but parts of it are so fucking frustrating or unbelievably dumb I literally both love and hate this movie. I like to re-watch bits of it and at the same have no desire to ever see it again.
@@Maladath you know anything about the musical instrument known as the guitar? Well, occasionally, when playing the"guitar" some musicians have been known to utilize a technique known as "string bending". Often times this "technique" can produce a sound that the average "listener" would perceive as "off key". But we are immediately tossed back into "harmony" as the technique leads into more traditional playing in key. For you see, this convoluted analogy was intended to "express" that it is the contrast that leads to appreciation and "awe" . To perceive discord and then to also witness "harmony". Aye, there's the "rub". I am sure you get the "point"?
@@crypticscrutiny1153 you sound like a “pretentious” “ asshole” and your “example “ was “convoluted” and didn’t connect to anything the OP was “saying” we get it you play guitar
"Their mission: to find a new planet for Anne Hatheway to overact on" probably my favorite line on HITB thus far. Seriously though Imax is the only way to experience this movie.
holy shit that Black Hole scene when he saves the girl.. I almost spit my tea out.. this episode is a masterpiece of editing, acting and hilarity.. YOU HACK FRAUDS
I've held off a long time from watching or reading any reviews of this film. I knew a lot of the opinions of this film, and I didn't agree with most of them. I'm glad that these guys took the time, a whole half hour, to give this movie a proper review. I loved this movie, in its whole entirety I don't think I ever looked away from the screen. The visuals, the score, the actors, the script, the plot, every little thing sucked me in more and more. I know a little bit about black holes and science of that nature, so the ideas presented in the film were nothing new to me, but it's really the love angle that just bought and sold it for me. I don't know why, I really think it's the characters and their delivery that just made me totally buy it the whole way, and I think it really helped me get in the mindset of Cooper. I'm watching all these beautiful amazing shots, spinning ships, the majesty of the black hole, but all the while I'm thinking "You gotta get home." And when he did get home, the tears did flow. Sappy I know, but for me the whole movie was an emotional spring, building the tension more and more just waiting to be released. I know that there are better movies, and there will be better movies than this. But for me, this movie is my favorite and I consider it the best most engaging story I've ever experienced. Because this was an experience for me.
Oh my God, I'm not alone. I was in the theatre and I cried like a child. For me a big part was when you knew he was going to be reunited with his daughter and they finally meet again, it just felt like all the tension was lifted off your shoulders and you could finally relax and just let all your emotions out, which I did.
Count me in too. Same setting (saw it alone), same reaction all throughout of wonder, engrossment, and emotional release. This is the kind of beautiful film that would bother the type of person who is uncomfortable accepting some things defy scientific explanation, such as the power of faith and love. When you get into the weirder aspects of string theory, quantum physics, even the current scientific views regarding the nature of black holes, things get really weird anyway, and require no small amount of faith anyway. I had no problem whatsoever entertaining the "theory" of love finding a way back home in the end - it was in my mind a beautiful mix of the rational and supernatural. And the acting ranged from the quite proficient to very moving. Anyway, for what it's worth, put me down on the "five stars" side. I'd see it again in the theatres in a heartbeat, if it were still showing.
Manufactured movie? Aren't they all? What an emotional outburst for someone decrying another's emotionality. I could ask what you think is a worthy movie, but it really doesn't matter - regardless of how obnoxious a film you'd offer up, I'd not be pissing and moaning about it to the degree you do. .
Can confirm this is a scientifically accurate statement. (Gravitons can't be detected because they need more energy than the LHC can produce, more power than is even feasible by any sci-fi civilization even I think).
@Jester123ish I couldn’t agree more! Notice how the music had an odd military march to it? That’s because the soundtrack was written by John Barry and I’ll bet anybody 1000 bucks that it was the original score to Moonraker and got rejected by the 007 producers who were trying to ride the coattails of the Star Wars fad and perhaps wisely thought they’d pushed Barry in too far a space opera direction.
The worst thing about it is people who didn't manage to follow the "higher dimensional future humanity manipulating things" plot think that her speech explains the plot of the film, and that somehow McConaughey has some magical "love" connection that allows him to communicate with his daughter - the "love" connection is only the fact that she has an emotional attachment to the watch her father gave her, so pays attention to it when it is acting strangely. I love this film, but it does make me realise how stupid your average film goer is when you hear people saying how silly it was that it used love magic to resolve the plot.
