Tenet - A Misunderstood Masterpiece

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Ben From Canada

Ben From Canada

2 жыл бұрын

Tenet was good.
Made by Ben Chinapen
Writing help by CJ The X: / @cjthex
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@cjthex
@cjthex 2 жыл бұрын
Tenet is a movie about a man
@jakeyblueman11
@jakeyblueman11 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks to you both for making this video, it was awesome! 😁
@teddy-fl6hm
@teddy-fl6hm 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299
@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 2 жыл бұрын
This man is Protagonist, he will fight... an Antagonist. :P
@Oli.V
@Oli.V 2 жыл бұрын
Good to see you here CJ, it’s important to support your less successful siblings
@woolybear
@woolybear 2 жыл бұрын
Or is it a man about a movie?
@Soufpaww
@Soufpaww 2 жыл бұрын
It's funny because I'm black and I never thought about the fact that JDW was "black" as the protagonist because it was never brought up or focused on. It literally had nothing to do with the plot and I love that. Let an artist just be an artist.
@CynicalWarlock
@CynicalWarlock 2 жыл бұрын
This.
@arthursummers7899
@arthursummers7899 2 жыл бұрын
That's hilarious because I am also black, and when he brought up JDW being black in the movie, it felt like I just realized it.
@sheeplastname430
@sheeplastname430 2 жыл бұрын
"He must not like the look of me" "The look of you is fine" It is brought up once.
@ES-ex5xh
@ES-ex5xh 2 жыл бұрын
literally nothing to do with the plot at all. very refreshing. JDW is just as amazing an actor as his father man
@SWSW560
@SWSW560 2 жыл бұрын
@@sheeplastname430 Here's the thing ,there were certain dialog (as the one you mentioned) that would suggest it was there , however because of the scenes in which those dialog were written it leaves room for other interpretations .
@trucctrucc245
@trucctrucc245 2 жыл бұрын
Inception: time goes slow Interstellar: time goes fast Tenet: time goes brrr
@studiogreyfox1226
@studiogreyfox1226 2 жыл бұрын
more like Skrrrt Skrrt
@setwoulemski
@setwoulemski 2 жыл бұрын
Time goes emiT
@thomastmc
@thomastmc 2 жыл бұрын
Dunkirk: time goes slow, fast, and faster.
@random-jn8ec
@random-jn8ec 2 жыл бұрын
@@thomastmc no in Dunkirk, there are 3 events happening at different times at the same time.
@thomastmc
@thomastmc 2 жыл бұрын
@@random-jn8ec Each story takes place over 3 different lengths of time. It seems both the comment and film went over your head.
@pdzombie1906
@pdzombie1906 Жыл бұрын
Great analysis!!! But you forgot to mention the subtext: Just like Inception is about filmaking, Tenet is about film watching. The Pincer manouver is just like when you watch a movie for the second time and you already know what's going to happen, and you still feel the same way... This is the underapreciatted genius of Nolan...
@bdinaravideo
@bdinaravideo Жыл бұрын
Oh, that’s a great point!
@strbourne
@strbourne 11 ай бұрын
HOLY SHIT
@KSL918
@KSL918 11 ай бұрын
You're right, rewatching it is a pincer maneuver!!!
@TheReedable
@TheReedable 4 ай бұрын
how did you know what was going to happen? Seems like you just assumed it was going to be a happy ending
@satishkumarsajjan2132
@satishkumarsajjan2132 4 ай бұрын
wtf? daaaamn
@stalfosguardian5573
@stalfosguardian5573 Жыл бұрын
Nolan has faith in his audience. I remember the first time I watched this film I knew I wouldn't understand it and I just enjoyed what I could which was still a lot! Films like Tenet and Memento are the best because the more you watch them, the more you appreciate them. The people that get annoyed at Nolan's films because they are too confusing don't understand what makes a good film. If I'm going to pay money to own a movie, it better be worth watching countless times unlike a simple Marvel movie.
@RickReasonnz
@RickReasonnz 11 ай бұрын
He's one of those directors who refuse to dumb down his films for the audience, and I love him for that.
@justinmercier293
@justinmercier293 8 ай бұрын
@@RickReasonnzpeople tend to forget that artists make art for themselves first & foremost, they just allow us to experience it.
@giantqtipz6577
@giantqtipz6577 8 ай бұрын
you shouldnt have to watch a movie multiple times to understand it. Appreciate yes, but understand? no it costs money and time to watch a movie. If a person has to watch a movie 3 times to understand it, its not a good movie. Shit is expensive. But if people rewatch a movie to appreciate it, then the director did a good job of conveying their vision the first time Also I love Nolans works, but think Tenet is his weakest. And no, it doesnt make someone "intellectual" if they "understand" Tenet. No one will be impressed by it. It wont get you a job lol
@justinmercier293
@justinmercier293 8 ай бұрын
@@giantqtipz6577 boring take
@giantqtipz6577
@giantqtipz6577 8 ай бұрын
@@justinmercier293 spoiled kid
@Macdaddy590
@Macdaddy590 Жыл бұрын
The saddest part was that Neil had to pretend he didn't know an old friend the entire time. That always got me.
@sabreaion6074
@sabreaion6074 Жыл бұрын
Because of this comment I had to go and watch the movie.
@mastah2494
@mastah2494 Жыл бұрын
Oh no……
@sabreaion6074
@sabreaion6074 Жыл бұрын
@@mastah2494 That comment got me really curious, it reminded me of 12 Monkeys, 1 of the characters is trapped in a loop watching himself dying.
@mastah2494
@mastah2494 Жыл бұрын
@@sabreaion6074 ulala, I havent heard from that movie in a while, Ill watch again today. Great taste there mate
@AlikiOfTheWolves
@AlikiOfTheWolves Жыл бұрын
Agreed. I felt the loss when i realized what was inevitiable.
@BrezzyGoodvibes
@BrezzyGoodvibes 2 ай бұрын
8:44 - “this film is an intellectual exercise” - thank you for explaining why I FREAKING LOVE THIS MOVIE.
@austridge31
@austridge31 25 күн бұрын
I just don't get the enjoyment of trying to make sense of something that doesn't make sense... All with dialogue that sounds like the actors are under water. Because you know... art.
@fk5400
@fk5400 21 күн бұрын
are you open to a talk about this movie?
@strbourne
@strbourne 11 ай бұрын
The version of time travel that is used in this movie, the whole "what's happened happens", the whole thing that seems to have turned off a lot of viewers because it brings up the question of free will and a whole "what's the point" perspective on the whole movie, can very easily be explained by one of the most important lines of the movie. When Adam (that's what I call him) talks to the scientist, and she describes how the inverted bullet can jump in your hand, she specifies: "you need to have dropped it". This is crucial. Even if you see the effects before the cause, that cause is inherently free willed. Yeah, you wouldn't see those effects if you didn't do it, but the fact is you did do it, of your own volition, which is why you see the effects. It's not any more complicated than that: you have free will, and you can do things to impact the world. Usually, the effects of those choices are only seen after you make the choice. Nothing changes if the effects come before, you still made the choice. It was still up to you, up to your free will. Because you need to have dropped it.
@Oluwatoyosi.A
@Oluwatoyosi.A 8 ай бұрын
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@squirlmy
@squirlmy 8 ай бұрын
Nah. What it highlights is that if there is free will, it's limited to specific moments. The dropping of the bullet might be "free will", but the catching of it, while it's going backwards in time, at that particular moment there is no free will. And I've seen this taken to an extreme in Latin and Southern European cultures. They'll argue most all of the things we go through are fated, but there's little exceptions , that enforces religious devotion, that maybe through the mercy of the Virgin Mary, you may escape your fate, by some miracle, once in a while. It's a sort of psychological survival strategy for people with hard, miserable life, who are often drawn into immoral decisions for the sake of feeding your family. To counter that, in sharp contrast, is the American belief not only in free will, but free will all the time. Every crime is a free choice to be punished, every buck earned is reward for making so many good decisions. Your comment is insightful as far as how audiencesmight feel their belief in free will is threatened, but then you make excuses, explaining that free will can be shoehorned in. And certainly the film invites viewers to think about such question. But basically the pincer manoever itself suggests free will is at least constrained quite a bit, and I'm suggesting audiences are not just threatened, mostly subconsciously, because it goes against mainstream philosophy, but because it might be the truth. Everything is fated, we're just in this for the ride, kinda living behind our eyes in mobile prisons where we might be horrified by what we ourselves do.
@tahunuva4254
@tahunuva4254 7 ай бұрын
That's not what it highlights at all. It's just about going through the motion of having dropped it, basically matching the bullet's reversed arrow of time.
