The Unmatched Vibes of Interstellar

Interstellar's a Vibe.
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[@martijn2246]

Comboy daddy

[@unflexian]

huh

[@ItsMoorbinTime]

Why does this pinned comment only have 2 likes? Also, I refuse to change this.

[@wObBlE73]

Lol

[@rorylynch7775]

The scene where Cooper breaks down after finding the years worth of recording is still so powerful

[@FRESHNESSSSSS]

A powerful meme indeed.

[@LuisSierra42]

@K.C-2049 you are probably correct

[@KennethFabritius]

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.

[@qualityamvs2972]

Best scene for me

[@mr.moviemafia]

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

[@TillURide420]

Ya bro totes magotes

[@matthewboire6843]

I think it is full of emotion

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

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.

[@empatheticrambo4890]

I first saw this movie on an airplane. The turbulence honestly was SO immersive at all the right moments

[@Mercgo]

Dude that happen to me on a plane watching Gravity

[@sasmayte]

That would trip me out

[@AnAvgeek]

Same

[@AnAvgeek]

Same

[@KhadijaMbowe]

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 😩

[@jaketaf98]

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.

[@dykor3531]

good comment 👍

[@vincentortiz4917]

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.

[@KennethFabritius]

Every Nolan film has a theme that can be distilled down to one word... ...for this film it is: Family

[@michaeldonaldson6923]

Having children of your own changes the feeling of this movie immensely.

[@GuilhermeHarrison]

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.

[@BenFromCanada]

BIRTHDAY VIDEO

[@HighPotentateCanute]

Happy Birthday!

[@thisismyhome]

happy birthday!!!!

[@markdavis4743]

Happy birthday!! Thank you for these vids I look forward to every one of them🙏🏼

[@PlayerXIII]

Happy cake day 🎉

[@tessiepinkman]

Happy B-day! And thanks for an amazing video and new music :D

[@aidanrogers4438]

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!

[@bsblleon01]

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.

[@bportom]

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.

[@Spoonishpls]

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

[@kelvinchiang3297]

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.

[@Manuel-gk3rv]

Yay new Ben from Canada video! I've been looking forward to this

[@liz5100]

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.

[@xliquidflames]

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.

[@MarcelVerheijden]

The documentary interviews were real interviews with people remembering the "dust bowl" years en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

[@xliquidflames]

​@@MarcelVerheijdenOh! Wow. I had no idea. That is awesome.

[@morganleanderblake678]

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".

[@michellemorales82]

Mind blown

[@ThaDoomicorn]

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!

[@enanm8687]

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!!

[@razbuten]

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.

[@3athlete]

please, never stop creating about the things that impact you. thank you

[@PillarofGarbage]

it's HEREEEE (+happy birthday king 👑)

[@venompower64]

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! 🥳

[@djc604]

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

[@elsagreen1476]

Yes!!

[@underdogoverland]

"daddy McConaughey" at the docking sequence is the best description. Also! "No, it's necessary." Great vid!

[@elixer88]

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.

[@thekolbaska]

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

[@masonm87]

Despite the fact that you don’t release a lot of videos, it’s a real treat when you do. Happy belated, Ben.

[@theflawedamy]

I think the part where a scientist explains wormholes to another equally smart scientist is really really funny

[@goop847]

i learned about that reading A Wrinkle in Time as a 9 year old

[@unropednope4644]

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.

[@theflawedamy]

@@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

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

@@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.

[@pastamasta4355]

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 :)

[@TeddSmith-k2s]

The fact that this video only has 90k views is wild. This is on my top 10 videos to watch while eating

[@lukenuke8991]

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

[@darrenchao5902]

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

[@xliquidflames]

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.

[@dustenekoes28]

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

[@xliquidflames]

@@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.

[@ScrimmyBingus42]

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.

[@CaptainRex549]

I love how silence is sometimes the loudest sound!

[@CINEMARTYR]

Incredible movie. Also, The Revenent, dang

[@Jamsterman25]

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

[@matthewboire6843]

Interstellar is such a good movie, I never knew exactly why I liked it, this is partly why.

[@marmalar]

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.

[@AgriCo42069]

Post one video a year, a banger every time, refuse to elaborate further, leaves. happy birthday

[@connorblake7487]

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.

[@riloegaming]

My favorite technical word to talk about a film is James Bond

[@evanwakelin7944]

Your Tenet Video is one of my all time fav YT videos. So, I'm pumped for this one!

[@aaronk1677]

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.

[@BippityBoppityBatman]

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!

[@suitedpanda3108]

this movie has a story? i guess i never noticed over THE INSANE SOUNDTRACK CRAFTED BY THE GODS OF TIME AND SPACE THEMSELVES HOLY SHIT IT'S SO GOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@noinktechnique]

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.

[@loganstarke9224]

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

[@lspoulin]

this is a character movie. One of my favorite movie since the first I first watched it.

[@PlayerCarter.]

Interstellar will continue to be my favorite movie

[@gagehartsell2193]

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.

[@Ze_Phantom]

I just hate the fact that when I watched Eimeis blue and spoiler alert when the characters visited themselves in the past, I just had memories of interstellar flashing through my head and it was crazy…

[@sadtoast6122]

*_THIS IS NO TIME FOR CAUTION_* one of my favorite lines ever Just thinking about this movie makes me cry

[@trev9168]

Interstellar and Oppenheimer are both on a different tier of filmmaking. I can’t quite describe how much I love these 2 films.

[@GoldSilverHunter]

So glad the algorithm found me, great video and some nice reminders and a few new bits to look at this masterpiece differently.

[@TheThunderwars]

You really are the goat of KZbin essays.

[@gregt301]

Can't believe I never really noticed the change of aspect ratio before. Very interesting!

