10 Movies That Made Things Complicated To Hide Their Flaws

5. Interstellar

Nobody in their right mind will truthfully tell you that Christopher Nolan is a bad film-maker. A few might tell you that one of his films is disappointing, but it's usually only ever expressed in the context of his other movies and against his own benchmarks. Anyone else usually has some sort of provocative agenda.

That isn't to say that he doesn't make mistakes either, though, and while it's an ambitious project, Interstellar is also one that is fundamentally flawed. But because it's such a high concept sci-fi (and make no mistake, it is both beautiful and entertaining), it leans very heavily on science-fiction presented as irrefutable logic and dials up the complexity quite obviously.

The only problem is that the entire plot is based on a flaw in logic - a paradox, actually - because the hero is only saved by himself in the future. Not possible as the most casual time travel fans will tell you. But because the film's explanations and infectious fascination with black holes is so distracting, it's barely a problem.