Fewer things confuse me than people claiming that Nolan made Interstellar too cold and emotionless, because I’d argue it’s EASILY his most emotional film. The emotional bond between a daughter and her father is the core of the entire film
I guess some people just didn't think he pulled off the emotional aspect, but they also just seemed to reject him doing something emotionally based at all. And just called the movie "corny" and such. Thankfully that's become far rarer.
The liftoff sequence where Coop looks for Murph under the blanket in the truck to find her NOT stowed away and he cries and Murphy racing out the door only to be held back screaming by Grandpa... TH@T scene still gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it.
1.) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! 2.) I saw this film twice in theatres when it first came out and DID NOT understand why people hated it so much 3.) Makes no sense Matthew didn't get a nomination for that crying scene alone. 4.) the fucking soundtrack 😩
Also saw this multiple times in theater with my dad who also loved the movie. I'm really glad we got to do that together and I still think about that memory often.
Took my parents to watch it in thearers (they don't do this thing of going to the movies). We each came out of it with different feelings: My mum came out excited about the time traveling ideas, I was inspired by the inginuety to realize the movie, my dad cried and came out really sad thinking about how the world and people he loves will be here after he dies. To me, this is the reason I love this art form so much.
This whole “vibes” video does a good job at explaining why Interstellar is still one of my favourite films, just something about it keeps dragging me back to it regularly. It’s also the first film that had me literally on the edge of my seat during the docking scene, which is still spectacular. And happy birthday, Ben!
Imo, it also explains the ‘love’ part a lot better than he did. Just like loving someone who has passed, you can love someone millions of miles away. If my spouse’s life depended on my data, I’m making damn sure it’s right before signaling the go ahead. Mann might have loved humanity, but at the end of the day he tricked them to almost certain doom to just get the opportunity to save himself. But would he do the same to his wife? I’d argue no. Like the old saying goes, one death is a tragedy, 1000 is a statistic. Just my own headcannon/explanation.
The opening to Interstellar with the documentary style interviews of people who lived it reminds me so much of the intro to every episode of Band Of Brothers. It was the follow up to Saving Private Ryan that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg produced. It was a mini series of 7 or 8 episodes on HBO about Easy Company and their entire World War II journey. Before every episode, there were documentary style interviews with the real members of Easy Company, actual WWII veterans. It is such a _great_ way to start the story of Interstellar. It's so clever and effective and believeable.
this resonated with me big time. I remember watching this movie with a friend when it was in theaters, and we sat in the parking lot for an hour afterwards trying to figure out why we both loved it so much despite being disappointed with the actual story. we were being very english major brained and trying to analyze it on the merits of the writing, but yeah something about the Everything Else in the film was just so compelling that it made it hard to be all that bothered by those shortcomings. I also come back to this movie a lot, and now that I am a dad, I feel a whole new layer of connection to it, and yeah idk this shit just slaps fucking hard. anyway, happy birthday four months ago.
Enjoyed this video! I think that Brandt’s love monologue is actually spelling out the themes of the film. I don’t think that the content of what she’s saying can be dismissed as just a consequence of her character’s desperation in that scene. What Cooper learns in the tesseract is that Brandt was right. Love IS quantifiable. It’s what connects him to his daughter across the fabric of space time. It’s what gets her to come back to her old bedroom and solve the equation. The movie posits that love is a serious force that operates through space time in much the same way gravity does. We just haven’t advanced far enough in our science to see it that way. I agree that the scene is strange, but I think what she’s saying is much more integral to the movie than just trying to convince her astronaut friends within the scene.
And also they were biased by Matt Damon's reputation, far more than she was by her boyfriend, but only her opinion was rejected for it, even though her scientific reasons were more sound
Agree. I interpreted the monologue much simpler as in Brandt is following her guts rather than her science expertise which failed the first time and the line of "love is the only thing that can travel time/space" (or something) is just metaphorical to your point.
Everything you describe about the vibes here is why Cowboy Bebop is my favorite show. To me, the "vibes" are perfect from start to finish. When I watch it, I feel that wonder of sci-fi exploration, but with a vast loneliness out there in the void, with individuals fumbling around in it trying to find meaning and connection, and most failing to do so. Ahhh, it's such a beautiful and painful world to sit in. And that's just as much, if not more, due to art direction and score as it is writing.
I honestly don't get why people say that Anne Hathaway's speech 'comes out of no where', are we watching the same film? What is going on here, the entire movie is about Coop being checked out. He loves his family, but is HE the man, the ghost in the machine, present? The most excited he gets about anything on earth is the drone that crashes. He is constantly beaten down, the scene at the school is a window into his life and how he feels his children will live. Robbed of the only purpose and will to live that everyone in his family seems to posses, they're pilots and astronauts. It's in them and if you know a family like that you know what I mean, there is no removing it. They have a drive and the only option seems to be to let the world beat it out of them. Coop has been strongly avoiding it, but he breaks the fuck down at realizing his children grow up to have the lives he left to save them from, both in their own ways. It's the lowest point in the film and then at everyone's lowest point Anne's character says 'you know what no I refuse to believe that this is all fucking pointless and I'm going to prove it'. I found it to be incredibly moving. Love works that way for them because they believe it does, Coop is the ghost, love in that moment transcends time and space because he makes it. It's an emotional story that follows the literal story of Interstellar which most movies can't manage to even pretend to pull off and it's why they fall flat. The entire plot of interstellar is that humanity has to choose to save itself, we have to believe we can and follow that drive. It's what murph did, she never gave up not truly. The black hole's data only saved them because she had been doing the math and getting ALL the other pieces that entire time.
