That said, if theaters close down again, I assume that would void WB having to honor the theatrical window (which is usually around 90 days from release).

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Lol yea it felt like I paid $20 to rent it out.

Anyways my non-spoiler review; I didn't understand the plot mechanics at all, the sound mixing made it impossible to hear a lot of dialogue, and John David Washington and Robert Pattinson basically spend 2 hrs having a charm off.....

And I had a blast. Just a kickass blockbuster movie. Can't wait to see it again (and see if I understand any of it lol)

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What theater was that, the IMAX on Webb chapel rd? That looks awesome. I'm hoping to see it in the next couple of weeks.

It was actually the AMC IMAX in NorthPark mall.

Saw it at the IMAX at Firewheel (Garland) on Friday at 4:30. Six of us in the theatre. Glad to hear dialogue was an issue for others. I thought our speakers were just too loud, resulting in gross distortion.

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Saw it at the IMAX at Firewheel (Garland) on Friday at 4:30. Six of us in the theatre. Glad to hear dialogue was an issue for others. I thought our speakers were just too loud, resulting in gross distortion.

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That was my impression. Just overdriven. I'd love to know the magical theater Nolan designed this film for. Is there some gold standard theater that can handle this?

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showtime said:

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Saw it at the IMAX at Firewheel (Garland) on Friday at 4:30. Six of us in the theatre. Glad to hear dialogue was an issue for others. I thought our speakers were just too loud, resulting in gross distortion.

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That was my impression. Just overdriven. I'd love to know the magical theater Nolan designed this film for. Is there some gold standard theater that can handle this?

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Based on what I've read, this is a sound mixing problem that was done IN STUDIO. Some theatres have been proactive in adjusting their settings to help make it more clear, but 99% of theatres are playing what they were handed and the sound is as intended (unfortunately).

Remember this was also the case for the Dark Knight Rises w/Bane.

M.C. Swag said:

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showtime said:

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Saw it at the IMAX at Firewheel (Garland) on Friday at 4:30. Six of us in the theatre. Glad to hear dialogue was an issue for others. I thought our speakers were just too loud, resulting in gross distortion.

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That was my impression. Just overdriven. I'd love to know the magical theater Nolan designed this film for. Is there some gold standard theater that can handle this?

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Based on what I've read, this is a sound mixing problem that was done IN STUDIO. Some theatres have been proactive in adjusting their settings to help make it more clear, but 99% of theatres are playing what they were handed and the sound is as intended (unfortunately).

Remember this was also the case for the Dark Knight Rises w/Bane.

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His studio must have unbreakable diamond tethers with gold-plated Monster cables and that giant speaker from the professor's lab in Back to the Future

WTF, man, there are those of us who still haven't been able to see this yet and you just revealed a pretty major plot point in what was supposed to be a non-spoiler thread. As Rick points out, we've had a spoiler thread going for weeks now.

Done. And no worries. It was bound to happen, being left in the dark like this, but yeah, still kind of sucks. At least I don't know the context.

on the bright side, it's pretty obvious when it happens (at least it was for me. it was about the only thing i understood/predicted in the movie lol). but ya, spoilers still suck.

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WTF, man, there are those of us who still haven't been able to see this yet and you just revealed a pretty major plot point in what was supposed to be a non-spoiler thread. As Rick points out, we've had a spoiler thread going for weeks now.

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Sorry. I searched and didn't see a spoiler thread. But we're 35 pages in... You're kinda asking to read something you didn't want to see at this point. I also read through a few pages before this and saw other spoilers so not sure why I'm getting called out. But I'll try to be better with the spoiler tags going forward.

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I've read every post on this thread and nothing has come close to what you posted in terms of spoilers. Also, no, I'm not "asking to read something I didn't want to see at this point." The entire point of this thread now is for generic Tenet news and non-spoiler reactions. For those of us who live in a city where Tenet still isn't playing, generic news and non-spoiler reactions are all we have. Also, no need to use spoiler tags going forward, because, again, there's a spoiler thread that hasn't dropped past page two since the movie released, reserved for any and all discussion of the plot itself. I appreciate you removing the spoiler above, but blaming me in the process for continuing to read this thread is pretty lame.

I don't know what else to tell you. This is how we've been doing it for well over a decade. There were multiple posts in this thread, the day the movie came out, reminding everyone to keep spoilers out of this thread, pointing everyone to the spoiler thread, etc. And it's not like the spoiler thread is buried 10 pages deep, either. Again, it's literally on the second page as we speak.

Either way, the entire point of the spoiler thread is so people who haven't/can't yet see the movie can continue talking about here, read people's impressions without being spoiled, etc. That, and there's no need to go to the trouble of trying to get staff's attention to rename this thread "NON SPOILER THREAD" when the other thread is literally labelled "SPOILER THREAD."

That said, it doesn't look like you post here often, so I can understand not knowing that there's almost always a separate spoiler thread for big movies. I'll give you that. But for a blockbuster that's notoriously still not playing in certain parts of the country, spoiler tags should be essential. That, and it should also be obvious that there's literally no discussion whatsoever of the plot in this thread, and hasn't been since the movie released.

Ags beat UF

WHAT???!!!

The entire marketing campaign has ended every trailer and TV spot with "where theaters are open" for weeks now. That, and it's a pretty well known entertainment/internet topic that movie theaters, specifically, aren't open everywhere, just like how restaurants and bars and other venues aren't open everywhere. I mean, we're in the middle of a global pandemic, one in which what is/isn't open has been one of the most discussed news topics for months. Even my 90-year-old grandma knows that movie theaters still aren't open in parts of the country.

I honestly find that hard to believe. In fact, I would argue that the subject of which establishments are/aren't open, and to what extent, has been one of the most contentious and discussed subjects of the past 50 years. There's no way the average person doesn't know that restaurants, bars, theaters, stadiums, etc, are open in different capacities - or not open at all in many instances - throughout the country.

You're probably right. I just assume that someone who has enough interest in entertainment to post on a entertainment measure board has a basic understanding that not all theaters are open yet, in the same way not all indoor establishments throughout the country are open yet.

Lost 507 theaters this weekend, mostly due to Regal closures, it sounds like. With AMC and Cinemark choosing to stay open, it looks like $2M or less per weekend is its cap until NY and LA open...

First movie in a theater since February - that was nice. But I really did not enjoy this film. I've liked Nolan movies in the past but this seemed like a Nolan satire. Probably the worst aspect to me was the dialogue, and the.....I don't know what to call it, the "pacing"? of the dialogue. Just awful. Well made as far as the action sequences, but those that mentioned bad sound mixing and you couldn't hear dialogue - I am jealous.

Good point. I saw it yesterday and liked it overall. Saw it in IMAX so I had no problem understanding the dialogue - for the most part.

The dialogue itself though was, at times, poorly written. People having robotic conversations or things like that. There are only a handful of characters in the entire film but it almost feels like there is no characterization. The dialogue exists to push things along.

For as confusing as it was, though, I followed 95% of it. I was engaged throughout but didn't bog down on certain elements. But they really could have explained some of the mechanics a lot better.

IMO, roughly in order:
Top tier: Memento / DK / Inception / Prestige
Middle tier: Batman Begins / Tenet / Dunkirk
Bottom tier: Interstellar, DKR

It's been too long since I've seen Pacino Alaska and I've never seen the Following or whatever.

Nolan's last 3 films didn't really do anything for me so I was pleased with Tenet overall.

One month from today I finally get to watch this...

I saw this three times in theaters (rookie numbers compared to Dalton) and damn this movie is awesome. Shame you have to watch it at home TC.