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Now I’ve seen this properly (and first, serious serious hats off to that London drive in - Troubadour Meridian Water in Enfield - for *nailing* the sound, dialogue and music as clear as it can be over radio - even fixing some of original cinema mix’s much reported issues. Just quality of everything, *this* is the place to go if you aren’t, like me, ready for indoor cinema at this time)... this isn’t Nolan’s masterpiece. But it certainly is the *most* Nolan. It’s a hell of an unwieldy beast. Less Bond but more...Mission Impossible Fallout - it’s relentless. As mentioned first time there’s something in the way it doesn’t unleash the timey wimey madness right away but it gradually builds, the inversion is almost a character in itself, before it goes all out nuts.
He lulls us into an old school almost by the numbers but slick and very Nolan still spy thriller before pulling the rug under us almost. The world building in this also, we’ve seen elements of this with Inception and Interstellar and odds of sequels/prequels/inverquels are nil but the world of Tenet is one I really hope Nolan allows further canonised exploration of - maybe comics? So much more to explore here. There’s a certain self awareness to it all, people say Nolan’s made the film people stereotype him for and he did! On purpose, knowingly.
The cast is absolutely impeccable here, JDW and Pattinson are just dynamite and carry this entire thing, Washington especially. Of course there’s a certain element of wish they were in it more with Caine, Taylor Johnson, Poésy etc but they were great as they are. Ultimately and I don’t think that’s a bad thing, they’re all chess pieces in this massive game that Nolan’s laying out, the fate of the world. Can we talk about Dimple Kapadia as the absolute MVP though, what a fresh-feeling and charismatic twist on an M-type figure. In fact there’s something in the way Nolan plays with all those Bond/spy tropes with the right balance of freshness, self awareness and straightheadedness.
The one IMO weakness is how much the themes for the first time end up taking a backseat. There’s always been something thematic driving the high concept - eg returning to family in Inception - but here that aspect felt like a box tick mention. But appropriate for the spy genre? After all, this is a save the world story, with the biggest stakes for a Nolan film yet. The scale of this is just jaw dropping, especially knowing how much was shot and executed for real. And Ludwig’s score, my god. Relentless, it’s very evocative of Nolan’s new more experimental and visceral blockbuster stage of filmmaking he’s come into with Dunkirk and now this. The detail and the intricacies of it, while carrying an incredible energy throughout and feeling fresh. And I really appreciated the Bondian touches - the guitar, the synergy with Travis Scott’s song...
Looking forward to diving even more with the screenplay, home release and..one day...when this is closer to over...IMAX 70mm...-
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1 hour ago, SnokesLegs said:
Honestly, I saw it at a drive in and neither me or my partner had issues with the sound, and she’d normally be the first to point out a problem with struggling to hear things.
Not saying it’s not an issue for other people as I’m sure it is, but we didn’t have any problems with the sound outside the odd scene where the characters were shouting over explosions and it was intentionally hard to hear them.
Were there any clipping/distortion issues at yours? They utterly fucked it at Colchester (yes drove all the way there) on Friday. Anything beyond the quieter dialogue scenes is all crackling and popping. Hoping next week at the London/Enfield one it's fine... edit: saw your other post, man I'm glad it worked out for you. Was so let down by what happened on Friday.
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So so sorry to report that my drive in experience with this was utterly terrible. Now, the one I'm heading to next week where I had a great time with Unhinged might fare a lot better since that's an LED screen and not DCP projector which means they might get a more appropriate copy of the film to screen (perhaps the home video version?) but - coupled with all the existing audio mix issues people are talking about like the dialogue which are magnified even more here, FM just cannot handle the (theatrical mix's) score and anything louder than calm dialogue scenes. Even the end credits Travis Scott song was crackling and distorting throughout. Felt like I didn't even watch the film in all honesty. Especially disappointing given how much I put hopes in this option given, you know, all that's happening, plus a 150 mile round trip.
But otherwise, from what I saw....fuck I need to see it properly. It's nuts. And love how it just progressively gets batshit insane. The pacing and build is brilliant. But again I need to see it properly to form a proper judgement on it
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42 minutes ago, wildphantom said:
One thing already notable. American spoiler culture is already intent on ruining the movie for themselves. Even the non-spoiler reviews give away way too much. A shame.
If, like me, you’ve stayed away completely then you’ll have the film that’s been designed for you - rather than have all the fun of discovery taken away.
sure there are people that can’t wait, but there’s way too many reviews/blogs that are so easy to stumble upon without even realising it.