Man, I've been on a movie reaction binge lately with this movie, trying to chase that high of watching it in the theatres for the first time. You bring up some points that I never event thought of: The southern cowboy character in a space movie bit is so true. This is like the endgame review of this movie
it’s my favorite movie of all time as well. And unfortunately I never saw it in theaters. I have watched it at home a million times. And I just found out it’s coming back in theaters December 6th. I couldn’t be happier!!
Another minor detail is during dr. Mann’s docking, when the computer says “imperfect contact” with a certain joyful tone, very unrobotic. This has such an eerie vibe, because in other sci-fi movies we are used to flat monotonous computer voices. This is also consistent with TARS human-like personality, so in this movie computers are very human and it adds a certain vibe that is also logical.. future AIs will probably be programmed to mimic human speech as natural as possible. Great analysis on the music! The scene where the lie is revealed and she asks in the message “Did you know, Brandt?” is the most terrifying and the music contributes to that. Especially since only the robot (CASE) sees the message - makes you think they are all doomed.
man I really love it when you incorporate the music analysis as well. As a musician who knows a bit abt music ( I studied it in high school) it really just makes me happy to see someone speak about how deliberate some scores are and how they really impact the movie and its really intresting to see the effect of how the composer used theory in that case. I also really love that part about your video on HER specifically. You're really great and insightful :)
I was lucky enough to see this in legit 70mm IMAX and just wept... Probably the biggest feels trip I've ever had in theaters. Thanks for this gift and happy birthday, Ben! 🥳
Never knew how to articulate it, but this so perfectly details something I’ve certainly loved about this film. That said… one thing that does bug me in the “love monologue” is her saying loving people that are dead has no social utility, and Coop doesn’t dispute it. I’m not a scientist but I can think of tons of ways it’s benefits society that we love/miss/mourn ppl that have died. Just seems like more of a cool line than a good line.
I actually took her speech another way. If you think about it, Edmunds had MORE reason to NOT lie. He was not just risking himself, but her, and trusting him that he was initially right and made the right call makes sense. Whereas Mann was a solitary "hero".
Finally someone is putting effort to explaining something i have for years, the humanity displayed in interstellar is one of if not the best in sci-fi si vato someone gets it
I love this movie so much. I watch it every other month or so. It feels like the most emotional Nolan movie. The music and the facial expressions when Cooper gets his messages, and when he leaves Murph in the hospital are just so tear jerkingly perfect.
I like the parallels between Coop and Brand talking about doing the right thing for the wrong reasons before picking a planet vs. Coop and his father in law saying the same things about the mission before he left. "I don't trust the right thing done for the wrong reasons."
12:46 I love this simple shot. The camera is mounted on the outside of the truck foreshadowing what is to come. It is that same full frame exterior shot that we get later any time they show the outside of the ship. In those shots, the camera is mounted on the ship, like the video says, just like real life shots of space. When they do the same thing but with the outside of his truck, it is foreshadowing those space shots and it makes me feel like this truck, this vehicle carrying him away from his family, has the same emotional weight as the ship that carries him away from his planet. It is the same visual language even though one is a beat up, dusty farm truck and the other is a sophisticated, highly technical, clean space ship.
This is a really well written comment. You are absolutely right. You’ve put into words how I felt seeing him leave Murph; once he was in that truck, him driving away made him as unreachable to Murph as though he were already heading to Saturn in the Endurance. Seeing him cry was such a heavy moment, like the truck was the only thing keeping him from running back to his daughter. This movie has such a special place in my heart
@@dustenekoes28 I totally agree. Seeing him cry in the truck is almost as heartbreaking as when he gets the video messages after decades have passed and he breaks down. I love the way you put it: the truck makes him as unreachable to Murph as if he were already on the Endurance. That's the succinct way to say what I was trying to. They're both such emotional moments. I could talk about this movie for hours. Also, thank you for the compliment. This is quite a tangent but I have to say it. You're the first person to appreciate one of my comments like that. I personally think the "TLDR" acronym is one of the worst things internet culture has ever invented. I try to take a little pride in my comments. It's great writing practice. Also, people should enjoy reading. "Too long, didn't read," isn't a critique or insult to the commenter. Rather, the person who says it is just telling me they don't read enough books and/or have a short attention span. I partly blame Twitter for shortening everyone's attention for reading down to a couple of sentences. Emojis also play a part. If people can't tell what you are saying within the first three or four words, they move on and I think that is sad. So, I always try to construct coherent comments with proper grammar and spelling. Sorry for that off-topic tangent but no one has ever complimented them until now. I just wanted to acknowledge it. Thanks.
I tbink one of my favorite parts of interstellar is how realistically it portrays not just scientific process, but scientists in general. The crew of the endurance are the most true to life movie scientists ive ever seen.
This movie is ABSOLUTELY a vibe. I think I've watched it at least once a year, and it never disappoints. I could never really pinpoint -why- I would want to watch it, just sometimes I'd be all "I should watch Interstellar again" and so I do. I think this video answered that "why" for me; it's just the vibes of it. Perfection.
Cooper wasn't a scientist or nearly as smart as the guy explaining black holes and wormholes. Cooper was an engineer and pilot which would have had zero education on physics of worms holes, relativity etc.
@@unropednope4644 come on dawg everyone knows about wormholes. He was an engineer in a space program or something surely some of the physics would have rubbed off on him
@@unropednope4644 Also it was very intricate and detailed stuff. Cooper might know the basics but not the specifics as it's not like he'd really need to for the sake of the mission, all he needed to do was to simply be a good enough pilot to be able to fly it in.
