After reading through some of the reviews, I'm glad that I'm not alone on this. I was confused, disoriented, and at times overstimulated.
I was able to pick up the general gist of the conflict, including how time travel/inversion worked and what Andrei was trying to do with it, but I felt like trying to follow the visuals of inversion and the ever changing nuances of the plot at the same time was highly disorienting and unenjoyable.
Furthermore, I am a guy who loves rumbling and loud sounds in movies (when it fits the scene), but this movie pushed my limits. I may be exaggerating, but it felt like there was a loud synthesizer blasting every other couple of minutes. Nearly every inverted fight scene featured loud synth blasting and it became fatiguing.
The movie, is undeniably nice to look at and visuals were on par with some of Nolan's best work, but story wise it felt like one of Nolan's weaker pieces. I enjoyed the performances of all of the main characters, including John David Washington, who I have never seen in a film before.
I did not enjoy Interstellar or Inception the first time I saw either of them, but I really came to enjoy them with subsequent viewings. Maybe that will happen with Tenet? Nolan has earned enough credit for me to give it another shot.
I was able to pick up the general gist of the conflict, including how time travel/inversion worked and what Andrei was trying to do with it, but I felt like trying to follow the visuals of inversion and the ever changing nuances of the plot at the same time was highly disorienting and unenjoyable.
Furthermore, I am a guy who loves rumbling and loud sounds in movies (when it fits the scene), but this movie pushed my limits. I may be exaggerating, but it felt like there was a loud synthesizer blasting every other couple of minutes. Nearly every inverted fight scene featured loud synth blasting and it became fatiguing.
The movie, is undeniably nice to look at and visuals were on par with some of Nolan's best work, but story wise it felt like one of Nolan's weaker pieces. I enjoyed the performances of all of the main characters, including John David Washington, who I have never seen in a film before.
I did not enjoy Interstellar or Inception the first time I saw either of them, but I really came to enjoy them with subsequent viewings. Maybe that will happen with Tenet? Nolan has earned enough credit for me to give it another shot.