@3htthexy
@3htthexy 7 ай бұрын
@@tahunuva4254 no, it does both and free will is explicitly addressed here. that scene literally has the protagonist immediately ask "what about free will?" after he "uncatches" the bullet, and the scientist responds "that bullet wouldn't have moved if you hadn't put your hand there. Either way we run the tape, you made it happen". It happens so fast and its like 3 lines but I think most people miss that free will is still apparent even with time inversion
@tahunuva4254
@tahunuva4254 7 ай бұрын
@@3htthexy Oh, that's a good point. But that's going by a very non-standard version of free will (and a kinda based one, as it implies any agent has it, even "inanimate" objects). When most people use the term, they're talking about it as a kind of uncoupling from the causal chain. Like, "I'm not subject to my environment, I'm a free thinker" kind of bs. But "you made it happen" is almost the opposite of that, because it's completely ignoring the question of the protagonist's sovereignty in favour of fitting him into the chain. If the bullet jumped, and he _didn't_ catch it, *that* would be proof of his unfettered will.
@rednas3271
@rednas3271 2 жыл бұрын
''The real Tenet was literally the friend he made along the way'' had me dying
@uniquechannelnames
@uniquechannelnames 2 жыл бұрын
fucking genius hahahaha
@daved2352
@daved2352 2 жыл бұрын
I laughed far too loud for 03:45 in the morning.
@sofiaramirez5145
@sofiaramirez5145 Жыл бұрын
And let's not forget 5:11 haha
@charliehe1853
@charliehe1853 Жыл бұрын
It had Neil dying too 😢
@mrsundaymovies
@mrsundaymovies 2 жыл бұрын
Incredible video that's what I think!
@oops6876
@oops6876 2 жыл бұрын
I’m sure you feel like a proud dad, as a father
@ArnoldiiSaurus
@ArnoldiiSaurus 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@AdriaanHimself
@AdriaanHimself 2 жыл бұрын
{insert smart comment here}
@NeonDream
@NeonDream 2 жыл бұрын
We don't pay you to think!
@mrcrowley832
@mrcrowley832 2 жыл бұрын
James have you stopped paying ben money and now are paying him in confidence
@jeremywalsh5666
@jeremywalsh5666 Жыл бұрын
The most interesting way I like to watch it is from Pattinson's character viewpoint. Because if you follow his dialogue closely, you realize he is moving in a different direction than our protagonist.
@GeneRex-qe7lo
@GeneRex-qe7lo 11 ай бұрын
Blacks are always the criminals, poor, in the background, asking questions and subordinate in Hollywood movies. Its an agenda. The China film administration is better than Hollywood.
@dixonhill1108
@dixonhill1108 9 ай бұрын
The best are the scenes with his mom.
@eugenefullstack7613
@eugenefullstack7613 2 ай бұрын
Sorry to disagree, but It's not that he's moving in a different direction, it's that he inverted after years (maybe TEN years?) to meet PT back at the beginning so he already knows everything, his entire life is a pincer. Once he un-inverts though that version of Neil is going in the same direction as PT for the duration of the movie except for the pincer battle. We only see the original Neil once, and it's in the opera house in Kiev when he saves PT's life while inverted. One could assume that this is the Neil that went back 10 years (or however long) and that this was the end of that part of his journey backwards, then he un-inverted and a week later met PT in Mumbai (from PT's perspective, for the first time), then continued with him in the same direction(s) for the whole movie. For example, he follows him through the turnstyle both of the next two times, until the battle when they separate. Sorry to be pedantic, it's just that the Neil we're with in the movie is for sure moving in the same direction as the protagonist. FWIW I'm also of the Max=Neil school, it's just too perfect not to fit.
@GoldNSilverLuigi
@GoldNSilverLuigi Ай бұрын
First watch is from The Protag's perspective Subsequent rewatches are all from Neil's perspective
@robertwillingham3982
@robertwillingham3982 Ай бұрын
Exactly! @@eugenefullstack7613 If he wasn't, he'd need a oxygen mask the whole time.
@relicx3933
@relicx3933 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the best movies ive ever seen because it is just a thought experiment. It feels so different and fresh due to that.
@genuser9758
@genuser9758 Жыл бұрын
There is also the fact that the film itself fundamentally requires a temporal pincer movement for it to actually make sense. You have to watch the film and then go back and rewatch it knowing everything you already know from the first viewing in order to piece together a coherent story. Only after having carried out the temporal pincer movement yourself will you have witnessed a coherent plot and movie. Watching it without rewatching it is as good as watching a series of nonsensical and unrelated pictures on a screen because watching it once through is only half of the pincer movement.
@sankrut02
@sankrut02 10 ай бұрын
Broooo this is really a good take.... Haven't thought this way until now😅
@genuser9758
@genuser9758 10 ай бұрын
@@sankrut02 Whoah. I didn't realise people had seen this comment. But anyway, I forgot to add that this is why the film is so unpopular. People watched it for the first time and hated it because they only saw half a film but to them it was a full film that simply didn't make sense and was all over the place. And then because they hated it, most people didn't bother to watch it a second time and thus they missed out on genuinely great movie. Such a massive shame.
@thespeedyyoshi
@thespeedyyoshi 10 ай бұрын
…..HUH
@ferrarriohh
@ferrarriohh 9 ай бұрын
No amount of explaining this movie as “you just don’t get it” ever outweighs the fact the movie does not make sense, linear or otherwise. Its “smart people cope.” It’s a dumb movie meant to confuse ppl of avg intelligence and draw smart ppl into explaining it away as “too smart.” It’s dumb temporal schlock.
@genuser9758
@genuser9758 9 ай бұрын
@@ferrarriohh Mate if you think the film still doesn't make sense after it being explained, you're the only one who's dumb enough not to get it😂. It just sounds like you're insecure about not getting the film and now you're taking it out on everyone else that does get it. What's wrong with people enjoying a complex film? Nolan was being ambitious for sure, maybe overly ambitious, but what makes it wrong for him to make intelligent films that make people think? That's his passion and that's just who he is. And people enjoy his films and enjoying it is the whole point. What the hell is wrong with ye?
@TheThirdPew
@TheThirdPew 2 жыл бұрын
you couldn't have picked a better subject for a first video, we need more of these!
@rorylennon4043
@rorylennon4043 2 жыл бұрын
2 seconds in and already ITS A CLASSIC
@cd8467
@cd8467 2 жыл бұрын
COLLAB WHEN
@warrencollymore537
@warrencollymore537 2 жыл бұрын
I say two videos ah week and more in the future
@Im_Ish
@Im_Ish 2 жыл бұрын
I was confused by your comment cause I know this isn't Ben's first video essay. But then I remembered that it was on a different channel.
@strahljd
@strahljd 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you've watched his video about Moneyball on Mr Sunday Movie's channel, it's really great...makes me glad he has his own channel now
@OziJo1
@OziJo1 9 ай бұрын
If it was possible, I would just sit and watch this movie on a continuous loop. Two years later, prepping for Oppenheimer, I have found myself deep diving into Tenet analyses like this one once again. I saw it 3 times in the cinema and countless time since. If it was possible I would just sit and watch this movie on a continuous loop.
@aceman0000099
@aceman0000099 8 ай бұрын
It was interesting to rewatch and notice the scene where they talk about Oppenheimer in Tenet, and how "the woman" who created "the algorithm" is essentially her generation's Oppenheimer. It's as if we saw the seed of Nolan's own idea to make his latest film without realising. And it's also like Oppenheimer is a prequel to tenet!
@PurtyPurple
@PurtyPurple 8 ай бұрын
I see what you did there with the first and last sentence of your comment, lol
@eugenefullstack7613
@eugenefullstack7613 2 ай бұрын
Tenet is an extremely emotional movie, people just don't get invested enough in Neil and PT's relationship on first viewing so they miss it. It's gotta be the only movie in existence where someone has to say goodbye to their best friend that is going to die *before they even become best friends.* Once you make this emotional connection, it's honestly really hard not to cry at the end when PT realizes who Neil truly is.
@ryansullivan3085
@ryansullivan3085 Ай бұрын
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thinks this. Tenet hit me in the feels harder than I think any other movie has. Not only because of what you mentioned (which was already incredibly effective on me personally due to the uniqueness), but also because: 1. We realize Neil had to spend the last (months?) he had with his best friend acting as though they were complete strangers. "The end of a beautiful friendship" indeed. 2. PT now has to go hire and befriend Neil *knowing* that doing so has already gotten Neil killed. Especially since Neil got killed *saving PT,* I can't imagine what kind of guilt one would have to harbor the entire time they're friends. Not to mention the dread that would come from knowing exactly when Neil dies.
