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[JimtotheHum]

It feels like the planets were never the end goal in the first place. They were more just a carrot on a stick to get Cooper out there so that he could relay the data to Murph.

Look at all three planets, none of them looked particularly hospitable to life, even the one Brand landed on.

I think the true endgame of future humans may have been to get humanity on that ship and that's it.

 

[Zoe]

It feels like the planets were never the end goal in the first place. They were more just a carrot on a stick to get Cooper out there so that he could relay the data to Murph.

Look at all three planets, none of them looked particularly hospitable to life, even the one Brand landed on.

I think the true endgame of future humans may have been to get humanity on that ship and that's it.

That was my thought as well. Coop said they never wanted him, they wanted Murph.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Would have been an awesome sight to see the end of the earth as Kip is describing above

Haha, yeah. It really only gives them one chance to get the launch right, too.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

It feels like the planets were never the end goal in the first place. They were more just a carrot on a stick to get Cooper out there so that he could relay the data to Murph.

Look at all three planets, none of them looked particularly hospitable to life, even the one Brand landed on.

I think the true endgame of future humans may have been to get humanity on that ship and that's it.

Now let us build some Dyson Spheres

 

[Futureman]

I really liked the movie. I had low expectations as I didn't really like Inception.

I didn't really like though how the black bars keep popping up on certain scenes. I wish Nolan would just stick to one film format. It's distracting.

 

[Brakke]

I really liked the movie. I had low expectations as I didn't really like Inception.

I didn't really like though how the black bars keep popping up on certain scenes. I wish Nolan would just stick to one film format. It's distracting.

I had the same thought about aspect ratios. There was one particularly jarring one, I think it went from outside the farmhouse, *cut*, inside the farmhouse, and switched ratios on the cut. Terrible continuity. Weird choices there.

 

[Maninthemirror]

Lol

 

[iMax]

Lol

In that case, someone ought to teach Nolan that it really ain't all 'bout that bass.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

this movie is so much better the second time you watch it.

its great the first time but the second time its even better.

all the little things I missed the first time come through on the second viewing so it all comes together alot better and the movie slows down because of it, thus making it more engaging. originally i felt like it was a 8-8 1/2 but now its a 10 for me.

 

[Smelly Tramp]

the revelation that the wormhole might be gone just makes cooper's journey even more tragic to me. he made the ultimate sacrifice in leaving his kids behind and missing their entire lives, and then IF he gets to Brand she might already be dead anyway. everywhere he journeys to on this neverending quest for answers and exploration ends with him saying goodbye to everyone or everything he ever loved. history repeating itself and all that.

a very sad and lonely ending indeed, but one that emotionally resonates with me. either way i'm happy with the ending.

 

[CloudWolf]

I'm not sure how Cooper plans on finding Brand with his tiny ship in this case.

Nobody says that he went out there to find Brand. I interpreted it as Cooper leaving because he is just bored by regular life and wants to see more of the galaxy. Hell, his whole reason for going off into space in the first place was because he's convinced that humanity is built to explore, not sit on their ass and wait which is exactly what the people in the giant space colony are doing. It's not like the colony would've reached the planet Brand's on in Coop's lifetime anyway.

 

[Angry Fork]

Cool movie, maybe Nolan's 3rd best film imo, after Memento and Prestige. I didn't really like Matthew Mcconaughey before this but I thought he was great. There were only a few annoyances to me, the exposition is one thing which is a common criticism of Nolan blockbusters, I get why it's there it just feels formulaic now. It's like Nolan just sets up a laundry list of things he has to tell the audience first, and then the real movie begins. That's fine it works it's just a bit dull. The general audience doesn't know science shit though so I get you have to explain it.

I didn't like the scene with old murph, I feel like you either get them back together at a reasonable age when she can actually enjoy it and they can hug each other or not at all. It tried to be too emotional and ended up being corny, in particular that dumb popular quote about not seeing your kids die before you that everyone likes for some reason. And why didn't he ask about his son? I guess he died early from the dust in his lungs but this wasn't even mentioned.

I also found it weird that they have the tech to space travel but not prevent aging. We're likely going to overcome aging, at least beyond what it is now, way sooner than space travel.

One positive is the lack of religious bs. It's almost a necessity that every space film needs to have some religious dialogue, in order to placate people who mistrust science and reason (I don't know why they should be placated, but whatever). That love theme was a replacement for this, but at least it's more reasonable since it actually exists. But where it falls apart is when love becomes telepathy/telekinesis/astral projection etc.

