Oh my, David Leans voice when talking about Ryans Daughter, soul crushing stuff.

This hits so hard after watching TENET

You’re not wrong at all! Wait till you see TENET! it was the first time in a Nolan film when I got to a point in the movie where I honestly just didn’t care-didn’t care about any character on screen; didn’t care about what was happening, and frankly didn’t care if everyone in the film died or lived at the end. Chris Nolan is a great technical director and he should work with writers that have a better grasp at characterization like in his earlier films. His underrated film Insomnia was, in some ways, a better remake of the original. And that film explores themes that he would go on to explore in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. TENET is Christopher Nolan bringing his increasingly “epic” (bombastic) style to the spy genre. Yet it leaves the viewer merely praising the technical aspects but cold and uninvolved with the people on screen, who aren’t so much as characters as they are merely ciphers and plot devices who serve to convey ideas. Even the narrative feels forced in a way to fit the conceit of the concepts that Nolan wanted to explore. Compared to another technical director such as David Fincher, who only works on projects where he finds the right script with compelling characters, and he can make equally “dark” films but with technical excellence and yet characters who are fully realized, even if they are on a downward trajectory. I enjoyed this “Confessions of a Chris Nolan fanboy” video. It clearly articulates the truthful possibility in a way that others might already notice but doubt in themselves simply because they can’t articulate it well enough. Even though, in our collective viewing gut, we know this. It’s one thing to introduce daring ideas but it’s another thing to weave it compellingly with fully realized characters in an equally compelling narrative. All the best scriptwriters agree on this one thing: it always starts with characters on the page. Nolan, however, very likely, starts with concepts. P.S. Chris Nolan is a huge David Lean fanboy. Could be unconsciously following in his steps.

Tbh, I feel like I could probably watch Ryan's Daughter only on the basis of its visuals 🤷🏼‍♂️

I understand and recognise the flaws of Interstellar but still....man i love it

Aw, that David Lean interview is so sad. He looks so broken. I don't want this to be a comment that just trashes film critics because I follow many of them and often respect their opinions but I do think it's unfortunate when criticism is so scathing it breaks a director's spirit. I mean, Doctor Zhivago's a great movie! An absolute epic in the old tradition and the scale is a crucial part of it. I can't speak for Ryan's Daughter since I haven't seen it but I'm sure it's not /that/ bad. Anyway, has anyone ever told you you look like Daniel Bruhl?

Im mesmerized in three levels: - Being able to deal with your own fanboy-ism is SO VERY HARD. And you not only did it well, but did it FUN. Wow! - The optimism and joy of cinema comes through and despite being a bittersweet video, you ended on a hopeful note. We need that! - MY GOSH, THOSE VISUALS!!!! I was grinning ear to ear with every subtle animation, every play on typography, etc. *chef's kiss

Can we take a moment to appreciate that this man basically said exactly what everyone is saying about Tenet now, except TROFS said it 2 weeks before anyone had ever seen the film

Don’t mind me. Just here to help the algorithm.

I get the idea I haven't heard from Nolan fanboys in a long while. Some of them used to be the most annoying people on the internet. Like if you watched a video from Tim Burton's Batman you would find rants in the comments on how the Nolan movies were infinitely better. And then when Interstellar came out those same fanboys would target Stanley Kubrick. I always liked Christopher Nolan. He's one of the most talented directors of the last two decades. I just felt he deserved a more mature fanbase. It's great to actually see a fan reanalyse his work critically.

Long Story Short: Nolan got obsessed with IMAX and some Addictions could be Harmful. I hope he knows what he's doing.

