Nightmare Fuel / Interstellar

• If you have claustrophobia or a fear of isolation, this film will not be kind to you.
• Mann's breakdown over the length of his mission and Face–Heel Turn is both this and a Tear Jerker. The man just doesn't want to die, but a lot of the things he says and does once he's revealed to have gone off the deep end are pretty creepy.
• Although the ecological aspects of the movie are shaky, the ways in which Earth and society are gradually breaking down, and in which people are trying to keep them going, are strongly reminiscent of previous disasters; as a result, they have a emotional weight that partially balances out the limitations of the science.
• The waves on Miller's planet, which, courtesy of the same gravitational forces causing the extreme Time Dilation, are so huge that they're initially mistaken for mountains. They killed Miller before the Endurance reached the planet, and by the time Cooper realises what they are, one has snuck up on the Ranger and is about to turn it into the log flume from hell.
• The time dilation experienced during the Endurance's journey means that Brand and Cooper miss out on decades of life on Earth while significantly less time passes for them. Over 20 years pass during their first stop and Cooper is distraught while he catches up on his son's life. Brand's father dies while she's away and Cooper reawakens far in the future, with barely enough time to reunite with his daughter on her deathbed.

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