How to Solve the Interface Problem and Keep the Narrative Intact

As an audience, we understand the point of the interface. We're watching a story. The interface is meant to show you how character A understands B or does C. But going this deep into it, it was a bit of a pain because you had to realise, oh my god, this doesn't work. This is wrong. Our job is just not as easy as the filmmaker's job. And there are also things in sci-fi like dystopian scenarios like blowing up a moon that we really hope to not do in our real everyday jobs.