Putting Travis Scott in this movie was certainly... a decision
The Indian guy ended up with the most screen time out of the diversity casting, and to be fair, he actually did a solid job.
He/she Ellen page and Zendaya are basically glorified cameos.
Tom Holland is a total wimp
Robert Pattinson gets a handful of lines and nothing else to do.
Charlize Theron is excellent, but criminally underused.
Anne Hathaway reminds everyone of her acting skills
Jon Bernthal once again gets wasted in a role that barely lets him do anything.
John Leguizamo absolutely steals every scene he's in. Every time he shows up, the movie feels noticeably better.
Matt Damon is... fine. He gets the job done, but I couldn't shake the feeling someone else could've elevated the role.
My biggest issue isn't even the casting—it's the performances. For a story that's supposed to feel grand, mythic, and larger than life, almost everyone acts like they're trying not to wake the neighbors.
The entire cast feels oddly restrained and low-energy. Hathaway, Pattinson, and Leguizamo are the only ones who consistently bring some life to the screen. Everyone else—including Damon—feels like they're operating at about 60%.
Then there's Nolan's trademark time-hopping. The constant jumps backward and forward in the narrative eventually become more distracting than clever.
The sound mixing is classic Nolan too.... the music bulldozes over the dialogue half the time.
And don't even get me started on the dialogue itself....The English sounds far too modern, stripped of any sense of the period. It constantly pulls you out of the world.
But then again, Nolan takes liberties with just about everything here—the characters, the ships, the creatures, and the mythology—so I suppose the dialogue fits right in.
It's Visually impressive and packed with talent, but the performances never match the scale of the story.
6.5/10.