@Dsurvivor21stCentury
@Dsurvivor21stCentury 2 жыл бұрын
"9 foot Goddess energy" is the perfect way to describe Elizabeth Debicki.
@NameNik223
@NameNik223 2 жыл бұрын
When I heard it I stopped the video to literally shout: "YES THAT'S THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION FOR HER"
@cjewe1z
@cjewe1z 2 жыл бұрын
Another description was "she looked like a man".
@randomdude189
@randomdude189 2 жыл бұрын
Goddess? Has the bar been that bastardized?
@randomdude189
@randomdude189 2 жыл бұрын
@@cjewe1z that’s the more accurate
@cjewe1z
@cjewe1z 2 жыл бұрын
@@randomdude189, monstrosity would be accurate. But, then again, that is to be expected from someone that is trying to convince the world that this film is some sort of sophisticated puzzle. The selling point of this film and a lot of Nolan films is the gimmick. If you see past the gimmick there is a very simple story. Having said that, he deserves respect for making spectacular blockbuster films that aim for profundity.
@JackHoward
@JackHoward 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video specifically for me
@chexar9864
@chexar9864 2 жыл бұрын
Your TENET hype's never going to end, is it? (Don't blame you, Jack ;)
@jeffcarrier9808
@jeffcarrier9808 9 ай бұрын
I didn't realize we went "back to theaters" in 2020. I think that year was a temporal pincer maneuver too.
@BrettWidner
@BrettWidner 4 ай бұрын
The sixth time I watched this film, I turned on subtitles and it really opened up the entire thing for me.
@austridge31
@austridge31 25 күн бұрын
Because Nolan deliberately made the audio trash. What an awful movie...
@davedavis252
@davedavis252 2 жыл бұрын
JDW’s blackness having no thematic reasoning is such an underrated point
@Charizardlison
@Charizardlison 2 жыл бұрын
that this is underrated makes it actually overrated if you think twice about it
@TheMusicalFruit
@TheMusicalFruit 2 жыл бұрын
@@Charizardlison An underrated/overrated pincer maneuver.
@Bandstand
@Bandstand 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheMusicalFruit 🤣
@renand3z
@renand3z 2 жыл бұрын
interracial tension between him and the guys wife
@NuanceOverDogma
@NuanceOverDogma 2 жыл бұрын
It used to be that way in the 70s and 80s before universities became completely corrupted by an ideological cult
@Tony_Pesta
@Tony_Pesta Жыл бұрын
The final moment with Neil and the Protagonist hit my emotions like a truck. Especially the line about "for me, this is the end of a great friendship. For you, it's only the beginning."
@bullpup1337
@bullpup1337 Жыл бұрын
isnt that directly stolen from doctor who? doctor whos wife travels backwards in time
@IngenieurStudios
@IngenieurStudios Жыл бұрын
The more you think about Neil, the more emotional the movie becomes, reaching its full emotional climax when you think about Ives saying, "We end our lives. It's the only way to be sure. But as to *when*... maybe that's every man's decision to make for himself." Neil's decision is to die for his friend. When a gun is pointed at his head, Neil's decision is to step in front of the bullet. That's how he chooses to die. "For me, this is the end of a beautiful friendship."
@Kyuhll
@Kyuhll Жыл бұрын
like a firetruck???
@sLw1337
@sLw1337 Жыл бұрын
who cares
@119Elias119
@119Elias119 Жыл бұрын
@@bullpup1337 It's also 'stolen' from the story of King Arthur, given that Merlyn lives backwards through time. It even has its own TVtropes page - 'Merlin Sickness'
@jeremiahgallagher
@jeremiahgallagher 11 ай бұрын
Awesome job on this. One of the ways I've rewatched is looking for the red vs. blue clues. There is SO much of it all over the movie- another level of genius filmmaking and production/costume design. In this scene specifically, as the timelines merge you can visually see the red and blue vehicles merge onto the same timeline (and street) as well. I hope other people find this moment as SWEET as I do.
@lotennaokeke3414
@lotennaokeke3414 10 ай бұрын
You guys are really not that smart, and call "genius' anything that is thrown at you, in red vs blue team do you even know who or what they are fighting? no, you never see them, they are never on the screen, never explained or introduced, u just see things blowing and unblowing without knowing who, why or what the red or blue team is fighting in two different direction of time, whole thing doesn't make sense.
@thedeviator5410
@thedeviator5410 9 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite detail and trick nolan plays on us is with neil. The knowledge he’s privvy to really makes it seem like hes a double agent, and the film naturally leads you to believe that. What a marvel of a film
@fang_xianfu
@fang_xianfu 7 ай бұрын
One of the really interesting things about the movie is that we never find out who the people from the future who want to use the algorithm are. It could easily be the characters in the film, if they changed their minds later on!
@Nation_of_Imagination
@Nation_of_Imagination 7 ай бұрын
If you guys never notice that Neil was basically the main plot
@thedeviator5410
@thedeviator5410 7 ай бұрын
@@Nation_of_Imagination not upon first viewing.
@eugenefullstack7613
@eugenefullstack7613 2 ай бұрын
@@Nation_of_Imagination Neil's entire life is a pincer maneuver. It gets even gnarlier if you assume he is also Max (it's arguable, but I do).
@DontFollowZim
@DontFollowZim Жыл бұрын
"The real Tenet was the friends you made along the way..." That cracked me up so hard. Love it.
@mael3527
@mael3527 Жыл бұрын
me too, wasn't ready for this one XD
@hezreelrobertsonstudios7597
@hezreelrobertsonstudios7597 Жыл бұрын
The real friends was the Tenet you made along the way.
@peteryouth
@peteryouth Жыл бұрын
The real tenet is the new friends you already had.
@AyushRaj-uu1dw
@AyushRaj-uu1dw Жыл бұрын
@@peteryouth what in the fuck.........I am dying
@mbrunnme
@mbrunnme Жыл бұрын
@@peteryouth the real tenet is the friend he has
@derrickhotard9926
@derrickhotard9926 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite things about the temporal pincer is how the protagonist doesn't know really anything in the beginning, but as it turns out he's the temporal pincer head honcho and the reason the plot is happening
@arogueburrito
@arogueburrito Жыл бұрын
at the begging he knows nothing, but at the end he knows everything...which means at the beginning, he knows everything...he just doesn't know it yet
@naimas8120
@naimas8120 Жыл бұрын
@@arogueburrito *Mind-boggling*
@LuisSierra42
@LuisSierra42 Жыл бұрын
@@arogueburrito He truly is the protagonist
@mercurius8725
@mercurius8725 Жыл бұрын
Bro was lost taking orders from himself 😂
@iaimfortheeyes
@iaimfortheeyes 11 ай бұрын
Well what’s cool about it is that he experiences the events. Commits himself to ensuring that the events continue to unfold that way. Then sends a team to move backwards in time with all of the information he has. Sends another team to ensure that he himself is committed to the mission so that a loop is created to preserve time as it is.
@beardyblue-personal
@beardyblue-personal 7 ай бұрын
I finally saw Tenet yesterday and this is the first video to accurately capture how electrified I felt by watching this movie, and helped me articulate how and why it did. Thank you!!
@nancywaller2907
@nancywaller2907 2 ай бұрын
Just watched this in the imax rerelease. So fun. I actually love how the protagonist doesnt have a back story. To me it like a POV almost like playable character in a video game.
@gripm4040
@gripm4040 2 жыл бұрын
I was emotionally unfulfilled after my first viewing of tenet because there was no pulling of my heart strings that Inception has with Cob’s wife. On my second viewing I realized the emotion is subliminal between Washington and Pattinson’s friendship. Imagine finding out that your friend is really a future friend that you mentor and he will eventually mentor you again in this constant overlapping of time like the Dalai lama and Panchen Lama. I think that’s why Pattinson is drunk at their first meeting, he’s emotionally preparing for seeing his old mentor for the “first” time.
@swojaczek
@swojaczek 2 жыл бұрын
I realised on my second viewing how affecting was the last talk between these two. Pattinson knows he must return an die, Washington just realises it too, and he knows that he can't do (and MUSTN'T DO) anything about it and it almost brings tears to his eyes (and to my eyes as well).
@atakiri
@atakiri Жыл бұрын
Something about the idea of him needing to drink to handle meeting the Protagonist for the "first" time just hits me in the most heartbreaking way 🥺
@eddiejc1
@eddiejc1 Жыл бұрын
I can't be the only one thinking that the kid at the end is a younger version of Neil. (Somebody came up with the idea that "Max" was short for "Maximillien" and if so, "Neil" is the last four letter's of Max's name backwards.)