An incorrect perception to have would be to believe that Chris started out as an aspiring auteur with minimalistic approach who gradually got a knack for bigger things because his movie budgets increased and he got used to it. Anyone who heard Chris speak of his filmmaking upbringing knows that his love for big spectacle isn't accidental. He said it many times: his love for filmmaking begun with movies such as the original Star Wars, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Superman The Movie. His appreciation for esoteric films developed with age. He always strived to make big films. So I think it's wrong to suggest he just got stuck in a loop by accident. But even without that in mind, I don't see any problem with Chris striving to make only big films from now on. He's not releasing them every year, and he's not doing them for any reason other than wanting to make his stories materialize. If we can have dozen superhero movies released every year and practically dominating every aspect of filmmaking industry for the past ten years, I think Nolan releasing a big scope movie once in three to four years isn't that much of an issue.

Tenet suffers from this BIG TIME. He seems to not even hide that he wants to scale up scenes that doesn't need it at all.

As a Nolan fangirl myself (already booked IMAX tix for Tenet on first day of release in my country) this video really captures his growing scope & diversion from old ways. I think Nolan is getting more obsessed with making "cinema" at the visual & structure level that he rely less on character, or even plot. I love how he is always evolving, but I also miss the way he used to explore depths of philosophical themes and character deep-dive. Those are the things I love most about his best films like The Prestige, TDK, & Inception.

Would love to see a follow up to this with Oppenheimer. So purely character driven and I think it’s Nolan’s best yet.

Nolan's films were some of the films that defined my love for movies when I was a teenager. But I have to admit after loving inception, the backlash that film got made me not only tired of Nolan's films, but made me question my love for his filmography for a long time. He's never made a bad film but The dark knight rises disappointed me after the hype died down and interstellar left me completely mixed and it was the first time I didn't see a Nolan film twice in a theater. So for seven years I felt indifferent about Nolan as a filmmaker. And then in 2017 a funny thing happened, I decided to watch all his films again, and see following and insomnia for the first time. It was like catching up with an old friend. My film tastes had evolved greatly and I had a better and different appreciation for his movies. Following was a solid debit feature, Memento is still an iconic masterpiece and his best work imo, insomnia is a solid remake, Batman begins is up there with the original Spider-Man for best origin story film, the prestige is great even though it loses some of its power upon rewatches, the dark knight is up there with Spider-Man 2 for greatest comic book film, inception is a brilliantly realized work of imagination, the dark knight rises is his worst movie and a second watch of interstellar made it a film I appreciate more for it's greatest failures and also it's many incredible highs. And then DUNKIRK became my new standard for modern day war films. That film showed a more mature and confident Nolan, one that uses the spectacle as substance but also toned down and balanced the scope to make us a participant to the event itself rather than be engaged in any particular character. Tenet looks great, and I'm curious how it will be remembered over time

This applies to Bong Joon-Ho, his last two films before Parasite was Snowpiecer and Okja. Both films were both around 50 million dollars to make and have multiple languages in them. Parasite was 15 million dollars and has more awards and more poplar than the other two. Small projects is better after getting amazing experience apparently.

I get where criticism against spectacle has it’s place, but at the same time I don’t want the audience or critics to begin influencing/dictating what a filmmaker wants to make, or how they should make it. If Nolan wants to make a 2 hour spectacle with no dialogue then go for it. We have to allow creators the space to evolve and try out new things. Just my two cents. Also, I think it makes sense for Gotham to seem abandoned during TDKR. It was occupied by a terrorist and it was winter. I’d stay inside and out of sight too lol

I fear that with tenet our worst nightmares about nolan have become true

I met him once when I was 7 at the beach before I knew who he was

Is no one gonna talk about how AMAZING this editing is?! Wowww

As useful as it often is for consumers, film criticism just makes me want to tear my hair out sometimes with how one sidedly negative their criticism is. Michael Bay gets it the worst. I dislike his films, but there is still CRAFT behind his works. Rarely do I see film critics speaking with directors about their process or intent in their film before just bashing it wholy and completely, stamping these directors as hacks or failures without understand the greater context of the films production.

Tenet is gonna be like a litmus test for him.

