100 TENET Easter Eggs And Things You Missed | Fan Theories, Ending Explained & Full Movie Breakdown

[@heavyspoilers]

Let us know your thoughts on the film and if there's anything we missed. If you enjoyed this video then please subscribe to the channel kzbin.info/door/q3hT5JPPKy87JGbDls_5BQ

[@killajok3337]

I honestly enjoy this movie the second time

[@Snapper314]

I enjoyed this breakdown of an excellent movie. And while not related to this movie, the "alien" time travel technology in the old TV show "7 Days" now makes a lot more sense.

[@uniqno4999]

I think I get it. But with regards to Neil's do you think he was moving backwards in real time? Because in theory it would have taken him many years to get back to the point in the opera first, then, to start moving forward (and back) again with the protagonist, to the point of his death. Argh. Maybe I'll watch for a 10th time.

[@lahshad]

I have doubts.🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 1.Why priya want to kill katherine? 2.how will this algorithm destroy this world? 3.How reverse entropy cure Katherine from her bullet injury?

[@heavyspoilers]

Even crazier theory, what if everytime we don’t see Neil he’s actually inverted, so the airport scene for him happens before the first meeting he has for the protagonist

[@lordlichking7542]

I really enjoyed the movie, going to watch it yesterday.

[@sdm000]

good one :p

[@s.akhtarjoomun263]

.worromot semit 3 ti dehctaw ydaerla ev'I

[@Superbl0bby]

Temporal pincer movie

[@mandeehess3618]

🤣🤣

[@HarshPatel-yf2mu]

Some other Time travel Movies😍Based on my knowledge Primer Triangle predestination in the tall grass Timecrimes Eraserhead Mirage The lake House About time The butterfly effect Coherence Time lapse midnight in paris When we first met Looper Minority Report Arq Project Almanac The Shining Edge of tomorrow Source Code Time travelers Wife 12 monkeys

[@doudymac]

After seeing Tenet I see why he was chosen for Batman. Dude's talented AF.

[@alvianfahriz2059]

for real dude

[@heavyspoilers]

🙌🙌🙌 100% Pattinson smashed it

[@ThatSockmonkey]

Absolutely. I'm no longer worried about Robat Battinbat.

[@FLdancer00]

When I first read this I thought you were referring to TP and thought, I didn't know that, but cool. Now I see you meant Robert. I'm still not convinced, even after I've seen his trailer for it.

[@darthmalgus232]

@@FLdancer00 Well he definitely won’t be the worst at least.

[@bigbro6349]

Sator says that bringing a son to the world is the biggest mistake he made. Which is true as Neil played a vital role in destroying Sator's plan

[@saints_]

True

[@nishthagupta2740]

we don't know that yet. It's just an assumption here yet guys!

[@mrevilducky]

​@nishthagupta2740 it's confirmed

[@CC3GROUNDZERO]

@@mrevilducky hsoooow

[@CobaltTS]

No it is not ​@@mrevilducky

[@ilhamburger8288]

that Neil goodbye scene is much sadder than the entire Twilight

[@mikeyyyyyy3312]

Ya man

[@brunoctavio]

I’m confused. Why was it sad? Cause he’s dead right

[@shojuno3987]

@@brunoctavio I believe so because he had been traveling backwards technically and this was the "end" of his story but the beginning of the protagonists

[@sleeping5367]

idk havent seen it

[@dangerfly]

Also sad is there wasn't one more easter egg for a total of...

[@rolandpym3010]

Here's one you missed: The only opera that has a saxophone and piano in the orchestra is the opera Lulu. This opera has a palindrome in the middle of the second act, where both the music and a film are played forwards and then backwards. (The orchestra in the opening scene notably has a saxophone and piano).

[@gamasierra]

this comment is underrated!!!

[@BANDLDR]

Nice work! Does the Lulu score call for two sousaphones? What professional orchestra would use two sousaphones?!?

[@FranciszekCiuk]

@@BANDLDR What does professionalism have to do with using saxophones? If a piece calls for a saxophone you’re obviously going to use it

[@BANDLDR]

Sousaphones, not saxophones. Most professional orchestras would use tuba, not sousaphone unless specifically called for in the score.

[@TheLio666]

The Doors did it too Ray manzarek the organist recorded the whole song in reverse in order to get more effect on one doors song I don t remember witch one

[@kevinbonser4579]

Also when he’s getting interrogated the two trains are moving in opposite directions symbolizing the main theme of the movie.

[@heavyspoilers]

Nice catch man, well done

[@sudha4241]

Even he reverse the clock direction which also symbolises the theme ....

[@onlyfacts3178]

one train as the letter T in blue and the other has red wagons...

[@twilightscarab]

If you carefully look at this portion of the film, in every scene change trains are going different directions, traveling different areas of the tracks that dont follow the timing of the scene changes, two trains in one scene and one in the next, etc. Doubt this was an accident...

[@richardsteere8626]

2 trains that look exactly the same!

[@TheSelfAwareIndianEmpath]

Me: finishes watching Tenet Me: needing explanations Me: finishes watching Tenet explained videos on KZbin Me: needing explanations

[@kur1tan]

I know that I'd love this movie if I could only understand it.

[@mikedeez5570]

I feel your pain...

[@guankhar4091]

I stopped after 25 minutes of viewing. I just don't understand it

[@sams517]

@@kur1tan lol sounds like a lot of Nolan movies

[@TheRealShaiLamar]

It gets like that

[@hudsonhorizons8859]

Nolan’s movies are so well thought out. I really appreciate the effort and attention to detail he puts in. It’s pretty incredible.