@Niko-hh8ez
@Niko-hh8ez Жыл бұрын
@@eddiejc1 this^!!!
@NoahStephens
@NoahStephens Жыл бұрын
There is no emotion in that movie. It's a bad action movie overlayed with techno mumbo jumbo
@betterideas
@betterideas 2 жыл бұрын
This video helped me realize that I actually like Tenet
@aidentree3327
@aidentree3327 2 жыл бұрын
I love this video because I don’t like tenet but I completely understand why it works for him.
@star88wars
@star88wars 2 жыл бұрын
Now thats a temporal pincer movement
@morganhardcastle4137
@morganhardcastle4137 2 жыл бұрын
You alreeady did.
@thetechsite9619
@thetechsite9619 2 жыл бұрын
This totally doesn't make you sound like a person that is easily swayed. /s
@M4RCOP0L0
@M4RCOP0L0 2 жыл бұрын
@@thetechsite9619 Never learn from other people kiddo. Never change your opinion, doesn't matter how much the new details make sense. Stay ignorant. /s
@hubris7434
@hubris7434 3 ай бұрын
Tenet was like the final exam for some Chris Nolan masters degree that we've all been studying for since Memento.
@nycish7148
@nycish7148 2 ай бұрын
"Like chaos firmly under control." 😢 *sniffs* That was beautiful.
@kelvinfung8807
@kelvinfung8807 2 жыл бұрын
The movie title “TENET”, is the TEN minutes temporal pincer movement, both TEN forward and backward met.
@aleks4663
@aleks4663 2 жыл бұрын
Yo
@j.f.l.bousquet1998
@j.f.l.bousquet1998 2 жыл бұрын
Nice try, but nope. TeneT is a palindrome, it's spelt the same way forwards as it is backwards. That's it.
@deanerhockings-reptilianhu8701
@deanerhockings-reptilianhu8701 2 жыл бұрын
I like that!
@daniellaniganohara2456
@daniellaniganohara2456 2 жыл бұрын
@@j.f.l.bousquet1998 why is it called Tenet then
@xx_d34dp00l_xx
@xx_d34dp00l_xx 2 жыл бұрын
@@daniellaniganohara2456 bruh he already answered
@bennyhoward1391
@bennyhoward1391 2 жыл бұрын
Ben: This movie is just Christopher Nolan going ‘THE TEMPORAL PINCER MANOEUVRE! That’s fucked up, wouldn’t that be fucked up?!’ Me: *instant subscribe*
@pfern2362
@pfern2362 Жыл бұрын
A pure masterpiece... about something mind bending... time travel. Imagine Nolan making a film about the quantum mechanics or holographic universe ...man.
@GDO3tv
@GDO3tv 8 ай бұрын
I think I’ve watched this film 30 times this year alone. I absolutely love it so much. One of the greatest realizations I had is that we are experiencing everything for the first time, just as the protagonist is. I appreciated JDW’s performance so much more when I realized every conversation, situation, experience, everything, he was experiencing it for the first time as the protagonist. I mean, the movie starts with him having just enough knowledge at the opera house. He later just gets in a car and hits go on the gps. It’s throughout the whole film and he did such a great job acting like his character is just trying to put the pieces together, LIKE US!
@monkeydude9192
@monkeydude9192 2 жыл бұрын
In case no one has mentioned it, JDW's physicality as an actor is probably tied to his background as an NFL RB prospect.
@zac4249
@zac4249 2 жыл бұрын
Loved him in ballers glad he’s getting his big break
@mittendemon4493
@mittendemon4493 2 жыл бұрын
This is Denzel Washingtons son right
@monkeydude9192
@monkeydude9192 2 жыл бұрын
@@mittendemon4493 Yes
@Link-ji7kx
@Link-ji7kx 2 жыл бұрын
whaa. I didn't know that
@TimTom
@TimTom 2 жыл бұрын
To explain the temporal pincer, we first have to understand parallel universes…
@farrankhawaja9856
@farrankhawaja9856 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, TimTom! (first by the way lol)
@Augalv
@Augalv 2 жыл бұрын
Except whether parallel universes exist, has never been proven.
@westmcgee9320
@westmcgee9320 2 жыл бұрын
Not really.
@sohilvasaya9241
@sohilvasaya9241 2 жыл бұрын
Its not about parallel universe its about time reversing concept. There were two timelines moving simultaneously but in opposite directions.
@celeridad6972
@celeridad6972 2 жыл бұрын
Actually you don't at all, TENNET's concept is different from the (in my opinion) overused, just as unbelievable and nonsensical concept that is parallel universes. It's all bs time only goes in one direction.
@tmbam7821
@tmbam7821 11 ай бұрын
I loved it. This first week it streamed, I probably watched 5xs. Your enthusiasm is contagious!
@GeneRex-qe7lo
@GeneRex-qe7lo 11 ай бұрын
Blacks are always the criminals, poor, in the background, asking questions and subordinate in Hollywood movies. Its an agenda. The China film administration is better than Hollywood. Hollwood really Hates Black on Blacks Love.
@TheQuantixXx
@TheQuantixXx 2 ай бұрын
i loved how the entire film can be fractally grouped in forward-backward pairs first half is forward, second half is backwards (while moving the story forwards). then of the second half the first half of that is forward, and the second half backward and so it goes smaller and smaller until we reach the raid scene which again works forward to the midpoint and then backwards from there. all the while returning to the very beginning of the whole movie. to have this type of temporal structure and be able to follow it is extremely exciting. i noticed the fractal temporal structure about 2/3 into the movie, and while i understood it, it was still a pleasure to watch it unfold. like a virtuoso violinist performing before your eyes.
@SirWeibrot
@SirWeibrot 2 жыл бұрын
"9 foot goddess energy" is not a term I was expecting to hear today
@DadsCigaretteRun
@DadsCigaretteRun 2 жыл бұрын
So accurate lol
@dr.strange1300
@dr.strange1300 2 жыл бұрын
I've always noted this about Tenet and JDWs performance. JDW actually feels AGGRESSIVE. When he moves he moves with purpose, he does everything as efficiently and as best as he can and it was the first movie I've ever seen that actually drew me to the leads MOVEMENT more than anything, he's just a beast.
@michaelotis223
@michaelotis223 2 жыл бұрын
Man was denied his hot sauce!!
@mss11235
@mss11235 Жыл бұрын
He really is a brilliant fucking actor. I am finding myself drawn more and more to films with less dialogue and more non-dialogue based acting. I saw JDW in Black Klansman, and, although his approach feels similar (that "aggression" as you call it), he certainly picks his moments, so to speak, very well. I am stoked to see him in more traditional movie roles (I could not get through the writing in that one he did with Zendaya.)
@jameseglavin4
@jameseglavin4 Жыл бұрын
Damn dude well put! I definitely had a similar thought; a lot of JDW’s action has an ‘explosive’ quality - especially the kitchen fight - where you can tell he’s sizing everything up and then he goes HAM for maximum effect
@Virtuasamsara
@Virtuasamsara Жыл бұрын
I really liked that about the first Bourne movie, conservation of movement and efficacy.
@kacperbilozor
@kacperbilozor Жыл бұрын
True, but - unfortunately - his facial expressions don't reflect that. He often comes off as a wide-eyed, fish-out-of-water protagonist, even when it doesn't suit the scene.
@JT-si6bl
@JT-si6bl Жыл бұрын
Since Nolan gained traction, there has been a very noticeable nudge in his very excellent work. Always excited about his next engagement... Brilliant essay!
@slomoe53
@slomoe53 4 ай бұрын
THANK YOU!!! That timeline you put up I literally made it in my head it was so amazing to see. I love this film. Amazing work!
@theverticalgamer5660
@theverticalgamer5660 2 жыл бұрын
In the word of a Southern accented James Bond: "Makes no goddamed sense, compels me tho".
@filthyneutral5801
@filthyneutral5801 2 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@michaelotis223
@michaelotis223 2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@dennisreynolds6196
@dennisreynolds6196 2 жыл бұрын
Benoit Blanc
@sidharthsinhku371
@sidharthsinhku371 2 жыл бұрын
@@dennisreynolds6196 LMAO yes
@stactionsmedia3318
@stactionsmedia3318 Жыл бұрын
Calling this movie a masterpiece is silly. It makes no sense at all. Why would a person need to watch a movie 50 times to catch meanings? Meanings that probably have nothing to even do with the movie. If you don't understsnd what on earth a film is showing you, and all you see and hear are images and noise, then it has failed in its mission to tell a story. This means it is a bad film. A movie that can't fulfil that simple criteria, of communucating what it is showing you, means the director lacks the descriptive skill to present what he wants to say. I think Chris Nolan just couldn't translate his vision. That is all. And so it is a bad movie. Simple..
