Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic Interstellar brought in more than $52 million opening weekend, along with mostly positive reviews.
You can add astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson to the list of people who enjoyed the film. Just as he did with Gravity, Tyson took to Twitter to review the science of Interstellar for his 2.6 million followers.
Unlike his review of Gravity, Tyson didn't find much to fault about Interstellar's depictions of space travel. That's likely because astrophysicist Kip Thorne served as a producer on the film, helping to ensure the science of space travel and black holes was as close to reality as could be. Instead, Tyson praised the film's characters (many of them women, and nearly every main character a scientist or engineer) and discussed how the film depicts Einstein's theory of relativity of time.
In #Interstellar: All leading characters, including McConaughey, Hathaway, Chastain, & Caine play a scientist or engineer.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: There’s a robot named KIPP. One of the Executive Producers, a physicist, is named Kip. I’m just saying. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: And in the real universe, strong gravitational fields measurably slow passage of time relative to others. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: Experience Einstein’s Relativity of Time as no other feature film has shown. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: The producers knew exactly how, why, & when you’d achieve zero-G in space.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: You observe great Tidal Waves from great Tidal Forces, of magnitude that orbiting a Black Hole might create — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: You enter a 3-Dimensional portal in space. Yes, you can fall in from any direction. Yes, it’s a Worm Hole. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: They reprise the matched-rotation docking maneuver from "2001: A Space Odyssey," but they spin 100x faster. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: Of the leading characters (all of whom are scientists or engineers) half are women. Just an FYI.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: On another planet, around another star, in another part of the galaxy, two guys get into a fist fight. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar, if you didn’t understand the plot, there is no published book to help you. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
In #Interstellar: They explore a planet near a Black Hole. Personally, I’d stay as far the hell away from BlackHoles as I can — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
REMINDER: Never look to me for opinions on new films. All I do is highlight the science one might or might not find in them. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 10, 2014
Tyson doesn't want people to use his tweets as a means of saying how good or bad a film is. He just want to talk about the science. But with a guy as influential as Tyson praising the film's depiction of difficult to understand theories of space and time, it's hard not to view his tweets as a ringing endorsement.
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