Tenet (2020) - Spoiler-Free Review 

It has been rumored that some of the dialogue being inaudible is due to Christopher Nolan’s expanding brain, which could no longer be entirely contained by his cranium, leaking onto and damaging the dialogue audio files.

Let the toxicity begin!!! Seriously folks...let's be better this time please.

I do believe that a Nolan movie is a must-see whether I like them or not and he can draw an audience so he gets credit from me.

Extremely amazing intro Bro, everyone has been doing the reverse sync but yours is the freshest take on it. I think Nolan seems to purposely makes movies that are hard to review because you don't know what is going onscreen and it requires multiple viewings.

I have watched Tenet a 2nd time and my thoughts have shifted slightly. To see what direction they shifted check out my Christopher Nolan ranking! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7rcuSlC0F18.html

Brilliant production with the opening. Loved the movie.

Yo, Cody! I just saw it today, too. And no joke, beat for fucking beat, everything you said in your review, whether it be positive or negative, I thought the exact same things on my way out of the theater as well! I think I over hyped it for myself and was a bit unsatisfied, but I don't think it discouraged me enough from never watching it again, I cannot wait till I can see this movie again so I can hopefully get a much better grasp on the story and what Nolan was trying to convey here. Being as big of a Nolan fan as I am, I can already say that when this releases on 4k, I'll be at my nearest best buy ready to pick it up instantly! It may not be favorite, or even one of my secondary choices of Nolan, but I still am grateful I got to see it in the theaters at all. So all in all, I'm glad I did see it, and no matter what, whenever the next Christopher Nolan movie comes out, you will see my butt in the theaters, completely hyped up and excited, cuz he never disappoints!

2/5 for me. I think it will definitely improve on multiple viewings. It was just on another level of frustrating. I also couldn’t hear jack shit during the movie.

Seen it twice and it gets better every time I watch it. I personally found the story quite easy to follow and was an excellent story. Makes inception look like a children's book lol. Not slating inception as its one of my favourite films of all time. Love your reviews and keep up the good work dude

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I would like to watch it again to see if I like it more, but man was I exhausted at the end. For a movie that is two and a half hour, the dialogue and exposition is on speed. It is pretty complicated, and some times you ask why, its basically a thinking mans terminator! I did enjoy it though, visually it is striking, the score is awesome, some of the ideas are really cool. 7.5/10. Great review like always!!

I LOVED this movie. Seen it twice now, second viewing was WAY better and cemented it as my third favorite by Nolan.

Amazing documentary on the reverse car chase,changing the engines in the car,and the stunt drivers etc

These. Intros. Are. Awesome. Love the creativity

I love everything about this film except the final scene and the lack of the inversed artefacts and algorithm quest

I saw Tenet at a drive-in movie theater. It was a double feature with New Mutants first and then Tenet. Most normal movie theaters were still closed, so it was my only option. I love movies, but I had never been more miserable at a movie-going experience than that night. On the other hand it sure was memorable! Although I'm not sure if I'll ever revisit Tenet to truly give it a fair chance. Love all your insights. Very fair. Very constructive.

A 29 minute spoiler free review? This I gotta see. Also are you gonna review the new bond film when that comes out?

That Camp A and B shit is so true, right off the bat, I was hyped for Pattinson as Batman, where as a lot of folks were ass hurt because of his Twilight fandom, not ever seeing his great films after that. I already had hopes and now the trailer killed it. After that, they shut up, lol. Nolan is a great director to me, I'll see this either way!!

I just watched this a second time and a repeat viewing means a worlds difference. I hope you revisit this Cody and pay attention to the finer story points on second viewing and you’ll have a greater time with this movie. I felt the same way on my first watch last night. I hope you rewatch and have a spoiler video with a second opinion :)

Check these (mindbender flicks): Triangle (2009), Coherence (2013), Primer (2004) and Predestination (2014). Primer is the ultimate mindf...

Just came back from watching this and 😯 wow this movie has such a unique concept, might have to watch it again 😍

Great review Cody, as always a in depth honest no bullshit review I agree with some of your points but I'm just glad to watch something original which ain't a comic book movie, remake or reboot. I do think the plot a little convoluted & not as accessible as Inception but this was still a great movie which I do believe audiences will enjoy more from multiple viewings. Love the opening, to quote a line from JCVD Double Impact "there's two of them". Double the Van Leach.

