Christopher and Jonathan Nolan insisted on the film maintaining as much scientific accuracy as possible. So when the story ventures into space and we behold awesome stellar scenes and convincing portrayals of space vehicles, we also get a lot of meticulous moviemaking. There’s no magical gravity out of nowhere, the ship our crew uses to travel spins to generate gravity. There’s no sound in space, which the launch sequence goes out of its way to establish.
Cooper joins a crew of explorers that includes star power from Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, David Gyasi, and Wes Bentley. Plus two very likable robotic companions that put 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL-9000 to shame. Of course Interstellar wanted to outdo 2001: A Space Odyssey, that’s only logical. And in most respects, it certainly has, although the much improved moviemaking technology makes the comparison slightly unfair.
In any case, Interstellar not only looks amazing, it’s reasonably convincing and plausible based on current science. The only other show we can think of that does better at depicting space is The Expanse, which we’ll get to at a later point in time.