I’m constantly seeing criticism for Interstellar’s climax, and the role “love” played in it, however I don’t think any of these criticisms reflect an accurate representation of what happens

It’d been 6 years since the movie came out and people still say the same tired talking point. I’m really baffled how SO many people say something like “I liked the movie at first, but hated when love saved the whole universe, it was so cheesy and not scientifically accurate like the rest of the movie”. People act like love was the "universal power" that saved them. No, gravity was used to communicate across the dimensions. GRAVITY. The purpose of their familial connection was to to makes sense of infinite time and infinite space.

I really think people are looking at this entire thing sideways. What Cooper meant was, had he not had a strong connection with Murphy (love) then she would not have still had faith in him when the time came to receive his message. If she didn't love him, she wouldn't have been listening anymore. If she didn't love him, she wouldn't likely have even thought "maybe this is Dad" she would have just dismissed it as more odd phenomenon.

The 'Aliens' chose the two of them because they had the skills and opportunity to complete the mission that needed to be completed, but also had the relationship required for it to be completed. It's about love (trust) being required as part of the plan.

Brand was just on the other hand being emotional and making a semi-irrational decision, as people do. Cooper didn't understand at the time that while she may (or may not) be wrong in that situation, that a relationship can in fact be a major factor in the failure or success of something. His calling back to it was simply him 'getting it', even though I don't honestly think Brand got it at the time.

Point being, people are really over thinking this. The plan would not have worked without a strong loving relationship, that's what they were talking about and why it mattered. Love did not save the universe, but it was key to that particular plan's success.

The movie hints at the idea that the universe, our place, our evolution, it's all random and meaningless. But we have to make some order out of the chaos? How does that happen? For humans, it's "love." The aliens then use that to their advantage to make their ends meet.

The movie isn't saying love is some sort of force that makes the universe work. It's a construct we've created to make sense of our perspective of the universe.

TLDR:

The movie STILL works scientifically. Love does NOT physically save the day any more than the love of a mother physically saves a child by pulling a car off of them. Love is purely the impetus for the physical action (i.e. picking up the car with her body). In Interstellar love is the impetus. It is the driving force for humans to do what they do. Whether it be to save humankind....or for a father to save his daughter. Cooper saves everyone because love drove him to go on this mission....where he uses the physical, scientific force of gravity to save everyone. Anyone who keeps spouting this love thing as a critical flaw in the film is just spouting a common internet criticism that has no real basis if you watch the movie and pay attention. Gravity is how he physically interacts with his daughter through the tesserect. But this wouldn't happen if he didn't have a loving relationship with his daughter. Because he would never have gone on the mission to find the tesserect and use it if he wasn't driven by love. That's why love matters. That's why its "quantifiable” and “the key”.

Submitted April 26, 2020 at 11:59AM by Laxberry https://ift.tt/3cIY4FK