Review of Tenet

Tenet (2020)
7/10
Typical Nolan...
10 October 2020
Tenet is a new and crazy manifestation of his visual, auditory and "temporal" passions. Memento's backward-flowing narrative, Inception's characters wandering through layers, and Dunkirk's narrative of three different actions in the same war without being noticed in temporal terms, highly demonstrated that Nolan has a time fetish in every aspect. This time, the phenomenon of time spreads throughout the movie and the audience is felt, starting from the title. The Palindromic name, whose pronunciation is the same from both sides, is also reflected in the characters' relationship with time. The threat from the future but affecting the past, characters who can live the time in both directions, and the reversible flow make up the story in a compelling way, although a little confusing. At this point, we can contribute a line from the movie to the audience watching the movie; "Don't try to understand it, feel it." Because Nolan wants you to do this more.

In the movie, there is a main character who is often stated to be a hero. It is claimed that it will save humanity from a possible 3rd World War or, on the contrary, from the destruction of the world. The fact that Nolan has often stated that he wanted to shoot a Bond movie, being a stylishly dressed hero / agent and choreographically approaching the genre will immediately remind the audience of Bond movies through this hero. Bond atmosphere dominates the atmosphere in a significant part of the film. A Bond who is in the midst of temporal transformations, in gigantic scenes, and at the center of a science fiction story, must be exactly the character expected of Nolan. The fact that the character has to wear a mask while living an important "time period" in a scene has been added to the notes as an interesting coincidence for today. The fact that the opening scene of the film is watched in an opera house in a moment full of audiences and in a fatal manner will be remembered as a detail that adds coincidence. At this point, by the way, it should be said that the supporting characters and their formation contributed negatively to the film. The characters whose background is in the air, sometimes look cartoonish, who have a problem of credibility in their relationships, and their maneuvers in the story are a little damaging compared to the visual magnificence. After all, the movie will definitely become one of the most important movies for action cinema over the years. The movie, in which you will have difficulty understanding how 150 minutes passes, the perception of time is very well fed to the tempo, and we will see a lot of magnificent scenes, will tire even action lovers in a good way. The tempo is almost flawless, supported visually by a great job. Tenet has a dozen of successful action scenes that will be talked about a lot in a normal movie, even if there is only one, and they are all impressive. The stereotypical car chase scenes, the tension-filled moments at sea, the fight scenes, the well-planned airport scene, and many powerful scenes that don't come to mind at the moment of writing. Viewers who are addicted to action cinema will surely leave the hall to admire the movie.
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