Then you’ve Jeff Wells copying and pasting Vulture’s plot summary, justifying it because he’s heard the sound isn’t great. He’s basically ruined most of the fun for his readers right there, let alone that vulture even posted it in the first place. Embarrassing.
Imagine if Sixth Sense had opened in the YouTube/social networking age. Uggghhh
Vulture even have an entire spoiler piece up explaining everything - to serve those that won’t see it because of the pandemic? It’s just gross. No respect for anybody but clicks.
bingo and why the whole thing with releasing it now is so fucking infuriating (as someone who's not confident about heading back into indoor cinemas yet). At least there is a way to read it all as Nolan written it - the screenplay book is out on the 3rd. If not for the drive-in option - trekking 150 or so miles roundtrip tonight for this - I would have gone for that.
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10 minutes ago, Krissykins said:
Try a different chain maybe? In Cineworld, you need to keep your mask on throughout the film.
unless you're eating/drinking....
The only UK venue I think that wouldn't have that is the Barbican?
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4 minutes ago, Plain Old Tele said:
The IMAX certification is mostly just branding. The Alexa LF is a full-sensor large format camera; similar to the Alexa-65 (though that’s wider since it was designed to emulate a traditional 65mm camera). The LF sensor is significantly larger than 4-perf 35mm — though of course it’s also significantly smaller than 15/70 film.
If you’re shooting digitally, most of these large format digital cameras should yield
a nice image comparable to each other.
Exactly, though that's actually a good point, I do wonder whether they might go the full 1.43:1 for the IMAX sequences in this given it's the Alexa LF's native open gate aspect ratio. Then again since I think this is being filmed with anamorphic lenses (according to the clapperboards Fraser posted)...that on a 1.43 sensor will give you something close to 1.9:1, and Top Gun went for that anyway though the Venice is like 1.5:1 natively.
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5 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:
Yeah but the Arri Alexa LF is a normal digital camera and not IMAX certified. The Invisible Man used it just this year and that film wasn't marketed as "filmed in IMAX".
Not just about the cameras, it's about the post production too. Top Gun shot on the Sony Venice and they managed to get that certified. Evidently they did it for this too - and I can confirm for real that the teaser has 'FILMED IN IMAX' at the end.
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33 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:
That article says that the trailer says it was filmed in IMAX. But IMDB states that they used the normal Arri Alexas for this film and not the IMAX-branded one use in the last two Avengers movies.
It's the Top Gun: Maverick thing - 'IMAX certification' where you get to have a 'filmed in IMAX' badge (as opposed to 'shot with IMAX cameras like on 70mm or the IMAX-branded Alexa 65s) if you use their post production tech and have the aspect ratio,
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90-second teaser exclusively with Tenet, full trailer online Sept 9
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3 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:
Like with every other distribution decision made here, the internet thinks Nolan made this decision (a lot of people for some reason thinks that Nolan literally controls WB) when it's clearly a decision made by the corporations to maximise their revenue.
I don't think it's even a revenue maximisation thing - you have a captive audience in these states who'd see it at driveins in a heartbeat. This is all about politics and relationships with the hard tops.
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The spoilers justification WB is using here is fucking hilarious, this is all to do with indoor theaters in NY or CA being no doubt furious at driveins getting weeks if not months head start on the film.
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Indeed and I can imagine indoor venues would be furious about drive-ins getting a weeks if not months long head start
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Bad news for NY/CA etc folks hoping for drive-ins to get it with indoor venues still closed
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2 hours ago, CloneWars said:
God dammit. They aren't showing Tenet in the drive-ins. I ain't driving 5 hours to Vegas just to see it.
ahhhh
that seriously sucks. Though they are showing in drive-ins elsewhere in the US it oddly makes sense with CA theaters closed that drive-ins wouldn't get it. AMC and the like wouldn't be happy with drive-ins getting a weeks if not months head start
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1 hour ago, TMP said:
Alternate version with Ludwig's score
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22 minutes ago, meridan said:
I'm shocked that they still plan on releasing this in theaters. The demographic most likely to see this movie is the same demo that is least likely to go back to the theaters right now.
the first one surely overperformed internationally especially in the UK - it's the same thing as with Tenet, the exhibitors need these films and are begging for stuff to not delay because of the US
that seriously sucks. Though they are showing in drive-ins elsewhere in the US it oddly makes sense with CA theaters closed that drive-ins wouldn't get it. AMC and the like wouldn't be happy with drive-ins getting a weeks if not months head start
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