It was just another boring Saturday. Jamshedpur seemed peacefully unaware of the greatest milestone in the Hollywood world, dozing lightly in the chilly morning sunshine.
Let me first admit that I wasn't aware of this great event myself till I heard the excitement in my boyfriend's voice when he spoke about it. Even though he was miles away, I could picture his eyes shining and feel the adrenaline coursing through his veins. And this in itself was something unprecedented in the last few months of our rocky long distance struggle. As he ranted in a frenzy about Nolan and McConaughey and how this movie may even overtake Shawshank Redemption on the IMDb ratings, I didn't want to miss this piece of history in the making.
Let me first admit that I wasn't aware of this great event myself till I heard the excitement in my boyfriend's voice when he spoke about it. Even though he was miles away, I could picture his eyes shining and feel the adrenaline coursing through his veins. And this in itself was something unprecedented in the last few months of our rocky long distance struggle. As he ranted in a frenzy about Nolan and McConaughey and how this movie may even overtake Shawshank Redemption on the IMDb ratings, I didn't want to miss this piece of history in the making.
My boyfriend had a lonely four-hour train journey to get through, a journey that we had been on together, way too many times. That's when I realized-that was my chance for the 'Interstellar Experience'. Separated by miles yet connected by technology he narrated the story.
Scene by scene the movie unfurled in front of me. I could see even the minutest details that he painstakingly described- the blight stricken crops and the sandstorms. I could almost feel the pain when Cooper left despite his daughter's requests. I was there when the wave took one of their crew. I could sense their indecision when they chose Mann's planet over Edmund's. And the pure Nolan genius that finally completed the circle and blew my mind. The concepts of relativity that we had struggled with, handled with such ease that would have made Einstein proud surely. I could go on and explain the full movie, but that would spoil it for all of you. Just believe me when I say Christopher Nolan is amazing, trust him to transport you to a world where even Interstellar travel is believable.
Most importantly for me, I felt that I was on that train with my boyfriend with his arm around me, listening intently to him, just like old times. It satisfied me in ways that words that cannot possibly describe, maybe those of you who live light years away from a loved one may get an inkling of what I'm talking about.
No spoilers for my readers. Yes book that ticket and watch the movie! Don't miss this one unless you are stuck in a place like Jamshedpur that sleeps tucked away quietly in a corner of the Earth.
In words borrowed from Cooper "I'm coming back".
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