The more I think and read about it, the more I like this film. I think that a blue ray / digital release will be able to clean up some of the audio issues and I imagine I'll watch the crap out of this movie in about six months time.
5 times in the theater??? If not, how is the bootleg quality?Rick Dalton said:
Saw it for a fifth time tonight and I can say that I've officially reached Tenet nirvana. Thanks to everyone in this thread who've helped me talk through some things and pointed me in directions I wasn't looking. I know that this will be an unpopular opinion around here, but I really think this is one of Nolan's best films and look forward to seeing it again and again.
schmendeler said:
towards the beginning, when the protagonist is on the ship, and the guy is first talking to him about tenet, he comments something like "not everyone passes the test". what is he talking about there? himself? the protagonist's fellow officer that got tortured at the train yard? it wasn't clear to me.
well i guess the timing of the statement was weird to me because i think it came right after the protagonist asked him about himself.dave94 said:schmendeler said:
towards the beginning, when the protagonist is on the ship, and the guy is first talking to him about tenet, he comments something like "not everyone passes the test". what is he talking about there? himself? the protagonist's fellow officer that got tortured at the train yard? it wasn't clear to me.
I think he meant the test the Protag passed at the train yard, taking the cyanide and "dying".
that was my suspicion, but then it seemed weird that he was able to be involved at all, you know?Chase McGuire said:
I assumed he was talking about himself. The Protagonist asks for more info, and that guy says he doesn't know any more. Then he says not everyone passes the test. I assumed he meant that he wasn't trusted at that level because he hadn't passed it himself. Just my read on it though.
The protagonist doesn't give the proper response because his team from the beginning of the film was compromised and tortured by the Russians. He probably believes that that challenge phrase was found out by Sator.Rick Dalton said:
I've also been thinking about this scene:
There's a CIA challenge/response that pops up in the opening scene: "We live in a twilight world" is answered with something about "no friends at dusk." (This is by itself pretty funny considering Pattinson is in the movie).
When the Protagonist is caught by Volkov on the yacht watching Sator receive the inverted gold, he implies to Sator that he's been recruited by the CIA. Sator then issues the challenge but the Protagonist doesn't give the proper response. I'm not sure what his motivation would be for implying he's CIA and then not confirming it which makes me think that's a different Protagonist than the one we saw at the Opera.
That is an interesting idea. I thought he didn't give the countersign because if he claimed to be from the CIA, that would give Sator an avenue to check his story.TexAgs91 said:The protagonist doesn't give the proper response because his team from the beginning of the film was compromised and tortured by the Russians. He probably believes that that challenge phrase was found out by Sator.Rick Dalton said:
I've also been thinking about this scene:
There's a CIA challenge/response that pops up in the opening scene: "We live in a twilight world" is answered with something about "no friends at dusk." (This is by itself pretty funny considering Pattinson is in the movie).
When the Protagonist is caught by Volkov on the yacht watching Sator receive the inverted gold, he implies to Sator that he's been recruited by the CIA. Sator then issues the challenge but the Protagonist doesn't give the proper response. I'm not sure what his motivation would be for implying he's CIA and then not confirming it which makes me think that's a different Protagonist than the one we saw at the Opera.
Rick Dalton said:
You'll have a Diet Coke, you never drink while working.
Did you bring earplugs?Tonyperkis said:
Just watched it a second time last night. I enjoyed much more being able to relax and not try to figure what was going on.