Re: Tenet User Reviews/Reactions [Possible SPOILERS]
Posted: September 1st, 2020, 5:58 am
Had my second screening yesterday and now I'm finally able to talk about it!
After the first screening I was a complete mess for a few days
Constantly chatting with friends about theories and trying to figure everything out without looking at "Tenet explained" videos or articles.
The second viewing answered almost all of my questions and I wasn't that exhausted like I was the first time
TENET is an incredible movie that definitely will enjoy the same status INCEPTION has now in the future. It's so ahead of its time and I completely understand Pattinson when he says "No one has ever done this and no one will ever do it again."
The first half you are getting a fast paced Bond movie but with some scenes where you think "Whoa what was that?"
But then the movie just goes into beast-mode and everyone knows by then that this is not your typical spy movie.
I think when you go in this movie completely blind that must be one hell of an experience.
The pace is perfect in my opinion. Just the right amount of exposition between all the glorious action. (imo better executed than in INCEPTION - there were a lot of weirdly placed "silent" scenes during the final act)
Even the Nolan-crosscut in the final act between the (f***ing amazing)
works really really good (looking at you Interstellar )
The action is the best cinema has to offer and even as a filmmaker myself I'm still wondering how some of the scenes were shot
The sound together with the score is amazing! From the first gunshots in the opening scene where the audience is directly "calibrated", to the final "battle" where your seats are shaking, the sound is as impressive as the visuals. Of course it's loud but when you have a 27x22 meter screen in front of you, your seat has to shake when
BTW I watched it with German dubb, so no dialogue issues for me even in loud scenes.
Will the score be a classic on its own like Inception or Insterstellar? Probably not. Does it serve the film as good as or even better than Dunkirk? Definitely yes!
Imo you had to have a Dunkirk-like score for this movie with that kind of relentless pace - otherwise it just wouldn't work.
Of course you don't have oscar-worthy perfomances but everyone did a great job!
Debicki and Branagh being my favorites. Pattinson is charismatic as hell and JDW as a great lead to identify with and with the classic Bond-style witt.
And I don't understand the criticism for JDW - choosing a more or less unknown actor for a role where we as an audience experience the world of inversion with him, is an excellent move. You can't compare it to Inception for example where Cobb is like THE authority on dream charing, where it makes sense to cast someone like Leo.
Overall one of the best movies I have ever seen and by far the most thrilling, entertaining and fun experiences in a cinema I've ever had!
For me Inception still ranks higher but thats only because I watched it as an "innocent" 15 year old and still is the reason I became a filmmaker myself.
If I had to criticise something it would be some parts of the expositional dialogue that are little bit too "in your face" but then even less people would understand the film and the people who care about critic scores would be even more upset
It's definitely not a movie for everyone and I respect the people who say that you have to understand everything the first time to enjoy it.
But if you like being challenged and you like chatting about theories the whole time afterwards with your friends and you like to reward yourself with a second or even more viewings then this movie will definitely give you an experience you will never forget
9/10
What a time to be alive
IMAX Sinsheim Germany Dual 4K Laser
I spoke to the the projectionist and they even lowered the volume -6db to what IMAX recommends and it was still loud as hell.
Nolan and IMAX are sick humans
After the first screening I was a complete mess for a few days
Constantly chatting with friends about theories and trying to figure everything out without looking at "Tenet explained" videos or articles.
The second viewing answered almost all of my questions and I wasn't that exhausted like I was the first time
TENET is an incredible movie that definitely will enjoy the same status INCEPTION has now in the future. It's so ahead of its time and I completely understand Pattinson when he says "No one has ever done this and no one will ever do it again."
The first half you are getting a fast paced Bond movie but with some scenes where you think "Whoa what was that?"
The pace is perfect in my opinion. Just the right amount of exposition between all the glorious action. (imo better executed than in INCEPTION - there were a lot of weirdly placed "silent" scenes during the final act)
Even the Nolan-crosscut in the final act between the (f***ing amazing)
The action is the best cinema has to offer and even as a filmmaker myself I'm still wondering how some of the scenes were shot
Will the score be a classic on its own like Inception or Insterstellar? Probably not. Does it serve the film as good as or even better than Dunkirk? Definitely yes!
Imo you had to have a Dunkirk-like score for this movie with that kind of relentless pace - otherwise it just wouldn't work.
Of course you don't have oscar-worthy perfomances but everyone did a great job!
Debicki and Branagh being my favorites. Pattinson is charismatic as hell and JDW as a great lead to identify with and with the classic Bond-style witt.
Overall one of the best movies I have ever seen and by far the most thrilling, entertaining and fun experiences in a cinema I've ever had!
For me Inception still ranks higher but thats only because I watched it as an "innocent" 15 year old and still is the reason I became a filmmaker myself.
If I had to criticise something it would be some parts of the expositional dialogue that are little bit too "in your face" but then even less people would understand the film and the people who care about critic scores would be even more upset
It's definitely not a movie for everyone and I respect the people who say that you have to understand everything the first time to enjoy it.
But if you like being challenged and you like chatting about theories the whole time afterwards with your friends and you like to reward yourself with a second or even more viewings then this movie will definitely give you an experience you will never forget
9/10
What a time to be alive
IMAX Sinsheim Germany Dual 4K Laser
I spoke to the the projectionist and they even lowered the volume -6db to what IMAX recommends and it was still loud as hell.
Nolan and IMAX are sick humans