The book pushing/manipulating by Cooper was hard to believe and the level of force needed, what exactly he could and couldn't manipulate seemed totally random, but even harder was Murph's realization that it's Cooper. I have no idea how this occurred, like I genuinely don't know the reason they gave other than she "just knew".

Rest of the movie was great, effects and sound were cool. Scenes of Cooper crying watching the tapes was probably the best bit, I'm a sucker for nostalgia, lost time, etc. things like that.

 

[samus i am]

I find it hilarious that when those that hated the movie are asked to explain why, they expose their basic lack of comprehension. This was truly Christopher Nolan's masterwork.

 

[Maninthemirror]

FYI. Neil Degrassee Tyson will have a podcast with Christopher Nolan on interstellar on the next StarTalk Radio podcast

 

[zychi]

Cooper is obviously the first Doctor ever. The end of the movie is him leaving in his Tardis

 

[KevinG]

If this film introduced you to the McConnaughssance, I highly recommend you watch True Detective.

 

[Brakke]

I find it hilarious that when those that hated the movie are asked to explain why, they expose their basic lack of comprehension. This was truly Christopher Nolan's masterwork.

, he said, fighting-strawmen-ly

FYI. Neil Degrassee Tyson will have a podcast with Christopher Nolan on interstellar on the next StarTalk Radio podcast

Ohhhh awesome. Come to think of it I've never actually heard Nolan speak in any context... weird!

 

[Wreck-It Ralph]

This was not a good movie. Not terrible, but not good.

TARS and Evil Matt Damon were the only highlights of the movie for me.

 

[Deleted member 102481]

I still just feel so lost in this movie with the aging thing. How old is Mr I drive a Lincoln by the time the movie ends?

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

This was not a good movie. Not terrible, but not good.

TARS and Evil Matt Damon were the only highlights of the movie for me.

If one combines TARS and Evil Matt Damon one would kind of get Hall 9000.

 

[farisr]

Lol

Haha, I honestly didn't mind the mixing, but the imax I went to had cranked up the volume too much. When the sound is so loud that you can't figure out what the music sounds like, changes between notes etc, that's not due to the mixing, it's due to your volume levels set in the theater.

This usually happened with the "fake imax" theater that was near me and I stopped going to that theater because of it, was a real shame that this theater had a similar setup. There were 2 long scenes that this really impacted.

 

[Scrooged]

I still just feel so lost in this movie with the aging thing. How old is Mr I drive a Lincoln by the time the movie ends?

It's all relative. They specifically say he's 120-something at the end, but that's Earth time. He's physically still the same age he was when he entered the wormhole. Most of the time dilation happened on the water planet and near the black hole.

 

[Scrooged]

If one combines TARS and Evil Matt Damon one would kind of get Hall 9000.

Mind blown.

 

[EightBitNate]

Yo why was the new home world a tube?

 

[Gnome]

Yo why was the new home world a tube?

Probably just artistic reasons.

 

[Maninthemirror]

also noticed in 2nd viewing: there are multiple stations. the one where Cooper woke up is called Cooper station and his daughter was being transported from another one. they said she would be here in weeks which means weeks of travel

 

[TheKaeptain]

Yo why was the new home world a tube?

Nolan loves Macross.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

Nobody says that he went out there to find Brand. I interpreted it as Cooper leaving because he is just bored by regular life and wants to see more of the galaxy. Hell, his whole reason for going off into space in the first place was because he's convinced that humanity is built to explore, not sit on their ass and wait which is exactly what the people in the giant space colony are doing. It's not like the colony would've reached the planet Brand's on in Coop's lifetime anyway.

I think its sweeter if he flew away to find Brand instead of just bored by regular life. Because otherwise it means he choosing not to spend time with his daughter, who, however old or dying she is, still is his Murph....

I mean if he just wants to explore he could wait until she's gone. He could get to know his extended family first or something. IDK

I just think it works better with the movie's emotionality if he had gone to search for Brand.

 

[Croc]

Probably just artistic reasons.

nah, it's this I imagine. Especially considering all of the talk about gravity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Neill_cylinder

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

The more I think about this movie, it might be personally one of the most heartache ending I've felt in a blockbuster since A.I. It's not quite a downer ending, it's just depressing when I thinking about it since it's such a semi-closure to a film. It ends with the main character keeping his promise, but the ramifications of the actions chosen, his promise ends up being the last time he sees his daughter too, on her deathbed and saving Brand meant having her out there alone.

