Many of the reviews here are misguided. This is about scientific collaboration. Black holes present a staggeringly complex challenge to understand. People from all over the world putting aside their differences and working as a team to chip away at this great mystery is a beautiful thing and definitely not boring. When viewed in this context, the film is wonderful. That they have work-in-process and highly personal footage of both undertakings and their respective struggles running more or less in the same time period is incredible.
Many of the reviewers feel shortchanged by the lack of explanations, esp relating to the information paradox. The film succeeds precisely because it keeps things very simple. I have a degree in physics. The complexity of the information paradox is not linear. Going into a deeper explanation would have been a mistake, like opening a can of worm(holes).
Since nothing is perfect, my only wish -- and it's very minor -- is that the two narratives were a little more cohesive.
Many of the reviewers feel shortchanged by the lack of explanations, esp relating to the information paradox. The film succeeds precisely because it keeps things very simple. I have a degree in physics. The complexity of the information paradox is not linear. Going into a deeper explanation would have been a mistake, like opening a can of worm(holes).
Since nothing is perfect, my only wish -- and it's very minor -- is that the two narratives were a little more cohesive.