Interstellar (2014) - A Christopher Nolan Film (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Bonus Disc) (3-Disc)

This movie needs no review. Being directed by Christopher Nolan, you know exactly what to expect. There are some who find him over-rated and some who absolutely love everything he does. I belong to the latter category. So if you are one of many who loved the movie, you probably have already bought this blu-ray. The disc released in India is a 2 disc edition. Disc 1 includes the movie and Disc 2 includes the bonus features. The audio-video quality on this disc is excellent. The movie is presented in shifting aspect ratios (2.39:1 and 1.78:1) like the Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises blu-rays to replicate the IMAX experience. The scenes shot in IMAX do look better than the regular scenes. The audio is in DTS-HD MA 5.1. There is no hindi or any indian language audio track or subtitles. Do note that in some scenes, the background music is mixed so loudly that the dialogues cannot be heard. But this was done intentionally by Nolan and is not a fault of the disc. The extras include The Science of Interstellar - a 50 minute documentary, Inside Interstellar - a 1 hour 50 minute long behind the scenes feature which is split into 14 mini features (there is no option to play all together, which is bad) and 4 trailers. All over the world, the similar discs are released, only difference is in the packaging. The US version includes an IMAX film cell, which is not included on the Indian edition. But there is a slipcover. One more thing, the dvd released in India is a single disc version with no bonus features and no shifting aspect ratios. So if you have the necessary equipment to play blu-rays, don't compromise.

I got the normal non-artbook two disc edition from the seller "The paper palette" for Rs295 and i must say this movie is definitely worth more than that! The packaging was adequate. But movie is surely a masterpiece that NEEDS to be owneded as a two-disc blu-ray with its special features. The movie format does change from 16:9 during the epic VFX scenes and 2.4:1 for normal drama scenes. This was intentionally done by Director and producer Christopher Nolan. You can look it up for more info on why so don't worry, there's nothing wrong with the disc formatting or recording. I would definitely suggest you to get the 2 disc version as the special feature disc contains a documentary on the science behind Interstellar voiced by Mathew McConaughey himself and more clips on how the background story, conceptualisation and design of the robots, the space travel, the dust, the eerie space music and more. This gives more insight into the research and effort put into the story and the movie as a whole and you would surely love, especially even more if you're a creative person of any form.

Earth is turning environmentally unihabitable and NASA sends a space probe through a portal near planet saturan which is probably opened by aliens or future human beings 48 years ago for saving present humanity or future humans from inevitable death.Almost every current hot topic of science has been touched but not deeply, like portal to other dimensions and far distances, black holes, time dilation and contraction account.to Einstein's relativity theory at near light speed and near black holes,event horizon,inside black holes, etc. Also human traits emotions love fear etc. Good entertainment. Worth watching.

Christopher Nolan's latest masterpiece is an absolutely beautiful and powerful achievement. Those not in tune with the movie may find it quite the opposite. "They hate it cause they ain't us." ;) A film that celebrates the true artistic vision of Mr. Nolan with an emotionally powerful story, breath-taking (Oscar Nominated and Won) Visual Effects, fantastic audio, incredible cinematography and the beautiful score by Hans Zimmer. A must have Blu-ray for all movie fans. This is our generations 2001 and it is a classic worth seeing again and again for a long long time. Blu-ray visual quality is truly breath taking, at 1080p you have to experience it yourself. Same plays seamlessly on a Playstation 4 with fantastic audio and video. Blu-ray extras are also very good, going in depth with a behind the scenes look at how they made this wonder. Awesome, prompt and very fast delivery from Amazon Team. Cheers! Happy Customer. :) In short don't miss this epic. You owe it to yourself.

This is a review for the 2-Disc Digibook Edition. The movie itself is phenomenal, although I didn't completely understand the last 45 minutes. Coming to this 2-Disc Digibook Edition, as the name suggests, it contains: 1. two discs, one for the main movie and one for extra content. 2. some pages with movie scenes and information. Disc menu: Play, Scenes (split in 20) and Languages (English, German, Spanish). Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish The only gripe I have is that not all of the movie is exactly fullscreen. Most of the scenes are shot in 35mm widescreen format and some in IMAX fullscreen format. And when scaled to 1080p the widescreen parts show black bars, which is really annoying and distracting. Please note that this is not a fault in the Blu-ray. The movie was shot this way. Other than that I really enjoyed watching this sci-fi in Blu-ray.

