Review of Tenet (2020) by Glasso — 03 Sep 2020
I see that a lot of Nolan fanboys are trying to knock any criticism saying that "Oh that's 'cos you didn't understand it". Oh what rubbish. I'm a fan of most of Nolan's work (Dunkirk is a masterpiece) but this I found to be an unsatisfying and cold movie.
Firstly the pacing was all wrong with no establishment work done on the different locations, just a frenetic rush from one set-piece to another after the laboured exposition hour is out of the way! The set pieces themselves, aside from the opening one were the opposite of immersive, the biggest fault I found with the movie.
They should deepen the magic of the cinema transfix-ion experience, not break the spell. The inversion gimmick felt derivative and just not as good as Nolan thinks it is - certainly not enough to hang the whole movie off of.
It's a high-concept fail in this case unfortunately. Three out of Ten-et. I fear that Nolan may have peaked and is in decline. It's really about time that he called time on the theme of time, at this time.
This review of Tenet (2020) was written by Glasso on 03 Sep 2020.
Tenet has generally received positive reviews.
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