The Genius of TENET (2020) Explained

[@Nexus-6]

'Inception sure was mind bending, and confusing." Tenet: "Hold my beer."

[@OlCheekyBastard]

You mean: beer my hold

[@agentc7020]

@@OlCheekyBastard dloh ym reeb :naem uoy

[@krklee77]

@@OlCheekyBastard FAK U BEAT ME TO IT 🤣👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@OlCheekyBastard]

@@krklee77 no I didn't beat you. It hasn't happened yet.

[@OlCheekyBastard]

@@agentc7020 damn👍

[@thenewadventuresofhenry6998]

I get the feeling Chris Nolan LOVES heist films but doesn't actually want to DO a heist film. So he makes it more interesting. We have to steal from a dream, we have to find a new planet, we have to get off the beach, we need to go back in time, we have to be Batman.

[@lastofpaul]

Last line killed me

[@jasonspades5628]

That's a smart observation

[@michaelotis223]

he sees the heist subgenre as a means to explore complex ideas and concepts

[@maxh276]

Fr it's awesome

[@advocatearpandeb8403]

which movie do you mean by "we have to get off the beach" ?

[@sebswede9005]

"Do you understand now?" "Yesn't".

[@filmcomicsexplained]

lol

[@dickhearne]

😂exactly🤣

[@nofool9621]

😂😂

[@mattynek2]

@@nofool9621 YeseY

[@green_growz1997]

Lmaooo

[@Deep13tom]

Neil was a Silent Guardian A watchful protector The Batman.

[@ryansuhaka9326]

Bruh 😂😂😂

[@Aceimus1066]

He is vengeance

[@AverageAlien]

Nolan: Yes *How confusing do you want this movie to be?*

[@funkymunky]

There, did you what see I.

[@nomanmcshmoo8640]

Oh, Man! That was BRILLIANT!!!!

[@Shah_creates]

@@funkymunky hahahaha!

[@OmegaJuggalo]

Retteb eht gnisufnoc erom eht

[@mkloven101]

Wouldn’t it be Nolan: Yes Didn’t you like how confusing this movie was

[@kevinwho.]

Of all the explanations of Tenet I’ve seen (and I’ve seen alot) this is the best one by far, awesome job

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks buddy!

[@bethepro]

Agree

[@katnip7976]

I don’t know. This one was ok, but I found the one by New Rockstars more fluid. I love FilmComicsExplained, just got a little busy with the timeline superimposed on the clips from the film.

[@tylerdurden788]

@@filmcomicsexplained I watched it 4 time's and I still couldn't explain it this well

[@renearguello6950]

100% agree

[@grapeshot]

That backwards fight scene was quite impressive.

[@handev2604]

Agreed

[@BlackWing117]

I'm still not sure how they did it.

[@user-zb8ss9xb1b]

With each version of the fighter improving his fighting as the time goes on, which is opposite to the other. (I'm not even sure I'm getting what I just said..)

[@jondavid1256]

@@BlackWing117 they learned the choreo forward and backward

[@Dank_Engine]

I watched this having never heard of it and it was at that moment that I realized I was watching a Christopher Nolan film. It all just kind of clicked lol

[@gowronsonofmrel867]

To quote Enrico Fermi "Having listened to your lecture, I am still confused -- but on a higher level.”

[@hhhsp951]

That's a great quote

[@BrandonLM777]

Throughout the film all I could think is, how bad was the future, that they were willing to possibly destroy all of time to end it.

[@Comicbroe405]

True..

[@agentc7020]

That’ll be our species future but we most likely won’t have the turnstiles

[@gutzz1519]

but it was impossible to regardless so i guess that's the upside

[@2Goodest]

The harsh part is because the protagonist wins that is the future.

[@andreasmerkel5717]

It seems to me that the future is the product of the present, in which people destroy the future of their children out of pure selfishness and greed.

[@graciemarshall0]

This was the first explanation of tenet that has fully made sense, I loved the whole diagram showing when they were going forward and backward in time!!!

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks Gracie!

[@MrAndyStenz]

Agreed!

[@nerovanguard846]

I have watched this movie 3 times now and everytime I do, I find something new. It's just absolutely awesome and I see it as a masterpiece

[@danemania001]

@@npcimknot958 It was there because it always was

[@kimjunguny]

nah, if its effect first then cause, then that means the effect of a bullet hole would be in that wall infinitely backwards into time. Or it just magically appeared whenever the fuck nolan wants it to.

