Film Review ▕ "Interstellar" - The gravity of love makes time slow down

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The reason why a classic sci-fi movie can continue to be praised is not only because of the sound and light effects, but also because of its inspiring and universal resonance. For "Interstellar Effect", it frames a rigorous scientific point of view. But it also puts into the fantasy concept of destiny, using the relationship between gravity and time, to launch a shocking drama axis of life and death, and completely expound a space journey for love. From this point of view, "Interstellar Effect" is not only suitable for sci-fi-loving moviegoers, but also for moviegoers who have expectations and desires for emotional contrast. After all, this time Nolan became a tailor, meticulously making sci-fi Novelty and family affection are tightly stitched together.

Parents are always the ghosts of their children

In the movie, not only time has different states, but also love.

Cooper's father's love, in terms of the plot setting, although it seems to have abandoned his family, but also because the earth is no longer suitable for Cooper's children to continue to live, in order to preserve the lives of the children, he can only reluctantly leave and let go of the pair . Grasp the big hand of the children, and turn to fight against fate for the precious chance of survival.

In addition to his father's love, Cooper also has the love of chasing the dream of stars. As a driver, he is not willing to be a farmer at all, but the environment does not allow it, so even if he is not willing, he can only bow his head obediently. Part of the arrangement of transforming the drone at the beginning of "Interstellar Effect" shows Cooper's professionalism, and the other part is to show his nostalgia for the sky. Therefore, even though Cooper kept telling himself and his children that people must accept the great wheel of fate and learn to adapt to the torrent of the times, the attachment in his heart has never been extinguished. In this way, although Cooper's fire of hope is elegant, it persists in his heart, and this also makes Cooper, even if he hesitates, he is still driven by his inner enthusiasm when facing NASA's appearance, and finally chooses to step on. on an adventure that may never return.

However, Cooper did not experience struggles and contradictions in the process of making a choice. Cooper clearly knew that although he left to save each other, he also hurt each other. For the younger daughter, it was the trauma of being abandoned by her father.

Parents are always the ghosts of their children

This sentence seems to be comforting his daughter, but in fact he is comforting himself. Cooper wants to use this promise to tell his daughter that the existence of the relationship is just another way, and also use this to transform his guilt and tell himself that leaving is not abandoning. Your daughter's love and attention will always be your responsibility. For love, even if he wants to travel through time and space, he will turn back from outer space and run to his daughter's side.

Cooper's tears did not fall at the time of separation. This did not mean that he was not sad, but for him at the time, as a father, he must be a strong representative to appease his daughter, and he must choose to lock up his tears and sip hard. Hold your lips, hold back from crying, and hug the fragile and sad soul tightly, hoping to give your daughter a "sense of security" . Subtly, Murphy internalized and absorbed Cooper's emotional processing model, preferring to use a rational head to solve problems, so as to try to find his father in a scientific way.

Whether Cooper chooses not to cry is right or wrong, it varies from person to person. If it were me, I might choose to cry together to tell my daughter that crying, sadness and missing have nothing to do with it, but I am still, in another way, Go through the grief with you. However, I think the reason why Cooper sent the watch is also to tell his daughter that he will be there, but in a different way. So, I think at that moment, crying or not is actually just a choice, but no matter how you choose, no matter what form, Cooper, the father, will still return to the perspective of companionship to help his daughter face separation.

However, time is fair. If you gain something, you will lose something. The reality will not always be as beautiful as people imagine. After dealing with the loss of his daughter, even if he chooses not to cry now, Cooper will still have to face it. own loss. In this part, director Nolan, through the playback of the video tape, helped Cooper to loosen the locked lacrimal glands, which made him cry a lot, and pushed Cooper to face and accept the fact that he had lost the opportunity to accompany his daughter to grow up. .

