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Feb 3, 2021Liked by Erik Kain

Loved Memento, HATED Tenet. The suspension of critical thought necessary to go along with this plot was just infuriating. Just thinking about this movie makes me angry.

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Haha I guess I liked it more than you, but I do agree it was a little much and could have done a better job both at being a coherent movie *and* sticking to its own rules.

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Feb 3, 2021Liked by Erik Kain

I love Nolan's movies, but as slick as Tenet was, I just couldn't get into it. A bit of confusion is OK, but that movie was non-stop confusion for me. Have you seen Primer? It really reminded me of it.

To me, Memento was a much better movie, exploring related concepts.

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Oh man, I need to watch Memento again. That movie was terrific. Totally blew my mind back when I first saw it.

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I just don't like Tenet. It's a shame because it has so many elements of a great movie.

Then again, I really liked Prometheus, even while I acknowledge most of the criticism is on point. For a lot of people though, the faults overwhelmed whatever good there was.

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I've seen it twice and think I've decided it's 2/3 of a good movie. The third act is pretty incomprehensible. The fact that someone had to use 3D modeling software to deconstruct the Gate scene is my proof.

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Haven't seen the movie yet so could only read the part about backgammon : )

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