[@xTanikox]

could we say Tarantino's feet is Nolan's time?

[@nathanielt.7747]

I agree, he puts everything into his films!

[@Proximoprod]

@@nathanielt.7747 yeah...until you give it a thought and it turns out that way too much doesn't make sense.

[@nathanielt.7747]

@@Proximoprod That's a part of what makes his films so rewatchable; and like with many other movies, you catch details you didn't see the first time when viewing it again. Some people like the puzzle-like qualities of his films and some don't, but that's alright lol

[@Proximoprod]

@@nathanielt.7747 I love the puzzle like qualities!! But only if it makes sense in the end :D

[@breakingmad2645]

“No idea why the Protagonist shot at himself” He wasn’t aiming at him, he was emptying the gun

[@space_dui829]

The screenplay explains that he was shooting so his past self would keep moving towards the turnstile so he could jump in it.

[@thebloocat]

Did he borrow this idea when he explained this in his next video? Should have credited you.

[@FLdancer00]

Did Nolan ever explain why he wasn't given a real name?

[@romilh267]

His inverted self also takes apart the gun after emptying it. Of course, forward in time, it looks like the inverted man assembles the gun

[@Timkast]

@@FLdancer00 because TP is a twin. His twin is still CIA but not teneT (by design). “I was told you left the building.” -s’niwt PT Leaving the names out also goes along with the “knowledge divided” theme. It makes the audience a participant in the mission.

[@Vezmus1337]

If you watch Tenet backwards, the Protagonist founds Tenet, recruits Neil, scatters the Artifact, makes everyone forget the Artifact exists, meets the scientist and shoots a bullet into a wall, goes into a coma, wakes up at a train station where his teeth are restored, returns from the Opera, then falls asleep in the van.

[@Marceldadon10]

Wow

[@slimyduck2140]

it... WHY IT'S F***KING ESEAER TO UNDERSTAND THIS WAY?

[@whoooshme8898]

@@slimyduck2140 because the comment is pointing the cause the effect which is easy for us to understand compared to the mind bending mess the movie

[@Superwing]

Great breakdown! Some things you missed: 1) Pullup is a palindrome. 2) Neil's theme and Kat's theme is interwoven in many of the tracks on the score. 3) Sator means "sower" and in the filme Sator is sowing the seeds of death and destruction everywhere, but also he's being used by the future to sow the seeds of a new earth, to regain the one that had its "rivers run dry."

[@sk8girladri]

So you’re saying every villain needs a hero type thing? To inspire the heart in others to rise up? Damn that’s good

[@unflexian]

as cinemawins pointed out, both times we see him working out he's actually doing chin-ups.

[@Indoor_Carrot]

@@sk8girladri Everybody is the hero of their own story. Nobody accept that they're the "bad guy"

[@jcosk8]

@@sk8girladri No, he is saying that to the people in the future that want to time to turn and destroy the past, he is doing the work of "good". To the people in the past, where the movie more or less takes place, he is doing the work of "evil" by annihilating the world.

[@sf7862]

​@@unflexiannah on the ladder he's doing pull ups on , on the boat chin ups

[@AKAtAGG]

One of the greatest films ever written. Incredibly complicated while being entirely coherent throughout. Nobody else can write films like this.

[@peterwinters8587]

Quantum mechanics is more coherent

[@srinivasanramamoorthy9026]

It's unbelievable Oscar or other awards didn't even nominate it for original screen play.... It's beyond their pay grade 😂

[@diegomorales8616]

If only our POV main character, protagonist, had any personal problems apart from the plot.

[@criztu]

Sator is Saturn the god of time. the movie is indeed complicated, which is inferior to complex.

[@LionsFilms]

unfortunately not ENTIRELY coherant. Almost at the end of the film, max (the inverted one who was shot in the head) opened the door - but where did he came from ? He came down the tunnel from the future, but the tunnel at this time was already blown up. so there is no way he could have gone into the tunnel

[@ArleyMcBlain]

First scene: bad guys start by wrecking a bass, last scene: good guys end by wrecking a base.

[@iam1nfamous]

Brilliant

[@Cuzjudd]

Big brain right there

[@benjamina8357]

technically that was a cello

[@saiku9081]

@@benjamina8357 he tryin'

[@Timkast]

@@benjamina8357 I don’t think acello is a word.

[@thesmellofadventure5370]

This movie was brilliant can't wait to see the trailer

[@SirOmarTorres]

Underrated comment

[@wholesome6763]

@@SirOmarTorres absolutely

[@slothymango]

@@SirOmarTorres yes

[@jerrya17]

I see what you did there…

[@rlmpproductions]

Epic!🔥

[@jeffjeff6982]

A goods slogan for this movie would be, "Don't worry about the future, its all in the past now."

[@chrispyle2942]

"Don't try to think about it too much"

[@Anikitkat_25]

But for Neil it would work the other way wouldn’t it? Or am I tripping?😂

[@TrainerCTZ]

I need a breakdown of this breakdown.

[@joshuaharper2702]

Lol

[@mondantarigan5579]

This is Mind Bending 🤯🤯🤯

[@thamizh6560]

Breakdownception

[@mambo2mambo]

Just play it backwards 🙃

[@ricardogallardo399]

Lolol ikr

[@epicmetod]

You missed kitchen scene where the Protagonist teach audience how to make some russian cheese with simple grater.

[@heavyspoilers]

Hahhah

[@JDH0712]

That's gold mate, I love you!

