10/13/2023 0 Comments Tenet popcorn timeAppealing as it was to cling to a symbol of resilience and the shared, communal experiences we yearn for, it was never that simple.Īmy Brothers-The Denver Post via Getty Images Even once a vaccine becomes available, not everyone will receive it at once we will return to our offices, our friends’ homes and, yes, movie theaters in small groups, then larger ones. In reality, the return to normalcy will be slow and halting. It is tempting in these dreary times to pin our hopes on a single solution to an intractable problem: one leader who might save us one vaccine that might inoculate us one day when suddenly everything will be back to normal. If all this sounds rather farfetched, let’s cut ourselves a break. If, against all odds, Tenet succeeded during the pandemic, Hollywood could declare victory over the existential threat the virus poses, over the streaming services competing for audience attention, over the notion that screenwriters had run out of new ideas. His movies are big, expensive, immersive experiences best seen in IMAX the weekend of release, lest someone spoil the big plot twist in your social media feed.Įven before the pandemic, Tenet represented the last hopes of a Hollywood largely lost to the franchise era, a remnant of the days when original dramas could vie for Oscars and break the box office at once. The obsession with a Nolan movie, specifically, was not arbitrary: Nolan is one of the few-if not the only-directors left in Hollywood who can conjure superhero-level box office numbers with a totally original film that’s not tied to a franchise, comic book or cinematic universe.
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