@hobear637
@hobear637 Жыл бұрын
I Loved this film, but then again I watched it on HBO Max with subtitles on and the ability to rewind whenever something was too wtf to grasp in real time. The ability to go back in time and rewind the movie was clutch, as I did a temporal pincer maneuver of my own in trying to understand this film.
@impyrobot
@impyrobot Жыл бұрын
Yeah I really hated the film because I watched it in the cinema and the sound mixing was soo god awful I couldn't understand what they were saying enough to only understand what was going on a very superficial level.
@xXXhighrollerx
@xXXhighrollerx Жыл бұрын
@@impyrobot I've seen some analysis of the film on here talking the sound mixing and after seeing that, it's understandable and it actually fit in well when you see it at that perspective
@LeonardoRamos01
@LeonardoRamos01 Жыл бұрын
I did exactly this.
@ThinkPIONEERing
@ThinkPIONEERing Жыл бұрын
“Too wtf to grasp in real time…” - ive never heard a more perfect alternate expression for the term “confused”
@K4inan
@K4inan Жыл бұрын
This movie is extremely insulting to the intellect. It's contrived nonsense. Pattinson was great though.
@MacheteSquad
@MacheteSquad 2 ай бұрын
I like the mention you made about puzzles early on, because it suddenly clicked in my brain: Nolan basically made a film that frustrates people because it's not like most movies, which are essentially puzzle that show the solution on the box; Tenet is a puzzle that you only understand as it's put together, and our stand-in (JDW) is a self-aware puzzle piece that spends the journey discovering where he fits, and the broader picture along with us. Maybe that's not what Nolan intended, but I think it's very cool; I watch enough movies that I don't often rewatch them, and I appreciate Nolan's craftmanship in making films absolutely worth returning to.
@rywaite
@rywaite 2 ай бұрын
Just rewatched Tenet for the fourth time, this time in IMAX and this video is perfect. I watched this after the last time I watched Tenet and you made all the pieces come together for the first time. Having that knowledge going into this viewing truly made me realize that this movie is a MASTERPIECE. Great video.
@alexsinclair9760
@alexsinclair9760 2 жыл бұрын
Well... I'm watching Tenet again tonight. And Chef.
@dorianjareth9198
@dorianjareth9198 2 жыл бұрын
is Chef worth the watch? i dont really care for Jon Favreau
@baronharkonnen7894
@baronharkonnen7894 2 жыл бұрын
@@dorianjareth9198 a predictable fairytale movie but is a feel good one. If you're having a bad day, go for it. I also watch weird movies but they make me feel good, like garden state on a gloomy monsoon day
@walterfowler4785
@walterfowler4785 2 жыл бұрын
@@dorianjareth9198 it’s a fun movie, worth at least one watch. Nothing too deep, just a good detox movie if you’ve been watching heavy stuff
@WickedGuardian
@WickedGuardian Жыл бұрын
This was an INCREDIBLE analysis. For what it's worth, the sweeping fades that are played during the truck heist are created by reversing a note into itself. The synths are played backward, then forward. The soundtrack is a temporal paradox.
@DegenerateSpeculator
@DegenerateSpeculator Жыл бұрын
I didnt care for tenet, and something nerd writer did reminded me why. "When spectacle eclipses story"
@pappapaps
@pappapaps Жыл бұрын
@@DegenerateSpeculator Neil Degrasse? Why does he always say that
@royendershade8044
@royendershade8044 Жыл бұрын
This does not make it a good movie. The story is bullshit, the characters and their motivations is bullshit. Therefore, the whole movie is bullhit. It's easy.
@noneofyourbeeswax01
@noneofyourbeeswax01 Жыл бұрын
At the end, the reversed Blue Team action sequences have a reversed music soundtrack
@jaapkoning1157
@jaapkoning1157 Жыл бұрын
I think you like the word "temporal" more than you understand the word "paradox"
@burgulize
@burgulize 8 ай бұрын
Tenet is a two piece puzzle with blunt edged - you have minimal amount of exposition and every second, every glance counts Watched it 5 times and loved every one of them, so many details that you get pick up on re-watching. It's a Masterpiece.
@myrk_
@myrk_ 8 ай бұрын
may i ask you a question about the inverted bullets? i rewatched the movie yesterday and i just can't wrap my head around how the inversion works. i really like the idea of the movie but i feel like a lot of small things just don't make any sense and it kinda ruins it for me. for example, before the inverted fight at the oslo airport takes place, the protagonist already sees bullet holes in the window. but HOW did they get there?? from his perspective the fight hasn't taken place yet..from his future self's perspective the fight is already over, but...like...you know what i mean?? is it meant to not make any sense? i just find it hard to like the movie if it's not even explained how the bullet holes can already be there if the past protagonist hasn't been in the fight yet. i feel like i might be thinking too much about it or that im just too stupid to get it..
@burgulize
@burgulize 8 ай бұрын
@@myrk_ you're not stupid at all, these are legitimate questions, and don't beat yourself because you're not thinking about time reversal, that's exactly why I loved the concept, it breaks your mind when you try to make sense of it, so don't, just accept it ;) but - of you're really into understanding it, there are great explanations out there.
@burgulize
@burgulize 8 ай бұрын
​@@myrk_ it's going to confuse you even more if I'll try to explain it in text without drawings but the explanation goes like so: inverted bullets were shot in the inverted future and they "go back" into the gun in the normal (non inverted) future. Same as - normal objects just existing in the inverted world are going into the past, it's a passive ability of this space. When you take objects from the inverted plain into the normal plain it seems as if they go back, but actually, from their perspective - it's their 'inverted' future, which from the perspective of the normal plain would look like reverse existence. It really does make sense, but only if you start thinking about everything with a temporal-vector for a lack of a better term. Hope I could help lol
@myrk_
@myrk_ 8 ай бұрын
@@burgulize thanks for the encouraging words xd i think i might just have to rewatch it again but this time have a pen and paper with me..i know that what you're saying defo makes sense, but i'm racking my brain here haha i do appreciate it though!
@rskl8083
@rskl8083 7 ай бұрын
I just watched this movie and im blown away what a FUCKING GREAT MOVIE
@orangenotdumb2796
@orangenotdumb2796 2 жыл бұрын
I loved the part where the protagonist fights himself for the second time, and the lead up to all of that is awesome. I may not have all of the pieces in place with the whole timeline, but this movie is my favorite because it was a mindfuck and I love it for that.
@richos07
@richos07 2 жыл бұрын
When I watched it the first time, I was expecting the inverted soldier to be one of Sator’s henchman as I was still wrapping my head around the mechanics of inversion. When he got blown through the shutter door and right into the hands of his past self, it was the biggest jaw drop I’d ever gotten from a movie.
@Thewhiskeyalphazulu
@Thewhiskeyalphazulu Жыл бұрын
@@richos07 i watched this first time, high as a giraffes vagina, i dont think ive ever been so flabbergasted
@jackbloomer919
@jackbloomer919 Жыл бұрын
I remember being super hyped for this movie when I watched it, the first half was generally disappointing to me but the second half was phenomenal. Then I rewatched it and it became one of my favorites from start to finish. At this point, I think I have seen it 7 times and it never gets old
@richardvillier536
@richardvillier536 Жыл бұрын
FULL AGREE
@Sujay95
@Sujay95 Жыл бұрын
For me it was the complete opposite. Loved the first half, confused by the second but totally in awe. It should've been simplified a little imo.
@miniatuurautootje
@miniatuurautootje Жыл бұрын
@@Sujay95 That's a bit hard to achieve here I think. Perhaps the plot might've been a bit too long for the movie, and it's already 2 and a half hours long. I've watched it 5 times I think, needed to watch the second time to actually connect all the dots.
@stonedvillain79
@stonedvillain79 Жыл бұрын
I believe it to be a deliberate act by Christoper Nolan that the film needs be watched multiple times in order to observe, and absorb all the layers of pardox happening. Almost like red and blue team, your brain is required to already know what's going to happen, in order to see what you missed last time.
@thebusinessgoose129
@thebusinessgoose129 Жыл бұрын
@@stonedvillain79 honestly that's not a good thing. If you're required to watch a movie several times just to understand the basic plot, then that's a major flaw in my eyes. Especially since people were saying (at the time this was coming to theaters) that this movie would need to be good to keep theaters alive. Thankfully this movies plot didnt kill off theater because of other easily understood movies coming out lol.
