Action-Adventure TENET

[Hunter Rider]

What's all the stuff about the movie needing subtitles? Has Nolan made it partiality inaudible like Fincher did with Se7en?

 

[Schlosser85]

I don't remember Se7en being partially inaudible.

 

[TheVileOne]

What's all the stuff about the movie needing subtitles? Has Nolan made it partiality inaudible like Fincher did with Se7en?

Not sure if I'd say it's quite the same as Se7en, but the movie's definitely got a sound mixing and audio problem that was more than likely an intentional choice by Nolan and Co.

Like it's so bad if the movie receives Oscar nominations for those sound categories, it's the very proof that the Oscars are corrupt.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Not sure if I'd say it's quite the same as Se7en, but the movie's definitely got a sound mixing and audio problem that was more than likely an intentional choice by Nolan and Co.

Like it's so bad if the movie receives Oscar nominations for those sound categories, it's the very proof that the Oscars are corrupt.

That's weird and sounds annoying as well, I didn’t like it in Se7en either.

 

[TheVileOne]

That's weird and sounds annoying as well, I didn’t like it in Se7en either.

I think what happened here is even worse than what I recall in Se7en. Which granted, came out 25 years ago, so I don't quite remember that in theaters as much.

 

[Asr]

So I just came back from seeing this at my local AMC. I think I'd rate it 6/10 honestly, and that's being generous.

As I saw someone else mention somewhere, it's the most Nolan film that Nolan has made, for better or worse. All of the Nolan tendencies that he's had in previous movies were amped up to 11 here. Confusing time-bending events? Check. Directing meant to confuse you and make you reassess your perspective of prior events in the film? Double-check. A soundtrack that's horribly mixed and you can barely hear the dialogue and what characters are saying? Triple-check. Musical score constantly permeating the soundtrack and barely letting up, making it audibly confusing to tell the sound effects apart from the music? Quadruple-check.

The most frustrating part of the movie was really two things: (1) For a movie that relied so much on its dialog, it was REALLY hard to hear what characters were saying most of the time. Either because of the mixing, or their accent, or both. Even JDW, being the biggest American actor in the cast, I could barely tell what he was saying part of the time because it was just unclear and incoherent. (2) And because of the dialog that was hard to understand, it made the movie really hard to follow. A lot of things either didn't make sense, or were difficult to understand why they were happening.

The time inversion really made no sense as to how it worked either. If we as an audience were just supposed to feel it and go "oh that looks cool anyway", ok I can accept that. But it still made no logical sense how it worked and that was annoying.

The best thing I can say about the movie is that it was cool to see it on a big screen. And also that I'm really looking forward to seeing Pattinson as Batman even more now. His character in this movie was practically an audition for Bruce Wayne, and convinced me that he can pull it off easily.

I really liked Nolan's last film Dunkirk which I'd call a technical achievement and was really well-made with the intersecting timelines especially. Tenet left me pretty disappointed.

As for my theater "pandemic" experience: there were about 5 other people total, in a theater that supports up to about 200, I'd guess. So social distancing wasn't a problem at all. It certainly felt a bit surreal watching a "blockbuster" action movie with such a small audience too.

 

[TheVileOne]

So I just came back from seeing this at my local AMC. I think I'd rate it 6/10 honestly, and that's being generous.

As I saw someone else mention somewhere, it's the most Nolan film that Nolan has made, for better or worse. All of the Nolan tendencies that he's had in previous movies were amped up to 11 here. Confusing time-bending events? Check. Directing meant to confuse you and make you reassess your perspective of prior events in the film? Double-check. A soundtrack that's horribly mixed and you can barely hear the dialogue and what characters are saying? Triple-check. Musical score constantly permeating the soundtrack and barely letting up, making it audibly confusing to tell the sound effects apart from the music? Quadruple-check.

