Murph

The core of Interstellar is about the interpretation of the famous Murphy's Law, typically stated as what can go wrong can go wrong.

In the movie it is mentioned as: whatever can happen, will happen. It is much more positive than that we know about Murphy's Law.

To compare and contrast, I would like to also draw a Chinese cliche 人生不如意事十常八九. On the other hand, we will eventually have one fantastic thing going around us, despite living in hell.

The director actually have a point. They talk about the possibilities in lives that we might not see it. It is like something amazing behind the black hole, which not even light can escape. Our future is always uncertain. Even different possibilities there are of course stony paths, but it is us that cannot see the bright side from the horizon.

The same applies to the umbrella movement, and various acts that fight for a better tomorrow.

Notwithstanding the apparent stability of our mankind nowadays, storms are coming. Our future does not look quite right in terms of politics, economies and environments. Somehow, a dystopian movie spreads a positive message that is always true: there has always a way out. There has to be another world if we are to pass through the black hole, however we don't know what will happen on that other side.