I DID NOT receive the 2-disc Edition as advertised. I was really looking forward for the EXTRA DISC of Bonus Contents. Instead, I got a Single Disc Promotional BluRay Edition of Interstellar that was Not For sale. I am NOT happy with the product and fake advertising. Please note that this is not the Review of movie. INTERSTELLAR movie is Awesome. A MUST-WATCH.

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Oh I've been waiting for this movie to come out on Bluray for a long long time. I have been a fan of all Christopher Nolan Films. Interstellar for me has been the Best Movie I've ever seen, alongside with The dark Knight Trilogy and Inception. Service from Amazon was a bit delayed but that's understandable because this product is sold out everywhere else. Since its a blu ray I don't need to talk about picture clarity, resolution, etc. All in all its totally worth your hard earned money. Get ready to be amazed by mind twisting REAL science and all the emotions of humans that go with it. Masterpiece.

Für mich ist "Interstellar" einer der besten Filme aller Zeiten und markiert den absoluten Olymp des Sci-Fi-Genres. Aber nicht nur inhaltlich, sondern vor allem technisch setzt diese 4K UHD Blu-ray Maßstäbe. Hier meine Eindrücke zur Technik: ​Das Bild: Absolute Referenz Visuell ist die Scheibe aktuell das Maß der Dinge. Die Schärfe und die Farben sind unglaublich. Besonders die IMAX-Szenen sind atemberaubend und nehmen einen förmlich mit in die unendlichen Weiten des Weltraums. Wer wissen will, was sein TV wirklich kann, muss diesen Film einlegen. ​Der Ton: Brachiale Gewalt auch ohne 3D-Sound Ein wichtiger Hinweis vorweg: Es gibt hier keinen 3D-Ton (kein Dolby Atmos oder DTS:X). Aber lassen Sie sich davon bloß nicht abschrecken! Die vorhandene DTS-HD Master Audio Spur ist schlichtweg phänomenal. Was hier an Bass und räumlicher Tiefe geboten wird, sucht seinesgleichen. Der Score von Hans Zimmer drückt mit einer Wucht in den Raum, dass die Wände wackeln. Ich habe selten (oder eigentlich nie) ein so heftiges und immersives Heimkino-Erlebnis gehabt. ​Fazit: Technisch sind Bild und Ton absolute Spitzenklasse. Wer einen 4K-TV, einen Player und eine vernünftige Surround-Anlage besitzt, muss diesen Film in der Sammlung haben. Es ist eine Demonstration dessen, was Heimkino leisten kann. ​Kaufempfehlung: 100%