The most frustrating part of the movie was really two things: (1) For a movie that relied so much on its dialog, it was REALLY hard to hear what characters were saying most of the time. Either because of the mixing, or their accent, or both. Even JDW, being the biggest American actor in the cast, I could barely tell what he was saying part of the time because it was just unclear and incoherent. (2) And because of the dialog that was hard to understand, it made the movie really hard to follow. A lot of things either didn't make sense, or were difficult to understand why they were happening.

The time inversion really made no sense as to how it worked either. If we as an audience were just supposed to feel it and go "oh that looks cool anyway", ok I can accept that. But it still made no logical sense how it worked and that was annoying.

The best thing I can say about the movie is that it was cool to see it on a big screen. And also that I'm really looking forward to seeing Pattinson as Batman even more now. His character in this movie was practically an audition for Bruce Wayne, and convinced me that he can pull it off easily.

I really liked Nolan's last film Dunkirk which I'd call a technical achievement and was really well-made with the intersecting timelines especially. Tenet left me pretty disappointed.

As for my theater "pandemic" experience: there were about 5 other people total, in a theater that supports up to about 200, I'd guess. So social distancing wasn't a problem at all. It certainly felt a bit surreal watching a "blockbuster" action movie with such a small audience too.

IMHO more than fair here. Though I'm still willing to give the film one more chance on IMAX format.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Finally saw this today, and despite some issues, I thought overall it was great. Nolan’s best? No, but it’s another great movie from him for me. And I do kind of agree with Nolan in that this needed to Be seen on the big screen. The set pieces and visuals were something else.

I also thought the cast were great. JDWA carried the movie quite well considering it was his first blockbuster. Pattinson will make an awesome Batman based on this, and the supporting characters like Debicki, Branagh and Taylor-Johnson were all really good in their roles.

The plot was confusing at times, despite lots of exposition, they could have explained things a bit more. But the infamous sound editing didn’t help. I caught the majority of the dialogue, but some buts I just couldn’t make out and they were important parts of the movie.

But overall I loved it, certainly a unique cinema experience in that nothing else this year would have been similar. It’s also one of those movies I can’t wait to watch again just hours after seeing it.

8.5/10 for me.

 

[Blade Hoarder]

If this keeps going, Tenet might be the last wide theatrical release Nolan ever does.

Disney says its 'primary focus' for entertainment is streaming — announces a major reorg

 

[Filmfreak]

I wouldn't bet on it.

 

[Schlosser85]

That’s a depressing thought.

 

[Airwings]

Why did Nolan place the film's climax in a rocky desert? It feels like too many, way too many, action films use this type of location.
It's the smallest of the film's problems. But I found it uninspired to see the same barren landscape yet again. It's been done to death. It's not exotic anymore, rather boring.

 

[Mysteryman]

I wouldn't bet on it.

Neither would I.

 

[Prison Mike]

When is this coming out on video?

 

[Mysteryman]

When is this coming out on video?

The best estimate right now is sometime in November. There has yet to.be an official release date.

 

[Prison Mike]

I really do want to see this movie and probably would have seen it in theaters if they just delayed it until after this whole pandemic

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I really do want to see this movie and probably would have seen it in theaters if they just delayed it until after this whole pandemic

I will definitely be getting the home release as for me it's one of those movies which will just get better from repeat viewings.

 

[Lasirius]

Watched it earlier this afternoon on IMAX. I won’t rate it until I’ve seen it with captions on but it was beautiful visually.

 

[Micromind]

 

[Evil Twin]

I'm expecting something approximating the standard 90 day window for Tenet's home release. So late November/early December basically. That will get it out in time for Christmas and also send a message to theaters that WB did support them.

 

[TheVileOne]

I'm still angry about this release.

 

[Prison Mike]

Looks like theaters in New York outside of NYC can reopen starting next Friday. Maybe this will give them a boost

 

[Schlosser85]

With numbers going up, I'm not sure that's a good idea or will last long.

 

[Neil McCauley]

Any idea when the Blue-Ray will be released?

 

[Mysteryman]

I'm still angry about this release.

It was a release that Nolan pushed for.