[@filmnlnja]

and unfortunately, that fight scene was awful

[@silas4813]

That hurt so much to watch 😅😂

[@Timkast]

We going to check this is real...

[@PattyBandAidz]

Christopher Nolans mind must be a tornado of frustration, imagine having such brilliant, BRILLIANT ideas and then pitching one of those ideas and no one understands it ... then making the film to try to further explain your idea and no one understands it .... then having countless KZbin videos attempting to explain your idea and no one understands it .... dude is just amazing honestly, and this film is absolutely brilliant

[@amujaoonly103]

Very true Nolan

[@dennercassio]

He just won the nobel ❤

[@myhairverypain]

@heavyspoilers The answer to Neil = Max is in the scene at 14:21 in this video of yours. When discussing the operation, Kat mentioned the best time to execute is during the Yacht trip in Vietnam. The Protagonist asks which day was that. While Kat was still trying to recall the exact date, Neil replies the 14th... The Protagonist was pretty surprised as to how Neil got the answer. Neil's expression showed that he realized that he wasn't careful enough and he changed the topic.

[@EnglishDreadnought]

Great work!

[@tmoore121]

But Niel also knows everything just by virtue of being from the future.

[@myhairverypain]

@@tmoore121 Not true. Neil only knows the details of what he experienced before/or provided to him in his own timeline. Let's call that T1. Neil then travels backwards which sparks T2 and wakes up (it is suggested that they go into a sleep mode if the journey is long) sometime near their first encounter at the Opera House. T2 is the main timeline that the viewer is watching. Neil doesn't know what will happen in the future of T2 and his objective was solely to assist The Protagonist 2 because Neil and P1 believes that P2 has the skills to find the stuff. Neil and P2 then travel backwards into T3 where they perform a temporal pincer movement (requires them to be awake and cross their T3 selves) to know the exact location of the stuff. The only information that remains accurate are the events that happened before the start of T2, or anything that is constant such as The Protagonist's behavior. The beginning of T2 is where Neil stops and moves forward and where changes come into effect.

[@tmoore121]

@@myhairverypain Well, I'm not sure that we know what Niel does and doesn't know because we never meet the Future Protagonist (P1) and we don't know what Niel's mission briefing was prior to the start of T2. For all we know P1 told T1 Niel "Sator will attempt a thing on this date, you must help me stop him." as part of the T2 mission briefing. While the general rule is to suppress knowledge from each other, we also know that temporal pincers have mission briefs from both timelines. So The Protagonist may very well have told Niel some of the details of "How it goes" before the movie even started. So Niel might know the date NOT because he is Max and was there, but because the Protagonist told him as part of the mission briefing before starting the temporal pincer. Things like dates and locations are important considering Niel would need to know how far back to go while inverted in the first place.

[@sntxrrr]

The arttention to detail is so nice in this movie. When the protagonist meets the scientist he uses the hand gesture to hold the clipboard. And when they escape the airport after reverting back to normal time there is a short shot of the ambulance driving off and in the chaos you see 2 men walking backwards with a stretcher.

[@arlapiacentini7101]

A lot of people say the film was devoid of emotion. Neil at the end always makes me cry and I saw it three times!

[@thisgirlreviews1]

Same!! 😭

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah, Robert smiling gets me every time

[@arlapiacentini7101]

@@heavyspoilers what do you call it? Reality 😭

[@unknown-pu3by]

@@arlapiacentini7101 yup we have to accept the reality

[@sulekhamane5653]

@@arlapiacentini7101 what's happened, happened

[@christopherthomas2990]

I think a theme you miss is that Tenet actually means a strong belief. There's a lot of weight on that with Neil believing that "what happened happened" and so his decision to go back and sacrifice himself is based on the belief that he has to.

[@SocialEXperimented]

TENET is not a movie, it is an experience, you watch it over and over and you learn other people analysis on it and still discovering amazing stuff sprinkles here and there. The movie get better and better over time. The first time I watched it i thought it was the worst of all Nolan Movies, and now IMO, it is easily on the top 3 of all Nolan Movies.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah I was the same, pretty much everytime I watch it the score goes up for me

[@Samsepiioll]

I thought it was amazing the first time I saw it, but not until I watched it a few more times did I think that it is definitely his best film. The fact that he was able to pull off this incredible and vast concept and make it make sense, and still have room for ambiguity and room for different interpretations is absolute genius.

[@garysmith965]

Tenet has credits and cast listings. sounds like a movie to me.

[@Proximoprod]

@@Samsepiioll Sorry, but parts of it simply don't make sense!

[@FLdancer00]

Other than Dunkirk, yeah it's his worst. I may watch a second time, but I'm not convinced there's anything there.

[@jacobmckinney4368]

Also another point, before the red team goes into the turntables Kat asked The Protagonist if he’d seen Neil, which he replies “I guess he already went through” but Neil is on Blue team which means he should’ve been coming back. But he doesn’t because he dies.

[@lukeallison88]

I was wondering about his, nice find!

[@stopitpj2318]

why did this make me cry holy shit

[@TheWelsman13]

Are you sure about this? Weren't blue team loading into blue containers to ready for the mission? I think Kat wanted to say goodbye to him before he loaded in. Kat was then told to wait on the boat another day by the Protagonist, since she needed time to get to the yacht.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

There might be another hint to the whole "Kat is Neil's mum" theory; they both seem to have the same taste in alcohol (Kat can be seen enjoying what appears to be a vodka and tonic at her first dinner with the Protagonist and Neil orders a vodka and tonic while he's briefing the Protagonist on breaking into Singh's place).