I think one of my favorite things about Interstellar was the attention to detail. As you said, the details of lifestyle in their world. One of my favorite little details: the fact that the plates are set on the table upside down to keep dust/dirt off the surface of the plate like some people do with mugs in their cabinets. It's one of those details that could, in all likelihood, be left out and not at all missed. Yet the fact that it's included makes it so much more immersive and believable. It takes a fictional universe that we watch on a screen and makes it something more real; it gives us not just an interesting and enjoyable distraction, but an immersive and emotional escape from our own reality. I think that's what sets Interstellar apart from so many other films; it's not only interesting and fun, but engaging on so many different levels. Like anything else, there are probably many things that can and should be improved, but I don't think any of that takes away from the things it got right.
Rewatched it again on imax 70mm last Friday. So freaking worth it. Having owned it and enjoyed it over the last ten years and even watched it on imax during its theatrical run it’s still amazing. One of those experiences that needs to be experienced.
You're right and you should say it. Not only are the vibes nearly impossible to objectively quantify, but that good old multi-sensory mouthfeel is also somehow the most important part. Literally every acclaimed film has distinct vibes. Vibes is truth.
My grandfather, may he rest in peace, was always an action and monster movie man. If it wasn't horror, Godzilla, dinosaurs, or Rambo stuff, he wasn't into it much. He would watch a few other things if you wanted to get his take on it, but he wouldn't like it as much. This was the first film outside that wheelhouse that he genuinely loved, and I knew he would. I don't know how I convinced him to watch this 3 hour-ish behemoth of a deep, scientific mystery film, but he was tearing up from the emotional father-daughter scenes, and tenser than during any typical action sequence during the finale with the traitor and the spinning ship. He shakily told me it was his new favorite movie when it was over. I always think of him again when this movie comes up. He was a cool grandpa.
My favorite moment is when we see Cooper's reaction to the Endurance blowing up. There is a visible shock on his face where everything, in that one moment, was hanging in the balance.
I have cried about five times in the first 11 minutes of runtime... I didn't even remember liking this film, but life has given and taken enough things in the years since I last saw this film that I cannot stop the waterworks! Thank you, Ben.
i love crying real hard to this movie when i need a good cry, it's *so* vibes. the music just overwhelms me, the lack of music overwhelms me maybe even more. i wish the script were better bc it could have been an 11/10.
I have literally never heard of anyone hating this movie. I’m glad this came out before I heard any film criticism online. My life is made better by each watch
i thought this video would have at least a million views but it only has 54k??? damn, this video is super well made and hilarious too, it needs to go viral or smth. also hbd!
LOVE this video, and one big reason y is the way u expressed the importance of VIBES. to me they’re also so vital to what makes a movie powerful and emotional and something i want to watch again, and the little nuances in how u describe it mean a lot to me. good movie!
Fantastic video I was concerned when you called her speech cringe but you saved that shit at the end. Glad I stuck it out but a dangerous move in my opinion because I believe it was one of the better moments in the movie. I was convinced that she may have actually even had a point, at that moment in time the crew believed there were 5th dimensional beings who were benevolent and attempted to aid humanity in this mission. The question is why? I interpreted that the reason the beings would try to preserve humanity IS because of the love that we share which connects us all together distantly. Emotion is something that we understand at a logical level of chemistry but to a 5th dimensional being it’s possible that love isn’t just the chemicals in our brain but a visible force in the world they could even potentially touch. It could have been a resource for them or it could be pity or something else who knows but regardless there was enough reason to believe that just like black holes and gravity love is a force we don’t fully comprehend and it’s utility could be applied to creating ripples across space and time which can only be understood by another living being with love in their heart. Of course we find out that the “beings” in question are humans from the distant future and we know that humans are capable of love so if we humans are the bridge that crosses dimensions then by default love is the force that can transcend time and reality. We ARE love. Y’all understand what I’m saying? I know it looks confusing.
Top tier video essay on one of my favorite films. This was the first movie I was following from preproduction to release. No one else I knew cared about it, no one else I knew had any interest to see it with me. I saw it opening night in the small theater of my small Texas hometown with 3 other people in the audience who were all elderly. I was 14 so couldn’t drive and got a local taxi service there and back. I’ll never forget that experience or the way this movie made me feel, thanks for making this video
This did not change my mind about Interstellar but as I told you when you told me about this video, I knew I would enjoy listening to you talk about Interstellar. Happy birthday🎉
Dang. I feel like the mark of a good video essayist is when they take something you've seen a bunch and put you right in your feels with it. Like how many times have i seen this movie, and then bam, you just come out and say, dude have you thought about it like this? And the vibes are delicious. You always make me want to rewatch the movies you talk about, which again, I've already seen a ton of times, so like, yeah, dang. Thanks for keeping the vibes fresh.
Dude this video was so good. It made me so emotional. I had a huge connection to this movie throughout high school and this brought back so much for me. Cheers!
This was the first movie I watched where an explosion in space had no noise. Sounds like such an insignificant thing but Nolan didn't add explosion noises "for immersion", he added nothing for MORE immersion because there's no noise in space due to space being a vacuum; due to the context behind the explosion you got a huge gut punch and the lack of noise left you there to simmer in your own thoughts.
This made me think of movies I straight up don’t like, but like the vibe of, like Max Payne, Soldier, the original cut of Blade Runner, Legend, Last Man Standing, Warriors and many others. I can rewatch all those movies and while I don’t enjoy the movies, I am absorbed by their tones.
