Christopher Nolan Has ‘No Guilt’ About Loving ‘Fast & Furious’ Since It’s a ‘Tremendous Action Franchise,’ Admits ‘Tenet’ Is ‘Not All Comprehensible’

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  2. .. ok, if he’s willing to take some lumps for Tenet, I might could trust him again.

  3. He carefully said comprehensible, putting the onus on what can be understood by viewers without having to recognize the body of the film itself and whether it makes sense.

  4. This is just another indicator of why I like him. He appreciates the craft and the art of cinema. My favorite movies are all overly serious, science fiction and dramatic, but I love me some Lego Movie, Fast and the Furious and/or Transformers for what they provide.

    We don’t have to eat the same meal all the time, lets experience something new.

  5. I love tenet but that movies absolutely no fucking sense,but I will stick by the fact I love it

  6. Are we sure thats what he actually said? Did they conduct the interview with subtitles turned on?

  7. ‘Tenet’ was just a culmination of this weird need to keep going bigger that Nolan developed. ‘Dunkirk’ in many ways felt like the odd one out, the afterthought, the desire to show he could coherently direct action sequences. Point proven. Back to the big.

    Unfortunately ‘Tenet’ was Nolan at what others accuse Nolan movies of being. There was simply nothing to connect the audience to, and highlighted how he struggles sometimes with both the writing, and directing of emotional attachment scenes.

    His imprint on Hollywood is notable, and deserved. He has a clinical, almost mathematical approach to structure, and I am glad it caught on. But the smaller, the better. ‘Memento’. ‘The Prestige’. ‘Oppenheimer’ was almost a return to those kind of movies (bigger budget, obviously). I have been waiting a long time for him to dial it back, and he did.

    Whether that continues…

    But, the first point is inarguable. There is no guilt, nor should any be attached. Like what you like. I am as pretentious as they come with movies. Insufferable. Ackshually. Etc. See above. But, I have seen ‘Predator’ triple figures number of times. ‘Aliens’ is in my top three. I bang the drum for ‘The Last Action Hero’ relentlessly. I can quote from memory entire scenes from ‘Death to Smoochy’.

    There are no rules to subjectivity. You do you, Chris.

  8. Reminds me of when Patrick Stewart said he loves Beavis & Butthead.

    Sometimes you just love dumb shit to balance life out.

  9. I don’t think it’s something he had to admit. In the film Nolan literally tells the audience “Don’t try to understand it. Feel it.” Tenet is a pure vibes movie that is best enjoyed by simply experiencing it and not trying to think about it while watching it. While I think it’s easily the worst film Nolan’s ever made, it’s not anywhere near as bad as most people say it is. Tenet is also Nolan at his least serious and most self-aware, so I don’t have a problem with him being a bit wacky and messy with it and just having fun with an intriguing time/sci-fi concept.

  11. I think the overwhelming positive response, box office and accolades of *Oppenheimer* probably made him feel more comfortable talking a few hits for a previous film of his.

  12. I feel so vindicated rn. He went full pseudo-science bs in Tenet and I felt like it destroyed the movie. It tried way too hard and I hated it.

  13. Nice to see a director that isn’t a pretentious knob. Nolan also loved Talladega Nights.

  14. I’ve seen Tenet at least 5 times and I still have no fucking clue what it’s about.

  15. The movie is rather impenetrable, I haven’t bothered to watch it again and I’m not sure I’d progress any further my understanding of what is going on in the movie if I did so. Oppenheimer is a return to form, and I found the movie surprisingly emotional given Nolan’s penchant for making clinically executed films. If Tenet was re-edited perhaps with some narration it may help people appreciate the movie.

  16. I was on board with *Tenet*, despite numerous flaws (bland characters, overexposition, vague motivations) right until that atrocious final battle. I have no idea what the fuck happenned in those last 30 minutes.

  17. Can’t blame him. Even James Cameron has a soft spot for the 1st Resident Evil movie. He also enjoyed the first Alien vs Predator.

  18. Wow, I didn’t realize people disliked Tenet so much. I thought it was fantastic, but I also love movies like Memento and The Usual Suspects where looking back at the movie feels like a different experience when you watch it again. Maybe Tenet took a few too many liberties with the “technology” and had too “Hollywood” of an ending where these kinds of movies beg for a more morally ambiguous or even “evil” ending, but generally I thought it was a really successful attempt at making a movie that was in the same category as some of the other great “mind fuck” movies, it genuinely felt like the first time I watched Memento I thought.

  19. I heard that if you watch tenet backwards you can hear satan

  20. I never understood all the confusion over tenet. I feel like the people who couldnt follow it are the same people bewildered by Primer.

  22. Next up, famous person stirs controversy after admitting to enjoying a bland guilty pleasure.

  23. People nowadays just can’t admit that they like simple films that doesn’t try to be masterpiece. Especially snobs.

  24. had to boil the reasoning. The rich dude from thee future wants to end the world because he is going to die? Right? And he just happened to be the one to make this time machine thing and to use it. To get what he wants? Lol …. shit was confusing .. lol

  26. It’s a shame his opinion is even news because at the end of the day it’s about what we wanna see. I love his films and I think it’s great that he wants to compliment what entertains him. It’s all just entertainment in the end.

  27. Fast and furious can be dumb but I was never more excited than to see Paul Walker jump a car from a sky scraper to another, twice! I don’t talk during movies, but I exclaimed, “He’s gonna do it again!!!”

  28. What’s more comprehensive? Tenet or FAF 9 or 10? I’m a fan of FAF but it’s so dumb now.

  29. I love how no one in the comments is talking about fast and furious just tenant being incomprehensible

  30. Guys-
    Anyone else realized his leads are always nerdy or geeky weirdos who need a woman placeholder to save them from their life destroying obsessions

  31. Just watched the last two Fast movies this week and man they’re crazy pieces of shit.

    Can’t wait for 11

  32. Tenet is lazy. He gave up on the gimmick half way through that confusing slog.

  33. I saw tenet in theatres in a very short window of them being open that summer and it’s the only Nolan that’s let me down on first viewing. I think his movies suffer from repeated viewings sometimes, but that first one is usually a great time. It’s probably been long enough now to watch it again, but it definitely has some issues that I don’t think I will get over.

  34. Great for him. Let people have their preferences

  35. What groundbreaking news, I’m so glad I came to the Reddit news tab

  37. Tenet is really not that complicated lol compared to something like Primer it’s basically just a bad guy with a doomsday button

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