Finally caught up to this one; if I could sum this up in one sentence it would be “Christopher Nolan does a Bond movie.” The overall style could easily be mistaken for a Bond or Bourne or other kind of modern spy/geopolitical action thriller, especially in the way it looks. The concept of inversion, the runtime and the relative lack of humor clearly mark this as a Nolan picture. Certainly the main character had the least amount of personality of all the main players in the movie, but that tends to be typical of these kinds of films, where it’s the villains and their plots, as well as the locations, ideas & action set-pieces that are the main attractions; as you say, normally Nolan has more interesting protagonists. I’d put it to the script rather than Washington, who did very well in BlacKkKlansman. Agree with you on liking complicated films that might need to be seen multiple times to figure out; the opening scene certainly set the tone for this, as we’re just thrown into a big action sequence without knowing who people are or why they’re doing what they’re doing. I didn’t mind that, as I was sure that we’d eventually find out. Unfortunately, in spite of all the exposition things weren’t a great deal clearer, mostly because such a large amount of the explanations came in the second half of the film, by which time I just didn’t care enough by that point to follow it as closely as I needed to. For all my criticisms of Inception, one thing that it did right was to drop most of its explanations in the opening act; once the audience hoists that in, then there’s no problem keeping up with the rest of the film. In this film, though, we get only a brief explanation of inversion - with the expository character essentially saying to Washington, “You don’t really need to understand this too deeply - just know that it exists” - but it’s then followed, an hour or so later, by more explanation & exposition in order to set up the big action-filled final act, which begins almost immediately afterwards! Overall, in terms of pacing & structure, this movie was almost an inversion of The Dark Knight: its pace was fairly slow, expository and theme-laying-out for most of its runtime, with a sudden pick-up in speed (as well as plot developments and twists) very late in the film. Taking some pruning shears to the first 90-100 minutes, while maybe letting the last act breathe a little more, might have helped. (Come to think of it, I had a very similar reaction to Ari Aster’s Hereditary!) Maybe seeing this film a second time will see it improve for me, but - like you - I’m not really in a rush to do that, though I’m sure I will one day. As of now, though, I’d put this near - though not at - the bottom of Nolan’s filmography. Some interesting stuff here, but still a disappointment.

My damm theater isn't opened yet. Nor ones close to me. So frealikg jealous! Can't wait to see this. OPEN THE HELL UP ALREADY!

Had a feeling I was going have to watch this movie twice. Excited to see it this weekend. Thanks for nonspoiler review 👍👍

Haven’t seen TENET yet but I have seen Dark Knight Rises in IMAX and Interstellar AND Dunkirk in an IMAX DOLBY ATMOS theater. I thought the sound mix was perfect and no hard of hearing scenes. Did you see it in a recently built IMAX theater because some people are saying they had no problem hearing in IMAX but couldn’t hear the dialogue in a standard theater.

I felt almost the exact same as far as negatives( although i was pumped during the action scenes and Robert Pattinson was my favorite character). The only thing I'd add, and this is just kind of a personal nitpick, is I thought that the way Michael Caine talked kind of showed his age. He sounded so tired and its heartbreaking for me to have to say that because Michael Caine is one of those actors that inspired me to pursue my passion for musical theater. Kind of makes me feel old now haha

Brilliant points you put across Cody. I didnt mind Washington but still agree on almost everything you said here. I said the same this has to be a first thoughts review as it invites you to rewatch for sure. The swat fight scene was awesome when you really see it for what it is 😁👍

Cody try to look into streamlabs so when you live-stream again ppl will be able to talk to you just something to look into.

Without a doubt the weakest Nolan film for me. I rate it with a 2.5/5 sadly :(

I have similar feelings to you Cody, it was very confusing at times. Definitely warrants a rewatch or two. Nice review!

Love your insight on things Cody👌🏾 It makes me think lol. Surprisingly, your review on Tenet sounds a lot like how I felt about several Christopher Nolan films such as Inception, Prestige, and the Batman movies. He is so laser focused on a PLOT DRIVEN story that the lack of character development always seems to be the reason why I don't care for some of his films. I, however, loved Intersteller. It was a beautifully told story and not that I hated his other films like Inception or Prestige, it's just I don't connect with the characters & get disinterested in the overall story. I feel similar about his Batman movies although Christian Bale's acting is on point, he was a very robotic Batman to me. Very gloomy, dull, and uninteresting character development but that's just my opinion lol😅

Kenneth Branagh as the villain makes me think that this movie is going to at least be Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit good.

I did see this about a week ago and... yeah, it was confusing as fuck for me and I really did try to keep up with it. Visuals and inversion scenes are cool and interesting, but try keeping up with the film 100%, I guarantee you’ll fail. Definitely one that NEEDS rewatching, but I’m not sure I’m as interested in watching this one. Also, I wasn’t sure if it was just my cinema, but during action scenes, the audio was really loud, starting to border on painful.

You're an excellent reviewer, man. Your channel is gonna do very well

Thanks Cody. I Just came out of the cinema very confused and am so glad that I was not the only one.

Can I just say I’m overjoyed to see that the movie theaters are open again I’m excited to see this

Nice job on the video Cody!

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This was such a disappointment. Great theater experience due to the visuals, but it was such a cluster of vertigo and migraines.