----- I've added photos to my review showing the Digibook and disc 1+2 language/options.... ----- I first saw this film in the cinema and I've just received and watched the Digibook Blu-ray - Hurray ! Christopher Nolan has been in my movie 'Hall of Fame' for many years, by virtue of his previous efforts, most notably the intriguing 'Memento', the mesmerising 'Insomnia', the spectacular 'Batman Begins', the thought-provoking 'The Prestige', the enthralling 'The Dark Knight' and (most recently) the utterly captivating 'Inception' - which for me tops them all and firmly sits at the top of the pile, alongside Michael Mann's 'Manhunter', as my most favourite film. For me, having already seen it in the cinema, 'Interstellar' is an extremely impressive spectacle which (unusually for a Christopher Nolan film) provoked extreme emotion - I know I have not been the only grown-man to 'blub' as the movie reached it's climax.... If the storyline is fully-appreciated your eyes will ache due to the often tremendous visuals, your ears resonate due to the incredible soundtrack (sound-effects and a powerful Hans Zimmer score) BUT, perhaps more significantly, your mind will slowly get scrambled with the combination of (a la 'Inception') brain-boggling 'concepts' and (towards the end) that heavy emotion. and this Blu-ray presentation managed to provoke the same reaction for me, despite a smaller screen and less expansive sound-system - it presents things as good as you could expect in HD (albeit that the potential spectacle is diminished a little due to a smaller screen of course !), with the dts-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack managing to almost equal my previous cinematic experience with lots of rear/subwoofer 'activity'. Like 'Inception', to properly appreciate the convoluted plot this film demands maximum attentiveness - and right from the very start, since as he (first ?) did in his previous film Nolan has included an opening sequence which is likely to be forgotten but is HUGELY significant nonetheless. and so I must state that I do not aim to cover the plot much since, VERY quickly, it is revelationary and hence makes spoiling things for first-time viewers too likely; BUT, since it is at the start I can mention that opening sequence as it hints at what is to follow.... I should also mention that many reviews, including the often too-lauded contributory 'encyclopaedia-type' website beginning with a 'W', manage to fail to mention this opening scene (or omit bits from their description of it) which perhaps shows that the significance of it has been 'missed'.... We first see a series of 'talking heads' interviews with individual aged people, who discuss certain events which pertain to what follows - CRUCIALLY however, those interview clips have interspersed amongst them a series of clips of piloted space flight which are just as significant. *** Remember the beginning as you continue to watch and things may be clearer and without repeat viewing !!! What follows is an introductory-type set of scenes so we are familiarised further (and more specifically) with the era, present 'predicament' and the significant characters - before the story rapidly progresses as the influential plotlines are 'injected' into it. and that's it from me on the story I'm afraid, spaceflight is obviously a huge theme of the film as hinted at by the title and many images easily seen on product packaging - but any further explanation is too fraught with spoilers ! What extra I can say is that there are fewer fast-paced action sequences as in 'Inception', but perhaps more of the 'concept' discussion/explanation scenes than that previous film - and it is those concepts which, for me, (eventually) justify the 'brain-boggling' aspect of the film. However, unlike 'Inception', whilst I think I've fully understood all those concepts (which are again linked to a theme of 'time'), I remain unhappy about one particular set of scenes which I believe are not necessarily a 'plot hole' but are certainly hard to prove as 'viable' without a LOT of investment in the theory of time 'science' or believability (and yes, I have studied the theories of Einstein !) - I have covered that a bit at the end of this review, after the dashed line, as it contains spoilers... Luckily, despite any reservations, things rattle along at such a pace in this film that small issues can be readily left for later without viewing being spoiled - and as mentioned before, as things progress a massive emotional element slowly dominates proceedings - which for made the whole experience so memorable. The acting is excellent, the cinematography expansive and the special-effects quite superb and wholly 'realistic'. The other factor which contributes enormously to that experience is, of course, the superb musical soundtrack by (once again) Hans Zimmer. Except this time he composes solo and has produced a score which I think is vastly different from anything he has done before, it being largely 'electronic' - devoid of percussion and brass instrument contribution on which has so often 'majored' in so successfully. For once, the music supports the film more than standing on it's own, with few tracks (I also have the full soundtrack separately) warranting individual listening as they are not as 'dominant' as previous work, EXCEPT for the quite superb track 'No Time for Caution' (used in a space docking scene towards the end of the film) which is also notable for featuring a marvellous church organ 'solo' (not played by Zimmer, despite him often playing keyboards) which demands repeat viewing/listening - LOUD ! To mention cast members would also again invite spoilers, but I do not risk that when I state that the lead actor, Matthew McConaughey, has once again proved himself to have few peers (let alone betters), with a performance in which he is clearly fully-immersed to ensure that we are not only captivated by his character but also properly appreciate the storyline and the significant elements within - watch and learn, just like him in 'Dallas Buyers' or the more recent TV series 1 'True Detective'. It is also a delicious coincidence that he also featured in the impressive 'Contact', since this film shares many, many significant traits with it - along with other films such as '2001: A Space Odyssey', '12 Monkeys', 'The Terminator' or 'Millennium' for example....oh, and 'Event Horizon', which must surely have been the source for the paper/pen worm hole explanation scene in this film as it has almost a complete rip-off from it !!! Also, am I the only person to recognise musical 'hooks from Mr Zimmer which resonate with sounds from '2001' and 'Contact' ??? My 2-Disc Blu-ray Digibook features a well-reproduced partial element of the larger Nolan 'photo book' about the film (stills, concept artwork etc), with that second disc holding a lot of 'featurettes' (+ the usual promo trailers, no commentary - as usual for Nolan since 'Memento'....) - both held with secure clip-fasteners on the back; there's also a UV watch/download code slip. The Digibook was delivered in cellophane wrapping, so the outer edges are not properly protected for posting..... I've added photos to my review showing the Digibook and disc 1+2 language/options.... Like all previous Nolan films, a first viewing of 'Interstellar' left me hugely impressed but also cerebrally 'drained' - however, unlike his other films this one also produced a massive emotional 'hit' since it has significant sentimental elements (largely courtesy of Matthew McConaughey surely ?) . Whilst I don't think that it can be properly 'reproduced' on a home screen to the same affect as when at the cinema, this Blu-ray does as good a job as can be done and means I can watch it again and again to enjoy as much as I did the first time. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- SPOILER-ALERT SPOILER-ALERT The gravitational 'dust lines' which Cooper decodes to reveal and direct him to the secret NASA facility were placed by him at a 'later' date. Since he only got to that later date by virtue of his subsequent NASA flight a paradox exists ie how could he leave the lines to start the process which eventually gets him to the position of leaving them ??? After he arrives there, since the staff at the NASA facility eventually reveal that Cooper is a relied-upon 'hope' to fly the subsequent space mission (due to his past experience) why had they not already contacted him or, at least, greeted with open arms when he got there of his own accord ??? END OF SPOILERS END OF SPOILERS -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------