[@MaleficMurph]

I saw this when it first came out and had the entire theater to myself (besides the staff). It was quite literally the best movie theater experience I've ever had.

[@dalek3257]

You Had A Huge Chance For A Pun "It was *quiet* literally the best movie theater experience I've ever had"

[@juliansomers7628]

I did the same but on acid, lit

[@StewartGaming23]

Julian Somers I can’t imagine trying to understand this shit on a trip 😭😭

[@msanders777]

I had same experience, saw it yesterday at a $10 matinee, literally nobody else in the auditorium, I made the most of it.

[@LETSPLAYmartin]

Same. The score from Ludwing Goransson was so fucking incredible. It made every sceond of this movie just pure epicness.

[@Snookerbellndmoomintrool]

I tell you Christopher Nolan is from future and inverted!!

[@heavyspoilers]

He’s Neil

[@D4RKKNIGH7]

He actually wrote this movie backwards

[@shivambisht755]

Just finished watching tenet, I loved it can't wait for nolan's upcoming movie inception 🔥

[@heavyspoilers]

Hahha

[@None_x934]

Creative. I can't wait for Interstellar.

[@ritikshoots]

I see what you did there🌝

[@hmartim]

Well guys... Dunkirk is coming up first!

[@shivambisht755]

@@hmartim I'm going way back in time ⌚

[@markandreas657]

Sator talks about how Kat pushed him off the boat just before the car chase but he’s actually referring to the sailing scene. This can be considered as foreshadowing to how he actually gets pushed off the boat by Kat after she shoots him. It also serves as “hindshadowing” I guess considering the chronology of the film xD

[@Aj-tu4gv]

The chronos ology like sator

[@Shadoefax760]

It's quite well put together. I don't think anyone but Nolan could of pulled this off, he's become the quintessential director of time/mind based genre of films. Neil is absolutely Sator's son & the red string represents Ariadne in greek mythology giving Theseus red string to find his way back out of the maze after killing the minotaur & also a reference to Ellen Page's character from Inception.

[@PurtyPurple]

It could also be a reference to the red string of fate in Chinese mythology, where it ties together two soulmates destined to meet. Edit: Sorry I typed this before getting to the part in the video that mentioned this lol

[@amysainz9737]

The end of this movie was really touching. It is what makes it.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah everything is perfect about that Neil scene, not overplayed or anything

[@amysainz9737]

@@heavyspoilers That's when you stop taking notes and realize that while you were trying to make sense of time and space. It was all about self sacrifice.

[@heavyspoilers]

If Neil is Max I kinda take it as him saving the man who saved his mother’s life

[@amysainz9737]

@@heavyspoilers Honestly I didn't put that together until I watched this video. That makes it so much more powerful as its not only saving a friend but also the man that saved his mom. The issues i had with the movie were answered at the end. I did not understand why he would risk so much to save that woman. I also did not understand why Neil would be so loyal to him. That one scene at the end then makes the whole thing make sense. I almost have no doubt max is Neil.

[@Samsepiioll]

“Nobody cares about the bomb that didn’t go off, only the bomb that did” neils entire dialogue in that scene is amazing

[@MrSpeedyAce]

When the inverted protagonist starts to bleed in the truck it is because his other self is going to stab him in the turnstile room. Because he is inverted, he bleeds first, then gets stabbed, and then un-stabbed.

[@MrSpeedyAce]

@@sahilraj7739 You mean when the Protagonist is being held down and Sator is in the other chamber?

[@caiopaes8800]

Do you know how to explain how it works when you’re not inverted but your weapon is? I mean if both are inverted, and you shoot a bullet, for you it will be like shooting a normal bullet, but for someone who is not inverted they will see you catching the bullet. But when only the gun is inverted does it mean that you will be carrying a gun without any bullet and then you will “follow the destiny of it” to catch the bullets ?

[@MrSpeedyAce]

​@@caiopaes8800 I think that's correct. Similarly like when the Protagonist finds the orange case lying on the side of the road, it suddenly becomes active and flies back into Sator's car. I think you would squeeze the trigger and nothing would happen, but when you release the trigger, the bullet would fly back into the gun through "feeling it".

[@caiopaes8800]

@@MrSpeedyAce it’s basically like you go to a war without any bullet, just a gun and you “trust” that when you pull the trigger a bullet will come from nowhere to your gun doing the same trajectory but in as inverted way 😂

[@sisyphus0324]

So applying this logic to Neil's death, he had his head shot when? Fuck my head hurtsss

[@louist3923]

"The guy died because he was killed, *I KNOW IT'S A BIT OF A REACH..."

[@garretttekampe9564]

I read this this yesterday and I'm still laughing at it

[@Ethan-Ivey]

It is a valid thing to say when it comes to this movie.

[@unknown-pu3by]

Could u explain is that?

[@Triumvirate3]

“People die when they are killed”

[@noobiewatcherz9938]

@@Triumvirate3 Sabaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!

[@julespaul2660]

Inception: Time goes slow Interstellar: Time goes fast Tenet: Haha, time goes brrrrrrr

[@liquid__7294]

rrrrrrb seog emit, haha

[@julespaul2660]

@@liquid__7294 😂😂😂😂

[@HailCostanza]

Would’ve been a funny joke if you didn’t copy/paste it from someone who made it 4 months before you.