@@Beer_Dad1975 yeeah man i on the same boat! Also it's pretty obvious to me that she was grasping at straws in that scene cause she had to defend her idea of going to edmunds planeta and she really didnt have any rational, scientific arguments, and is quickly dissmissed by Cooper and romilly as it should be...
The Black Hole is a precious memory from my childhood. I thought the music was great, too. Sure, the effects are cheesy by today's standards, but the premise is solid: a deep space exploration team finds a derelict ship adrift in space, captained by a madman who murdered his crew and intends to explore what is beyond the black hole. That is a pretty freaking awesome story.
I was hooked as a kid. The sort of cute comic relief robots, the absolutely creepy transformed former crew and Maximilian Schell as a really good villain. BTW. coincidence that the evil robot's name also was Maximilian?!
God is love, and he is also omniscient and omnipresent, so...God/love is more than just the fifth dimension. love is not just feeling in the same way God is not an entity.
They didn't even mention how absurd the premise of the movie is... "We have a pest problem for our crops therefore we need to start a civilization from scratch in a new galaxy" I don't even...
I mostly agree with what you said about Interstellar. It's what you said about The Black Hole with which I take issue. The score is actually really good, and there's more to it than just the "repetitive" main title. There's some very well written, somber and creepy music in the film. It also has some great uplifting music. This is John Barry we're talking about, the man who composed the music to most of the James Bond films for a very long time. I remember when I was a kid I loved the robots in The Black Hole. I loved Vincent, Old Bob, and Maximillian for how damn scary he is. The concept that robots could think, feel and care about people was kind of mind-blowing to me. Obviously, that particular trope is being overused these days. By the way, Black Hole was 1979.
Bon Mot People criticise intestellar for not being scientifically accurate even when they don't know anything about science. What can a writer do in this..??
Just want to say that, for the first time yesterday, I legitimately saw a Totino's Pizza Rolls ad during a Half in the Bag video and it felt very meta.
@@bensosnowski1128 It's something wonderful. It's basically the grandfather of all science fiction films after 1968. All of them. That said it is extremely slow moving by today's standards (it is over 50 years old, after all). You will also understand where thousands of parodies different shots and musical sequences and plot elements from the film originate. All that said, considering the film has pre-digital special effects in it that are unparalleled even by today's technology, to me it's a must-watch. I would suggest taking an afternoon and just watching it. It will feel its length but it will be something wonderful.
Yeah. I get you're probably joking, but *2001: A Space Odyssey* is an amazing movie. The ending is a bit confusing, but it really is an influence on every space movie after it came out. One of my favorite movies.
@@johnt.campbell316 If you want to know what was happening in the ending, read the book. It's explained in extensive detail. I kind of wish Kubrick had incorporated for the screenplay the element from the book where Dave has food to eat in his cage but it's all made of blue goo.
You may even say that flying around a blackhole that close without burning up from the heat and x-rays doesn't make sense, but I still loved that scene because it was so beautiful.
That's the one part that felt off...I mean not that the science was on point till then but it was at least comprehensible and you could kinda accept it as the nature of the movie but that whole love is the fifth dimension crap was just....not necessary.
The Black Hole scared the shit out of me when I was kid. I saw both The Black Hole and Event Horizon at nearly the same age and The Black Hole is far more frightening. Imagining what's under those reflective visors and black cloaks is far more frightening than people splattered across the inside of a ship.
I was lucky to be able to watch this on the biggest IMAX screen in the US - AMC Lincoln Square IMAX and it really deserved to be shown on that screen. No movie is perfect but I think this was very ambitious and worked very well and I thought it was very emotional. Christopher Nolan plays with time so well in his movies.
uffff,i sincerely envy you!!! (I've missed it in theaters,after i've watched it at home a dozen times,i love it a lot! Can just imagine the goodnes on the biggest screen in the world). Peace
Not at all talking about the Hans Zimmer score was weird I think because you mentioned other scifi scores and this one played such a big part setting the moods in a lot of scenes. It was far from generic or bland.