The first time i saw this movie, I couldn't even talk about how I felt about it because I had zero idea what I had just seen. I just got home from a second viewing and I can say after a second time, I was able to follow it a lot better. There were still things I didn't understand at all, but most of what I didn't understand on the first viewing, I got a lot clearer understanding of the second time. But as far as my thoughts on the film, I agree with almost every single thing you said! I do suggest going to see it again because going in with some preknown information about the film after the first time, it'll help you understand more in the second viewing.

Fair enough cody I thought this movie was fantastic probably in my top 5 favourite nolan movies I certainly didn't catch everything that went on in the movie that's why I'm can't wait to watch it again to see if I was right about this and that, that's one thing I loved that nolan made u think about watching the movie

It's funny that a lot of reviews mention the sound mixing. I just saw Dunkirk (I know I'm super late) but the sound mixing wasn't great even though the overall sound design was amazing

Agreed, I saw it last night and after the hour mark I was on board even though I still didn't understand what was happening 100%. I wish that movie theatres had a subtitle option for movies because I would go watch it again in theatres ASAP if that was the case. As it stands though I will probably have to wait till it comes to bluray or streaming to fully get all the dialogue that I missed and fully judge whether the plot was as convoluted if you could actually hear or see what the characters were saying.

Skillshare is dope! Loving the new intros!

Most people say you need multiple viewings and have to read up on it to get it but are liking that part. Interesting because I've seen people complain about that same thing in other movies like Primer

Great review bro! Im going to go see it in IMAX but i was hoping it to be tied into Inception somehow

Imo this is a thrilling Sc-ifi Action movie with a great script and his best movie alongside with Memento and Dark Knight. But that's just my opinion. Inception was good but this one gets even much better after repeated viewings. Subbed to you, you have nice content.

I’m so hyped for this, lucky you. I’m in California the only thing open is drive Ins.

I said this on a different review I believe, but what did wonders for me was to read the detailed synopsis on imdb afterward. That made the movie so much clearer to me in retrospect. I enjoyed it just fine for the spectacle and awe factor, and I was happy just to see a new movie on the big screen again, but yeah, I was lost in every scene. Now, I think I could follow it much better on second viewing

I didn't feel it was complex. I guessed what was going on the moment the Protagonist learned about inverted time. I felt they relied too heavily on paradoxes to explain away impossibilities. To me it didn't even follow its own internal logic

If the movie actually does make sense then for me it's going to be a great movie. Movies like these really provide layers that challenge your conscious awareness. I'm intrigued and will have to check it out

Very excited for Interstellar thoughts! Another mixed thoughts movie of his in my opinion but still love it. Tenet I really hope grows on me overtime and I have a feeling it will.

That intro is gold!!!

Loved it whatever you say I respect your opinion on it

This review verbalized my thoughts and feelings about this movie....down to the points that I had trouble understanding what the heck people were saying...unless that was intentional in order to disorient the audience to draw us into the film...the world of Tenet...and the point about trying to figure out what the heck was going on literally for at least a hour. The 2nd half saved the movie for me because the 1st half scared me....I was really feeling like Oh nooo is this going to be the 1st Nolan film I don't like....but the 2nd half stopped that. I definitely will need more time to process the experience.

I didn't find this movie confusing. Complex, yes, but not hard to follow. I guess that's just me though lol I love it and think it's one of Nolan's best

Completely agree with you. Every word.

This is how you do a black JAMES Bond movie

Thought the review would be backwards for half the video and then do a 180.

personally i enjoyed it but I got to agree with you in almost all the points. The issue with the sound is a bit ridiculous at this point and it did affect my enjoyment throughout. All things considered I let go trying to understand everything half way through and just went with the flow enjoyinging the "experience". It might become a cult movie in his filmography in the future. Would give it 7/10

In my opinion, the third best Nolan movie. I love this movie, it's so good, but Interstellar and The Dark Knight are better in my opinion. It's great, 10/10.👌🏻 And great intro btw cody🔥

Re: the audio. Nolan has to be trolling us for hating Bane. Not only does he put the dialogue under the music, they wear masks for the final act!

I think that was the first movie that Cody reviewed a 3.25

John David was the best part of the movie. The writing and sound was trash. Good luck without subtitles.

I agree with your critique but I love this movie. It was great.

Great Review. Cody keep up with the good work

Denzel's son would make a great GL John Stuart. Some want him to replace Chadwick as Black Panther since Chad is dead. I think Laketh Steinfeld might be a good choice for T'Challa. Give John David Washington the GL ring. It would be cool if Hal and John as Stuart did the GL anthem at the same time.

Nolan has odd ideas for audio in his movies. Maybe it’s his idea of manipulating the audience to feel anxious and on edge during an important scene of dialogue if they can’t hear it well, but it seems like it’s backfiring and annoying everyone. One things for sure, it’s not a mistake, he’s clearly mixing the audio like that intentionally for whatever reason.

