nor able to sweep up brick dust on the floor for decades because it is “destined” to be reverse-bullet damage that is fixed in the future.
(In the movie, you see them walk into a pre-damaged room that is later ‘repaired’ by the inverted gunfire that caused it)
Christopher Nolan makes awesome science fiction. Mostly, the science doesn’t work, so he’s being very liberal with the term “science fiction.” You could call it “science stupid” or you could just roll with it and enjoy the movie.
Not knocking your position. The first time I watched Tenet, I got a headache. There were some awesome action scenes and a couple nice “a-ha!” moments, but after three viewings, the battle at the end still gets me fucked up. Either I’m not smart enough or Nolan isn’t, but either way, the movie does not connect with me.
However, Interstellar is one of my favourite films. Prestige was good, too. I don’t care for his war or Batman movies.
His brother Jonathan Nolan makes some fucky movies (and shows), too — I think he was part of the Westworld TV series on HBO. The first season was solid, though it quickly went downhill after that. Stay exactly as long as Anthony Hopkins does, and then bounce.
They’re both brilliant and worth following, but sometimes Christopher Nolan gets a little too high on his own supply. I’ll still watch his science fantasy movies though.
Interstellar was alright. Didn’t care for the ending. I perfer my science fantasy to be more like star wars - i.e. the fact that it’s space magic is pretty obvious - and don’t like being sold a soft sci fi that pretends its a hard sci fi. (For example, I thought Everything Everywhere All of the Time was pretty good, because it was somewhat internally consistent but didn’t lean too hard into the ‘this is real science guys’ thing.)
But then again, i’m one of those people who can’t turn my brain off, thinks a difficult puzzle is ‘relaxing,’ and also knows a little physics. So I admit my tastes aren’t the same as the general audience’s.