One man has an insane theory on what he thought was a “simple mistake” made in Interstellar.
The space film came out ten years ago but is still being debated online.
For anyone not in the know, it was directed by Christopher Nolan and stars Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, whose characters are on a space expedition when things go wrong.
The movie gained positive reviews on its release and took home an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
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In the synopsis, it says: “When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.”
But according to one TikToker, there’s an error in the film that he can’t ignore.
Posting on his page, @stark_verse, the individual explained that there are two scenes that are carbon copies.
In the clip which has now been watched by over eight million people, he said: “I just re-watched Interstellar, and I noticed what seemed like a mistake. I just cannot unsee this.”
The scenes in question are a specific shot of Cooper’s aircraft right before he crashes in his dream and then again when the team enters Miller’s planet’s atmosphere.
The man added: “At first I thought this was a mistake, but then I realized, this is Christopher Nolan. Christopher Nolan wouldn’t reuse the same footage without a purpose.”
This caused him to dig deeper into what it could mean.
He realized that he was looking at the scene from a different perspective than it should be regarded, and that the opening sequence where the initial shot is used depicts a crash that nobody ‘should realistically survive’.
This led him to believe that Cooper actually died at the beginning of the movie, which to him, explained a lot of different components in the film.
He went on the note that they referenced Cooper’s death during the Lazarus mission which hints that he is on a journey through the unknown - or the afterlife.
The TikToker believes that the whole plot symbolizes Cooper’s journey to the afterlife, which is why at the end of the video, when he enters a room to find his daughter, now elderly and on her deathbed, he’s there to greet her - looking exactly as he did when he died all those years before.
Apparently, it's also why nobody in the room acknowledges him, except his dying daughter, who he’ll welcome to the afterlife.
It really does put a completely different spin on the story and throws out the time warp of Miller’s Planet.