Good review, Cody, couldn't agree more. I love Nolan but fuck, I got lost on the opera scene, from there I just relaxed and enjoyed the visuals which, truth be told, were unwittingly funny at times (they reminded me of the red room in twin peaks). I like complicated plots but, god damn, I just could not understand a thing and I don't even have the sound mix excuse 'cause, here in Barcelona, I saw it with subs. And I really hate when a character gives you that "don't try to understand it, just feel it" crap. I can buy it in a movie like Inland empire which from the start you know it won't make much sense but, here, in a spy thriller scifi film... I for sure will watch it again when it becomes available in bluray but, as for now, very disappointed.

John is great in Black Klansman so he is not a bad actor.

Robert was great in this too

I believe that it's a problem not just with the movie community but with everything online because every time I go on my Facebook or RU-vid or whatever. I see some people acting like teenagers whether it's on side A going on about how The Last Jedi and Rian Johnson destroyed childhood memories or on side B going on about canceling (I hate that word now) about what X actor said on Twitter about 10 years ago when nobody cared until now. I always try to be respectful and constructive when I give my thoughts on your videos or anyone else who I'm sub to than jumping to conclusions and act like I'm a 6-year-old. I have always been respectful to you Cody and I hope you're thinking the same thing when I leave a comment on your videos or Facebook whether I'm joking around or giving my respectful take on the topic that you are talking about.

A second viewing would make it much better

I'm not a fan of Nolan on the whole but I did enjoy the batman movies a lot and I found Dunkirk interesting which I watched because my nan's brother was killed at Dunkirk so I try to watch anything that is made about it, I am a huge time travel fan and trying to figure out what is happening, my wife is a huge Michael Caine fan and wants to see this as soon as possible so as Cody said let's chat and find a common ground as movie fans

Love the movie, awsome sound in the theater😀👍 Want too rewatch it, in 4k uhd👍👍

Elizabeth would make a great Mystique or Emma Frost for the MCU

He doesn't know how to avoid plot holes :)

That intro I am dying 😂😂😂

15:40 to sum up this movie

I mean, if a person watches 2 movies a year, they shouldn't expexct to fully appreciate and understand a Nolan movie

Also imma go to see Bill and Ted instead of the this. This movie, like a lot of other movies, has that, idk, grounded-realistic- dull feel to it like most movies have been since early 2000’s. 80’s and 90’s movies had that true ESCAPISM embedded in them to where you feel like AHHH I’m away from harsh reality in the theatre.

Awesome review Cody!!! 100% agree with everything you said about this movie. I will admit I left quite disappointed. I checked out 30 mins into the movie and had to sit through 2 more hours of slow pace, confusion, shitty sound editing and muffled dialogue. Guess I shouldn't have gone in with such high expectations. The point ppl make that you'll have to watch it a couple of times to get/enjoy the movie like Inception is moot cause I thoroughly enjoyed and understood what was happening in Inception the first time around. I loved inception btw 😎

Nice Intro👏👏👏

My favorite movie of 2020

Funny intro👌 Man was this movie fuckin confusing. Holy shit dude, great visuals but for me that's it. I whole heartedly didn't understand it at all. There's time travel....i got that😞

This year has been a very mediocre year when it comes to movies.

you tell 'em cody

I bet this Cody guy gets so many beautiful White girlfriends. He has personality and I think girls like that.

I know you have only seen it once but would you say that this is your least favorite Christopher Nolan film so far?

I don't like overcomplicated and low tone movies, so it's pass for me

Would you rank this above dark knight rises?

IMO its a very basic plot we've seen done before just with headache inducing effects. Seriously the "rewind" effects in this completely took me out of the movie because of how rediculous they were and I now have a headache because of them. GG Nolan.

Dear f***ing God, this sounds awful. Wish he could just do another low-scale film like Memento that required you to pay attention the whole time and that was it.

Oh God that intro was awdome

What a intro😂😂😂😂😂😂

This sounds complicated as fuck. Hell it took me 3 times each to understand Inception and Interstellar so this might take me more viewings. And I was lost as fuck when the video started I couldn't understand what the hell was going on until the present time you came in the picture lol. And i forgot to comment it in the Inception video but the skit at the beginning of the Inception video was funny as hell i couldn't stop laughing man.

OK let's say the story, (even though we don't entirely understand it) is great, genius, whatever. But details in terms of being able to hear peoples voices and give enough information to the viewer so it's easy to jump on. Its really NOT that good and lacking. I watched there at a drive-in cinema. A part of me likes the convoluted and complex storyline. But when watching it on bluray multiple times it's just not that good

Canada got it first which is a rare for us. Visually stunning but may be the most pretentious storyline of Nolan's career. 7 overall. But only 1 watch under my belt so who knows.