Looking beyond the movie, it also seems to remind us that when we work hard as a human being to survive, we must pay attention to our present moment in the process. Perhaps, we think that if we work hard, happiness will come one day, although that day may indeed come, but on that day, we may not have the strength and opportunity to accompany and practice the love in our hearts. In this sense, "Interstellar Effect" points out this cruel and bloody fact, reminding us that in the process of chasing the goal, don't forget to look back. After all, our departure is not only for the goal, but also for the people behind the goal. with love. In short, as the movie states, the greater the gravity, the slower time, and therefore, the more weight our love has, the more it is worth slowing down.

The love that set sail exists for the return journey.

Murphy's Law

Like "Tian Neng", "Interstellar Effect" also has a dialectic between libertarianism and fatalism. Could it be that the law, the original meaning is that if there is a chance that something bad will happen, it will happen one day. The earth refers to the tragic state of all things withered and covered with dust, the contemporary human beings are approaching the end, and the judgment day is imminent.

However, Cooper redefines this hypothesis, telling Murphy that what is behind the name is that what should happen will happen, not a curse, but a sense of hope , representing the infinite possibilities of the future. This also coincides with Cooper's core value, which is to believe that "human beings can always find a solution", and he sighs at the abandonment of some people, saying "People once looked up at the sky and wondered about the stars, but now we only worry about the land. of poverty".

However, this sentence was originally a sigh, but it is also like a reminder when you look back at the father-daughter relationship, telling Cooper that when he looks up at the starry sky, don't forget to lower his head and pay attention to the little hands that he wants to hold tightly, after all Relationships are like land that needs love to be irrigated to be fertile.

As mentioned earlier, Nolan still puts the discussion of freedom and fate in the film this time. In the plot, although it seems to promote the protagonist to choose freedom to act, it also exposes the influence and responsibility brought by this freedom. However, from this point of view, "Interstellar Effect" is not as tough as "Tian Neng". It wants to turn freedom and fate into two positions to fight against. Instead, it combines the two positions and tells us watching the movie. , whether it is active or passive, we must pay the price and take up the responsibility of choice.

In addition, ironically speaking, the Law of Possession was born in the mid-twenties. The technology of mankind at that time made great progress by leaps and bounds in response to the Second World War. Knowledge continued to expand like the Big Bang, and the concept of man's victory over the sky became more and more clear and mainstream. Murphy's Law, although originated from the job observation of a U.S. Air Force engineer, was like a generational reminder at the time to stay humble and avoid being overly optimistic . However, Cooper's point of view is to maintain hope and optimism. It is a beautiful carbine, which once again stirs the viewer's thinking habits and framework, thereby creating a space for dialogue.

Continuing the discussion, we can see that Murphy’s Law is extended. It can be found that in daily life, Murphy’s Law is a kind of humor and ridicule. People usually use this slang term to relieve their grievances when they are not lucky. In psychology, Murphy's Law is viewed in terms of preventive pessimism, which means using a pessimistic way to predict the development of events , so as to prepare in advance in case a disaster strikes. In terms of engineering design, many products in life have a fool-proof design in response to Murphy's Law, so as to prevent people from paying a heavy price due to the temporary failure of their heads. It can be seen from this that the law of May is more like a kind of "probability and preparation" rather than an "unchangeable destiny" . Therefore, to a certain extent, although Nolan wants to combine freedom and destiny, it is not from the law of May. In other words, Cooper's point of view is still closer to free will, rather than being drowned by the torrent of fate under the giant wheel of the times. Of course, this is also just like the poetry that appears in the movie, calling on human beings to rise up against the threat of death, rather than sit still.

Do not go meekly into that good night, the day will end,
Even old age burns and roars;
Roar, roar, resist the light of the sky.

But returning to the aforementioned freedom and responsibility, we know that what Nolan emphasizes is not absolute freedom. After all, even if our minds are as free as existentialism says, our bodies are still flesh and blood, and we are in consciousness. The plane creates a world, but it is still impossible to get rid of the material world to live in life, and this is also like "Full Start" expounded, the illusory dream has eternal beauty, but it lacks the fragility that the real world should have. It can be seen from this that Nolan is sometimes close to freedom, sometimes close to fate, and then oscillates between the two.