Everything Hans Zimmer does is generic and bland. The man has absolutely no sense of melody. Just try and sing or hum one zimmer piece from memory. The most memorable piece he ever wrote was the Batman theme in the Nolan movies and that was two notes.
This movie was very moving to me and that’s a pretty rare thing for movies these days. I didn’t feel dead inside after watching it which was a nice change of pace.
Mike is absolutely right. As a science nerd, I loved it. But most regular people I know (not particularly interested in space and physics) thought it was too long, too weird, and ultimately boring. My dad fell asleep watching it. :D So the general audience not so much interested I think. But physics nerds, space nerds, or even cinema nerds are gonna dig it or at least find it interesting.
That "Fuck you" at 26:18 really made me laugh! I liked Interstellar a lot! I'm a sucker for space travel, especially when it envolves some interesting stuff about how space-time works. I think I got caught up in the visuals, science and spectacle of it all a little to easily. At the end I felt that something was a little off in this movie but I couldn't quite point out what exactly. You guys made some things clear in that respect. Like how the earth-scenes didn't really fit as well with the space-scenes as Nolan probabely intended. I think I liked it more than Inception because of my interest in the material it covers rather than the actual movie itself.
When it came to the Love part, I looked at from a science perspective like how gravity was referred to in the film, compared to it being just some emotional reaction. Love is a form of consciousness that can transcend dimensions. Favorite scene was that docking scene, in the IMAX Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan are a badass combination.
Ya call me old fashioned but I really like that analogy. Because in our 3 dimensional view point love truest does transcend all dimensions.Regardless of how much time and space passes your emotions if they are strong enough stay the same and nothing else will do that given enough time
The over-explaining killed it near the end for me too. Like, when he's there doing the ghost stuff and says "It was always me" 3-4 times I just felt insulted.
Just wanted to say thanks to all of you on red letter media production team. I get so much entertainment and enjoyment from your shows. You make my day a little brighter. :) Together we can cross space-time with love.
RaJu_777 I will not. Instead I say we formulate an alliance against Event Horizon haters. Also lmao VarvasNukka, i never thought of it like that. Are they turning into Chaos Marines, i guess? (I don't know a whole lot about WH 40k)
@@Rafferty1968 Having watched both films, it doesn't really sound like it. Plus, I believe the Black Hole is more trying to rip off Forbidden Planet than trying to do 20,000 Leagues under the Sea in space, but that's just me.
@@samuelperezgarcia The menacing theme that plays when they apporoach the Cygnus is great. The action score that is technically the main theme of the film is terrible though. It's so cheesy, it takes you right out of the movie and kills any atmosphere.
So we are never told how far away the people in the ships are from the black hole or Saturn or whatever but fun fact, Supermassive black holes allow you to get closer to their event horizon than stellar mass black holes because the event horizon on a super massive black hole is soooo much further from the singularity. The tidal forces are much much weaker.
This isn't a statement on the film's quality as a whole, but people in the comments here seem to be in such a hurry to dismiss the theme of "love transcending time and space" and are even claiming the film itself only brings up the idea to treat it with appropriate contempt. You're projecting your own views on the film, which broaches the idea (through Hathaway's character) as both an intriguing scientific hypothesis, philosophical musing, AND as a psychological need inherent in how humans wish to relate to the universe. The people who dismiss that idea seem to be missing that the film's central resolution is based around Matthew McConaughey's character's relationship with his daughter Murph. Their love for each other leads *directly* to the salvation of the human race. You can argue about the merits of the idea philosophically or how it's used in the film, but in your rush not to be seen as taking something so "cheesy" seriously, don't try to claim it's not actually an important theme in the film. It is THE theme. And yes, to quote one of the more interesting comments in one of the threads here, it is "some My Little Pony shit."
L1ttleT3d Exactly. There is absolutely nothing scientific in "love transcends dimensions" and nothing of any merit other than something an angsty 14 year old girl would write in her Facebook profile.
+Neal X I agree with you that the theme of the movie is the connections we form between ourselves and others, be it family, friends or someone we love, and when we are faced with the realization that we are about to die, our thoughts tends to drift towards the people in our lives that we care about the most. That is powerful indeed, and it`s what may keep us hanging on to life even when hope seems forfeit. My problem is not with the theme itself, but the presentation of said theme. If we somehow accept that any strong emotion can enable us to locate any given individual we harbor strong feelings of attachment for across space and time, then wouldn`t the same be true for someone we deeply hate or despise? As a motivator I buy it, but not as an actual force that can punch through the vast distances of space and time.
