I think people are missing the point of the story. The ship in the film is The Endurance (see Ernest Shackleton). Set off for Antarctica, at the time might was

I think people are missing the point of the story. The ship in the film is The Endurance (see Ernest Shackleton). Set off for Antarctica, at the time might was well have been setting off for a black hole. Bad things happened, was presumed lost, then years later, makes it back to civilization. At face value, it's a sci-fi movie, and that eye candy got people into theatres, but I think it's better compared to stories like The Life of Pi or All Is Lost. Nitpicking on how accurate the science is in a fictional story sort of misses the point that it's a story. TL;DR - paid to see it in IMAX and was thoroughly entertained knowing it was a made up story.