You mispelled "black hole", therefore your entire post is invalid.

Seriously though, good post. 

at least I didn't write "black whore" 

Great post, I agree with all of that especially the last sentence. Really glad some other people are enjoying it that much. 

on the second-last paragraph of S's review:

Isn't that basically a secular, sci-fi replacement for God? if there's this invisible benevolent force that is so powerful that it can create singularities - why would it wait until we're on the brink of extinction to bother to do so? Why not just show up way back in the day and assassinate that catastrophic schizophrenic Abraham (and thus at least attempt to save our world from the curse of monotheism, though then again Muhammad and Joseph Smith clearly would have used a similar swindle anyway)?

I like the sci-fi idea of a "They" we can hardly comprehend (as in 2001, and it's no coincidence that Clarke was influenced by Lovecraft but knew more physics). But, amazing as the cinematography was, and profound as the idea of time dilation was, for me the overall concept still panders to idiots who can't even take a moment out of their pathetic, foolish lives to truly imagine what it means to be alone in an astounding but truly indifferent universe. Frankly, the message is utterly antiscientific.

"There is no hint that help will come from elsewhere, to save us from ourselves."
-Carl Sagan 

Because "They" didn't decide to wait. They can't decide anything because the entire timeline is predetermined. In this regard, the time dimension is different from our spacial dimensions because of causality - while we can freely move objects around in space, it is impossible to change things in the fourth dimension (time) due to causality. I don't know why time is special in this regard, though, and the movie doesn't give an explanation either, or I missed it.

I'm not quite sure which antiscientific message you mean in your second paragraph. Also I don't follow how the concept of the movie panders to idiots. The universe is indifferent. If you accept the idea of the predetermined timeline, then there is no benevolent force pulling strings behind the scenes. 

well I don't want to spam too much here, otherwise czg and other people whose posts tend to consist not of nerdy observations on scifi but instead of vulgar terafusion inside jokes, might criticize this (a level design forum is clearly designed for the latter, since the internet and society in general doesn't contain enough space for the former).

I'll just say FINE, I accept what you said, except that there is no reason to call it "Love"! Have you heard of "The Secret"? Nolan's movie comes dangerously close to such weak-minded nonsense, and although I freaking loved Anne Hathaway in his last movie and thought she was arguably THE highlight of it, her speech on that matter in this movie was ridiculous; no knocks on her acting, but on the writing: she wasn't given much to work with. 

Yeah, I didn't quite understand that either. It was a bit disconnected from the rest of the film. Is love the fifth dimension? Or is love an artifact of an as of yet unknown force in the force or fifth dimension? In a film that's as firmly rooted in actual physics as this one, love stands out as an unexplained phenomenon. I'm not sure I like it, but it didn't bother me too much, either.

Also, I don't usually like Anne Hathaway for reasons having to do with her face, but her acting was good in this movie. 

Was one of the few things that knocked it down to 95% for me. 

Last half hour dragged a bit, but this was easily my favourite film this year. Sort of like a cross between Black Swan, Adaptation, and Fight Club. The cast was excellent, but the writing was better, and the cinematography perhaps even better than that. Soundtrack very original. Even from the trailer it seemed like Edward Norton's character would be hilarious, but you really have no idea until you see the film. Interstellar is definitely a more important movie, and it touches on things we should all think of more. But Birdman, in its own way, was kind of profound, and entertaining as fuck. 5/5. 

Too long just like the rest. Quite good tho. The trolls were by far the best bit. 

What the fuck is with you Brits and depressing TV? This makes Utopia look like fucking Blackadder.

Only made it through season 1 and I dread watching the remaining four. 

I love Black Mirror, and you have to admit it's referring to real issues with technology; and also, the first episode is hilaaaaaaarious! 

poor pig... 

and apparently they're doing a Christmas special for it this year. Can't wait. 

where did you get 4 from?

s1 also has two of the best episodes IMHO, the 2nd and 3rd one. S2's first 2 episodes are quite good but the 3rd is very average. 

There are indeed only two seasons, of three episodes each. Pretty sure the Christmas special isn't going to count as a season...

'Fifteen Million Merits' (season one, episode 2) was one of my favorite things seen in 2014, in any visual medium. Such a wonderful skewering of the most distasteful trends in entertainment. 

 

Watching the film second and the show first was a bad idea, since it's probably a really good movie, but I just can't muster up any appreciation for it. 

CLASSIC Black Mirror, just as good as anything else they've done so far, though some ideas in it were retreads; overall, the same mix of paranoid, uncomfortable, horrifying, and hilarious that this show has made so distinct. 

 

A high quality entry into the Black Mirror series. Not disappointing at all, among the best the best episodes. 

Felt like I was watching a classic Nolan film. 

I just rewatched The Hangover. Haha - f* awesome movie :)
Hangover 2 was not a bad sequel, but the reviews put me off seeing Hangover 3. Anyone seen it ?