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legends... Time is one of the most
mysterious physics concepts in the
universe.
There are hundreds of people who studied,
observed
and wrote about time. That includes the
guy
whom you quote for every damn
motivational quote.
Then there is Claudia Tiedemann,  who
never
attends a meeting with the French.
Then there is even in Nolan's own
interstellar
Cooper who sends Murphy the message from
the time library,
"Never install TikTok". But the Tenet's
tagline itself says
it's not time travel, but inversion what
the hell is an inversion?
We will see let's get started.
Christopher Nolan is one of the most
celebrated filmmakers of the 21st
century.
I believe no other director has gained
colossal fan
followers with his distinctive
storytelling
and mentally stimulating movies for the
past two decades.
Tenet is Nolan's most mind-bending
or even confusing movie ever.
Although the scientific concept behind
the plot is straightforward,
the way it shows to the audience is
complicated
and will test your brain cells.
Entropy is the randomness of a system.
According to the second law of
thermodynamics
the entropy of isolated systems such as
the universe
keeps increasing. As the movie suggests
inversion is the process of changing the
direction of
entropy thus reversing the flow of
time. Still no thanks to the H C Verma's
physics books.
A CIA agent named the protagonist
is recruited to a secret organization
called tenet,
after his failed attempt to prevent a
terrorist attack in an
opera house in Ukraine. He learns that he
is
assigned to stop an impending threat that
can cause
global destruction. The protagonist and
his team have to travel around the world,
find clues and fight against a Russian
oligarch
with the inversion technology from the
future.
Will they piece the puzzle together or
break them apart?
Is inversion an ally enemy or both?
That forms the crux of the film. Nolan
borrows some of the story elements
from his previous movies to this spy
thriller.
Some of them are from interstellar such
as advanced humans from the future,
climate change whereas inception
provides components such as
heist, long car chase and deja vu.
Most of the elements may get complicated
as the story moves
forward. But as the movie says don't
try to understand it feel it.
The strongest part of the movie is the
practical effects.
There are at least four great long
scenes that are in different locations.
We can see the director's audacity to
create sets
physically without CGI, even if it is
crashing the plane dramatically
or blasting buildings simultaneously.
Another exciting part is the chemistry
between John David Washington
and Robert Pattinson. Though John David
Washington's performance is not
comparable to
his excellent acting in BlacKkKlansman,
Robert Pattinson's performance keeps
getting improved. There were times when
people hated him for his performance
in the twilight series. Like the lighthouse,
tenet there is much more in store for
him.
Who doesn't like his transformation from
a vampire
to a bat who says I'm vengeance.
Dimple Kapadia gives a powerful
performance with
shades of grey. Himesh Patel known for
2019 musical comedy "Yesterday" has done
another
notable performance. But the most
surprising performance was Aaron Taylor
Johnson's
famous for Kick-ass, Godzilla and his
memeable character as quick silver in
Avengers: Age of Ultron.
The third fantastic part is a 10 minute
climax sequence.
Wow! I don't want to get into details but
I am amazed at how Nolan pulled up that
stuff.
It's a visual spectacle to experienced.
The fourth significant part is the music
from Oscar winning Ludwig Goransson.
Nolan had to replace his frequent
collaborator Han Zimmer due to schedule
conflicts.
Goransson's music sets the mood for
movies dynamic and
mysterious spy thriller setting.
One of the movies negative aspects is
the overly used American spy versus
Russian bad guys trope.
We have seen this in Hollywood since the
cold war era.
Though the villain's Russian origin is
significant for the story,
the story presumes it before presenting
it to the audience.
The antagonist's Russian accent keeps
changing.
Most of Christopher Nolan's movies used
to have scenes that portray the
character's deep feelings.
Tenet moves away from this without making
an emotional connection with the
audience.
So we won't understand how some
characters behaviors and motives are
like that.
The third problem is a minor one which
is in sound mixing.
Sometimes the dialogues of the
characters are less
audible because of loud background noise.
Tenet is Nolan's most ambitious
project till now.
It's not as best as the Dark knight or
Inception.
Nevertheless it's an excellent addition
to the spy thriller genre with rich
visuals.
When the movie's end credits start with
Travis Scott's
song The Plan you will be scratching
your head
what the heck did I just saw.
Tenet is also a culturally significant
movie because of the diverse casting.
John David Washington is probably the
first black actor to become a lead in a
big budget spy film.
His quick comebacks will make the action
scenes enjoyable.
The 2020's most awaited movie
is here to stay and it will be embraced
by cinephiles worldwide
sooner or later. Initially
I felt guilty to post the review about a
movie that
most people around the world may not be
able to see soon.
Then I felt this is the way to let the
world know that
the bad phase we go through is temporary.
There will be a day when the cinemas
will reopen everywhere.
People will come back, maybe with little
more responsibility.
We will hear claps, laughter and
whistling.
That is what Christopher Nolan also
wished to do,
to take the risk and release a massive
movie at these circumstances
to let us realize that the art has
survived
along with humanity for thousands of
years
during our ups and downs. Art will
prevail,
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