nor able to sweep up brick dust on the floor for decades because it is “destined” to be reverse-bullet damage that is fixed in the future.
(In the movie, you see them walk into a pre-damaged room that is later ‘repaired’ by the inverted gunfire that caused it)
I have never seen tenet.
This does not make me want to see tenet. 😅
It sounds like the sort of premise that the writers thought sounded clever but is actually full of plot holes when you think about it for even a minute.
That’s why everybody in the movie constantly says “Don’t think about it too hard”.
It’s more of an action movie, not some deep cerebral sci-fi. The way it works is an excuse to make some exquisite scenes and is totally worth it.
The whole thing is an exploration of one concept: temporal pincer maneuvers. The entire movie is one, and you have 3 more during the movie (car chase, Freeport, Stalsk).
I feel like the whole movie is just an excuse for them to blow up that one tower from both directions, meaning it only ever existed for a few seconds. That’s peak.
I guess you could say that they pincered the tower though, in which case I agree.
The whole movie was just an excuse for Nolan to run a plane into a building. That shit was real and epic.
The only reason why they had to do the plane crashing on the ground is because it’s #TooSoon… (cuz… you know…)
Tenet is fucking gnarly. Confusing, but cool and very fun. The only other action movie I can think of with time travel is Timecop. And Timecop kinda sucks.
The Terminator franchise. Although the travel itself is more background than active plot.
Yeah, they’re not really time travel movies the same way so they didn’t even register lol
Edge of Tomorrow
Oh shit. How did I forget that one? It’s basically Groundhogs Day, but with robots and gunfights. 🤔
Yes, in a nutshell. Tenet looks lovely, but the time consistency is appalling. The physics is also broken, and the whole thing just becomes a mess if you start thinking about it. There are very few consistent time travel films. Back to the Future is good, and the TV series Dark handles it brilliantly.
Also consistent - and all very different from both Tenet, and each other:
Primer (2004) - American low-budget sci-fi darling that didn’t dumb itself down
Summer Time Machine Blues (2005) - Japanese comedy about a missing air conditioner remote
Timecrimes (2007) - Spanish mystery-thriller with twists
Primer is great, really enjoyed that one
That’s because time travel is not (meaningfully) possible. If you want time travel fun, to have to accept broken physics.
If you ever do, have your volume control handy. It’s all ear blasting SFX and tiny little muted whispers of dialog. Every time somebody talks you need to turn up the volume by 200% and every time something happens you need to turn it down to 5%… it was infuriating.
It is actually a pretty good movie
It’s trash. Don’t waste your time.
You shoukd watch it. It’s really good but you do have to suspend disbelief for a bit.
I’d say it is the sort of premise that the writers thought sounded clever but is actually boring as hell (imho, after a single sloggy viewing)
Is not a “plot hole” if you simply accept that we cannot comprehend reverse entropy.
For example you could “plug” that “hole” with the assumption that free will doesn’t exist and all of existence is predetermined. There were bullet holes in the wall from the perspective of those going forward, because there had to be in order for entropy to work for those going backward.
The movie is fun because it makes you think — assuming you find thinking fun. Actually it’s also fun if you just turn your brain off and watch things blow up.