Its almost unavoidable with sci-fi movies of this caliber, butmany audiences have noticed a glaring bootstrap paradoxinInterstellars conclusion.

This is obviously impossible, as theres seemingly no origin point for the object or knowledge.

Hes part of a second timeline, guided to the location by an alternate version of himself.

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Making Cooper the epicenter of this story erases the hopefulness of Nolans message.

Even thoughInterstellarrelies on a paradox, thats the entire point of the film.

Anne Hathaway’s Brand sits and stares in Interstellar

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From Christopher Nolan, Interstellar imagines a future where the Earth is plagued by a life-threatening famine, and a small team of astronauts is sent out to find a new prospective home among the stars. Despite putting the mission first, Coop (Matthew McConaughey) races against time to return home to his family even as they work to save mankind back on Earth.

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