@jpmatamoros1928
@jpmatamoros1928 11 ай бұрын
The video was awesome!!! One of the best video essays I have ever seen. I have watched tenet now a couple times and although I already liked the movie, your essay gave me a new insight that makes me appreciate it even more! Thanks man!
@ryanlisterman1864
@ryanlisterman1864 2 жыл бұрын
This video of Tenet perfectly described my experience with tenet, “I don’t know what’s going on, it I love it!”
@filippa1764
@filippa1764 2 жыл бұрын
For me it was “I don’t know what’s going on and I can’t stand it”
@chanceseverson
@chanceseverson Жыл бұрын
I like to think that the audience experience of watching Tenet was also kind of a temporal pincer maneuver. On your first watch you move forwards through time, confused by everything happening and just gathering information. Then, on your second watch, you already know what's happened and you're just piecing together the pregathered info from the film. You move from past to future on your first watch then become inverted on the rewatch. Of course it can't really be paradoxical because you can't tell your first watch self what's going to happen, but I like to imagine that Nolan planned for the film to be watched like the characters lived it. Playing with time as a concept at every level.
@stactionsmedia3318
@stactionsmedia3318 Жыл бұрын
Calling this movie a masterpiece is silly. It makes no sense at all. Why would a person need to watch a movie 50 times to catch meanings? Meanings that probably have nothing to even do with the movie. If you don't understsnd what on earth a film is showing you, and all you see and hear are images and noise, then it has failed in its mission to tell a story. This means it is a bad film. A movie that can't fulfil that simple criteria, of communucating what it is showing you, means the director lacks the descriptive skill to present what he wants to say. I think Chris Nolan just couldn't translate his vision. That is all. And so it is a bad movie. Simple
@chanceseverson
@chanceseverson Жыл бұрын
@@stactionsmedia3318 ok you're entitled to that opinion but in mine the film does accomplish telling a story by the end, and that story (which is very complex) becomes clearer on a second watch for the reasons I said. If you're going to argue that good films shouldn't need to be re watched for a deeper understanding then I don't know what to say because that's pretty much untrue. It's not as simple as it seems, you just didn't enjoy it and that's perfectly fine. Maybe don't click on a video praising it then
@stactionsmedia3318
@stactionsmedia3318 Жыл бұрын
@@chanceseverson Ahhhh I must disagree with you my buddy. A good film needn't be watched twice to understand it. A good film conveys its message, with accuracy and definitive direction the moment you finish it. That is why people get goosebumps. That is why audiences cry, or make gestures of amazement, or gasp at a thrill, or are outraged when the hero dies, or fall in love with the characters. You can watch it a second time, to catch things you missed, yes, but to say you didn't understand it at all, and still give it a pass, in hopes that subsequent viewings might unravel what you just witnessed? Isn't what I think a directors intention is my friend. I think it is somewhat unfair to the audience. It's like you are putting them through an obstacle course, when really they want to be on a roller coaster ride, and be taken along on an interesting, compelling journey. That is the beauty of cinema. It can make the most complex theories....Inceptions dream within a dream, Mementos short term amnesia, Jokers parrallel joke regarding Bruce Wayne, Back to the Futures time travel.....and make them all FUN. Emotionally relatable. That is the magic Tenet is lacking. I don't think it was fun at all. It was like a project you were tasked to solve, with one catch......you aren't told what THE QUESTION TO THE RIDDLE IS...... If you don't know what they are asking of you, how on earth can you solve it, let alone have fun even if you tried.
@DetectiveTrupo203
@DetectiveTrupo203 Жыл бұрын
@@stactionsmedia3318 yeah, you have no idea what you're talking about. If you "understand" a film after seeing it once, it's garbage. This doesn't even have anything to do with Tenet, it's just a fact. Every good film requires investigation, any director would tell you that. Sorry, your opinion is objectively wrong and childishly silly.
@stactionsmedia3318
@stactionsmedia3318 Жыл бұрын
@@DetectiveTrupo203 If your.... theory....had anything to go by, this would suggest that the majority of all the good movies that were created since the inception of the movie business; Gone with the wind The sound of music The Godfather Rocky Scarface Goodfellas Jerry McGuire Shindlers list ....all these good movies suffer the same fate of incomprehension, that this mess of a film Tenet has lol. So in your mind, Jerry Mguire, an Oscar nominated movie, that everyone knows is good, about a sports agent played by Tom Cruise, needs to be watched a second, third, and fourth time, for audiences to comprehend what is going on or they will be confused? Hahahaha if you believe this, then you must be a "class A" fool.
@superkowz
@superkowz Жыл бұрын
Watched for the second time recently, and my current favorite moment is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot. When they go back to Oslo later in the film and they are leaving with Kat in the ambulance, you can also see them wheeling her in on the gurney
@youngknowledgeseeker
@youngknowledgeseeker 3 ай бұрын
I cant believe people dont love this movie or appreciate it.
@collindoucet7374
@collindoucet7374 2 жыл бұрын
Personally think that the final Neil/Protagonist scene is one of the more emotionally engaging and interesting scenes in his career along with interstellar and the cillian murphy scene in inception
@uchihagaeshi1169
@uchihagaeshi1169 2 жыл бұрын
the most outside interstellar for me, it's true love in a brotherly way
@michaelotis223
@michaelotis223 2 жыл бұрын
@@uchihagaeshi1169 word
@tharindu207
@tharindu207 2 жыл бұрын
makes me tear up everytime
@billyberry8954
@billyberry8954 2 жыл бұрын
If nothing else, this video reignited my boyish love for firetrucks. FIRETRUCKS FUCKING ROCK
@iopohable
@iopohable 2 жыл бұрын
FUCK YEAH FIRETRUCKS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!
@AlBakerDev
@AlBakerDev 2 жыл бұрын
Fuck yeah, go fire trucks! They really fuck up those fires !
@deanerhockings-reptilianhu8701
@deanerhockings-reptilianhu8701 2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ISAACThBro
@ISAACThBro 2 жыл бұрын
YESS!!!😅
@mitchconner2021
@mitchconner2021 5 ай бұрын
JDW absolutely killed this role. The fight scenes and gun scenes were really well done.
@hardestyboy
@hardestyboy 11 ай бұрын
This is the best movie review I have ever seen in my life and also very educational because to this day I still don’t know what the movie was about
@AmiYamato
@AmiYamato 2 жыл бұрын
Great Essay, Ben. Looking forward to more!
@jonbaxter2254
@jonbaxter2254 2 жыл бұрын
Ami!!
@jorgevazquez1197
@jorgevazquez1197 2 жыл бұрын
@@jonbaxter2254 my
@markgraves6441
@markgraves6441 2 жыл бұрын
"I'm only about 37% stupid" is a mood I can understand 😆
@idiot9359
@idiot9359 2 жыл бұрын
it should be 31% stupid and 69% smart
@tonymellow9067
@tonymellow9067 8 күн бұрын
this is one of the best reviews i've seen of anything. well done.
@peperika7845
@peperika7845 8 ай бұрын
This was such a witty movie essay, but also done so very well 😂😂 I am a big Tenet fan and still working to understand it to the fullest so I love hearing other perspectives on the film and have it describe in different ways, very well done!
@TachyonKing
@TachyonKing 2 жыл бұрын
“John David Washington doesn’t bring any baggage.” To be fair, nobody noticed that the British spec ops guy with a beard was kick-ass.
@JINORU_
@JINORU_ 2 жыл бұрын
COWBOY SHIT
@DadsCigaretteRun
@DadsCigaretteRun 2 жыл бұрын
I did BUT he has done a lot of movies as a badass so wasn’t baggage to me
@richos07
@richos07 2 жыл бұрын
Crazy how Aaron Taylor Johnson as Ives looks nothing like he did in Kick-Ass
@jaredplaudis4825
@jaredplaudis4825 2 жыл бұрын
An interesting detail of that scene Ben loves: the Protagonist is on the red fire truck as it merges into traffic that has a couple of blue trucks on it. I’m probably reading too much into it but it’s like the two teams coming together as part of the overall temporal pincer movie
@firapuroki4571
@firapuroki4571 2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@Ellestra
@Ellestra 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, Nolan uses blue and red before making it explicit for the final battle
@DrRussell
@DrRussell 2 жыл бұрын
Aaaaaah well spotted. And I am dumb
@ScorpyX
@ScorpyX Жыл бұрын
Also women in red coat before the meeting 14:33 - its intentional The whole movie has this blue red color coding clues On the second movie watch it is very noticeable from the very beginning For small example bag with artefact in Opera is Blue balaclava mask on "terrorists leader" is clearly Red - and if it seems random - look at all colors and objects in each scene all colors dimmed but some specific things sometime has color accent
@ik6non712
@ik6non712 Жыл бұрын
I doubt you're reading too much into it. Knowing Nolan, even the most minute detail is probably intentional
@TC.._
@TC.._ 3 ай бұрын
This movie is like a visual rubics cube. The sound of one hand clapping. A 5th dimensional depiction on a 2D piece of paper. A future's past presenting presently. A known unknown. The answer to an oxymoron. Etc. Etc.
