Better Late than Never on "Tenet"
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After many years of wanting to see "Tenet", the time finally arrived this past Saturday. I've been taking my son to his uncle's house to watch what we consider good movies, and "Tenet" was the pick last week. I remember seeing the trailer prior to the pandemic. It helped that it was Christopher Nolan directing too, he is one of the best doing it right now. But, the pandemic happened, I wasn't willing to go to a theater, even if it was rented out, and then it kind of slipped my mind all together. It wasn't until our previous movie night that it was brought up and that stoked my interest once again.
We were all finally able to get together on Saturday, and as we sat down, I didn't really know what to expect, but I was excited. It also helped that we were told by the only person in the room to have seen the movie to not try and make it make sense. He let us know it was a movie about "vibes". He explained that if we let it wash over us, he thought we would enjoy it more. That was a great piece of advice. As the movie started, with the knowledge to just watch and enjoy, I found myself doing as such.
I liked the movie quite a bit. For all intents and purposes, "Tenet" is a spy thriller with beautiful people wearing nice clothes and doing kickass fight scenes. That was the best way to approach the whole movie. Sure, there is a story involved, and it helps to pay full attention, but if you look at it as a modern Bond movie, another bit of advice from our host, you can have a good time. John David Washington plays the lead role, he is credited as "Protagonist". He is wonderful in this movie. He looks sharp. He seems to be fully locked in and enjoying himself. He has some of the best fight scenes in the movie and he is our narrator all along the way. This felt like a big deal to him and it shows on screen. Robert Pattinson is in and out of the movie, but his role is way more important than his screen time lets on. He is integral, he is also sharply dressed, he gets to play aloof, but you know he has a lot going on. I become even more of a fan of his with each cool and unique role he takes in movies. The dude can act. Kenneth Branagh is the villain, and he is about as villainous as you can be. He is mean and egotistical and yells a ton. But it's this well seasoned, well renowned actor doing it, so the role is done better than most. Elizabeth Debicki is the "damsel in distress" in this movie, but she also gets to do some very cool stuff, and she gets to take out the worst of them all in a very satisfying manner. And we also get to see Himesh Patel, Michael Caine and Martin Donovan show up on screen for a scene or two, and they make the most of their time.
The casting is great. The set pieces are beautiful to look at in this movie. The action sequences are incredible and Nolan continues to prove that he does action better than almost any other director out there. The clothes and people are also insanely good looking. This is a cool, fun and interesting movie. I will recommend the whole idea of this being a vibes movie and watching it like it's an updated Bond movie without James Bond. I recommend this movie and I think you will find it pretty damn cool if you do watch.
Ty
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