Tenet Review Thread

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He likes the better film more. Imagine that.

Tenet doesn't have a scene where the main character gets fired and the camera slowly zooms in on his face looking maniacal while a high pitched squeal drowns out the dialogue to signify "woah this guy's cRaZy"

Joker doesn’t have ear shattering sound effects and dialogue you can’t hear. It also doesn’t have Kenneth Branagh as a laughably bad wife beater. And it doesn’t have a nonsensical plot. What it does have is Joaquin Phoenix in a career defining role and the cojones to be an R-rated supervillain movie that tackles mental health. Sure, it’s a Scorsese “homage” but I rather have that than Nolan at his most egomaniacal and in perhaps his worst movie ever. Only Insomnia is arguably worse and that’s a giant maybe.

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I was busting your balls.



I mostly disagree. The opening scene at the opera house had spectacularly awful sound mixing. Ruined the whole thing. And the climax juxtaposing the hunt for the device and the events on the boat wasn’t as suspenseful and dramatic as it should have been. Compare it to Inception and you’ll see how much Nolan has declined in terms of cinematography, editing and sound mixing. Really, the only truly standout scene was the initial “backwards fight” and the revelation later on. That’s why I argued Tenet would work best as a sci-fI thriller. Those art gallery scenes should have been the bulk of the movie. Nolan sacrificed an excellent tightly made thriller for some bizarre Evil Soviet/Wife Beater story. Not that I’m against Evil Soviet/Wife Beater stories but if that’s the route you wanna go in, the movie should be more dramatically structured. It just doesn’t mesh with Nolan’s over indulgent set pieces. Plus, Kenneth Branagh is an embarrassment. That was some Nick Cage/John Travolta level acting. That has its place in certain type of movies but not in one in which you can barely hear the dialogue.

I swear it's solid. Also an interesting glimpse to a time when Nolan's movies weren't so aggressively PG-13.



I don't disagree that Inception handles its climax much better, though I think it's less the execution of the scene and more the context. People can complain about Nolan's exposition, but Inception is so good at making every piece clear that the finale is highly suspenseful. But in Tenet, the audience is doing so much work to keep up that the climax loses that same suspenseful charge. I still enjoyed it as a visceral experience, but yes, Inception is better. It's also probably Nolan's best movie though.



Nolan is the real Joker.

Nolan has pretty much confirmed it bro. BOOM.

I don't care.  Death of the author.  It needs to be in the text or I can't be bothered.

The one halfway through where their sailing together? I remember it having some sort of competitive aspect at least implied.

But Nolan didn't explain it in monologue form. Doesn't count.

You're not wrong, but "How would you like to die?" "Old." is a fun little exchange.