Specifically, if you use Nolan's directing experience as an incision, such as "Memory Puzzle", what it tells is that people's destiny is constituted by people's self-determination, like a pessimistic fatalism. From the perspective of the "Dark Knight" series, what Nolan expounds is that Bruce overcomes the inevitable fate of his tragic childhood. Furthermore, when we turn to "Tian Neng", Nolan told the viewer unabashedly that free will and fate may exist at the same time, but the position and direction are different, but he does not deny "freedom and fate". ” may meet in a space-time coordinate, and then weave sparks and changes. However, escaping from the above discussion about fate, despite Nolan's constant swaying and changing position, it is obvious that love, in Nolan's eyes, detached from fate and free will, has always been the source of everything in the series of films. with the answer.

On the whole, the main axis of "Interstellar Effect" is love, abstract, complex and vague love. Therefore, Nolan can't, and he doesn't need to be sure whether he wants more freedom or more destiny. Look, the wormhole that happens to appear is an inevitable arrangement, and there is a chapter of destiny that people can survive from beginning to end. However, I think, as mentioned above, it is more a kind of love for human beings given by future people or higher-dimensional creatures .

Freedom and destiny, transcending time and space, traverse each of Nolan's works, thereby tailoring the dialectics of consciousness one after another.

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As the psychologist, Adler, stated, people are "social" animals, born to engage in biological activities that are conducive to the development of social interests . From this point of view, the reason why Cooper was able to set off and return to Murphy was because of her father's love, and Murphy's ability to lead all mankind out of suffering was also because of her desire for father's love. Put on your father's watch, put on your father's flight jacket, and take the ghost fables that your father told before leaving to heart, and then discover the Morse code that spans time and space, solve the gravitational puzzle, and take all mankind to space.

However, all the dialectics will appear dull, boring and weak without the negative side, or even untenable. The genius doctor played by Matt Damon is the counterexample in "Interstellar Effect". He was chosen to be a martyr because he had nothing to do with it, so as to help mankind expand its territory. However, when he actually came to the empty planet, he discovered that the heavy loneliness almost overwhelmed him, so he regretted wanting to return to the earth, or the opportunity to "return to society" in exchange for a non- A lonely rebirth.

The irony is that, obviously unrelated and unrelated, logically speaking, there is no reason for him to take the risk and go back again. Psychologically speaking, however, on the contrary, for a person who is chronically deprived, it is not that he is not thirsty for relationship and love, it is just that he has never been satisfied in relationship and does not know that he is starving and thirsty. However, the tranquility of the emptiness will shatter those pretense and indifference. After actually realizing the weight of loneliness, he doesn't want to starve to death in a foreign land because of this lack, he wants to taste the sweetness and honey of love and relationship, and he wants to know life. The satisfaction of being fed by relationships and love.

Besides, going back to Adler's argument, as far as the villain is concerned, how can a human being who has never had social experience imagine and practice it? He is irrelevant and has no way of comparing and positioning. Even if he rationally chooses to take responsibility for human existence, he still has no reason or direction to pay emotionally. Therefore, as the movie constantly emphasizes, Cooper, who is immersed in relationship and love, is the guide with experience and energy, who can lead mankind through the catastrophe. It can be said that Cooper is in "Interstellar Effect", willing to sacrifice The dark knight who threw himself into a lonely night.

Relationship and love are like a guide, leading people to learn to sacrifice and give

Epilogue

The shock brought by "Interstellar Effect" is not only the surprising and meticulous scientific setting, but also the love that runs through everything and transcends time and space, just like time slows down due to gravity, the more weight we put into the love, the more We need to slow down, seize the moment and cherish every minute and every second, as each other's ghosts, silently look after each other. On the whole, although the plot of "Interstellar Effect" is not as complicated as that of "Tian Neng", it needs to be watched many times to clarify, but the emotions conveyed by the film are still sour, moving and tearful, which is really worth it. We headed to the theater to taste and soak again.

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