I would make it clear right now, I am a huge Nolanite, just in case my user name is not sufficient to show this. That being said, I am worried about Interstellar. Not about the quality of the movie, no no no. With Christopher Nolan at the helm, I believe the Yellow Pages can be interesting, engaging, and has touching human emotions (read: Leonard Shelby and Dom Cobb).
Why would I be so paranoia as to worry about the movie then? Well...
1. The 3 trailers and IMDB had revealed too much information (IMHO)
Re-watch the trailers for Inception, and you re-live the awesome gravity fight between JGL and a guard, as well as the bits and pieces of the mountain fight. The amazing thing about those trailers is that, in case you have forgotten, those scenes showed everything and nothing. The audience don't know what is happening, why they are on a mountain, etc. And they are pleasantly surprised when they experience Inception for the first time. Now, look at the IMDB page of Interstellar and the trailers, you have to agree that way to much information are revealed. I am not going to list them here, because I don't want to spoil the movie for you in case you have not figured them out or read the IMDB page.
Knowing too much about a movie (or think you know a lot about a movie) can harm one's experience when one first see the movie. For example, (spoilers for X-Men: DOFP), because of "The Bent Bullet" viral videos, I thought Magneto and/ or Mystique were the ones who killed JFK; but in the movie, it was revealed that it was some anti-mutant group who killed the mutant JFK. I was bummed when I learnt this in the theater, and I had difficulty enjoying the next five minutes of the movie back then. I don't think this should happen to Interstellar audiences, but the fact that there are way too much information about the movie does not help.
2. The general audience perceive "Christopher Nolan" as something he is not
Genius? He most certainly is. Film enthusiast? Unquestionable. He likes obsessed characters like Leonard Shelby, Dom Cobb, Will Dormer and Bruce Wayne? Most probably. Always trying to blow your mind with twists and new concepts? Err... I would have to say no. It is undeniable that Christopher Nolan's movies has certain recurring themes, but I don't think these are his fetishes and he means to continue having them in his new movies. Like in the Dark Knight Rises, my favourite part of the Bruce Wayne movie, he does not rely on twists and turns to tell the story, he relies on showing how much Bruce Wayne wants to help his city, and getting us to feel for Bruce Wayne, to tell the story and make us care.
I had to write the kind-of-unrelated paragraph above as I want to show that "Christopher Nolan style" is a very fluid concept, and I think a lot of people are holding on to things they think is"Nolan-y" but actually is not the key "Nolan" elements. Please forgive me if it come across like I think I know more about Chris Nolan than other people, but I do believe while a lot of people think of "gritty", "realistic", "mind-bending" when they think "Nolan", Chris himself does not hold onto these concepts that much.
When I say I think a movie would have wonderful visuals and an emotional hook to it that drives the story, I believe a lot of people would not think "Nolan" immediately; yet this is what I think Interstellar would be. It is going to tell the story of Cooper finding a way to save the Earth in Space, while leaving his daughter Murphy behind, and missing her and thinking of her every second. The problem with this story is that some audience might be disappointed with Interstellar because, again, it is not they had expected. They expected something like Inception or Memento, instead they got something more akin to 2001: A Space Odyssey. Not saying that Interstellar being like 2001 is a bad thing, but can you imagine your disappointment, when you were promised Die Hard 1, and you get Citizen Kane instead? Both very good, but expectation wise, yeah you get the idea.
3. Hype
This is easy to explain. Over-hyping kills, or at least seriously hurts, most movies. I must admit, when I first saw the Avengers, I thought it was awesome, but I thought it could be MORE awesome, the very definition of over-hyped. As Christopher Nolan continues to make awesome movies after awesome movies (TDKR haters, I know your complaints, please don't be Captain Regurgitation in the comments section), sooner or later the hype would out-race the actual quality of the movie, and the movie would appear to "suck". Not that the movie is bad, but just the audience were expecting more thanks to "hype". I pray to God that Interstellar would not be the movie where the hype out-races the quality.
The above three reason summarize why I am worried about Interstellar. I am worried that it might do less good than expected because of expectations, in short.
What do you think? You think I have depression? You think I am high? Please comment below and press the red glove!
Let's end with a fun fact: Murph, Cooper's daughter, would be played by the actress that played Renesmee. So, Cooper is Edward Cullen. And sorry guys if my English is hard to understand, English is my second language, and it is 11:40pm when I post this.