I live for and love this style of video essays breaking down the movie in a good fun way plays the way you explain how imax and letterbox views are used, well done
The passion with which you described everything I personally love about this film made me smile and gave me chills. I hope you have a lot more videos to make. I'll be there.
This video was great. Interstellar is my favorite movie (and argue one of the best movies ever). I can never explain just why it’s so perfect but this video did an amazing job of dissecting it and throwing it under a microscope.
Fantastic insights. I like Brand's monologue for how it is paid off in Cooper's climactic tesseract moment, reaching through time to his beloved daughter. Nolan says film is the one art form that can transcend time, bend it back on itself, overlap points of sequence to create spatial harmony. Brand's monologue sounds like shoe-horned exposition, but it fits both the story moment and Nolan's larger faith in film itself. Cheers!
This is absolutely one of my favorite movies of all time, and I was so excited to see it finally got the Ben™️ video essay treatment! The vibes of this film are impeccable, and you explained it perfectly! The soundtrack feels like my ears, brain, heart & soul are being treated to a relaxing spa day...but i'm having a good cry at the same time, which is in itself refreshing. Like C major, it feels like coming home 💗
I don’t have time to watch the video until later tonight but already jumping into the comments to say how excited I always get to watch your videos, Ben!
I watched it 2 weeks ago and loved it. My journey has been similar to yours when it comes to the film. Kinda liked it to start with and have enjoyed it more each time. Even the parts that make me cry are different (when she’s not in the car vs when they see each other at the end) Anyway, happy birthday!🎉
Happy birthday and VIBBBESSSS. This video is such a labour of love and I am so so so happy it is finally here. I adore every second of it. I am so endeared to this movie now; it is a stray cat I have picked out of a sewer that I love, not because I can appreciate the spectacle but because I can see it’s intimate humanity. Thank you for making the world more beautiful and lovely!
Dude, you are my favourite video essay youtuber! Your takes are always unique and I can really tell it’s very subjective and personal to you, which makes your videos feel passionate on a deeper level than most other youtubers. It always gives me new perspectives on films and tv shows I’ve watched before. It’s always a good day when Ben from Canada posts. I’ll be waiting patiently for your next video also that “BOYFRIEND LOLOL” bit got me good in the middle of the night
I saw Interstellar and Nightcrawler in theaters as a “double feature” when they came out. I didn’t have enough time to process Interstellar so I couldn’t really focus on Nightcrawler and drove home from the theater confused and kinda disappointed. Both are great films tho and Interstellar is such a vibe. Love your work, Ben ❤️
Happy birthday, Ben, from a fellow Canadian! Thank you for the video! Interstellar isn't my favourite film (Nolan or otherwise), but I do quite like it, mostly for the vibes, so I appreciate this...well, appreciation of it, especially as it puts into words things I'd only felt.
Completely agree with your explanation of the love argument, that’s exactly how I see it and I think is exactly how people act. And in the end SHE WAS RIGHT, the movie tells you it wasn’t stupid
Ann Hathaway's speech about love doesn't come out of nowhere, she's arguing for the team to choose the planet that her loved one is on. It bears dramatic speech.
When people ask me why I love this movie so much, I just show them the ball robot in Portal 2 going "SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE." It really does sum it up quite well.
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Why does this pinned comment only have 2 likes? Also, I refuse to change this.
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Fewer things confuse me than people claiming that Nolan made Interstellar too cold and emotionless, because I’d argue it’s EASILY his most emotional film. The emotional bond between a daughter and her father is the core of the entire film
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I think it is full of emotion
I guess some people just didn't think he pulled off the emotional aspect, but they also just seemed to reject him doing something emotionally based at all. And just called the movie "corny" and such. Thankfully that's become far rarer.
It's literally about love being the most powerful thing in the universe.
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The scene where Cooper breaks down after finding the years worth of recording is still so powerful
A powerful meme indeed.
@K.C-2049 you are probably correct
The liftoff sequence where Coop looks for Murph under the blanket in the truck to find her NOT stowed away and he cries and Murphy racing out the door only to be held back screaming by Grandpa... TH@T scene still gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes every time I watch it.
Best scene for me
I first saw this movie on an airplane. The turbulence honestly was SO immersive at all the right moments
Dude that happen to me on a plane watching Gravity
That would trip me out
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Johnathan Nolan said the movie is about a father missing out on his children’s lives. When you watch it knowing that, the writing makes sense.
Every Nolan film has a theme that can be distilled down to one word...
...for this film it is: Family
Having children of your own changes the feeling of this movie immensely.
1.) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
2.) I saw this film twice in theatres when it first came out and DID NOT understand why people hated it so much
3.) Makes no sense Matthew didn't get a nomination for that crying scene alone.
4.) the fucking soundtrack 😩
Also saw this multiple times in theater with my dad who also loved the movie. I'm really glad we got to do that together and I still think about that memory often.
good comment 👍
Took my parents to watch it in thearers (they don't do this thing of going to the movies). We each came out of it with different feelings: My mum came out excited about the time traveling ideas, I was inspired by the inginuety to realize the movie, my dad cried and came out really sad thinking about how the world and people he loves will be here after he dies. To me, this is the reason I love this art form so much.
This whole “vibes” video does a good job at explaining why Interstellar is still one of my favourite films, just something about it keeps dragging me back to it regularly. It’s also the first film that had me literally on the edge of my seat during the docking scene, which is still spectacular.
And happy birthday, Ben!
