What is your interpretation of the ending? SPOILERS AHEAD

Christopher Nolan's 2014 grand scale science-fiction story about time and space, and the things that transcend them.
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Chris
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ChristNolan wrote:
Chris wrote:And what about Cooper's son?
The end of the movie focuses on Murph and Cooper but why is the son completely missing from the last act? Not a mention, not a word about him...it unfortunately suggests that Cooper doesn't care anymore about him and I don't understand it.
Even if his son has become a bit of a selfish asshole (which Cooper doesn't know anyway), he is still his child... he should have asked about him. Ok we can assume that the son passed away but I think a father has to be sure of that.
Am I wrong? What do you think
about this absence?
He's long dead dude.

How do we know? How Cooper can be sure of it?

Is there a line in the movie I missed?
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Chris wrote:
ChristNolan wrote:
Chris wrote:And what about Cooper's son?
The end of the movie focuses on Murph and Cooper but why is the son completely missing from the last act? Not a mention, not a word about him...it unfortunately suggests that Cooper doesn't care anymore about him and I don't understand it.
Even if his son has become a bit of a selfish asshole (which Cooper doesn't know anyway), he is still his child... he should have asked about him. Ok we can assume that the son passed away but I think a father has to be sure of that.
Am I wrong? What do you think
about this absence?
He's long dead dude.

How do we know? How Cooper can be sure of it?

Is there a line in the movie I missed?
Well, Murph is literally on her deathbed when Cooper visits her so it's safe to assume Tom's been dead for a good bit. Remember that he is years older than her.
Nitecraller
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Even if his son has become a bit of a selfish asshole (which Cooper doesn't know anyway), he is still his child... he should have asked about him. Ok we can assume that the son passed away but I think a father has to be sure of that.

Am I wrong? What do you think
about this absence?
He's long dead dude.


How do we know? How Cooper can be sure of it?

Is there a line in the movie I missed?
Well, Murph is literally on her deathbed when Cooper visits her so it's safe to assume Tom's been dead for a good bit. Remember that he is years older than her.
Not only is her brother quite a bit older than her, they mentioned that in order to hang on long enough to meet her father again, she put herself into two years of cryosleep.
slam
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I understood most of the ending of what
Coop had to do, and how he communicates with Murph. My biggest question is (and I may have missed this because the sound was loud and got distorted):When he goes into the black hole, who saved him? Was it humans from the future who actually expected him to be there? Basically, humans making sure that their past comes to fruition? Because if Coop doesn't communicate with young Murph, then that means Coop will never go on a mission, hence never be in the black hole. I'm pretty sure it wasn't extra-terrestrials because he kept telling TARS that "they" are "us."

Also, how were they able to have the communication so focused on just young Murph? The binary signals could've just went back to NASA.
mflourishes
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Watched Stuckmann's review this morning and I'd have to agree with him about the very ending.
I wish the scene where the blackhole is disintegrating (or warping - not sure) and Coop sees a flash of light before losing consciousness would have been the ending. Cutting to credits after that moment would have been super powerful. The audience would know humans have the data they need to save the species, yet you'd never know if Coop made it back to his daughter.
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Sky007 wrote:Okay let's get talking!
Thoughts on the final moments with Cooper leaving to find Brand on the planet?
I didn't think it was the best ending scene. Definitely not as good as The Dark Knight or Inception.
yourstrulyinhd
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mflourishes wrote:Watched Stuckmann's review this morning and I'd have to agree with him about the very ending.
I wish the scene where the blackhole is disintegrating (or warping - not sure) and Coop sees a flash of light before losing consciousness would have been the ending. Cutting to credits after that moment would have been super powerful. The audience would know humans have the data they need to save the species, yet you'd never know if Coop made it back to his daughter.
I feel what you're saying but the most emotionally resonant part of the film to me was the Burstyn deathbed scene. "Because my dad promised me" are gonna be words that ring in my ears for a long time to come.
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mflourishes wrote:Watched Stuckmann's review this morning and I'd have to agree with him about the very ending.
I wish the scene where the blackhole is disintegrating (or warping - not sure) and Coop sees a flash of light before losing consciousness would have been the ending. Cutting to credits after that moment would have been super powerful. The audience would know humans have the data they need to save the species, yet you'd never know if Coop made it back to his daughter.
That would have undermined what Nolan wanted to say though.
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someone please try to answer this for me as im super confused
i understand all that, but it doesn't answer my question. i bolded what really confuses me.
"once she was able to figure out the gravity equation, it became possible for mankind to leave earth" -- HOW?? what did her knowing the equation change? how did her knowing the 2nd half of the equation help her make it possible for mankind to leave earth? i understand there was probably 50-90 years of "work" done by her given the equation, but what did the equation do for her exactly? did it perfect that huge Plan A ship? don't think so. did it help her get Plan A ship to the new planet?

and speaking of the new planet, they don't know that Brand's planet is perfect for them yet. i guess thats part of why Cooper goes to rescue her from there. on one hand its a rescue mission, but on the other they will be able to happily report to the new space-earth that their new home is within range
another question,
in the first act, NASA gets all giddy because of Cooper telling them about the gravitational anomaly in their home. they say something like it's been happening a lot, for a while now, in all different parts of the world. is this to say that other people were going through what Coop did, or were the other gravitational anomalys him too, but in other parts of the world? that doesn't sound right to me... what were the other anomalys happening? for 50 years, at the same time the worm hole was placed by saturn? was it "they" starting the process of looking for the right pilot for the ship, and it was cooper that finally found himself? how do you explain the 50 years of gravitational anomalys?
Rodney Johnson
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I'm a John G wrote:someone please try to answer this for me as im super confused
i understand all that, but it doesn't answer my question. i bolded what really confuses me.
"once she was able to figure out the gravity equation, it became possible for mankind to leave earth" -- HOW?? what did her knowing the equation change? how did her knowing the 2nd half of the equation help her make it possible for mankind to leave earth? i understand there was probably 50-90 years of "work" done by her given the equation, but what did the equation do for her exactly? did it perfect that huge Plan A ship? don't think so. did it help her get Plan A ship to the new planet?

and speaking of the new planet, they don't know that Brand's planet is perfect for them yet. i guess thats part of why Cooper goes to rescue her from there. on one hand its a rescue mission, but on the other they will be able to happily report to the new space-earth that their new home is within range
another question,
in the first act, NASA gets all giddy because of Cooper telling them about the gravitational anomaly in their home. they say something like it's been happening a lot, for a while now, in all different parts of the world. is this to say that other people were going through what Coop did, or were the other gravitational anomalys him too, but in other parts of the world? that doesn't sound right to me... what were the other anomalys happening? for 50 years, at the same time the worm hole was placed by saturn? was it "they" starting the process of looking for the right pilot for the ship, and it was cooper that finally found himself? how do you explain the 50 years of gravitational anomalys?
All the other gravity anomalys around the world... I'll bet they just had to keep things simple. As far as picking Cooper to the pilot... I think they say at some point that Cooper isn't the one "they" picked, It's Murph. Of course in the end it's a team effort getting the information to Murph so she can solve the gravity equation and get plan A to work.
I saw the movie two weeks ago and haven't been able to talk about it with anyone... it's nice to be able to break my silence!
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