[@Star_Wars_With_PercyMan]

This is my favourite movie of all time ngl!

[@alaina932]

I wasn’t ready to cry this morning. Or laugh through happy tears

[@bradleyfiore734]

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.

[@dawesome_sauce]

Interstellar is one of my all time favorite movies and I will gladly accept any new video essays on it! Loved this!

[@mikeb7906]

There’s no better hype moment in the world than when Ben suddenly reveals he actually loved the Love monologue in Interstellar

[@NoBotOW]

Why did the end of this video bring tears to my eyes 🥹

[@beatrixwickson8477]

As a time traveller, this video hits so different in 2020.

[@elsagreen1476]

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.

[@ieatwobblebassforbreakfast627]

Just listening to Departure now bud, this is such a dope track mate, deffo on my playlist.

[@finq918]

MOMMMMMM WAKE UP BEN FROM CANADA POSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@martijn2246]

Whenever i feel a bit emotionally numb i watch the scene "messages from home".

[@DevoutFrenzy]

When they re release it this year I might take PTO just so I can see it as many times as possible. I never got to see it in theaters

[@Ladyknightthebrave]

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🎉

[@BigFluffyShep]

Southern Accents in space? E3N "Ethan" from Infinite Warfare approves

[@ffenoelfa8053]

Amazing! Ep! Keep up the great work deff adding to a playlist on repeat! 🎉🎉🎉

[@WolvesBack42]

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!

[@moozstreams9680]

Wow, some of your patrons are fellow YT video essayists (e.g.: “Loverboy”) and I find that beautiful!

[@TLG1255]

Happy birthday! And I’m gonna go listen to your EP!

[@roseclark5623]

Happy birthday ben!!!!!!!!!!!! ever since your short breakdown of the godzilla v kong franchise on caravan of garbage i've been frothing at the mouth for more of your videos. this one was excellent!!!!

[@AardvarkAdventure]

Great video, and I agree with almost everything you had to say *except* your characterization as "Hallelujah" and "Let It Be" as "basic." "Let It Be" has parts in C mixolydian, too, btw, so even from a music theory perspective, it has some good tricks going on.

[@zk4ore]

Your content is simply the best. I get excited every time I see you released something. Keep it up!

[@FiggityJones]

Happy Birthday Ben! Also thank you for making this video! I saw Interstellar in IMAX when I was young and at a time when I was super hyperfocused on space and it’s still one of the best film watching experiences I’ve ever had. Not *the* best, but still, it’s way up there. You have deepened my enjoyment and love for this film with your video. I’m gonna go check out your music now 🤘

[@jessrl8025]

I completely forgot what the plot of this movie was. Hearing you describe it makes me wonder if I even saw this movie. Super awesome vid as usual!

[@yeahnah4304]

Great video!!! Love your work. Wish you had the time to make more, but life and stuff. Keep up the great work. You're the best

[@AcolytesOfHorror]

Love the music theory stuff in particular, great vid

[@tatsuuuuuu]

Happy birthday! Goddamn your stuff is the best on youtube! love your Caravan of Garbage edits too!

[@BobalooFishtank.]

I never thought I’d like a Ben video better than the Moneyball one, but here we are

[@jbhart6]

Always love the vibes of your videos Ben! Thanks for sharing. Love the new music too!

[@callumscott1538]

So ben makes fire dnb? who new. Le Youth vocals, ecastic sythns, and some liquid beats? Like it. Will be using in sets

[@Thefunwayhome]

Everything you do is beautiful. Can't wait to check out your music!

[@adornethegraverobber]

I love your well thought out positivity. Thank you for such a beautiful video. Happy birthday!🎉

[@JakeMGolle]

Ben's videos are a vibe. Happy Birthday.

[@paragonjones13]

Happy birthday boi! Great video!

[@briswolf]

Bravo! this video... the vibes! 👌

[@thatginger6839]

I love that you came back to defend Brand's love rant. When you first brought it up i was about to get all ranty in the comments in its defence, but you did that for me Happy birthday! Always love your videos

[@The22ndDoctor]

Yay, nice little Nat shot at the start.

[@nemobushstatue5111]

Happy Birthday Ben From Canada.

[@May9k]

happy birthday ben, good to see another banger

[@johannacaulfield7840]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@AGD_27]

I really appreciate the extra detail on the defense of Brand's love monologue. For me it's always boiled down to separation of the intent of the character and the intent of the writer. Brand is trying to convince us of this weird wishy washy theory about love being a measurable force in the universe and its cringe. The writer in that moment isn't trying to convince you they are trying to make you cringe, so if you weren't convinced, good, that's the point. Our POV character is Cooper who outright rejects the idea. Later when Cooper is in the Tesaract he refers to love as the answer but the connection is more direct and the theory clicks together as he puts the black hole data in his daughter's watch knowing that her love for him would bring her back to the watch where she could retrieve the data and ultimately build the new home for humanity, the worm hole, and the Tesaract. Brand's theory is kinda right but it's a desperate first draft it's messy and we aren't supposed to agree with it.

[@mightymaster8752]

You need to play Outer Wilds. You will either get it, or you wont. I think you will. EDIT: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" - frosty the snowman

[@wavehellhole]

Maple from Diegesis going "wow." is my spirit animal for this movie.

[@tjtacolover]

Fantastic video, sir. Happy Birthmas!

[@omletecrayola]

You’re awesome. So well written.

[@daliilars3350]

Perfection? Bruh, Interstellar is waaay overrated. I'm not saying it's a bad movie though. It's good, but it's not a great movie.

[@uiebattles]

I love Nolan movies of course. I’m about to go watch all the Mcconaughey movies I missed 👍🏼👍🏼