[@jsbrads1]

Yeah, I didn’t like the backwards bullets, backwards driving et al

[@nhoxxikekute9x]

I watched it 6 times

[@Telonious_Terp]

Same

[@FrankFrankly711]

Tenet is pretty much a more complicated version of the Bill and Ted rule: "Hey Dude, lets make sure in the future we go back in time to help ourselves now!"

[@Wanderer042]

I was thinking more Back to the Future on crack. There are so many time paradoxes and contradictions where it makes me wonder about the Infinite universe theory, where each choice creates a alternate timeline or universe where if you did not make a said decision and instead went with the opposite. Where Tenant keeps going in the past and create alternate universes to the point where I am amazed the timeline has not collapsed. Then again they Could've prevented Neil's death and went back to prevent the solider from ever killing him, but sill exist. Time Travel gets really headache inducing.

[@whiskeywine]

Looks like garbage🤔

[@FrankFrankly711]

@@Wanderer042 In my opinion, the film world doesn't exist in the alternate universes theory. People are either going forward or backward in the same timeline, and even if they think they are trying to go back and change things, it all ends up the same. "What's happened, happened." As Neil says. I think his younger self was told that his heroic sacrifice taking a bullet is what saves the world, so he is willing to meet his fate, and the other Tenet members aren't stopping him. To me, its one big infinite loop in the same timeline.

[@mars_12345]

​@@Wanderer042 "where each choice creates a alternate timeline or universe where if you did not make a said decision and instead went with the opposite" that's assuming you actually have a choice. What if life, our "decisions", are prescribed? This way you always have the same, one universe and one timeline. Going back in time is more like rewinding the tape and playing it from a certain point. Now, given that You moving back in time is not the same You as before, meaning two of You coexist now, it was this way in the first place, before you stumbled upon going back in time. So it always plays the same way. Might ask "How it all started? It must have a starting point.", but what if it was always like that? If I recall correctly, Predestination has this concept, but it was also in Harry Potter. It seems that the loop has a starting point, so "who rescued first travellers?" comes to mind, but the solution would be that it was all set to be like that. Omg, being too verbose at this point. Hope it didn't get too vague :(

[@chaikagaz]

It doesn't help cause who are you helping the you from 20 minutes ago or the you from 20 minutes ago in an alternate time-line or the demon from hell that looks like you etc.

[@1101G12646]

When Neil said at the end "this whole operation is a temporal pincer" - that should be the biggest give away about what's happening in the movie

[@gidope4076]

What’s that?

[@duffalex24]

@@gidope4076 to attack or corner from both sides, or the beginning and end

[@saleimfinegan6622]

I recommend the Netflix series dark

[@two2truths]

@@saleimfinegan6622 oh that series is absolutely incredible isnt it?

[@cheezoncrack1]

…Neil is literally explaining whats happened by saying that

[@chrisb1772]

This is why I love this movie. It makes me think. I have watched it 3 times and have watched countless videos on the movie. I've dove into reading on entropy and time. Christopher nolan knows how to entertain and ask questions at the same time. My favorite director and in my opinion the greatest director of the modern day.

[@snypestaylor]

NOLAN IS ALSO MY FAVE DIRECTOR ALL TIME. MOMENTO, INCEPTION, BATS.. HIS CATOLOUGE ROCKS!!

[@sphere7158]

This movie is so bizarre, and that's what I like about this.

[@shomikoto7558]

That's Nolan for you.

[@jothishprabu8]

That's Why I hate it

[@hughes4263]

@@jothishprabu8 why?

[@jothishprabu8]

@@hughes4263 This movie is pathetic to its core imo. It's okay If you don't agree with me.

[@hughes4263]

@@jothishprabu8 I definitely see where you’re coming from screenplay wise, stories got a lot of plot holes and it seems like it’s confusing for the sake of being confusing however I still enjoyed it. I think pathetic is a strong word though, seeing as the music, acting, and cinematography is all top tier.

[@prsnheretodo]

13:57 We see Neil first in Mumbai. In Hindi, his name means “Blue”. That’s a hint from Nolan about his direction in Time.

[@amareswarmishra6870]

Brilliant 👏

[@MegaCharns]

That doesn't really make sense though , everyone is still always moving forward through time!

