"Interstellar" -- Christopher Nolan's Ode to Love

Rick Phillips
I finally got out to view the movie "Interstellar," which my sons and I had been wanting to see all season.  We are all fans of Christopher Nolan, particularly because of the way he uses his art to make important statements into our culture.  Interstellar picks up where the Batman series leaves off.  In Batman, Nolan depicts how postmodernity destroys civilization and makes people suffer.  Interstellar begins with a planet that is effectively beyond hope because of unexplained calamities which are vaguely associated with the incompetence of political correctness.  Launching from there, Nolan presents a chronicle of hope through the indominable human spirit.  It is a hope that is marred by human depravity but ultimately propelled by the power of love.  It's not exactly a Christian worldview that is presented by Interstellar, but these days some uplifting humanism is at least a nice change of pace.  Despite the unavoidable logical conundrums inherent to time warping movies -- I will avoid spoilers, but let's just say there are things in Interstellar that just don't add us -- I thought Nolan pulled off his objective brilliantly.