I've also noticed this problem with Nolan for a while. 'Spectacle over character' perfectly describes my problem with Tenet. I couldn't really relate or care for any of the characters aside from Elizabeth Debicki's. It felt like I was watching an exposition scene, a set piece, then another exposition scene leading up to the next set piece etc. And unfortunately, the exposition was hard to follow. It's frustrating because I thought Dunkirk was a return to form

0:57 I love how you used the faces from the Breakdown Position chapter from The Animator's Survival Kit! You are really getting better on the animation part!

Oppenheimer turned things around

The lead character in TENANT is literally named "The Protagonist". He's not even hiding it anymore that he prefers spectacle over characters.

Nolan is the best commercial movie maker with unique ideas.. but I don't see him as an Oscar winning or legendary movie maker. Most of his movies are just characters going from one place to another and talking to one another and that's it. Take out the cool concepts and all you get is an average movie with no memorable character except the joker.. though joker is already an established character.. that's what I think of Nolan.. my own opinion

It’s an interesting idea, while I completely understand where your coming from, and dont think your necessarily wrong per say, I simply disagree because none of those things bother me, there’s not a Moment in Interstellar or The Dark Knight Rises that didn’t work for me, and the scale was necessary to tell the story of both films respectively in my opinion, I agree that I’m a fanboy, but it’s not that I don’t acknowledge the flaws, I know they are there but it’s one of those things where they aren’t flaws to me, they don’t bother me, I understand why they would bother someone else, but it’s the scale of his movies that sets them apart to me, scale that not even the best blockbusters can reach, like End Game, which never felt nearly as epic because the stakes weren’t there, agree to disagree I suppose

Chris Nolan's Tenet is gigantism on steroids!

I keep coming back to this video. Your editing and production is PHENOMENAL ! I love this, so very much. Beautifully crafted Andy

This is my favorite account on youtube and it absolutely needs way more recognition/followers... I hope it comes man you deserve it

Part of me was hoping more love for The Dark Knight Rises would be confessed here. Great video though, I always enjoy what you create. I especially enjoy these videos where you incorporate you own footage and animation. It will be interesting to see if Nolan continues onward with epics or if he’ll eventually return to a smaller scale. Whatever he decides to do, I hope he always challenges himself.

When it comes to the ending of TDKR, I've always found the criticism of "Why does no one recognize Bruce?" to be absolutely ridiculous. He's not a world famous figure, Falcone even said in Begins he'd have to walk a thousand miles to find someone who didn't know his name. I'd say where he is at the end is exactly that kind of distance. Also he spoke to people who new his identity in the Batman voice in The Dark Knight.

Having watched this video back in 2021, I'm coming back to it to see if your opinion has changed after Oppenheimer

such a well thought-out and superbly edited piece, brilliant as always. love your videos!

Nolan's movies are just too rewatchable. When the pandemic started I rewatched the Dark Knight trilogy, the first thing wanted to do when I finished it was watch it again lol. So I watched Prestige.

It did make me realise that everyone of Nolan's character is a reactionary device to reflect the changes in circumstance. They're only ever as deep as their next decision... Great video. I would love to see more interspectives on more of your fav movie makers.

The fanboy analogy at the beginning hit so hard for me. I’m a diehard Mandalorian fan, so it infuriated me when i saw a comment which stated that Mando and Baby Yoda’s goodbye in the season 2 finale was an unearned emotional moment because there was hardly any buildup. It also pointed out that Mando saving the child in s1e1 had no buildup and was there for plot progression. Naturally i fought back with counter arguments and the debate heated. At first, i was like “This guys wrong”, but then i thought about it for a while and realised why i reacted the way i did. I didnt want to lose my appreciation for The mandalorian. I was afraid that if i saw its big gaping flaws, i stop liking it and there would be a huge hole in my heart. It was hard for me to accept the truth and now i feel genuinely terrible as a result.