Imo, it also explains the ‘love’ part a lot better than he did. Just like loving someone who has passed, you can love someone millions of miles away. If my spouse’s life depended on my data, I’m making damn sure it’s right before signaling the go ahead. Mann might have loved humanity, but at the end of the day he tricked them to almost certain doom to just get the opportunity to save himself. But would he do the same to his wife? I’d argue no.
Like the old saying goes, one death is a tragedy, 1000 is a statistic.
Just my own headcannon/explanation.
There’s no better hype moment in the world than when Ben suddenly reveals he actually loved the Love monologue in Interstellar
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Happy birthday!! Thank you for these vids I look forward to every one of them🙏🏼
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Happy B-day! And thanks for an amazing video and new music :D
The opening to Interstellar with the documentary style interviews of people who lived it reminds me so much of the intro to every episode of Band Of Brothers. It was the follow up to Saving Private Ryan that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg produced. It was a mini series of 7 or 8 episodes on HBO about Easy Company and their entire World War II journey. Before every episode, there were documentary style interviews with the real members of Easy Company, actual WWII veterans. It is such a _great_ way to start the story of Interstellar. It's so clever and effective and believeable.
The documentary interviews were real interviews with people remembering the "dust bowl" years en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
@@MarcelVerheijdenOh! Wow. I had no idea. That is awesome.
this resonated with me big time. I remember watching this movie with a friend when it was in theaters, and we sat in the parking lot for an hour afterwards trying to figure out why we both loved it so much despite being disappointed with the actual story. we were being very english major brained and trying to analyze it on the merits of the writing, but yeah something about the Everything Else in the film was just so compelling that it made it hard to be all that bothered by those shortcomings. I also come back to this movie a lot, and now that I am a dad, I feel a whole new layer of connection to it, and yeah idk this shit just slaps fucking hard. anyway, happy birthday four months ago.
Enjoyed this video!
I think that Brandt’s love monologue is actually spelling out the themes of the film. I don’t think that the content of what she’s saying can be dismissed as just a consequence of her character’s desperation in that scene.
What Cooper learns in the tesseract is that Brandt was right. Love IS quantifiable. It’s what connects him to his daughter across the fabric of space time. It’s what gets her to come back to her old bedroom and solve the equation. The movie posits that love is a serious force that operates through space time in much the same way gravity does. We just haven’t advanced far enough in our science to see it that way.
I agree that the scene is strange, but I think what she’s saying is much more integral to the movie than just trying to convince her astronaut friends within the scene.
And also they were biased by Matt Damon's reputation, far more than she was by her boyfriend, but only her opinion was rejected for it, even though her scientific reasons were more sound
Agree. I interpreted the monologue much simpler as in Brandt is following her guts rather than her science expertise which failed the first time and the line of "love is the only thing that can travel time/space" (or something) is just metaphorical to your point.
Everything you describe about the vibes here is why Cowboy Bebop is my favorite show. To me, the "vibes" are perfect from start to finish. When I watch it, I feel that wonder of sci-fi exploration, but with a vast loneliness out there in the void, with individuals fumbling around in it trying to find meaning and connection, and most failing to do so. Ahhh, it's such a beautiful and painful world to sit in. And that's just as much, if not more, due to art direction and score as it is writing.
I honestly don't get why people say that Anne Hathaway's speech 'comes out of no where', are we watching the same film? What is going on here, the entire movie is about Coop being checked out. He loves his family, but is HE the man, the ghost in the machine, present? The most excited he gets about anything on earth is the drone that crashes. He is constantly beaten down, the scene at the school is a window into his life and how he feels his children will live. Robbed of the only purpose and will to live that everyone in his family seems to posses, they're pilots and astronauts. It's in them and if you know a family like that you know what I mean, there is no removing it. They have a drive and the only option seems to be to let the world beat it out of them. Coop has been strongly avoiding it, but he breaks the fuck down at realizing his children grow up to have the lives he left to save them from, both in their own ways. It's the lowest point in the film and then at everyone's lowest point Anne's character says 'you know what no I refuse to believe that this is all fucking pointless and I'm going to prove it'. I found it to be incredibly moving. Love works that way for them because they believe it does, Coop is the ghost, love in that moment transcends time and space because he makes it. It's an emotional story that follows the literal story of Interstellar which most movies can't manage to even pretend to pull off and it's why they fall flat. The entire plot of interstellar is that humanity has to choose to save itself, we have to believe we can and follow that drive. It's what murph did, she never gave up not truly. The black hole's data only saved them because she had been doing the math and getting ALL the other pieces that entire time.
Yay new Ben from Canada video! I've been looking forward to this
please, never stop creating about the things that impact you.
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Man, I've been on a movie reaction binge lately with this movie, trying to chase that high of watching it in the theatres for the first time. You bring up some points that I never event thought of: The southern cowboy character in a space movie bit is so true. This is like the endgame review of this movie
Yes!!
Despite the fact that you don’t release a lot of videos, it’s a real treat when you do. Happy belated, Ben.
It’s not just C major. It’s C major with an added flat 6, which is the universal “space chord”. That’s what really makes it feel that way. 21:26
Interstellar is my favorite movie of all time. I keep my ticket stubs from a decade ago in my wallet.
Looking forward to this video!
it’s my favorite movie of all time as well. And unfortunately I never saw it in theaters. I have watched it at home a million times. And I just found out it’s coming back in theaters December 6th. I couldn’t be happier!!