***** Fine, I never actually said anywhere in my comment that I _liked_ the presentation of the idea in the film. In fact, I didn't, Anne Hathaway's monologue actually made me cringe. My comment was directed to a strange number of people in this comments section arguing that love wasn't actually a major theme of the film, which is absurd.
Never disagreed so hard to any statement in the show: The Black Hole might be a bad movie but the music by the legendary John Barry is terrific and one of the best soundtracks ever made. It delivers threat and mystery so perfectly and the repetition just reminds of that ever twisting monster of a black hole. You judgement about this is so strangely superficial in this regard.
@@ChromeKong I absolutely do, I've seen the film many times. Johny Barry is a great composer but it doesn't mean every score of his is a masterpiece. I don't necessarily agree with Mike that it is one of the WORST scores ever, but likewise, I think BEST is a bit of a stretch haha
Dreamwalker Films Not the best, one of the best. That’s a difference. The Soundtrack makes this movie. It projects a movie into my head that is faaar better than the actual one. Of course this is a very personal judgment.
I know people give crap to Nolan about the love theme, but it is one of the most universal things that connect humans. When it comes to stories, love and romance is actually one of the most popular stories amongst any culture, more so than the hero's journey. And, I think, it didn't try to say something objective about love, it was saying love can be a very powerful drive for humans and it is.
I have to say that I really love that old Disney Black Hole movie. That being said, I don't think I can really argue that it is some kind of cinematic masterpiece.
The robots were pretty cool and amazingly mobile too! What I didn't like was the fact that NASA could have sent numerous robots with propulsion systems to cut to the chase and find out which planet was best instead of sending humans first. Maybe NASA was dumb, I don't know: after all they did take their best pilot and turned him into a corn farmer while continuing operating without even consulting with him about such things.
Having already heard about the "love is the only thing that transcends time and space" BS I was fully prepared to hate this movie, but, damn, it actually kinda sells the idea (not that I think it's actually true, but it did have me suspending disbelief for the purpose of the story).
I really wanna see you guys do Synecdoche, New York. It's not recent of course, but I'd love to see your guys' opinions on it. It's incredibly underrated and should get a lot more attention than it has.
I'm surprised I don't see more (or rather, any) mentions of Hoshi no Koe, the critically acclaimed short animation that Interstellar basically rips the entire concept off of. It's a great example of how often less is better, and how much more touching the movie could be without all that dialogue.
Question: is the "love is a mystical force that transcends space-time" bit in the movie actually as bad as it sounds? Because holy shit does it ever sound dumb.
It's interesting to note that the blackhole in the movie was the most accurate representation of a Black hole in Cinema. Further, that it was the subject of peer review and the modeling of the black hole was done based upon all available data being fed into said model and allowing it to generate a representation based upon that. In a way, a movie helped advance quantum mechanics and the study of singularities by allowing the most accurate model ever to be generated and examined.
9:10 By the way, if you think about it, it actually makes perfect sense they used a Saturn-like rocket for the initial take-off. Since it meant their small planetary ships would have a higher total of fuel for the mission as a result. Plus the rocket may have even included additional stored fuel for the Endurance.
He looked at you and wonder where the time went. At that moment he saw you as the day you where born and wondered where the time went. I know because I did the same to my son
Everybody I've talked with about this movie always groans at the "love transcends time and space" aspect of the film. I find that it actually is one of the movie's strengths. When two people who care about each other are separated by an ocean of stars what's the one thing that keeps them connected? Love, obviously. Chris used this story element as a means for the future human/bulk beings to communicate with humanity in the past. I've never seen anything like this done before and for that I thought it was refreshing and brilliant.
@Bat Bat If a person dies, would that "love" that they have for you only be reserved for the you they interacted with when alive? I do not think so. The same applies both ways. Regardless of our relation to each other in space/time, this love will still be there, even if neither are aware of the other's condition or state of existence.