Another director that would fit the same category as Nolan and Lean is Peter Jackson. He started with some interesting low-budget movies then got a huge break with the spectacle-filled LOTR trilogy. His success was both commercial and critical. After LOTR, Jackson made King Kong which everyone was on board with. Then the hobbit trilogy was just pure spectacle, no heart. Then he made a small indie film with The Lovely Bones. Then he made a documentary about WW1. His exceeding spectacle was put away instead he brought out the actual filmmaking.

Dang. Doctor Zhivago was my ground zero as a film lover. I'll never be able to look at David Lean objectively.

Such a unique discussion, and presented in your great unique style, hope this gains the attention it deserves.

This is the type of film-essays I'd like to see. Great content, mister Royal Ocean!

"Spectacle Over Character" sums up modern Zhang Yimou pretty well which is a shame because his earlier works are good.

Man your thumbnails are always so good hahaha -- really stoked for this video!

Don’t think I’ve ever identified with a KZfaq video as much as this one. Long live Nolan! I’ll always love his films. It’d be awesome to see a smaller Nolan project in the near future

I can't describe what style you edit with. But I love it, it's awkward, and the circles feel like classic James Bond. Keep going please.

Funniest part: Ryan's Daughter (no joke) is one of Nolan's FAVORITE MOVIES. Agreed. Trying new things is one thing. Playing it safe is another. End of the day, Nolan let himself get too insulated. Dude badly needs to go back to school on a guerrilla movie again. Because the man who directed Memento would make MINCE-MEAT of Tenet. Take a cue from Aronofsky. When he got (in his own words) "too far up his own ass" on The Fountain, he scaled back. Made a little movie called The Wrestler. Humble, sure -- but far from easy. A complete 180 from his other films. He busted his ass and IT SHOWED. Dude got his mojo back HARD. By the time he returned to big stuff & dropped Black Swan, he was a fully-formed craftsman. So please Chris (lol like he'd even read this). Get OUT of that comfort zone, mate. Do something small, character-driven. Like a Dogme 95 movie. Don't fuck with non-linear NOTHING. No setpieces. No IMAX. It'll be tough but worth it. Your heroes all did it, too. Hitchcock. Spielberg. Honestly, Kubrick did it so often, nearly every movie he made was a 180 from the last one. Take a hint, bro.

Well after Tenet I can successfully say you were right, as was Mike D’Angelo

After watching tenet I have realized his two main flaws. They are are convoluted stories but have a great plot and his bad character arcs. Also he tries to upscale the spectacle by using a lot of destruction.

the production quality of your videos might have turned you into my favorite movies essayist on KZfaq, Awesome Job Dude! always keeping an eye on yo letterboxd account ;)

Four years later and this is still one of my go-to video essays. The most rational and relatable video about fandom of all time.

I didn’t agree with his premise. I still disagree with critics who say Interstellar was too much of a spectacle. Frankly, I think Nolan’s films have all been incredibly entertaining, while also being nuanced and original. I think a lot of KZfaq film critics presume to tell him what kind of movies he should be making. I think he knows what he’s doing, and while his films like any others have flaws, they are mostly pretty brilliant. I think only the best directors can competently handle being given such insane amounts of money to tell a story. He can make great blockbusters. I think that in and of itself is a worthy endeavor, and it’s exactly what he should be doing.

The reason I love danny Boyle. He knows all scales of filmmaking and always switches between them.

Wow, the editing on this is so magnificent and your classic music choices are so tight! I already forgave you any Nolan criticism when I felt the Saul Bass in your title cards.

My god the editing and scripting of this video is perfection

I think Nolan likes to present his characters' emotions through the twisted world that they live in which is why the audience which lives in the real world can't relate to it. For example, in Inception, Mal's death wouldve seemed a lot more tragic if we also lived in a world where we could share dreams, or in other words, if the story was relatable. The same with Interstellar with the father daughter angle. No one can relate to the pain of leaving your daughter for finding life beyond the black hole. I think that's a good thing, because it forces us to explore the vastness of the human mind and psychology under abnormal circumstances. I've always loved Nolan's films from a practical standpoint, I haven't really found his charactera to be stand out in any manner, but I feel that this is what makes us a part of the journey in the film rather than just watching the characters do things. It's like choosing your own character in a game rather than following a protagonist.

