Alongside the Dylan Thomas poetry, another issue that became apparent in the trailers is the prevalence of love as a theme in the movie. As soon as Brand uttered the line "love is the one thing that transcends time and space", some were skeptical that Nolan might be cooking up a rigorous sci-fi with a needlessly gooey center. And it turned out they were right, because this cringe-worthy line reads even worse in the final movie. Brand has a lengthy monologue about the power of love as a universal force that humanity perhaps doesn't understand yet, a force as powerful as gravity, and unless you're the sentimental type, it's pretty hard to buy into, more likely to elicit groans and laughter rather than swoons. Given the self-serious, hard-science nature of the movie, throwing a premise like this into the mix feels clunky and awkward, and the film would be better off without it.