Ich kenne Interstellar schon sehr sehr lange und habe diesen Film unzählige male gesehen. Viel dazu werde ich nicht sagen damit ich niemanden Spoiler. Nur eines: Die Story, das Bild und der Ton sind absolut fantastisch bei diesem Film. Ein Must-Have! Die Disc selbst holte ich mir nun da ich auch einen Blurayplayer endlich angeschafft hatte. Diese war in einem super Zustand, ebenso die Hülle. Wer den Film also noch nicht gesehen hat: Unbedingt nachholen! Das ist ein nobrainer im Kauf!

Was soll man dazu sagen. Einer meiner Lieblingsfilme in 4k. Neben Alien, Sunshine mein absoluter Lieblingsfilm was Sci-Fi (Space) angeht. Top Visuals, vor allem dank der praktischen Effekte von C. Nolan. Die Story ist Herz ergreifend und regt zun nachdenken an. Aber was erzähle ich. Die meisten die sich die Blu-Ray holen kennen und lieben den Film wahrscheinlich so sehr wie ich. 10/10

A masterpiece science fiction thriller brought to you by director Christopher Nolan ("Inception," "The Dark Knight Trilogy") with an ensemble cast headed by Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Erwin, Ellen Burstyn and Michael Caine to name a few who give outstanding performances. This isn't the seat of your pants, smash, bang, boom action thriller like many science fiction thrillers, but a thoughtful, in depth look into a multi-dimensional world outside and within our world. I have to be honest, I'm a science fiction fan, and this is a movie which you have to pay attention to catch all the inflections. It's beautiful in its presentation. It's also a love story. Actually a combination of many stories from "2001," "2010," "Contact," and others. Placed in the very near future the earth is a dying planet with climate change and giant dust storms poisoning the soil which slowly kills off crops until only corn is left, and it's soon to die. There are no more armies of the world, and educators are changing the past, changing the people of the world from adventurers, explorers and thinkers, to simple caretakers to feed the masses. "The world doesn't need engineers. It needs farmers." I had not read the book, nor knew anything about the movie before I viewed it. The DVD has no special features outside of scene selections. Reading after what I thought was CGI were really actual sets created by the special effects teams, which bring us through inner space, outer space, time, and more. I highly recommend this movie to all science fiction fans and thinkers. Those looking for quick mindless action movies, this movie is not for you. The Hans Zimmer score is beautiful as always, but I have one beef in that many times the score overpowers the dialogue. The dialogue is many times in hushed tones. Matthew McConaughey does a great job, very sincere in his actions, but much of his dialogue is lost to the background sounds or the score. He plays a farmer who was a former astronaut/engineer who has lost his wife, and is raising two kids "Tom" and "Murph" a gifted young girl who has encounters with "ghosts" and is "special" in her quest for knowledge. John Lithgow plays the father in law living with them, who McConaughey leaves to take care of his children after he is chosen to travel through a worm hole on a secret mission to save mankind with a group of other scientists headed by Anne Hathaway. Matt Damon also has a part as an astronaut that has gone on a mission before him which sparks a turning point in the mission. All the way through we're led on one turn after another. I loved the movie and glad I added it to my collection and like others will be one I'll watch again and again. Also it's fun to just put on and listen to, as I go about my chores. But like many movies lately, the dialogue is being overpowered by the soundtrack and is being lost in many movies where the dialogue is soft and thoughtful but the action loud and "vibrant." That is my only gripe of the movie. This movie is "stellar" in its story, and presentation. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did, as it's one that is a "must see" if your a science fiction fan. God bless!