This movie is a mixture of very funny and accomplished physical humour and… well… cringe stuff. I can’t stand the cringe. But the physical humour is very funny indeed.

I’ve only seen one Tati movie before: Playtime, which was totally magnificent. This is Tati’s first movie, so I probably had exaggerated expectations… but… while Playtime was exquisite, this movie seems kinda… normal?

There’s nothing in the mise en scene here that’s extraordinary, I think?

But it is funny.

Jour de Fête. Jacques Tati. 1949. ⚃

Oooh! 16:9!

OK, I should be drunk enough to watch this now. Let’s go!

Now it’s more 2.4:1…

16:9 again!!!

NOLAN!

Oh, Nolan.

This is really fun. But my main question is: Why is Washington wearing a comedy beard?

He’s able to grow a very nice beard all on his own, so this fake one just seems weird. I guess they didn’t have time… or somebody that knows how to make a fake beard…

Oh! This is the scene!

[youtube https://youtu.be/s2FXfFeRtJo]

It’s a good summation, especially the disconnect between the two people in the scene: Obviously Washington and Michael Caine were never on the same set.

Hey! It’s the Opera in Oslo!

Such Norway.

The sheer silliness of this movie appeals to me enormously.

“This sure is the stupidest way to talk about secrets ever, right?” “You mean on a radio?” “Yes!”

Has Nolan never seen an actual beard? I googled “tenet beard” and there’s all these discussions about whether the beards are CGI or not, and I can totally sympathise. But now, it’s just glued on, I think.

I’ve never been in Tallinn… but it’s so amusing (well to me): Every scene here I’m going “THAT”S IN OSLO… but where?” and then I realise that it’s not in Oslo. Tallinn looks very Nordic, is what I’m saying, and not Eastern Europeish at all.

I should go visit some day.

Heh heh. Magne Viking. That sure is a Norwegian boat name!

This is a very entertaining movie. It’s like James Bond, but stupider. I know that seems impossible, but it really is.

I think some people are really annoyed by how silly the movie is (and are loathing it), and some people think that it’s super-intelligent (and loving it). I, on the other hand, love silly movies, so I really enjoyed it.

But there were parts that really dragged. It’s got at least half an hour of pure flab. On the other hand, it’s really pretty.

Tenet. Christopher Nolan. 2020. ⚃

Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Zack Snyder. 2021. ⚃

Yes! It’s 4:3. Nice.

This reminds me of something… Yes!

The harshest criticism of Zack Snyder ever.

That looks so real!

Are these 3D models Snyder had left over from 300?

Is that supposed to be Darkseid? It’s not a very good rendering…

I’m kinda enjoying this movie, though. I like slow, and I like stupid nonsense, and this is slow, stupid nonsense.

If you’re looking for a ponderous, pompous movie that doesn’t make much sense, you’ve come to the right place. Why not lean into that shit: Do colour correction so excessive there’s not more than a colour and a half per scene? Have all scenes happen in a very energy-conscious world where a laboratory only has a single 40W light in one corner? Have everybody stand around spouting portentous shit at each other?

Why not!

Hey! Somebody wrote that this scene was creepy. But Snyder plays Song to the Siren, and it’s a totally touching scene.

It’s sports time!

OK, bored now.

What… is that flap there? Is a loin cloth really necessary?

Is that even possible!?

I thought the first two hours were fine, but once it got to the Superman bit, the movie has totally stalled. It’s been an hour of… er… “character development”… and that’s just boring.

But now it looks like it’s gonna start moving again?

Yes!

That was a really entertaining action scene. Probably the best super-hero movie action scene ever.