[@slyder35]

@@MegaCharns the more you think about the "Neil is Max" thing, the less sense it makes. I bet that was the original idea they had, but since it doesnt make much sense, they didnt go deep into it

[@guardian3383]

Anytime a movie dives into time travel my brain immediately melts

[@testaccount4191]

most of the time they do it it is horribly wrong anyway

[@testaccount4191]

@@lazysnipe yeah, because if you think about it whatever outcome you go back in time to stop, occurs despite you going back in time to stop it otherwise the event which triggered you going back in time would not happen therefore guaranteeing it to happen. So therefore when confronted with this type of situation the best thing you can do is nothing as anything you do would lead to the same outcome otherwise the situation would not have happened. my brain hurts now

[@lukakulukaku2348]

@@testaccount4191 You my friend is the protagonist

[@faruqfathin9491]

But this melt my brain on a whole other level

[@Williamfuchs420]

@@testaccount4191 unless its a branching multiverse then anything you do in the past just results in a new alternate future

[@kingssman2]

I watched this film 4 or 5 times trying to wrap my head around time inversion. Just when I think there was a plot hole, the film has an explanation that covers it. Also I like the concept of living backwards in time rather than jumping backwards.

[@MegaCharns]

The boat scene where the protagonist saves satori is a bit of a plot hole.. it works out but it is very bad lol

[@godmode2461]

@@MegaCharns can you explain how it is bad

[@Massivehero1]

@@MegaCharns he could have let him die but he needed him alive to gain his trust and information before allowing him to die.

[@cosmicvoidtree]

The way I think of traditional time travel (off the top of my head movies like bttf, terminator, and some others) is that time is a river always flowing at a constant (relativity being ignored, sorry Einstein) speed. Time travel is hopping out of the river and getting in at a different point. Tenet’s time I imagine as a line, and your experience of it as a piece of string. When you invert, you stick a pin in time and wrap your string around it and let it go backwards.

[@HILAL19564]

@@cosmicvoidtree nice

[@nickmattio3397]

Robert Pattinson’s floating smiling maze head is so funny for some reason lol “Ifff Iii Couuulddd Turrrnnn Baaccckk Tiiimmeee!!!”-Cher

[@maxman3318]

People forget or don't know that Nolan wanted TENET to be a James Bond Science-Fiction movie with an original story. There is an organisation, a plot, a mistery, the characters are similar. He didn't wanted to make nothing other than a new cinematic experience from this movie based on his passion for time and science and on his job, film making. TENET is something else 👍

[@jothishprabu8]

I'd take quantum of solace over this piece of shit

[@wills.e.e8014]

@@jothishprabu8 I'd take Casino Royal than *that* piece of shit movie you loved.

[@jothishprabu8]

@@wills.e.e8014 Everyone would do the same too

[@wills.e.e8014]

@@jothishprabu8 I meant that I would take Casino Royale (and Tenet) over that POS movie Quantum of Solace.

[@MarcraM82]

gosh, makes me think how much better films like from russia with love or goldfinger are than this mess of a film.

[@OziJo1]

Excellent analysis. This movie was amazing and I can’t understand why it doesn’t get more love. It was by far the best movie of 2020 and should be considered for Best Picture noms, yet it has been dismissed for less original fare. I feel that as time has gone by and more people have seen it multiple times, it is becoming more appreciated. I hope Nolan keeps up his genius output despite the backlash to his insistence that this movie be released in the cinemas at the height of the pandemic. A mistake? Not for me us in Australia as we were able to go to the movies from August. I saw it 3 times in the cinema :)

[@zackadams309]

I’ve said to people that this movie will build a following and be considered a classic in time. I’m happy that I am how I am in how I watch movies. Whenever I go to the theatre or watch something I haven’t seen at home, my goal is never to scrutinize or dissect it or try to understand it on any deep level (though often our brains are trying to do much of that automatically) but to sit back and just experience the film. I can recall sitting in the theatre watching Tenet and somewhere around an hour or so in thinking to myself, “I have no idea what the hell I’m watching but I sure am loving it!” I enjoy having to stretch my brain and think. And while I didn’t fully grasp everything as I watched it, it didn’t bother me because I trust Nolan enough due to his past work that I know he will leave what I need there to put it all together, even if I need multiple viewings to do it

[@kubolor1234]

It’s too terse.

[@NoWondersWhy]

It came out at the worst possible time. So ALOT of people didn’t see it

[@climate-moneymakingcampaig305]

I believe u are exaggerating or better say, u want to fit in the exaggerating groups who carry the award/honor of understanding the concept of the movie

[@sammeyphammey349]

It came out when the world was falling apart

[@kamidarko]

I love those kinds of movies that bring me new methods of thinking and perspective without trying to tell me how to interpret it. Wild video man, thank you for uploading.

[@gondwanaman9362]

What I love so much abour it is that there isn't a single scene that feels like fat. The pacing is one of the best I've seen in recent times, it always keeps you attentive. And thank God it didn't do any backstories and anything like that because it would have broken the flow of the movie.