Main dude said that love was a quantifiable thing. Brains are quantifiable. The big idea you don't touch on which is presented in the movie is that future humans somehow manipulate the past and to some extent exploit that love to preserve their timeline. But then you'd have to talk about how causality is screwed up in this movie.
The Black Hole is freaking amazing imo... i mean, if you can suspend your disbelief with some of the effects, of course. Or maybe its nostalgia talking...
The black hole flyby was perfectly reasonable. It's the same as going past any other body in space, you just need enough velocity to escape orbit. The problem is the amount of radiation being released by the black hole is horrific.
@@towermoss that's not because of love. Its because of information. INFORMATION transcends space and time. What brought those two characters together could easily been achieved with relentless blind hatred.
I disagree with the interpretation that Nolan was indicating that love was a literally a quantifiable force of energy. I felt that the theme and the overall point of the "love" scene was what love brings people to do. Not like a magical force that just affects reality for no reason. This is furtherd by Matt Damon when he's telling Cooper about how your kids are the last thing you see before you die. He literally says that seeing the thing you love most is what makes you fight harder for your life for them.
Mike and Jay, you should check out a similar movie by Danny Boyle called Sunshine. It's one of Boyle's best and deals with the sun dying and humans setting out to reignite it. It's got a great cast and all of the science stuff is very well presented. They also had professor Brian Cox act as a consultant for the movie to help with accuracy. Great show
Watch 2010 Oddyssey two, it delivers in the space exploration and character department for me. And it's also a very underrated film as well that is truly great in its own right.
Except for the Cold War shit which was unnecessary, dated the movie, and was book inaccurate. A lot of the more heartwarming stuff from the book was removed in favor of it which I'm not a fan of.
Your reviews have worked perfectly as a "what to watch"guide for me so far. I`m not asking for more reviews, Just a table with ratings for a whole bunch of movies watched by mike and the other guy. More recommendations, more!!!!
Disney's The Black Hole is an incredible film. You must be crazy. You definitely have to watch it as an adult, though. The only thing that makes it a kids film is the goofy robots. Seriously. It's about necromancy and how a murderous genius madman wants to go into a black hole so he can touch the mind of God (and become one himself) but he ends up burning in hell.
I can't believe you guys didn't mention the Chris Nolan trademark of changing the aspect ratio constantly. That truly took me out of it a couple of times.
Ya, agreed on so much in this vid. Intersteller just failed to impress my sci-fi needs on many levels but it was pretty to watch. Plot holes so big I could break my next trying to ignore them. And above all...yes...YES...Dexter sucked. I love you both more than my own parents. Adopt me.
alan smithee Well no...not always. And not always gaping. Surely all time travel movies deal in paradoxes (as is the nature of time travel- in theory) But this movie had HUGE unforgivable pea-brained holes in it. Things that make drop out students pause to say "dude whaaaa?". It was ham-fisted and the plot itself was haphazardly blurry from the get-go. Nolan is famous for his inability to notice broken plots and disconnected logic...but this one took the cake.
***** Well, shouldn't how a film work on an emotional and thematic level matter more than whether or not does everything makes sense? Because let's face it, no one really understands the stuff they talk about in the movie completely.
alan smithee As a physics buff (science guy here) my issues with the science being badly manhandled was not an issue for me. I can detach from the reality of real science to enjoy a movie (thankfully). The problems with this movie are not based in misunderstandings of text book science. Its the- 1) mishandling of motives (nobody has a logical one or seems emotionally attached to one). 2) The failure of keeping pace by switching to scenes over and over that remove from the movie a feel of "moving forward" 3) The robotic display of false emotions. Everyone who is upset in this movie is acting like a cardboard figure badly pretending to feel for the very first time. 4) The total collapse of logic within more than one of the main plot mechanics that this movie is all about. The movie is riddled with nonsensical mistakes in plot and motivation...its that simple.
@@Andrew-yl7lm probably cause they’re largely not that useful. Curved screen isn’t going to add a massive amount of immersion, and given the hassles that come with it (slightly warped image perhaps, shitty mounting, screen shape makes it a bit awkward to install on ledges designed for normal TVs), I’m not surprised they’re not really very common anymore.
I really like the main theme score for the blackhole :( I also love the space shots that use models. Its one of those things that going back through it and just redoing some of the effects would greatly improved the movie.
