Interstellar's Most Confusing Moments Explained

Time dilation. The fifth dimension. Gravity's ability to transcend time and space. Yep, if you watched Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic "Interstellar" and ended up with more questions than answers, you aren't alone. Here are the most confusing moments of "Interstellar" explained.

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What is the gravity equation? | 0:00
Who is the ghost? | 1:14
The watch | 2:10
Dr. Mann's plan | 3:05
Murph burning the cornfield | 4:13
Lying about Plan B | 5:15
The tesseract | 6:17
The power of love | 7:17
Coop and Murph’s brief reunion | 8:04
Time dilation on Miller's Planet | 9:02
When does “Interstellar” take place? | 9:51
What happens to Tom? | 10:50
Top Secret NASA | 11:48

[Looper]

What did you think of "Interstellar"?

[vinista]

8:50 “Even given this, you would think Coop and Murph would each want some more than just 5 minutes.” Actually, it makes perfect sense that Murph, who is now much older than her father, would feel less emotional about their reunion than he does. She went through years of grief and anger over his abandonment, solved the equation when he communicated with her, forgave him, became celebrated for saving humanity, and raised a family of her own, with a husband, children, and grandchildren she has now known much longer than she knew her father. She’s not going to react like a 10-year-old just because she sees him again. One gets the feeling that her main reason for wanting to stay alive until his return was to pass on the information about Brand and then “go gentle into that good night.”

[Fourthslip]

I'm glad there're some people who still remember this masterpiece and talk about it to this day. ❤️

[red]

For me personally, the only thing that the movie doesn‘t display well, is the moment when he returns to Murph in the hospital. When he enters the room, all the relatives just leave to give them the moment together. But dude, it‘s your grand grand (grand) parent who saved the world, coming back. Murph even said that she told everyone that he was the one helping her. They all acted like the least favorite cousin entered the thanksgiving dinner. Would have been nice if someone in the room acted shocked and said „oh my god it‘s grandpa coop“…

[kindofanmol]

The only regret I have is not getting to watch this in a theatre. Even on my laptop screen, this movie made me feel every emotion humanly possible. Such a profound masterpiece.

[heartbeatbillionaire]

Perfect example of a parent having a clear favourite. He doesn't even ask about his son when he gets back!

[LukeValentino]

The movie and soundtrack are absolute masterpieces!

[CapeRides]

You know a movie is a masterpiece when 8 years later its still being talked about

[ThirstyCartoon]

You didn't even mention that they say Murphy's been in cryo-sleep for 2 years before reuniting with her dad. Implying that she was near death and requested to be kept asleep until if/when her father returns.

[jaypaint]

The Wormhole was discovered in 2019, so 50 years later puts the beginning of the film in 2069. Because Murph is 12 at the start, and 23 years pass after the Miller’s planet visit, both Murph and Cooper are about 35 for most of the film’s duration. Cooper is told at the end that he is 124 years old, so that minus 35 means that he and Amelia both went forward in time by 89 years in the black hole encounter. By adding that 23 and 89 together, we can deduce that the far future that Cooper and Amelia end up in is roughly the year 2181.

[Seveneleven]

The tesseract scene is what I always imagined the “5th dimension” would somewhat be like.

[RK-bzhb]

The man charged into the most extreme object in existence with just pure faith that somehow he’ll be able to get back to his daughter, whom he loves so much. He didn’t know what would happen once he entered the black hole, but he still jumped in. Bravo.

[johnkeable]

The most confusing part of this movie for me is the way he obviously shows that he loves Murph more than Tom lol

[bonechawneomusic]

Chris Nolan movies make ME solve an equation every time I watch them. Tenet was bonkers

[alexandercallahan]

This is one of my all time favorite movies. Top 5 undoubtedly. The Martian is certainly up there too

[treyreichert]

I just saw this movie for the first time 2 days ago and I can’t stop thinking about it. I cried, laughed, held onto my breathe, it just had it all

[EliasAlucard]

Astronomy and astrophysics is a hobby of mine, so I understood the movie all fine when I saw it, and I loved it immediately. If most people understood this film, it would have made several billions in the box office. Instead, it barely made 700 million dollars. Interstellar reflects the interest in astronomy or lack thereof among the general public. Obviously, there are better films than interstellar regardless of film genre, but Interstellar was an epic masterpiece in the science fiction genre. Wish we had more hard science fiction films like it.

[MikeKraze]

Still my #1 favorite film of all time, I've probably seen it over 100x and always find something new to be in awe of. I've laughed and cried watching it. It is truly a masterpiece of this era in film.

[ryant]

I'm glad I got all these points from watching the movie. It was stated in the movie Murph was kept alive (for longer than her natural biological life) in cryo-sleep in hopes that her father would keep her promise. That's why Coop asked how did you know (he'd come back)? In which she replied "because my dad promised me" reinforcing the theme of love. It was only brief because she even said no father should watch their own child die and that his purpose isn't over. Love this movie!

[lsurouge]

The family of Murph, and thus the family of Coop, ignoring Coop like he doesn't exist is very very weird.