Another minor detail is during dr. Mann’s docking, when the computer says “imperfect contact” with a certain joyful tone, very unrobotic. This has such an eerie vibe, because in other sci-fi movies we are used to flat monotonous computer voices. This is also consistent with TARS human-like personality, so in this movie computers are very human and it adds a certain vibe that is also logical.. future AIs will probably be programmed to mimic human speech as natural as possible. Great analysis on the music! The scene where the lie is revealed and she asks in the message “Did you know, Brandt?” is the most terrifying and the music contributes to that. Especially since only the robot (CASE) sees the message - makes you think they are all doomed.
man I really love it when you incorporate the music analysis as well. As a musician who knows a bit abt music ( I studied it in high school) it really just makes me happy to see someone speak about how deliberate some scores are and how they really impact the movie and its really intresting to see the effect of how the composer used theory in that case. I also really love that part about your video on HER specifically. You're really great and insightful :)
I was lucky enough to see this in legit 70mm IMAX and just wept... Probably the biggest feels trip I've ever had in theaters. Thanks for this gift and happy birthday, Ben! 🥳
Never knew how to articulate it, but this so perfectly details something I’ve certainly loved about this film. That said… one thing that does bug me in the “love monologue” is her saying loving people that are dead has no social utility, and Coop doesn’t dispute it. I’m not a scientist but I can think of tons of ways it’s benefits society that we love/miss/mourn ppl that have died. Just seems like more of a cool line than a good line.
I actually took her speech another way. If you think about it, Edmunds had MORE reason to NOT lie. He was not just risking himself, but her, and trusting him that he was initially right and made the right call makes sense. Whereas Mann was a solitary "hero".
Mind blown
you're on to something
Post one video a year, a banger every time, refuse to elaborate further, leaves.
happy birthday
Finally someone is putting effort to explaining something i have for years, the humanity displayed in interstellar is one of if not the best in sci-fi si vato someone gets it
I love this movie so much. I watch it every other month or so. It feels like the most emotional Nolan movie. The music and the facial expressions when Cooper gets his messages, and when he leaves Murph in the hospital are just so tear jerkingly perfect.
I like the parallels between Coop and Brand talking about doing the right thing for the wrong reasons before picking a planet vs. Coop and his father in law saying the same things about the mission before he left. "I don't trust the right thing done for the wrong reasons."
The fact that this video only has 90k views is wild. This is on my top 10 videos to watch while eating
12:46 I love this simple shot. The camera is mounted on the outside of the truck foreshadowing what is to come. It is that same full frame exterior shot that we get later any time they show the outside of the ship. In those shots, the camera is mounted on the ship, like the video says, just like real life shots of space. When they do the same thing but with the outside of his truck, it is foreshadowing those space shots and it makes me feel like this truck, this vehicle carrying him away from his family, has the same emotional weight as the ship that carries him away from his planet. It is the same visual language even though one is a beat up, dusty farm truck and the other is a sophisticated, highly technical, clean space ship.
This is a really well written comment. You are absolutely right. You’ve put into words how I felt seeing him leave Murph; once he was in that truck, him driving away made him as unreachable to Murph as though he were already heading to Saturn in the Endurance. Seeing him cry was such a heavy moment, like the truck was the only thing keeping him from running back to his daughter. This movie has such a special place in my heart
@@dustenekoes28 I totally agree. Seeing him cry in the truck is almost as heartbreaking as when he gets the video messages after decades have passed and he breaks down. I love the way you put it: the truck makes him as unreachable to Murph as if he were already on the Endurance. That's the succinct way to say what I was trying to. They're both such emotional moments. I could talk about this movie for hours.
Also, thank you for the compliment. This is quite a tangent but I have to say it. You're the first person to appreciate one of my comments like that. I personally think the "TLDR" acronym is one of the worst things internet culture has ever invented. I try to take a little pride in my comments. It's great writing practice. Also, people should enjoy reading. "Too long, didn't read," isn't a critique or insult to the commenter. Rather, the person who says it is just telling me they don't read enough books and/or have a short attention span. I partly blame Twitter for shortening everyone's attention for reading down to a couple of sentences. Emojis also play a part. If people can't tell what you are saying within the first three or four words, they move on and I think that is sad. So, I always try to construct coherent comments with proper grammar and spelling. Sorry for that off-topic tangent but no one has ever complimented them until now. I just wanted to acknowledge it. Thanks.
"daddy McConaughey" at the docking sequence is the best description.
Also! "No, it's necessary."
Great vid!
I tbink one of my favorite parts of interstellar is how realistically it portrays not just scientific process, but scientists in general. The crew of the endurance are the most true to life movie scientists ive ever seen.
This movie is ABSOLUTELY a vibe. I think I've watched it at least once a year, and it never disappoints.
I could never really pinpoint -why- I would want to watch it, just sometimes I'd be all "I should watch Interstellar again" and so I do. I think this video answered that "why" for me; it's just the vibes of it.
Perfection.
I think the part where a scientist explains wormholes to another equally smart scientist is really really funny
i learned about that reading A Wrinkle in Time as a 9 year old
Cooper wasn't a scientist or nearly as smart as the guy explaining black holes and wormholes. Cooper was an engineer and pilot which would have had zero education on physics of worms holes, relativity etc.
@@unropednope4644 come on dawg everyone knows about wormholes. He was an engineer in a space program or something surely some of the physics would have rubbed off on him
@@unropednope4644 Also it was very intricate and detailed stuff. Cooper might know the basics but not the specifics as it's not like he'd really need to for the sake of the mission, all he needed to do was to simply be a good enough pilot to be able to fly it in.
Thank you for THE LOVE DEFENSE. People just didn’t watch this movie sometimes I swear. Wooed by the music and visuals….
Your Tenet Video is one of my all time fav YT videos. So, I'm pumped for this one!
Incredible movie. Also, The Revenent, dang
Maple from Diegesis going "wow." is my spirit animal for this movie.