I'm no film critic but Dunkirk is by far my favourite Nolan film. I think this is because his writing skills are sub-par - especially for developing characters that make believable decisions. Since Dunkirk doesn't really have characters he doesn't lose any points for sloppy writing. Pretty simple really. It's more like a documentary. Nolan really needs to hire writers or else maybe bring novels to life - I'm sick of him trying to do everything himself. Oh yeah his early films were actually good (Prestige etc). Interstellar was awfully mawkish.

As a big fan of graphic design i insanely love your thumbnail

Cinema's going to change after 2020, specifically financing. Tenet will be his last über budget film for the foreseeable purely because of the recession that's going to hit. The studios are going to have to count their pennies from now on so I imagine Nolan won't be able to command the scale he recently has for that reason alone. This might mitigate this 'gigantism' or it might make his resolve stronger. Judging by his ill-advised insistence on a cinema release for Tenet and demands for the theatrical experience and for the format of Film in the past, I fear the latter is more likely.

I totally get where you're coming from and I share some of the thoughts as well, but Literally everything you mentioned about INTERSTELLAR is more about whether or not the approach to its dialog and characterization is your cup of tea. The speeches, the poems, the emotions dialed up to 11- consider the fact that it's HIS approach, HIS voice for this film and he is succeeding at achieving exactly what he's intending. Maybe THAT'S what he's bringing to the table and it's not your cup of tea. (What I'm saying applies to me as well for certain other films). I get the sentiment, and I do hope we see Nolan do something small at point as well, but gigantism isn't a problem for Nolan's case here. Even if in someone's opinion the character works or intimacy isn't as strong anymore, why does it have to mean that it's INHERENTLY because of his gigantic scopes?While someone like David Lean went after gigantic scope to tell stories that could've probably been told in smaller intimate scale, Nolan's wanting to make films about interstellar travel, dunkirk evacuation. He isn't necessarily going after scope, the stories he wants to tell REQUIRES scope. So us wanting him to shift towards small scale kinda means we're wanting to dictate the kind of stories he wants to tell. Kind of. Sure, if he continues down this path I'll probably start missing his smaller works like The Prestige or Memento and again, I certainly hope that we get that kinda stuff but, he's gonna make what he wants, in whatever scope he wants, that, to me, isn't inherently a problem.

I've always wanted Nolan to direct a 007 film, but watching this, it would probably be another spectacle over substance film like TENET, and further in the wrong direction. Dammit. Instead, he should make his abandoned Howard Hughes film with Jim Carrey. That would be an amazing return to form.

Absolutely stellar video, great editing and visuals as always

Wonderful video. The thing I like about those kind of productions is that they make you know things you didn't heard anything about before. In this case I am talking about David Lean. After having seen this video I will certainly watch his movies. And I think that, at least for you who made the video, this is a grat success

I love the Dark Knight Rises

TDKR and Interstellar were underwhelming for me when I watched them in theaters. Interstellar especially but honestly, I have grown to love it. The problem I think it has is that once we get to Mann's planet the entire film shifts from the undying spirit of mankind for progress, expansion to a look at the relationships we have with one another. And because it is so abrupt it seems very heavy-handed in how he wants to explore selfishness and love. Merph and Cooper's relationship was the initial thread to the love arc but even still it seemed like it was talking more about the sacrifices of progress and a love for mankind than specifically a love for Merph. Once I accept that Anne Hatheway is going to give that corny speech. I am totally ok with it. I think Interstellar would have been much better as a trilogy than one movie.

The two fortissimo chords accented by the timpani in the Beethoven Eroica symphony starting off this video is such a nice touch

Fantastic narration and editing man. First video and i subscribed.