It was a lifetime for everyone back on Earth, but for Cooper it's only be over 2 years and it's like he lost everything.

What does Cooper have left except to travel the stars, with a hopeful inkling that maybe Brand will be found, but the wormhole had already closed, and we don't know when they will achieve that technology to create them......feels sad man.

 

[SystemBug]

The more I think about this movie, it might be personally one of the most heartache ending I've felt in a blockbuster since A.I. It's not quite a downer ending, it's just depressing when I thinking about it since it's such a semi-closure to a film. It ends with the main character keeping his promise, but the ramifications of the actions chosen, his promise ends up being the last time he sees his daughter too, on her deathbed and saving Brand meant having her out there alone.

It was a lifetime for everyone back on Earth, but for Cooper it's only be over 2 years and it's like he lost everything.

What does Cooper have left except to travel the stars, with a hopeful inkling that maybe Brand will be found, but the wormhole had already closed, and we don't know when they will achieve that technology to create them......feels sad man.

Yeah. Just got back from watching it a 2nd time and I just wanna cry. So tragic

 

[strobogo]

I think its sweeter if he flew away to find Brand instead of just bored by regular life. Because otherwise it means he choosing not to spend time with his daughter, who, however old or dying she is, still is his Murph....

I mean if he just wants to explore he could wait until she's gone. He could get to know his extended family first or something. IDK

I just think it works better with the movie's emotionality if he had gone to search for Brand.

I really didn't like the movie at all. I've made that clear in this thread. But, she was literally staying alive just to meet back up with her dad. And she told him that a parent shouldn't see his child die and to leave the room. And then she told him to go to Brand. So, that's why he didn't take the time to get to know his extended family of grand and great and maybe even great great grand children. He had no connection to them and it seemed like they didn't even realize who he was. His one driving force told him to leave and go find Brand, so he did.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

I really didn't like the movie at all. I've made that clear in this thread. But, she was literally staying alive just to meet back up with her dad. And she told him that a parent shouldn't see his child die and to leave the room. And then she told him to go to Brand. So, that's why he didn't take the time to get to know his extended family of grand and great and maybe even great great grand children. He had no connection to them and it seemed like they didn't even realize who he was. His one driving force told him to leave and go find Brand, so he did.

i know, i mean i agree with this take, instead of the take that he just left cuz hes bored with regular life. it fits the movie better.

by which i mean, I think he did leave to find Brand.

 

[strobogo]

i know, i mean i agree with this take, instead of the take that he just left cuz hes bored with regular life. it fits the movie better.

by which i mean, I think he did leave to find Brand.

It's 100% spelled out he's going to find Brand. Nothing is left to interpretation in a Nolan movie. Merv told him to go find Brand. The next scene has him stealing a ship and leaving. That means he's going to find Brand. Nolan films are almost 100% literal and clear on what they are telling you.

 

[FutureZombie]

I saw it tonight. It was the most intense movie experience of my life. Everything from when they got to the water planet onward was incredible. I wasn't enjoying the start of the movie, but once they had jumped forward in time 23 years, I was totally hooked. The way that relativity was presented really hit me hard.

I have one question though. How did the future humans build the black hole time box? How did that get built before Cooper got there?

 

[Atraveller]

I saw it tonight. It was the most intense movie experience of my life. Everything from when they got to the water planet onward was incredible. I wasn't enjoying the start of the movie, but once they had jumped forward in time 23 years, I was totally hooked. The way that relativity was presented really hit me hard.

I have one question though. How did the future humans build the black hole time box? How did that get built before Cooper got there?

The tesseract was built with extremely advanced technology that wasn't explained in the film, it was in the black hole because they knew Cooper would fall into it.

 

[FutureZombie]

The tesseract was built with extremely advanced technology that wasn't explained in the film, it was in the black hole because they knew Cooper would fall into it.

Let me rephrase my question: How was it built if humans needed the information Cooper sent to Murph to get off Earth in the first place? It seems like circular logic. Cooper needs the tesseract to get in contact with Murph, but the tesseract can't be built unless Cooper gets in contact with Murph.

