The Abyss (Movie)

Synopsis:
An army submarine has been destroyed by what is thought to be Russians, creating tension between the USA and Russia. Another submarine near the area is forced into finding the army sub and checking for any survivors, because a hurricane is making it difficult for SEALs to deploy their own ship to look for the army sub themselves. Instead, SEAL personnel who are already at the scene are joining the submarine squad to assist them in finding survivors. When they deploy themselves to look for the submarine, they find no survivors. This is also when  the SEAL commander realises he is being affected by the depth of the ocean in which they are in. The hurricane then arrives, damaging equipment making it impossible for them to go back up without assistance. The SEAL commander, who is now suffering from psychosis, begins to plant a warhead in an effort to destroy the thing that has taken the army sub down. This 'thing' is now thought to be, not Russians, but 'terrestrial creatures that have intelligent minds, after a number of meetings, between them and the submarine squad. They also interact with humans in such a way that does not make humans frightened, but comforted. They successfully stop the SEAL commander before the creatures show themselves to the human race, after the hurricane dissipates.

Review:
Overall, the story-line is one that has not been created many times. A strange and interesting setting and plot that almost entirely relies on the ocean's depths, its mysteries and its unknown. This setting and plot makes you want to watch more because of everything that you do not know. It is unpredictable. The main characters are admirable and relatable, making us think of how we would handle the situation. However, the movie was quite slow, too much not-needed talking that made the movie feel a lot longer than it is. The action sections were OK, but the dialogues were repetitive and unnecessary. When using dialogue, there should always be something that is revealed to the audience, intead of non-essential chatter.

Rating: 6.5/10

Interstellar (Movie)

Synopsis:

In the near future where global warming has begun to make drastic changes in the earth's atmosphere and weather, making the earth uninhabitable, especially in the field of agriculture where crops are becoming extinct because of blight. A secret NASA team has been assembled, in a mission to find another planet that the earth's population can refuge to, through a wormhole that is believed to be placed there by another being. The astronauts enter the wormhole and find themselves in another galaxy, which has three earth-like planets that they have to explore to find out which one is most suitable. These three planets are orbiting around a black hole called 'Gargantua'. In attempt to do this, the head professor confesses that his plan for the astronauts was for them to find a planet in which they could repopulate it and keep the human race from extinction, since he did not find the equation to control gravity and make it easier for the civilians in earth escape through larger ships. After finding out this information, they begin to head straight to the last, unexplored planet, although, one astronaut named Cooper sacrifices himself to let the other astronaut gain enough distance to arrive at this planet. While in the black hole, Cooper discovers that it was the future humans that built this wormhole and not another being, and that he could go back in time and move things around. When he wakes up from passing out, he discovers that he is in a space station, 87 years after he departed from earth because of how time is slow when you are near a black hole, as a result of the gravity that is created, effectively slowing time.

Review:

A science fiction that explores different types of theories. A unique story-line that explores the mysteries of space. Interstellar is a movie that responds to how the world can end and the ways we can postpone the extinction of the human race. The movie itself is a very original idea that has the ability to make an outstanding movie. Unfortunately, some ideas such as when you enter a blackhole, you are teleported to a world of how reality is created, allowing you to alter it seems a little far fetched and unrealistic. Blackholes are stars that collapse in on itself, creating a massive gravitational force that is so strong, not even light and time can escape. A gravitational force, that strong, would not make it fast to travel from the outside to the centre, but would 'stretch' you until you can't stretch anymore. You wouldn't be able to survive the trip from the outside to the centre. A force of that nature would pull you to bits. Overall this was an OK movie that explores the future in an entertaining fashion. Although, some theories seem unrealistic, and for the reason that this movie investigates realism in the future, it seems confusing and hard to understand.

Rating: 6.5/10