[@eadbert1935]

@@liquid__7294 ahah*

[@liquid__7294]

@@eadbert1935 yeah messed up on this one haha😂😂

[@mandeehess3618]

Saw it in theaters twice months ago... watched it two more times since it came out on Blu-ray... still catching new stuff. Love this movie. The ending still gets me. I’d love to see a ‘future’ Pro and Neil story...

[@Ndstars1]

Okay before I watched this movie again, I made a note of the running time , divided that in half, and set a silent timer on my phone. I wanted to know the exact mid-point of the movie. When the timer went off, it was within about 15 seconds of the scene on the road in Tallinn when they're counting down the seconds to start the heist. So depending on whether I should have started from the producer credits or when the actual movie started, I think that when Robert Pattinson finishes the countdown "5..4..3..2..1" is when the 2nd half of the movie starts.

[@Entanglementful]

OMG, I hope it actually is true, this would prove the amazing attention to details

[@Ndstars1]

@@DeactivatedButUsedAhh! Ok let me go find the nearest inversion turnstile.

[@thesorrow4664]

Word?!!

[@b8la]

Nolan breathing behind the Editor to make this happen hahah

[@jacknbg6819]

One more thing to check out when I got my copy of Tenet. 😂

[@goatsfullofboats8559]

The algorithm looks like it would make a good barbell/dumbbell though

[@putinscat1208]

Like a Bowflex select.

[@trileobayu2023]

Looks like my lego toys

[@WisdomThumbs]

It’s the Adaptinator from that Perry Platypus meme.

[@Distraughtpan]

it looks like a crankshaft

[@shadowwarrior2030]

Infinity stones came to mind.

[@Outsider_98]

I think where the movie confirms Neil is Max, is when Neil tells the Protagonist the exact date Sato would be on the Yacht. I mean, not even Kat remembered that, and she straight-up asks him how he knows the date. Since we know Max saw the woman (future Kat) dive off the boat, it could be that Neil still remembers that day even after all this time.

[@heavyspoilers]

Nice

[@Outsider_98]

@@heavyspoilers Thanks

[@geebuttersnaps2230]

Dark is 100% one of my favorite Time travel shows, sci-fi shows, and hell, just one of my favorite tv shows of all time, it was so so so damn good. Anyone who enjoys time travel shows NEEDS to watch Dark

[@heathpeters1056]

Sweet nickname Gus!

[@AK.__]

Is it better than Back to the Future?

[@jmoz]

Watch Primer.

[@AK.__]

@@jmoz It kind of low budged to be very attractive. It is smart, though, but visually inferior to the same genre movies as "Triangle", "Time crimes" and "Coherence"

[@aspiringwayfarer]

@@AK.__ yes, Dark is much better than Back To The Future. Also, Dark is a tv series (on Netflix), not a movie. I love it so much.

[@jrmariottini2658]

Just watched in 4K tonight. When the protagonist meets the Russian for the first time, the Russians first question is - have you slept with my wife yet? And the answer is, I have not slept with your wife...yet.

[@willmeng4251]

I literally just finished watching it and I’m very tempted to watch it again right now.

[@imcurious3287]

I am glad that youtubers can access the movie while breaking it down. Till now, we all were seeing the clips from trailer

[@rahulramesh9474]

The scientist who discovered time inversion is most likely the same scientist the protagonist met in the beginning. She tells him she doesn't understand it yet but hope to do so one day.

[@quasarstarpower2858]

But Priya told the protagonist that the scientist was in a time generations away from their time, so i doubt that she is the one.

[@rahulramesh9474]

@@quasarstarpower2858 Priya is just a piece in the puzzle. Everything she knows about time inversion is either something she picked up from her contact ( someone the protagonist arranged ) or was fed to her by the protagonist. She does say that the algorithm was developed generations from now, but it's very unlikely for Nolan to leave loose ends like that. My bet is, especially since Priya refers to the scientists as 'she' and because she had a good amount of screen time explaining things, the scientists we met in the beginning is most likely the person who invented time inversion. This also makes for a reference to the time travelers paradox.

[@quasarstarpower2858]

@@rahulramesh9474 Could be..

[@Knightko]

True Becoz the 'She' reference used by Priya is Strong Point!!!

[@passiveagressive4983]

@@quasarstarpower2858 but Priya is very loose with the Truth though.

[@ence1540]

The biggest mystery: Did The Protagonist get his hot sauce?

[@BeDangerousGroup]

He got his hot sauce an hour ago. Then he threw up 60 minutes later.

[@UzairKhan-qd3xu]

it would have been big deal if it was LAMB SAUCE

[@RioKurniawanpsi]

WHERE IS THE HOT SAUCE?!

[@peterphan227]

Or did he eventually get cold sauce?

[@LukasLindner]

Has anyone noticed the two trains left and right in the scene after the opera? They are moving in opposite directions, just as the time does! The sounddesign supports this idea by making the trains hard-panned and a little bit too loud :)

[@straysheep5312]

Neil was not inverted in the opera scene. You clearly see him jot away like a normal person. It’s simply the gun that is inverted.

[@mosanaliniprabhath6930]

The bullet

[@galonakuaakua2498]

Neil from the opera is neil from the future. He is inverted years after recruited by the protagonist

[@mosanaliniprabhath6930]

Sahil Raj that is from Satar view....when he inverted himself he takes her with him....from the hero view he brought her in and shot her and then inverted to normal

[@pacmanfanable]

That’s what I was thinking. Because since he did run way alike a normal person. I was thinking if he was inverted, the. Why did he run up the stairs to shoot the person. So yes you are right, only the bullet

[@Phillip161]

@@galonakuaakua2498 Yes, he is Neil from the future, but in the opera scene he is not invertet. He inverted in the future, "traveled trough time" backwards to this scene, then inverted again to rescue the Protagonist with an inverted gun. At this point he was NOT inverted. He was moving forward. Like he did when the protagonist meets him the first time. When Protagonist meets him for the first time Neil is not inverted, but still came from the future.