 

[Atraveller]

Let me rephrase my question: How was it built if humans needed the information Cooper sent to Murph to get off Earth in the first place? It seems like circular logic. Cooper needs the tesseract to get in contact with Murph, but the tesseract can't be built unless Cooper gets in contact with Murph.

You are right, it is a time loop, to future humans, humans' past already contained their own intervention, so they are just fulfilling their part of the work.

For more in-depth explanation, click here or here.

 

[bigboss370]

everything from when he entered the black hole was a dream. When he looks outside the window at cooper station he sees a city folded over itself. Remind you of something? Inception. The watch was his totem.

 

[hal9001]

Probably just artistic reasons.

I believe the Cooper Station design was a reference to Arthur C. Clarke famous novel "Rendezvous with Rama" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama

The "Rama" of the title is an alien star ship, initially mistaken for an asteroid categorised as "31/439". It is detected by astronomers in the year 2131 while still outside the orbit of Jupiter. The resulting images taken during its rapid flyby reveal that Rama is a perfect cylinder, 20 kilometres (12 mi) in diameter and 54 kilometres (34 mi) long, made of a completely featureless material, making this humankind's first encounter with an alien space ship.

The manned solar survey vessel Endeavour is sent to study Rama, as it is the only ship close enough to do so in the brief period Rama will spend in our solar system. Endeavour manages to rendezvous with Rama one month after the space ship first comes to Earth's attention, with the alien ship already inside Venus' orbit..

 

[Meowster]

Is Cooper's station just a temporary plan or the definite plan? This was the only detail that had me hung up. Are they there on the station forever? On a slow drift to Brand's planet?

 

[Atraveller]

Is Cooper's station just a temporary plan or the definite plan? This was the only detail that had me hung up. Are they there on the station forever? On a slow drift to Brand's planet?

A slow drift to Brand's planet, or other habitable planets they discovered in the past eight decades. If they are just staying near Earth, they couldn't have pick up Cooper.

 

[duckroll]

Is Cooper's station just a temporary plan or the definite plan? This was the only detail that had me hung up. Are they there on the station forever? On a slow drift to Brand's planet?

It's not the only station. These are space colonies. They obviously haven't found a planet to completely replace Earth yet, but that doesn't mean they can't build various colonies in space to move humanity off Earth anyway. Maybe in hundreds of years they'll find Brand's planet or another habitable planet somewhere else and start colonizing it, doesn't really matter in the long run as long as people have a place to live.

 

[Number45]

Isn't Cooper station based off of the cylindrical ship they were trying to get off of the Earth in the first place? If not that actual station itself?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Nobody says that he went out there to find Brand. I interpreted it as Cooper leaving because he is just bored by regular life and wants to see more of the galaxy. Hell, his whole reason for going off into space in the first place was because he's convinced that humanity is built to explore, not sit on their ass and wait which is exactly what the people in the giant space colony are doing. It's not like the colony would've reached the planet Brand's on in Coop's lifetime anyway.

Isn't it pretty much the last line said in the movie though? Murphy saying "Go find her" or whatever.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

Isn't Cooper station based off of the cylindrical ship they were trying to get off of the Earth in the first place? If not that actual station itself?

I thought so. There was a shot with Michael Caine in the beginning that was a similar shot to the one at the end, where Coop looks upwards and see the tubular ceiling.

 

[Enco]

I believe the Cooper Station design was a reference to Arthur C. Clarke famous novel "Rendezvous with Rama" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama

That looks terrifying.

I'm pretty sure it's temporary.

On further thinking, I think I'm gonna add to my list of dislikes. The do not go gentle poem was repeated too many times and got annoying.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

That looks terrifying.

I'm pretty sure it's temporary.

On further thinking, I think I'm gonna add to my list of dislikes. The do not go gentle poem was repeated too many times and got annoying.

AAaaaaa *___* pretty

Reminds me of halo rings. Like if they are stacked into a tube.

XD



... and agree with the poem repetition :< i really like that poem. but i think twice would be max amount of repeats... but it is such a darling poem though

 

[woxel1]

Last night I caught the 70MM show, which I enjoyed well enough, but my favorite part had to be when after one person limply applauded over the credits and my girlfriend leaned over and asked, "Do Americans always stand up and clap?"

 

[bigboss370]

Guys. how was Plan B going to work? I know they have the fertilized eggs, but what exactly were they gonna do with them?