I think one of my favorite things about Interstellar was the attention to detail. As you said, the details of lifestyle in their world.
One of my favorite little details: the fact that the plates are set on the table upside down to keep dust/dirt off the surface of the plate like some people do with mugs in their cabinets. It's one of those details that could, in all likelihood, be left out and not at all missed. Yet the fact that it's included makes it so much more immersive and believable. It takes a fictional universe that we watch on a screen and makes it something more real; it gives us not just an interesting and enjoyable distraction, but an immersive and emotional escape from our own reality. I think that's what sets Interstellar apart from so many other films; it's not only interesting and fun, but engaging on so many different levels. Like anything else, there are probably many things that can and should be improved, but I don't think any of that takes away from the things it got right.
it's HEREEEE
(+happy birthday king 👑)
Rewatched it again on imax 70mm last Friday. So freaking worth it. Having owned it and enjoyed it over the last ten years and even watched it on imax during its theatrical run it’s still amazing. One of those experiences that needs to be experienced.
You're right and you should say it. Not only are the vibes nearly impossible to objectively quantify, but that good old multi-sensory mouthfeel is also somehow the most important part. Literally every acclaimed film has distinct vibes. Vibes is truth.
My grandfather, may he rest in peace, was always an action and monster movie man. If it wasn't horror, Godzilla, dinosaurs, or Rambo stuff, he wasn't into it much. He would watch a few other things if you wanted to get his take on it, but he wouldn't like it as much. This was the first film outside that wheelhouse that he genuinely loved, and I knew he would. I don't know how I convinced him to watch this 3 hour-ish behemoth of a deep, scientific mystery film, but he was tearing up from the emotional father-daughter scenes, and tenser than during any typical action sequence during the finale with the traitor and the spinning ship. He shakily told me it was his new favorite movie when it was over.
I always think of him again when this movie comes up. He was a cool grandpa.
This and Gravity are my confort vibe movies. Both have such great music and visuals, and the vibes are absolutely immaculate
You really are the goat of TH-cam essays.
My favorite moment is when we see Cooper's reaction to the Endurance blowing up. There is a visible shock on his face where everything, in that one moment, was hanging in the balance.
I have cried about five times in the first 11 minutes of runtime... I didn't even remember liking this film, but life has given and taken enough things in the years since I last saw this film that I cannot stop the waterworks! Thank you, Ben.
i love crying real hard to this movie when i need a good cry, it's *so* vibes. the music just overwhelms me, the lack of music overwhelms me maybe even more. i wish the script were better bc it could have been an 11/10.
I have literally never heard of anyone hating this movie. I’m glad this came out before I heard any film criticism online. My life is made better by each watch
i thought this video would have at least a million views but it only has 54k??? damn, this video is super well made and hilarious too, it needs to go viral or smth. also hbd!
Your video essay style is so visceral, real and engaging. Keep doing more please.
25:52 is crazy
"and maybe we can't get hung up on the past love that we felt for people that we'll never see again" - Ben From Canada
Love it! Shows strength in weakness. The gravity in knowing you are wrong. The mission push and pull of free will. Great narration 🦾
Interstellar is such a good movie, I never knew exactly why I liked it, this is partly why.
LOVE this video, and one big reason y is the way u expressed the importance of VIBES. to me they’re also so vital to what makes a movie powerful and emotional and something i want to watch again, and the little nuances in how u describe it mean a lot to me. good movie!
Okay maybe it’s time to rewatch it for the first time in 10 years.
Fantastic video I was concerned when you called her speech cringe but you saved that shit at the end. Glad I stuck it out but a dangerous move in my opinion because I believe it was one of the better moments in the movie. I was convinced that she may have actually even had a point, at that moment in time the crew believed there were 5th dimensional beings who were benevolent and attempted to aid humanity in this mission. The question is why? I interpreted that the reason the beings would try to preserve humanity IS because of the love that we share which connects us all together distantly. Emotion is something that we understand at a logical level of chemistry but to a 5th dimensional being it’s possible that love isn’t just the chemicals in our brain but a visible force in the world they could even potentially touch. It could have been a resource for them or it could be pity or something else who knows but regardless there was enough reason to believe that just like black holes and gravity love is a force we don’t fully comprehend and it’s utility could be applied to creating ripples across space and time which can only be understood by another living being with love in their heart. Of course we find out that the “beings” in question are humans from the distant future and we know that humans are capable of love so if we humans are the bridge that crosses dimensions then by default love is the force that can transcend time and reality. We ARE love.
Y’all understand what I’m saying?
I know it looks confusing.
Interstellar and Oppenheimer are both on a different tier of filmmaking. I can’t quite describe how much I love these 2 films.
Your content is amazing, wish there was more of it, but at the same time I realize it would devalue your words. You the G, keep going.
Top tier video essay on one of my favorite films. This was the first movie I was following from preproduction to release. No one else I knew cared about it, no one else I knew had any interest to see it with me. I saw it opening night in the small theater of my small Texas hometown with 3 other people in the audience who were all elderly. I was 14 so couldn’t drive and got a local taxi service there and back. I’ll never forget that experience or the way this movie made me feel, thanks for making this video
“Remember when you take a long drive with your parent and fell asleep” I do remember, that truly is the best experience.
This did not change my mind about Interstellar but as I told you when you told me about this video, I knew I would enjoy listening to you talk about Interstellar. Happy birthday🎉
Dang. I feel like the mark of a good video essayist is when they take something you've seen a bunch and put you right in your feels with it. Like how many times have i seen this movie, and then bam, you just come out and say, dude have you thought about it like this? And the vibes are delicious. You always make me want to rewatch the movies you talk about, which again, I've already seen a ton of times, so like, yeah, dang. Thanks for keeping the vibes fresh.
