Tenet - Amazon Prime

[wolf63]

I have started watching this film and I don't know if I should give up or keep going.

I have no idea what is happening or who everybody is. Does it get any better? I have been watching it for 23 long minutes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet_(film)

[barry1010]

Its two and a half hours long. If you're fed up and confused now, give up. Life is too short.

[wolf63]

Good point.

I shall return to watching YouTube videos about aeroplane disasters and true crimes.

[barry1010]

Plenty of true crime stuff on Prime, I think. I much prefer to enjoy the fictional gory murders.

[Ellipsis]

Tenet ... quite a complex movie but you're definitely smart enough, wolf63.

Sometimes when I come in late to a film or haven't been paying attention, I read the plotline on Wikipedia until I catch up with the point I'm at in the film. Here it is for Tenet:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet_(film)#Plot

[bednobs]

i always read the plot before i watch a film - it's vey important to know if the dog dies. I ony consented to watch prey the other day because i'd googled if the lovely dog in that survived the film

[bednobs]

ps i liked tenet, even though i didnt understand it :)

[wolf63]

I have to admit that I was doing some Oxfam work on my laptop whilst watching the film on my Chromebook. I see that there is time travel involved.

I might try again tomorrow.

Bednobs, I don't get upset when people die but there was a film that I watched many years ago where a cat died. I was very upset by this. People died too - but they probably deserved it.

... Ellipsis ... 'smart' - that's the nicest thing anybody has said to me today. ☺☺

[U_Click]

For Tenet, there're two points to help understanding it better:
*You better have some knowledge about a few topics on physics most notably Entropy & Time... Not a deep understanding required but it'd help you understand it better.
*You might not get it completely watching it once. I watch it 3 times to understand it + one more time to enjoy it without trying to understand it since it was already understood. It's because I like Nolan's movies, action movies and physics. My physics knowledge is not much so I've got to go search over related topics to understand them and understand movie.

[Arksided]

The teneT was/is a great film, I’m glad I didn’t have a drink whist watching it though.

[wolf63]

I decided to finish watching the film, I still have no idea what was going on.

I got totally confused with all the soldiers looking the same in their outfits. I am not very good with human faces at the best of times.

Time travel is always a confusing subject to try and understand, it sounds simple but it is very complicated.

I am glad that I finished it but, even reading the plot on wiki I have gaps (large ones) in my understanding. At least with Stargate and Star Trek, they assume that the viewer is a numpty and they explain things fully.