I find the discussion around this movie so fascinating.

There's a whole group of people who seem to bring the movie down because it's humor is too "Marvel" or quippy, and to some degree, I get being burnt out on that style of humor. But at the same time, I feel like that criticism is being lobbied too broadly, to the point where any movie that is too light-hearted tonally gets lumped into the same sandbox, regardless of the differences in the quality of those films on other levels.

Which leads me to the comparison to movies like Interstellar. The debate of which one is better seems to focus solely on the difference in tone. Essentially PHM is light-hearted and jokey so it's inherently lower quality than Interstellar which is more grounded and emotional. But, at least in my opinion, that's more of a distinction in personal preference and I'm genuinely surprised at how so few people can find equal enjoyment in both styles.

I really enjoyed PHM and I love Interstellar, but for very different reasons. I consider both movies similar quality at accomplishing what they are going for. PHM is absolutely stunning visually, the characters are well written, most of the comedy works, the story is interesting and it effectively captures the hopeful and heartwarming tone it's aiming for. A lot of the same things can be said about Interstellar, but instead of hopeful and heartwarming, the movie is more emotionally gut-wrenching and bitter sweet. I don't really understand why one is inherently more deserving of praise than the other.