[@inquirohaqq1472]

It's one of those movies that practically thanks you for rewatching. Nolan is definitely one of the greats.

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah and it gets better after every viewing as well

[@heavyspoilers]

Thanks for the comment btw

[@rajosikbose1159]

The protagonist was introduced to sir Michael by the young man of "Following" n he said to the protagonist to follow him.

[@Exploredinary]

HOLY SHIT!! Thats a good Easter egg! I love Following!

[@SpyTrader1988]

Good film too, love the twist at the end

[@andrewjoyce6634]

The Travis Scott song at the end is packed with references to the story. Lines like "I draw the line and cross it first / I need the time, I need the search" are lifted from their spy movie context and offered up in the the more relatable medium of a rap song about trying to remain oriented within the haze of timespace.

[@gianlucaborza]

Before they go into the blast scene, the blueprint (the one that Ives is pointing to) of the blast site and it’s setup seem to be a hat tip to Plato’s allegory of the cave. This alludes to the forces at work in the future/‘past’ (fire and moving objects) affecting the present (prisoners in the cave).

[@J-Rock462]

Very cool that you mentioned Dark. That show is great and has a ton of time travel in it!

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah so good

[@FLdancer00]

I disagree. I only agreed to spoilers for Tenet, not other shows.

[@geebuttersnaps2230]

Dark is massively underrated, it’s the best time travel show ever imo

[@rebeccaailor9436]

I watched TENET for the first, second, & third time this weekend. Then immediately took a deep dive into all your videos, THANK YOU so much for this material, I love all the detail & effort you put into them. 🖤 you’ve answered SO many of my questions!

[@HBKHTBY]

"I ordered my hot sauce an hour ago" you the real MVP for throwing that in video 🤘🏾😅🤘🏾💯

[@blakjak38]

This movie is the gift that keeps on giving for these KZbin movie review channels. I see so many of them are racking thousands of views by just talking about it.

[@forealz3255]

I like when The Protagonist has a gun to Prya's husband's head and she mentions the word Tenet so The Protagonist does the hand gesture while holding the gun still. Didnt see that on the first viewing

[@akashsadhu1430]

I just watched the movie. Now I'm watching all your tenet videos

[@MoonwalkerNow]

When he meets the lady who shows him the inverted materials and when he meets Priya for the first time, not only does he say the word 'Tenet' he also puts his hands together in that motion. The female opposites see both the word and the motion being used, which is why It opened doors for him.

[@Helebel1]

Wow!!! Thats so right! He has the pistol in his hamd but he put his hands together and the woman looks at them and accepts to talk with him.

[@vasanthkumarj8245]

Now this is a movie that is worth a ten time watch and not a one off experience! Original ideas and content must be pushed to such extents and its worth digging through the way youve done so well....great stuff!

[@billyford7853]

I was thinking that's probably how many times I'll have to watch it to truly understand it.

[@TanningOnMars]

Something I found cool was that when the Protagonist fights himself in the airport, at the beginning of both fights, he's losing. Uninverted Protagonist is first dragged out into the hall by Inverted Protagonist, but soon overpowers him and holds him down with a gun to his head. Alternatively, when the black-clad Inverted Protagonist is launched into the storage room, the Uninverted Protagonist is sitting on his chest, holding a gun to his face. The fight begins, and the Uninverted Protagonist is mopping the floor the Inverted Protagonist, but at the end of the fight, Inverted Protagonist overpowers Uninverted Protagonist and escapes into the Turnstile. At the beginning of each fight, the Protagonist who's point of view we are watching is losing. By the end of the fight, that respective Protagonist is winning. He begins each fight being unable to contend with an inverted opponent, but in each fight he quickly learns how to handle such an enemy. In fact, I think I found the point where the tides turn. Halfway through each fight, there's a scene where both Protagonists are trading punches, but are both unable to land a hit on the other. Up to this point, both Protagonists have been losing, and both have been winning. It is in this scene where both versions of the Protagonists-one moving forward, the other moving backward-learn how to fight an opponent whose entropy is opposite their own. That's why in each fight, the Protagonist we are watching is losing the start of the fight, but wins at the end.

[@sprigsleycourtier7816]

I feel like red also represents emotion based decisions moving forward in time and blue represents knowledge based decisions based on knowledge from the future. It's like Sator (The blue cat) and Maxwell (the red demon) accidentally end up doing a Temporal Pincer Maneuver together thus creating harmony by breaking the chaotic rule of entropy. Yin and Yang.

[@Shelly-cp7gj]

Wow! Nice thought.

[@shaniyoung5459]

9:28 - Also when The Protagonist is explained the basic mechanics of inverted objects he asks about free will. She answers and says that the bullet would have never been picked up you hadn't put you hand there. I think that's ties to consequential questions to the larger plot of the story. 'Why does any of this matter if he was going to fail in the first place? Does The Protagonist have actual free will in the situation?" Well, if no one goes through these steps none of this will happen.