Congratulations on your coming of age. You should be very proud of this leap in maturity. :) Lovely to see Lean's reaction. His ears are a marvel of biology. LOL The best part of Ryan's Daughter is the storm footage. Your videos are very excellent.

Didn't mention Inception much, which is bound to be the film TENET is most like

This an amazing video. Great editing and commentary. Wow. I hope i can edit like this someday.

Hey man! Just found your channel. LOVE your editing. Skill.

Spectacle is part of cinema. Nothing wrong with it.

I agree with so much of this, but man, even Nolan's weakest films are still miles ahead of mostly everything else. As of right now, Tenet ranks on the lower end of Nolan films for me, but I never want to take for granted, especially in today's film industry, a director having the ability to create his own original vision on such a massive budget. Even when a Nolan film isn't great, it's still really good. I'm still thankful Tenet exists and I'm really thankful I got to finally go to the theater again this year and the first film I saw there was a new Nolan film.

Yes. Dunkirk was a one of a kind movie... That... 1) I do not want to watch again and yet I always am readily want to talk about it 2) Enjoyed much more as a smaller screen rather than a theatrical one 3) was completely ok with the fact that I never understood the movie and just accepted it for what it is

Great video! And I love the change done to your logo! For me, if there’s one director I’m a fanboy of it would have to be PTA. Anytime people say they don’t like Inherent Vice I’m like, “You just don’t get it!” That film like almost any film that is talked about needs a second viewing to be truly appreciated. I would like to see PTA male genre films and bigger films. I know it’s against what he usually does, but he has potential to be the Goat of directing.

The problem with this argument is that Ryan's Daughter is actually Lean's second best film after Lawrence of Arabia. Most of the critics had bullshit arguments that hinged on their personal expectations instead of actual engagement with the film. Ryan's Daughter is a blow-up off a young girls passions and place in the world and there's no film like it. The story is still quite concise (unlike Zhivago or even some of his early films), it's just the images that are large, yet as a landscape of the soul they are perfect. I'll also add that Ryan's Daughter is actually a rather acclaimed film. It made TSPDTs top 1000 films last year I believe, along with just 5 others of Lean's films.

I completely agree with everything in this video. And that's rare. And after watching Tenet this is so much more interesting.

...the editing ...the style ...the CONFESSION * chef's kiss *

Man the production quality, has gone off the roof on this channel in the last week. Keep it up man!

I feel like ‘Insomnia’ is his most underrated/misunderstood film

Extremely interested to hear your view on Tenet when you see it. I subscribe almost entirely to your opinion on Nolan in this video and I saw Tenet last week as I live in a region where it was released. I won't comment anything about it, but am curious to hear your take.

Such a great beautifully done video! And gotta say that, when younger, Nolan was in my top 5 filmakers, but with time and study (in cinema) It changed, even tho i can't deny how amazing he is. I think his best charachteristic by now is learning with mistakes, if "Interstellar" had so many dialogues, in "Dunkirk" he fixes it making what i think to be his true masterpiece along with TDK (at least until TENET)

As a fellow Nolan fanboy, I truly appreciated this video. Also, the way you edit these videos is always so creative and energetic. It motivates me to do better with my own videos, so thanks!

Well, Tenet's spectacle is there, to say the least

While interstellar is my favorite movie ever I can't help but thinking about this argument watching the final trailer for tenet... I really hope it's a good movie and he uses spectacle to serve the story just as he did with all his movies so far with the exception of the dark Knight rises. Otherwise it would really hurt as a Nolan fanboy

I was watching the first half thinking "but what about Dunkirk" until you took the words from my head.

LOVE this type of style in your video! Also if anyone is curious there is NOTHING about Tennent in here other than being mentioned once.

The Cafe is not in France, is in Florence. Those " plot convinience" well every movie has those. You wont have fun if you analyse everything about the plots.

