Romeo Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Anyone else braved the covd riddled cinemas to see this? I went along yesterday afternoon. I have seen some rave reviews and I am a fan of some of his other films but have to say I was seriously underwhelmed by this. Difficult to say too much as I don't want to spoil it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) Saw it last night and enjoyed it. Being able to follow the plot helped. Haha. Really loud though, usual from Nolan. Could have done with subtitles to actually work out what was being said in some scenes. But maybe I’m just getting old. Edited August 28, 2020 by Wardy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 Saw it last night and enjoyed it. Being able to follow the plot helped. Haha. Really loud though, usual from Nolan. Could have done with subtitles to actually work out what was being said in some scenes. But maybe I’m just getting old. [emoji23] Yeah, difficult at times to hear what was being said. I felt though battle scene was really unnecessary and was more of a "look what I can do" from Nolan. Not pish by any means but I was left disappointed. Much preferred inception. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Going next week, the reviews are very marmite. Guardian has two, one 5* , one 2*. Sounds like my kind of film, I like it when I barely have a clue what's going on, makes a change from having the characters continually explaining the plot all the way through and telegraphing the ending. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I work part-time in an independent cinema that will hopefully be very quiet early on, so I'll likely make use of that to see it. Will be the first film I see this year that was released in 2020 lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 8 hours ago, RossBFaeDundee said: I work part-time in an independent cinema Off topic but are they still going to be doing the Sunday breakfast cinema deal when they open do you know? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomhill Ultra Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I don’t know how to spoiler alert so [emoji599] Went last night, very well made and certainly gripped at the same as baffling. I did ultimately come out wondering if somebody thought “a backwards car chase would be really cool, could we build a whole movie around it?”I take it there are more to come? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Saw it today - not great IMO. Overly convoluted to mask the fact it was pretty dull (plot-wise, character-wise, even set-piece-wise) and it was horribly mixed. I initially wondered if I thought it was too loud because I've got used to watching stuff on my shite TV, but when you can't hear what anyone's saying because the score and sound effects are OTT then I reckon you've got an issue. If I didn't like Dunkirk so much (although I've not seen it since it came out) then I would be close to giving up on Nolan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Nolan hasn't made a properly great movie since The Prestige imo imo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford prefect Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 It wasn't a great film. I'd agree, memento, prestige and dark knight are his best. I'd give this 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 On 29/08/2020 at 05:31, Mr. Alli said: Off topic but are they still going to be doing the Sunday breakfast cinema deal when they open do you know? i'd be surprised if it returned immediately tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Thought was alright. Nothing more than that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Rewatched Dunkirk last night: top notch immersion even in my living room and the nature of it means there's no real Nolan dialogue. Also, having watched Following and Insomnia recently, I can officially rank his output: 1) Memento2) The Dark Knight3) Batman Begins 4) The Prestige*5) Dunkirk6) Following7) Inception8 ) The Dark Knight Rises9) Interstellar10) Tenet11) Insomnia * The Prestige is the only one I've not seen this year so I reserve the right to change its placing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 23 hours ago, accies1874 said: Rewatched Dunkirk last night: top notch immersion even in my living room and the nature of it means there's no real Nolan dialogue. Also, having watched Following and Insomnia recently, I can officially rank his output: 1) Memento 2) The Dark Knight 3) Batman Begins 4) The Prestige* 5) Dunkirk 6) Following 7) Inception 8 ) The Dark Knight Rises 9) Interstellar 10) Tenet 11) Insomnia * The Prestige is the only one I've not seen this year so I reserve the right to change its placing. I've never actually seen Momento 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I'm surprised you've put Insomnia last, I think it's a great film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Saw this earlier tonight. Still thinking about that “including my son?” line. Overall 5/10, did not really enjoy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Did anyone understand the storyline, plot, premise or dialogue for this? Just when I almost understood what was going on - it ended. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) On 04/09/2020 at 22:09, Al B said: I'm surprised you've put Insomnia last, I think it's a great film. It's the least "Nolan" film in his oeuvre and is a pretty straight remake of the original. I'd go Memento The Prestige The Dark Knight Inception Inerstellar Following Batman Begins The Dark Knight Rises Dunkirk Insomnia I haven't seen Tenet. Edited October 20, 2020 by Arch Stanton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Watched this last night. The visual hooks are good after the initial disorientation, the acting is pretty good overall, overall pretty enjoyable. But the reveal at the end just doesn't justify not really knowing what's going on in the grand scheme of things for 3/4s of the movie. Feel like it would be clearer on a rewatch but I doubt I will until I forget I've seen it 5 years from now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 16/05/2021 at 09:39, Genuine Hibs Fan said: Watched this last night. The visual hooks are good after the initial disorientation, the acting is pretty good overall, overall pretty enjoyable. But the reveal at the end just doesn't justify not really knowing what's going on in the grand scheme of things for 3/4s of the movie. Feel like it would be clearer on a rewatch but I doubt I will until I forget I've seen it 5 years from now. I seen somedy say that Nolan movies are just contrived setpieces for cool guys to do cool things 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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