[@Samsepiioll]

Awesome insight, it actually helps break a paradox my mind has created after watching the film a few times - I always thought to myself why does the film, the story even matter if we already know what’s going to happen, what is the point? But like you say, if the series of events never even happened to begin with, none of it happens

[@RobotHau5]

​@@Samsepiioll At the end Neil says "what's happened, happened" and later says "its not an excuse to do nothing" when asked if things can change if they're done differently. This lends to that idea as well.

[@blindbrad4719]

Being blind I only listened to the movie, did he go through an inversion turn start dial when meeting that woman?

[@RobotHau5]

@@blindbrad4719 No, the first time he encountered the turn style was when he and Neil went to Freeport for their retrieval mission.

[@Canady182]

Neil and the Protagonist have the best bromance of all time. Don't @ me.

[@8ballTroller]

Must never watched bad boys 😂

[@clb4947]

@@8ballTroller I know right

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

man, I hope Christopher Nolan confirms that "Neil is Max" theory. It's such a great theory that it fits in the film far too well.

[@ntd252]

a lot don't think that. if you just care about the connection between Neil and Kat when she is shot, then pay attention to the emotion he gives to her. It's not strong for a mother-son relation than a friend. Neil would spend years going backwards, and this is not practical.

[@beingiftekhar8722]

Only neil knows the date of their vietnam holiday. Not even kat knows. Protagonist even asks neil “how could you possibly know that” . I m surprised that the audience still don’t get that neil is max

[@adrianleverkuhn3281]

But wait... now I'm more confused. If you invert the entropy of your own body, aren't you supposed to get younger? I thought the entropy applied to everything, and not just the action and reaction part. What am I missing? This movie is fucking amazing!!!!

[@ntd252]

@@adrianleverkuhn3281 not that complicated, the entropy inverting is seen from forward people when they meet inverting object. To their eyes, inverting object acts in opposite way. Yes, somehow, from normal people, they will see inverted people is getting younger if they are inverted long enough. But from inverted people's view, when they go through the turnstile, they are still getting older. That's why the Kat's Max theory is not practical, because Neil had to invert for so long (about 5-10 years), and re-inverted himself to meet past Protagonist.

[@vpynk9562]

@@beingiftekhar8722 this theory is far from true. if max had grown up and met the Protagonist in the future, he’d have to be inverted for 10-15 years in order to meet him again at the time the movie takes place. just doesn’t make any sense.

[@zachscohan]

This is really well done. Thank you

[@scowsama3474]

As a Maximilian, thank you for clarifying that Maximilien is French. That point has been winding me up all week as I try and understand this masterpiece.

[@nikhil6204]

Believe me we have watched more content related to TENET than the actual movie. :O

[@nahmemusic]

Shoul've made it "101 details" in the title (you can still do it) so that it forms a palindrome, yeah? ;)

[@Nate-Dog]

Actually in more symbolism to this movie it should of been 121 facts. The protagonist recruiting Neil to help his past and future self 121

[@steffan9991]

man, nolan create an amazing story out of a block of stone with a bunch of words

[@bluelightningnz]

The universe clearly meant for him to make this film.

[@vitoudonsilva8034]

It's not just any block of stone with bunch of words. Is way more than that! Do your research and you'll be blown away my friend. Blessings

[@lucifer919_xd4]

in the scene with the helicopeter at 9:24, you can actually see future Neil driving away from the explosion, and if you look closely you can see a black object moving into the cloud of dust( like when The protagonist was drivin out of the explosion by Niel with a cable tied to the car) :)

[@GauravSharma-dy8xv]

Opera siege takes place at the same time as the climax battle. So there are 5 Neils in the climax battle. So, 1 Neil in Opera House 1 Neil in Helicopter blue container 1 Neil driving the car pulling our protagonist and Ives 1 inverted Neil in the cave that opened the door but got shot 1 Neil is Max (Kat's son) if you believe this theory. --------------------------------------------------------- There are 3 Neils and 3 protagonists in Airport scene, 1 Neil and 1 protagonist in blue coats 1 Neil and 1 protagonist in YELLOW VAN 1 inverted Neil and 1 inverted protagonist behind yellow Van running back in the shipping container. --------------------------------------------------------- They couldn't treat Kat with the help of turnstile because the Turnstile was under control of Sator few moments back. --------------------------------------------------------- Sator got the algorithm's location as our Protagonist threw it in another car so he got it easily because that car was just outside the airlock. --------------------------------------------------------- Neil was the silent guardian, a watchful protector, the dark knight.😂 ---------------------------------------------------------

[@charuhaschitale4246]

Three copies of Goya's painting are mentioned in the movie. one original and two fake ones made by Arepo. There is very less importance given to the Arepo in the movie but Arepo is written on Sator Square which might be reveled in sequel.

[@GauravSharma-dy8xv]

@@charuhaschitale4246 wait!! Is there a sequel coming? Any source?

[@charuhaschitale4246]

@@GauravSharma-dy8xv There has to be. Not sure if it will be a sequel or prequel.

[@GauravSharma-dy8xv]

@@charuhaschitale4246 naah I don't think. Nolan never makes sequel except batman

[@charuhaschitale4246]

@@GauravSharma-dy8xv But they are saying that end of tenet is middle of the story. screenrant.com/tenet-2-movie-release-date-story-updates/

[@harrysmith6471]

I was thinking of Dark through this video, I’m glad you mentioned it

[@torchwoodcanaria]

I've only just got round to watching this, so I may have to do a couple of re-watches! The "reverse bungee" got me straight away though (after the little clue at the opera). I have now binged on your TENET vids, and really enjoyed your take on the film! I'll put a random comment on last week when I've seen it a few more times 😆

[@neilthompson3401]

You've dropped us the good stuff yet again Paul, great work.