@narkos845
@narkos845 Жыл бұрын
I actually enjoyed it during my first watch, i want to rewatch it many more times fr.
@kassandercailliau8674
@kassandercailliau8674 Жыл бұрын
The greatest thing about this movie to me is realizing that in the end, the protagonist probably realized he’ll have an ally in the future of whom he *KNOWS* he can trust him because he already knows him and he already knows that he’ll be saved by him. Because let’s face it, how intensely reassuring would it be to know, with 100% certainty, you can trust a *”stranger”* you’ve only just met? To have someone you’ve only known for a couple of weeks making you feel like you’ve known him for more than a decade…
@kingki1953
@kingki1953 Жыл бұрын
and he sent his friend to be an ally of his past.
@nickandres7829
@nickandres7829 Жыл бұрын
That is really interesting when you compare it to a series like Counterpart. In counterpart, which deals with parallel dimensions instead of time travel, the central tenet (heh) seems to be that multiple versions of the same person would inevitably go to war if their timelines didn't progress equally (ie a man's wife dies, but he knows she is alive and well in another dimension with his counterpart. So, rather than accepting her death, he attempts to go to the other world and replace his doppelganger).
@ninaa4192
@ninaa4192 2 жыл бұрын
The experience of Tenet in a nutshell: I have no idea wtf just happened but goddamn it was cool as shit.
@gcolombelli
@gcolombelli Жыл бұрын
Then watch Primer. When I finally thought "wait a second, this is starting to make sense" the end credits began to roll. 😂 It's the best movie about time travel I've seen (not counting Tenet), and it had a ridiculously low budget. And the acting was also great for a bunch of amateurs. Don't worry if you understand very little on your first watch, this is normal, do some research online before watching it again if you want, download a timeline chart, whatever you might think will help you.
@squamousthomas3267
@squamousthomas3267 7 ай бұрын
I don’t bother trying to understand this movie because I know that my future self understands it perfectly well because he’s seen it more times than me
@TheRoMandaloriaN
@TheRoMandaloriaN 8 ай бұрын
JDW in Tenet made me forget his dad was Denzel but now you realize when your dad is the Equalizer, ofc you’re the Protagonist and run Tenet! 🤘🏽
@JamesL42
@JamesL42 2 жыл бұрын
The first time you watch it you're seeing it through the eyes of the Protagonist, the second time you're seeing it through Neils eyes. The Protagonist doesn't know what's going to happen in his future, he doesn't know if the bomb is gonna go off and neither do we, its a new experience to us and we're just as confused as the Protagonist. But when we watch it the second time we know how the movie plays out and so does Niel, he knows the bomb isn't going to go off or he wouldn't be there to stop it, and we know the bomb won't go off because we've seen the end of the film before, in a way Niel has seen the end of the film and he's experiencing it exactly as we are, he's an actor playing a role as you say. We might feel like this movie has no stakes when we understand it, but isn't that true of every movie? Once you've finished a movie you know how it ends, but you still rewatch it because of the ride. In Tenets case there were never any stakes in the first place, but as we're watching we feel that there are, until in the end its revieled that there were never any stakes in the first place. You might feel kinda cheated, but the point of the movie is how you see it in your perspective.
@danilejai7801
@danilejai7801 Жыл бұрын
You hit the mail on the head with this one. Tenet absolutely has to be watched twice to fully appreciate what’s going on. The first time I watched it I was ambivalent towards it, the second time I watched, I was riveted. This is an excellent film, I wish more people gave it that much needed second viewing.
@the5thgeneral
@the5thgeneral Жыл бұрын
@@danilejai7801 It’s a bit like The Prestige, once you know how the trick works you see the movie completely differently. You realize you weren’t watching closely, like you were told to in the beginning. Nolan is the GOAT.
@danlyons4602
@danlyons4602 Жыл бұрын
@@the5thgeneral That movie was better than tenet.
@CannonRushed
@CannonRushed Жыл бұрын
You're giving me way too much credit in knowing what was going to happen the 2nd time watching it.
@wowowowzzz
@wowowowzzz 2 жыл бұрын
Washington's performance was one of best parts of the movie. I didn't realize he was Denzel's son
@NNegativeCreep
@NNegativeCreep 2 жыл бұрын
It was literally the worst part, so boring and devoid of any character. Robert Pattinson however was insanely phenomenal.
@jacobhiller6731
@jacobhiller6731 2 жыл бұрын
You kidding me? Sounds exactly like him.
@dmacfilm
@dmacfilm 2 жыл бұрын
You should watch Blackkklansman, he's even better in that
@DashzRight
@DashzRight 2 жыл бұрын
People with 0 criteria lol. This guy is like Ben affleck they dont act they are just themselves, crappy actors tbh
@christopherjohnson577
@christopherjohnson577 2 жыл бұрын
@@DashzRight stop 🤣 he wasn't acting as himself
@ayrtonstephanoriverarosale232
@ayrtonstephanoriverarosale232 5 күн бұрын
I saw tenet for the second time yesterday. What a journey! Thanks for your analysis! I loved it too! Greetings from Peru in the future!
@vfp16
@vfp16 9 ай бұрын
At your favourite scene, the red truck merges with the blue trucks and seems to symbolize the merging of the forward and backward timelines. Have to rewatch taking the colour cues into account
@gomezbr1
@gomezbr1 2 жыл бұрын
my favorite moment/easter egg, and it's not until you watch it a second time, was when Neil and the protagonist first meet in the hotel lobby in Mumbai. Neil orders another vodka tonic and orders a diet coke for the protagonist. The protagonist tells Neil, "FYI i prefer soda water" then Neil smirks and says "No, you don't"
@watchdominion00
@watchdominion00 2 жыл бұрын
I also love how the music in that scene feels kinda ‘nostalgic’ if thats the right word. It doesnt seem to match the idea of their first meeting, but of course its because this is a reunion
@Tech4Vikas
@Tech4Vikas 2 жыл бұрын
@@watchdominion00 YES!!! It's the Neil's theme music in the movie, it is nostalgic all the time whenever his scenes come and it only makes sense because for him everything is just revisiting old times! :'D
@flexican5399
@flexican5399 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I remember that, that’s when he meets Neil for the first time, but Neil has known him for so much longer
@ReadABookAndLearn
@ReadABookAndLearn 2 жыл бұрын
Did you notice when they “met” in the theater opening scene? During the raid and ensuing gun battle, an unknown agent shoots one of the immediate threats to the protagonist and promptly turns and walks away, like he had just shown up to shoot that one guy. Notice his backpack as he turns to leave.
@Hype679
@Hype679 Жыл бұрын
@@ReadABookAndLearn That was actually the last guy he shot. On a third watch, I realized Neil was the one picking key shooters off in the background. He shoots 2+ people chasing Protag, so he can successfully collect the bombs.
@AzeezAbass
@AzeezAbass 2 жыл бұрын
"And at the end of this grand experiment, Travis Scott says..."
@Huge-Natural7713
@Huge-Natural7713 2 жыл бұрын
I lost a lung laughing
@Ariel_emerald
@Ariel_emerald 2 жыл бұрын
SKRRT SKRRT
@Joffhope
@Joffhope 2 жыл бұрын
Someone’s gonna have to essplain dis one out for me…
@jxnathanforever
@jxnathanforever 24 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@vestlen
@vestlen 7 ай бұрын
I kept pausing the movie my first watch every time I was confused until I understood what was happening. The thought that went into the movie is pretty wild.
@BaldingChief54
@BaldingChief54 11 ай бұрын
Tenet remindend me a lot of why I like Dark so much. It's figuring out a story in a more technical puzzle-like way. You have been given all the pieces of a puzzle, and you have piece it together. I like it much more than other mind-bending films, where you're supposed to know it is a dream, or a metaphor for something. I suck at finding a deeper meaning in media, and films like these are what really works for me.
