Stephen Hawking's Facebook Posts Tell You How The Cosmologist Reacts To 'Theory Of Everything' And 'Interstellar'

Two new films are deeply appreciated by Stephen Hawking, going by his comments in his Facebook page. The new biopic, "Theory of Everything" is based on the astrophysicist about his life with the first wife, Jane, as well as his struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease). The second film "Interstellar", has also interested him.

Stephen Hawking, who joined Facebook last month, put up some opinions on Nov. 18 regarding "Theory of Everything" released in the U.S. on Nov. 7. Praising the biopic about his life with his first wife Jane and his struggle with "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease)," he is moved by the effort put in by the actor Eddie Redmayne, who plays his character in the film. He writes: "At times, I thought he was me," according to Live Science.

A doctor in the early 1960s told Stephen Hawking what his motor neuron disease will lead to. "Your thoughts won't change," he tells him. However, half a century later, the doctor has been proved wrong. Hawking is as brilliant as ever, and is still writing with a keyboard operated by facial movement and lectures through a computerized voice system and lives an active family life. So the movie is not just about a man, but of a relationship, love and its complications, according to Seattle Times.

Hawking has become well-known due to his probe into "black holes and gravitational singularities," and said that just watching the movie made him reflective and musing about his own life too. He said that in spite of his severe disability, he has been fairly successful in his pursuit of scientific work, he wrote. Other successes include travelling widely, including going to Antarctica and Easter Island, sinking in a submarine and then floating up on a zero-gravity flight. His next hope is to go into space someday.

"Interstellar" was another film that has impressed him, and he commented on it in another post. Being the brainchild of his friend and fellow physicist, Kip Thorne of Caltech and film producer Lynda Obst, it was directed by Christopher Nolan, showing wormholes and a realistic depiction of a black hole. With Thorne, Hawking had attended the U.K. premiere of the film on Oct. 29. It was released in the U.S. on Nov. 5.

Hawking has also posted some tributes to the people he has held dear in his life. Hawking's team supports him in maintaining his Facebook page, while his posts are signed as "SH," according to the site. He said that while he has been privileged to gain some understanding of the operation of the world through his work, "it would be an empty universe indeed without the people that I love," he said, according to livescience.com