Nat Hazards of Drought

Rating: 7/10 (11 February 2020)

This movie is very dramatic and follows a few central themes of a dangerous life in space or a dying world on Earth. There is no distinguishable music, only an intense score that plays at the most stressful moments during the movie. The main character, Cooper, or Matthew McConaughey is seen as a distant father figure who leaves his family behind in order to travel through a black hole on Saturn. The point of this mission is to explore twelve potential new planets for humans to live on as the Earth is dying. The family lived on a farm that was often caught in major dust storms that required people to wear masks, hide in their homes, and eventually people left the town. The farmers also struggled with major drought, blight, dust, and the dying of their crops. Drought is a very dangerous natural hazard because people and animals will die without access to main food groups such as corn or wheat. Cooper's son responded to the dust with denial even though his wife and child coughed incessantly. This goes to show how a disaster can directly affect people, yet they will refuse to leave their home.
Cooper travels through space with a small crew on a small ship, all of which is from a NASA secret headquarters. He is one of the main pilots and engineers who is able to quickly solve but also fly the ship as to conserve fuel. Most of the space-science seemed to be portrayed accurately but I have no experience therefore it could have all been fake. The crew was also accompanied by an AI-like robot named Tars. This robot helped the crew solve problems, fly the ship, and gave them information when requested. Also, it was discovered that the professor who sent the crew knew that this mission was doomed to fail all along because of a stupid equation. Even his own daughter, Brand, or Anne Hathaway, didn't know this and was left in tears when she received a video message explaining this.
If the world was dying, why would a father leave his children behind to "starve to death?" The world or NASA should have used their advanced technology lab to find a way to make more food. I am assuming this movie is set in a post-futuristic world where humans are quite literally watching their crops die and families struggle for food. Yet, the movie nearly ends with Cooper stuck in a 3rd or 5th time dimension where he is able to "talk" to a younger version of his daughter through morse code and binary. This was very confusing as to how he went from being lost in space, stuck in time, and then ended up in a hospital bed on a station in space. Overall, I do really like this movie but I had to watch it multiple times to come to this realization.