[@heavyspoilers]

Cheers Neil

[@obiomachukwuocha4918]

5:21 just wanna say that you stated the dopler effect in reverse. When objects such as stars move toward us they get a blue shift and when objects move away they get a red shift. The image you use also states this.

[@philanderson5138]

seen it twice, have it now on blu ray too. after watching your videos you have given me extra pieces of the jigsaw. i understood the general theme after first watch, so hopefully after a few more it will come together even more. thanks for your work - it must take some time!!

[@noachweiss266]

At 12:19 when the protagonist and Neil are walking in the street the background coordinates with where they are standing, from the protagonist to the right is red, he is moving forward in time, from Neil to the left is blue he is moving backwards in time

[@radientproductions9799]

Dark is one of the greatest shows ever made 😄

[@samrbrts]

Word

[@NessysSanctuary]

I understood that one. lol. I will have to watch his one over and over. I love movies like these I only buy movies that you missed so much in the first sitting that you have to just to stop the questions

[@tsmacks9]

Dark is the greatest show ever made

[@EvanGaoTV]

Trueeee

[@windyadiyatna7912]

Dark is like the blackmirror with longer eps

[@bnwiley77]

Movie gets better with each breakdown

[@dextro808]

i'm loving the concept of something being both invisible and red

[@ReadingAngel]

Just watched tenet and all your videos are blowing my mind 🤯 so glad I found your videos lol I would have missed all of this.

[@bobweasel3]

I ordered my 100 details 20 minutes ago!

[@CT2SKATE]

I didn't even think of the red thread of fate until you mentioned it, but I noticed the coin when watching the movie. It's probably a 5-yen coin. It's the only Japanese coin that has a hole in it, and it is usually thrown into a coin-offering box at shrines in Japan to wish for good luck. Similarly, 円 (yen) is actually more pronounced like "en" in Japanese, which is also represented by the character 縁, which when combined with the Japanese word for 5 (go), it turns into go-en, ご縁 (fate).

[@bdinaravideo]

That's an interesting point. Yen also means circle. Circular movement of time in this case?

[@mazyellow28]

Loved this breakdown, especially the red = forward and blue = backward theory! Now I'll have to rewatch the whole movie (again) just to watch for these easter eggs. e.g. Just noticed a cute little easter egg in 9:03-9:05 where the the tour guide in the background was carrying a blue flag and walking backwards 😁

[@AslamYusof]

I should expect DARK to be mentioned here. Glad you did

[@_ronnie230]

I came here for an explanation of the movie. Now I need an explanation for this!! 😵😵

[@tmarie69]

I’m that person who’s watched all your videos on Tenet, but haven’t seen it yet. I definitely plan to though! 😂

[@heavyspoilers]

You might enjoy it more than most knowing this stuff

[@LYMIFilms]

Nobody mentioned that Kat says where is Neal? I didn't get to say goodbye when realistically she is about to say hello because it's her son and she never gets to see him. Then, she ends up meeting him at the school and it's the first time she is actually not scared of my seeing him. Also the opposite of goodbye is hello.

[@silkywaves4254]

ohhhh my god

[@binaryalgorithm]

Sator has a fake cyanide pill... except he is destined to die at that moment by the person asked to prevent his death until the right moment. However, that must have been the right moment anyway, through which the entire temporal pincher pivots.

[@space_dui829]

So actually one piece of dialogue they kept out from the screenplay is the first tenet contact says "yours was a fake" and sator got his from the cia who were not testing him. I do actually believe that the pill Sator has is real

[@TanningOnMars]

These TENET analysis videos made me subscribe pretty quick. Love this channel now.

[@mariehilovsky1859]

Currently executing a temporal pincer to make sure the LOTR 4K box gets to its rightful place.. And also, great job on the video! 👍 very helpful! :)

[@ElGrexoOfficial]

This is why I think TENET is a masterpiece

[@emilyganguly277]

Anyone notice that the protagonist and neil flip each other the middle finger? Protagonist "there's something (a joke) here it's just not on the map" while pointing to the map with middle finger. Later on in the mission "need a hand?" "actually yes" Neil reaches over and opens the door with his middle finger with a cheeky smile. Male bonding!

[@Antipersonnel89]

Nice. Of course the middle finger is central to two other digits.

[@anang69perteen18]

Inception took me 3times god knows how much this gonna take

[@andrewrichards1259]

What about another stretch... the school at the end is Cannon School in Cannon Place, which does exist. Remove one N (for Nolan) and "canon" is musical term, where a melody is followed by a related melody shortly afterwards. And musical canons can be "inverted" or "retrograde", where either idea fits the film.

[@diverbrent]

I love Tenet, and went to the theatres five times to see it! Love your channel, great work keep it up!

[@chrishomenuk15]

My mind was blown when I saw this movie in IMAX ...and I didn't get it or understood it ...but thank you for making this video it clear up a lot of questions I had after I saw lol 😆...FYI love your channel ❤

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you

[@mayaparamita2254]

My ear is (almost) blown when i watch the movie in IMAX (Just kidding :P)

[@Eggie3000]

I ordered that hot sauce an hour from now!

[@batgurrl]

Thanks so much for doing this👏👏

[@heavyspoilers]

🙌

[@joejusto3292]

After watching Tenet for the 747th time, I just now noticed that when “The Protagonist “ is caught by the lady in the white coat, he closes his hands, in the same gesture that was shown to him earlier when he first learned about “Tenet.”