Perfect way to describe why I like Interstellar. It really just is a vibe. Great video Ben!
I love how silence is sometimes the loudest sound!
Dude this video was so good. It made me so emotional. I had a huge connection to this movie throughout high school and this brought back so much for me. Cheers!
This was the first movie I watched where an explosion in space had no noise.
Sounds like such an insignificant thing but Nolan didn't add explosion noises "for immersion", he added nothing for MORE immersion because there's no noise in space due to space being a vacuum; due to the context behind the explosion you got a huge gut punch and the lack of noise left you there to simmer in your own thoughts.
This made me think of movies I straight up don’t like, but like the vibe of, like Max Payne, Soldier, the original cut of Blade Runner, Legend, Last Man Standing, Warriors and many others. I can rewatch all those movies and while I don’t enjoy the movies, I am absorbed by their tones.
I live for and love this style of video essays breaking down the movie in a good fun way plays the way you explain how imax and letterbox views are used, well done
Interstellar is one of my all time favorite movies and I will gladly accept any new video essays on it! Loved this!
'So comfortable in its isolation' YES! That's it. Awesome video❤
The passion with which you described everything I personally love about this film made me smile and gave me chills. I hope you have a lot more videos to make. I'll be there.
Crushed it yet again. Love when you explain how the music helps the story more than people realize.
This video was great. Interstellar is my favorite movie (and argue one of the best movies ever). I can never explain just why it’s so perfect but this video did an amazing job of dissecting it and throwing it under a microscope.
this video has single handedly (just go with it) convinced me to watch this movie so thanks.
MOMMMMMM WAKE UP BEN FROM CANADA POSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DUDE. Your videos resonate with me in a way that no other TH-cam creators do. Always, always, always an instant click from me. Bravo, as usual!
Fantastic insights. I like Brand's monologue for how it is paid off in Cooper's climactic tesseract moment, reaching through time to his beloved daughter. Nolan says film is the one art form that can transcend time, bend it back on itself, overlap points of sequence to create spatial harmony. Brand's monologue sounds like shoe-horned exposition, but it fits both the story moment and Nolan's larger faith in film itself. Cheers!
Ben! I like your talk about the vibes. I feel you
This is absolutely one of my favorite movies of all time, and I was so excited to see it finally got the Ben™️ video essay treatment! The vibes of this film are impeccable, and you explained it perfectly! The soundtrack feels like my ears, brain, heart & soul are being treated to a relaxing spa day...but i'm having a good cry at the same time, which is in itself refreshing. Like C major, it feels like coming home 💗
Why did the end of this video bring tears to my eyes 🥹
I don’t have time to watch the video until later tonight but already jumping into the comments to say how excited I always get to watch your videos, Ben!
Ben your videos are legitimately my favorite content online. 10/10
I watched it 2 weeks ago and loved it. My journey has been similar to yours when it comes to the film. Kinda liked it to start with and have enjoyed it more each time. Even the parts that make me cry are different (when she’s not in the car vs when they see each other at the end)
Anyway, happy birthday!🎉
I wasn’t ready to cry this morning. Or laugh through happy tears
Happy birthday and VIBBBESSSS. This video is such a labour of love and I am so so so happy it is finally here. I adore every second of it. I am so endeared to this movie now; it is a stray cat I have picked out of a sewer that I love, not because I can appreciate the spectacle but because I can see it’s intimate humanity. Thank you for making the world more beautiful and lovely!
You've managed to perfectly nail why I love this film.
*_THIS IS NO TIME FOR CAUTION_*
one of my favorite lines ever
Just thinking about this movie makes me cry
Dude, you are my favourite video essay youtuber! Your takes are always unique and I can really tell it’s very subjective and personal to you, which makes your videos feel passionate on a deeper level than most other youtubers. It always gives me new perspectives on films and tv shows I’ve watched before. It’s always a good day when Ben from Canada posts. I’ll be waiting patiently for your next video
also that “BOYFRIEND LOLOL” bit got me good in the middle of the night
Awesome breakdown of my favorite movie! I need to watch it again! Thanks.
I’m so happy I stumbled upon your video, your editing is hilarious! That Super Mario 64 load music was perfect
Interstellar is my favorite Nolan film! And one of my favorite youtubers is talking about it, this video is awesome!
I saw Interstellar and Nightcrawler in theaters as a “double feature” when they came out. I didn’t have enough time to process Interstellar so I couldn’t really focus on Nightcrawler and drove home from the theater confused and kinda disappointed. Both are great films tho and Interstellar is such a vibe. Love your work, Ben ❤️
Happy birthday, Ben, from a fellow Canadian! Thank you for the video! Interstellar isn't my favourite film (Nolan or otherwise), but I do quite like it, mostly for the vibes, so I appreciate this...well, appreciation of it, especially as it puts into words things I'd only felt.
Completely agree with your explanation of the love argument, that’s exactly how I see it and I think is exactly how people act. And in the end SHE WAS RIGHT, the movie tells you it wasn’t stupid
Ann Hathaway's speech about love doesn't come out of nowhere, she's arguing for the team to choose the planet that her loved one is on. It bears dramatic speech.
Thank you Ben from Canada. This was brilliant. Happy belated birthday mate. God bless !
When people ask me why I love this movie so much, I just show them the ball robot in Portal 2 going "SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE."
It really does sum it up quite well.