@joaogranja6661
@joaogranja6661 11 ай бұрын
Dark is so fucking good
@GeneRex-qe7lo
@GeneRex-qe7lo 11 ай бұрын
Blacks are always the criminals, poor, in the background, asking questions and subordinate in Hollywood movies. Its an agenda. The China film administration is better than Hollywood. Hollwood really Hates Black Love
@snacknnap
@snacknnap Жыл бұрын
9:58 speaking about baggage! Robert Pattinson also did an amaaaazing job considering my baggage with him is the entire Twilight series, Harry Potter, and The Batman (I watched Tenet after Batman). Maybe because his hair was blond and he was tan, but I didn't see him as Edward Cullen or Bruce Wayne at all. And those characters were huge main characters! It didn't even cross my mind while I was watching the movie. He really sinks into his roles.🍿💯
@HorySmokes
@HorySmokes Жыл бұрын
He was great as Batman but sucked as Bruce Wayne.
@OoJohnisbackoO
@OoJohnisbackoO Жыл бұрын
Tbf he was larping Christopher Hitchens which helps. look him up, hes....got a way of speaking thats very very distinct Pattinson clearly took inspiration
@swissayy
@swissayy 11 ай бұрын
Lighthouse 100% got rid of the Pattinson baggage for me.
@fang_xianfu
@fang_xianfu 7 ай бұрын
​@@OoJohnisbackoOhe was talking the way Debicki speaks and also dyed his hair to be more like hers. It's part of an implication that he's her son Max.
@pringle4992
@pringle4992 7 ай бұрын
Yea same
@danielplainview2584
@danielplainview2584 2 жыл бұрын
The synthesizer being pushed down in audio by the kick drum is an actual mixing technique known as sidechaining, it's often used in dance music or electronic music. Great work as always Ben!
@cameronclaypool9133
@cameronclaypool9133 2 жыл бұрын
He probably knew that, considering his latest track is a very well made electronic track, likely he just didn't wanna get incredibly technical lol
@architypitect
@architypitect 2 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the base sound is actually orchestral strings played backwards?
@GuillaumeRx
@GuillaumeRx 2 жыл бұрын
It’s actually one of the technics that made Daft Punk so inspiring for a whole generation of producers (electronic music or not). The Robots didn’t invent Sidechaining, but they did it so freaking well and so on point that it made the brains of actual connoisseurs implode all over the world. It takes a lot of music (and branding) knowledge to understand how much care and perfectionism these guys have put into every single detail of their craft. To the point of not looking like sane human beings. A bit like Fincher or Nolan: everyone can tell they’re good and enjoy their pieces, but one needs technical knowledge about the craft to understand how good they actually are. It’s funny because besides being worldwide famous and globally recognized beyond their music genre and even beyond their art form (having worked with or for some great movie directors, photographers, Haute Couture brands, etc) Daft Punk are still kind of underrated by the masses.
@meansteve3602
@meansteve3602 2 жыл бұрын
@@GuillaumeRx AMEN
@bigolric
@bigolric 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been wondering how this has been done for years, thanks for finally helping me put a term to it!
@GCAT01Living
@GCAT01Living 9 ай бұрын
This is literally how my brain works and I loved every second of this movie on my FIRST viewing. I love time travel, I love the future affecting the past, I love people moving through time in the non-traditional way we know. I could watch 100 more movies like this.
@agnnighttrain4753
@agnnighttrain4753 6 ай бұрын
Dude, this was a great breakdown. Tenet is a magic trick that I don’t want to know how it’s done. Just sit back and enjoy the mind boggling
@ArchieMcGeoch
@ArchieMcGeoch 2 жыл бұрын
This movie sounds like a really good book.
@aliharrisonmatunga2397
@aliharrisonmatunga2397 2 жыл бұрын
I concur...
@TammuzKay
@TammuzKay 2 жыл бұрын
And that book is called The Peripheral by William Gibson. Not exactly, but sort of.
@joshentertainment2
@joshentertainment2 2 жыл бұрын
I wish they would make a book out of it
@isohora
@isohora 2 жыл бұрын
Finally I can relate to "the ferocity of JDW's movement". I was absolutely charmed and staggered by that stuff
@trancetechkid
@trancetechkid 11 ай бұрын
I've watched it 3 times. I'l definitely watch it again. The first time the audio bugged me, I literally had to retest the surround sound in my screening room as I thought something had gone wrong. I figured out everything was ok and then watched it with some friends who I knew would appreciate it. Each time I get it more and more and there's still so many little pieces to catch. I too love the firetruck scene.
@dixonhill1108
@dixonhill1108 9 ай бұрын
For me the Villain was absolutely suburb. By far the best part of it.
@gnosis555
@gnosis555 11 ай бұрын
It’s fun the way a Borges story is fun - it concretizes a bizarre what-if idea and brings it to life. Like 2001: A Space Odyssey, it’s not about a human drama, but the cinematic visualization of a fantasy metaphysics, as if living in a different universe. The ideas then analogously bleed metaphorically into different parts of our life, becoming one intellectually beautiful fractal of symmetry, rhythm, and completeness.
@GBCxPrime
@GBCxPrime 2 жыл бұрын
Dang love your dialogue pacing. The “I love firetrucks” part is 10/10
@thetechsite9619
@thetechsite9619 2 жыл бұрын
...why? It makes no point about why this movie is supposed to work in his opinion.
@Grilnid
@Grilnid 2 жыл бұрын
It makes the point that the hype-o-meter is cranked up to 1000 amidst the whole time-reversal mindfuckery and that conveys a genuine feeling of excitement about the movie that contributes to how the movie worked for him and a lot of other people
@jdrummerdd
@jdrummerdd 2 жыл бұрын
I HAVE BEEN YELLING AT BEN SINCE THE MONEYBALL VIDEO TO START A CHANNEL, LETS FUCKING GO DUDE.
@karencove7197
@karencove7197 11 ай бұрын
Absolutely loved this film from the first time I watched it. I love JDW and his understated, yet powerful presence and acting. I hope to see his future work. I loved the score and was kind of pleased that Hans Zimmer was busy with another project. I like that the film breaks all kinds of rules and doesn't adhere to expectations. And I hope to see your work, Ben!
@GeneRex-qe7lo
@GeneRex-qe7lo 11 ай бұрын
Blacks are always the criminals, poor, in the background, asking questions and subordinate in Hollywood movies. Its an agenda. The China film administration is better than Hollywood.
@coulie27
@coulie27 8 ай бұрын
Ditto to all of the above 😊
@scotta9157
@scotta9157 Жыл бұрын
The thing I like about videos like this is the interest and passion of the author / producer.
@polkabike
@polkabike 2 жыл бұрын
"Tenet almost refuses to make sense or generate the tension that we might expect and we might need. It's designed for us to observe the temporal pincer maneuver and watch all of it's parts perform and feed into each other" It's an MC Escher drawing made into a movie.
@markwind1661
@markwind1661 2 жыл бұрын
Only two films I know have done that; The Fountain and Tenet.
@mr8883
@mr8883 2 жыл бұрын
Til this day, I have not seen more than 2 soldiers from Andrei Sator's army. Red team & blue team pretty much running & shooting at No one.
@iiiivvvv9986
@iiiivvvv9986 2 жыл бұрын
@@mr8883 no, they were obviously hired by two competing siblings in a gravel mining empire to duke it out between themselves perpetually using clones, weird teleportation devices and rockets
@watermusic4381
@watermusic4381 2 жыл бұрын
Chris Nolan is so smart he decided to make a cult movie and it dekrow.
@katarishigusimokirochepona6611
@katarishigusimokirochepona6611 2 жыл бұрын
Dekrow?
@strahljd
@strahljd 2 жыл бұрын
@@katarishigusimokirochepona6611 Worked
@watermusic4381
@watermusic4381 2 жыл бұрын
@@strahljd Uoy knaht.
@katarishigusimokirochepona6611
@katarishigusimokirochepona6611 2 жыл бұрын
@@strahljd LoL
@Acheron99
@Acheron99 2 жыл бұрын
*it was never understood 🤣
@jbrown7800
@jbrown7800 11 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this because I love this movie and it frustrates me that people ask so many questions and don't just watch and enjoy it for what it is. Like it was so crazy that I had to watch it at least 2 3 times. It's a dope movie just stop overthinking it and watch it
@WiNLAD_
@WiNLAD_ 3 ай бұрын
I need to save your video link and send it to every mf that says they didnt like tenet, I personally got obsessed with it after first watch and now I have seen the movie like 10 times and never watched a video about it, this is my first, i just wanted to wrap my head around the concept of time in the movie and it was great once you have everything figured out, truly the best movie for me
@MartinLabuschin
@MartinLabuschin 2 жыл бұрын
best quote of this video: "this blaring army of synthesisers is consistently pushed backed by the kick drum, like chaos firmly under control"
@CockatooDude
@CockatooDude Жыл бұрын
Also known as sidechain.
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