Nolan:prefers practical effects over vfx but used a lot of vfx in inception and prestige. Fanbois: *you know Nolan hates cgi and vfx. He never liked it. I know because I have seen all his film. Thats why I hate other directors, they use lots of cgi. Nolan is the holy god. One in billion.*

TENET was a good movie but there was problems with sound/dialogue and there was so MUCH more things he could have shown with such a good concept, like inverted rain.

Oh boy, were you in for a treat with Tenet. I admire Nolan a lot - maybe more so for his ambitions than for what the films turn out to be. However, I think the main issue I have with his work stems from him being much more interested in explaining, in making grand cinematic schematics, than in telling a story. I agree with you that his most complete and cohesive film to date is The Prestige - and it is not a coincidence that it’s an adaptation of a novel. Nolan’s sense of drama and momentum (unlike his sense of scale and spectacle) still needs some adjusting and perhaps more importantly, his ability to write dialogues still has a long, long, long way to go, despite him being at the top of the food chain. However, the film that, for me, cemented him as a remarkable contemporary director was Dunkirk. That is Nolan at the peak of his ability, while attempting to do something totally new for him, without his usual clutches. The film works spectacularly well without central characters because, one, we are not really following characters, we are following situations; two, there’s no need for dialogue to understand and follow what is happening; three, the momentum is automatically implicit within what’s being depicted. After watching Tenet twice, I also hope, like you do, that he focuses his attention on something much smaller next. There are phenomenal novels around awaiting for him, no doubt.

I'd be heartbroken to see any Nolan film being trashed like that :(

Unpopular opinion: I didn't like Dunkirk because it is narratively flat. Like the score, it just builds, and there is no climax (not to say the score is bad). That said, I enjoyed it more once I thought it embodied the theme of chaos, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

I think it's a good thing that Christopher Nolan is making a biopic because maybe he can focus more on character that way and let go of all the gigantism and return to his roots like Memento

I think what you meant to say when talking about Nolan’s direction and writing of Dunkirk is that it’s more sociological than psychological.

I enjoyed tenet for it spectacle but it threw character and plot out of the window for no reason with Dunkirk I can understand why they didn’t focus on character because he was saying that no character mattered in this event we didn’t need to see the girl and baby back at home sort of war movie it is just telling the story through many POVs. Tenet has amazing action set pieces and music but I couldn’t hear dialogue very well when that huge score was going. At first, I didn’t understand how things happened but when I got home I thought about it more and I understood it and liked it more. Not everyone likes that I get it and although tenet technically is his worst movie it’s a great experience in cinemas.

Watched Tenet the other day and I have to admit I think it suffers greatly from "gigantism".

I definitely agree after seeing Tenet -- an ambitious, but ultimately confusing mess. All spectacle (and very 'and?' spectacle) and just no soul whatsoever. I also found the plot holes in TDKR ridiculous...almost as if Nolan thought the set pieces would make folk not notice them. Superman quickly recovering from a spinal injury i can get, but Batman? Just a mortal man at the end of the day. And especially when it's set in a world where Batman is meant to be as plausible and realistic as possible. I hope CN goes back to more character based stuff with (truly) amazing set pieces, plot and heart inbetween. Like Inception, The Prestige, the first two Batmans, Memento and Insomnia. Dunkirk and Interstellar were a lot of spectacle too, but at least had a human element in there. And this is coming from a huge CN fan, if not a worshipping fanboy. Great video.

I actually kind of love Ryan's Daughter. All the sweeping landscapes seem appropriate to the romantic aspects of the film; Rose is a character who craves romance, marries her former school teacher because she conflates him with all the stories he used to tell her, but he can't live up to her expectations, then has a torrid affair with a soldier with PTSD who she projects heroism onto despite the fact that war has completely destroyed him, so I think Lean was showing us the world as she sees it, and emphasises the fact that she lives in this beautiful environment that fuels romantic fantasises. I'm even forgiving of its length, despite the lack of stakes (the Irish Rebel B-plot could have done with being fleshed out a little), because it makes the whole experience immersive. it's not a great film, but it is, at least, a good one.