Tenet might be Nolan’s only bad movie? I tried rewatching it this week. The time inversion stuff just takes too much work to understand, and also the acting seems off?
This might be @cdixon weakest tweet. Tried rereading it but it just gets more incorrect every time. Also the intelligence seems off?
Very novel story structure but incomprehensible without watching a youtube explainer
first one where I had no desire to learn more. Just indifferent to it.
Worse than everything else isn't "bad" when you operate at such a high level. It's not my favorite, but bad is a stretch. Jordan with the flu is still better than the rest of the NBA.
seems off? (it was a meta joke on the film's dialoguesposition style) BUT SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU THE SOUNDTRACK IS TOO LOUD CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?
“Can’t reverse breathe oxygen” is the only thing I remember from it
I would have agreed with this a month or two after watching it. Only watched it once, but the scenes have become a vivid pattern in a couple day-to-day things. I’ve casted about it. I actually think it’s more of a wine type movie.
💯 i watched it twice too and felt the same way. some of the scenes are rad but the film as a whole isn’t good, the ending especially. i wanted to like it so bad
The sound mixing in the film is way below average
I wouldn’t say it’s “bad” per sé but definitely my least favorite. I’m excited to see what he does with “Oppenheimer” though. I think it will end up being one of my favorites as it is one of my all-time top interests.
It’s flawed in parts, but I actually love it far more than much of his other work. It pushes beyond reason, is surrealist while still technical. Visually surprising, deeply atmospheric soundtrack, novel time loop take, very fresh protagonist arc. It’s art in the blockbuster action medium.
Watching Dark (Netflix) before it helped. Dark had 3 timelines across 2 worlds so Tenet seemed breezy after that
it was incredibly hard to understand the dialogue when they had the masks on when I saw it in theaters. haven’t watched it since. Dark Knight still his best work imo
Wait…..Does this mean you liked insomnia? I think he’s still chasing Memento. And that The Prestige was highly underrated because of its marketing. And that Dunkirk was highly overrated because of its marketing (primarily the Oscar campaign that year - because Warner Bros. needed it.)
This and insomnia. 2 poorly inspired pieces of work
Tenet is one of his best movies IMO. Not being able to understand it at first viewing is awesome, you feel yourself really straining your brain which I haven’t felt with any other director. Then when you watch it again and is able to figure out some stuff it’s rewarding in a puzzle-solving kind of way.
By far his worst but I'm reluctant to call it a bad movie. The guy also is just on another level, best filmmaker working today.
I saw it in imax and needed subtitles because the score was so loud. Still haven’t rewatched it yet. As far as I know it had as much dialogue as Dunkirk.
I need to rewatch it - was actually thinking about Inception this morning
It is a bad movie, but not sure if it is the worst he’s made.
Seemed very emotionally cold/flat to me - more focused on the logic/puzzle aspect and not the people
There are a few 'Tenet explained' good videos on Youtube (attached). It's hard and time consuming doing all of the mind-crunching yourself but once someone else explains everything the movies becomes more fun imo
has your opinion of his other movies improved with re-watches? Haven’t rewatched Tenet but I have some sense that his movies are aging more poorly than expected I’ll acknowledge there seems to be some anti-nolan energy growing amongst film heads, whether it be for this reason or him just becoming too popular
I think the worst part was being so hard to understand the dialogue in many scenes. Even though is intentional, it takes you out of the suspension of disbelief.
I watched it with a bottle of wine & liked it! I'll try to rewatch it sober...