[@nidhi4079]

The story itself is a backstory

[@gondwanaman9362]

@@nidhi4079 k

[@jaybot22]

You must have been lucky enough to have snoozed through Michael cain and yacht races

[@aaks4785]

For those wondering about Neil actually being Max from the future, here's what I believe is the most likely situation.Assuming Max is about 9-10 years old in Tenet, he would need to be around 22-23 years old(maybe even less if he proved himself to be exceptional in academics) for him to have obtained his Masters in Physics as he claims to have to the protagonist. While there is no definitive proof he is telling the truth that he has acquired a degree through conventional means, I am inclined to believe this simply because of the references he makes about "their suppression tactics" and "his drinking on the job" remark both of which were true but were not integral pieces of information for the job at hand but were said anyway for innocent banter between them, even before Neil revealed his true identity to the protagonist towards the end of the film, indicating a very different and jovial personality in contrast to the protagonist who believes lying is part of the job. This means that after he obtained his degree while still being trained by the Protagonist and Tenet he was inverted using a Turnstile and now would need to go back in time by 13-14 years( again could be less based on when he was qualified) in order to reach the point of the opera siege at Kiev as that is his endgame. Here comes the most crucial element of time travel in Tenet, even while you are inverted and time moves backwards around you, you still age normally. Meaning if you want to travel 14 years in the past you need to physically live in 14 years of backwards time to get to that point. So if you're 23 and travel back in time by 14 years you'll now be 37 but 14 years ago. Neil is a middle-aged man in this film so this very much holds true in terms of theory. Now as to actually living inverted for all these years, as depicted in the film you need to be constantly using inverted oxygen tanks or be living inside specialized containers and spending that kind of life for such a long time I can only imagine that as pure agony. Honestly the most brilliant character in the movie in my honest opinion. Thanks for listening to my TED talk .

[@martyg8137]

In order to avoid this discomfort, could a person move backward but occasionally revert, just as an example: move backward a week but then spend a day or 2 going forward as a sort of 'break'? Obviously this would make going back 14 years take a bit longer.

[@miroslavumlauf9967]

@@martyg8137 The thing is if you do the forward / backwards approach you don't go 14 years to the future. Instead you can hover in time, in theory with thousand of yourself in the same spacetime, which would take about 3 years to live in the one day there and back.

[@jaythekid4728]

On the tenet Reddit the theory has now changed that Neil is not Max simply because inverting back in time that long for one person or even a whole team simply wouldn’t work. Neil is just another Tenet agent likely recruited in the “Past” which is the Protagonists “future” As they are all stuck in a time loop now.

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

I've just found out that the opera being played at the start of the film is called LULU, its a palindrome, and the second half is backwards. Also.. The opening film company logos are blue and red.

[@octoberboiy]

@@jaythekid4728 that sounds more likely

[@thewiseotter3884]

I like how at exactly 11:06 the timeline starts inverting

[@cant_nerf_this6732]

Christopher Nolan put a lot of thought into this. Well done. As a writer, I am jealous of the genius of this story.

[@halildogan7075]

These are not dislikes, these are inverted likes

[@hannobaali_makendali]

A movie you have to see more than once. Kubrick would be proud.

[@spacegandalf2367]

...adding new meaning the the phrase 'why are you hitting yourself?' Lol Thank you

[@abeeeshen3852]

When the soundtrack “Meeting Neil” is played when Neil arrives, it was said in an interview that the weird eerie sound of the music is actually a depiction of the protagonist having a feeling of already having met Neil.

[@41Vega]

I always walk out of Nolan movies saying “well now I’ve never seen that before”…glad to be alive during these movies.

[@AstonishingRed]

This entire video perfectly sums up why I waited for the blu ray. I would of had to bring a notebook to the movie theater.

[@RighteousBrother]

Well, you see it on the big screen to REALLY immerse yourself in the experience, then you buy the blu ray, that's what I did!! 🤔

[@Swimm12984]

Also, you'd need earplugs and subtitles at the theater anyway. I saw it in the theater and was filled with regret for having done so. With the Blu-ray, the audio is less abrasive and the speech is clearer. That was the most audibly harsh movie I have ever seen in a theater. Ever.

[@hogquaffer4741]

Okay this seems really fucking cool and I'm disappointed in myself for believing the critics. Looks like he put a lot of thought into this, and it stands up to my hard sci-fi bullshit test. Watching it tonight.

[@jacksonjones1141]

you won’t regret it, hope you liked it

[@hogquaffer4741]

@@jacksonjones1141 It was really good aaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@jacksonjones1141]

@@hogquaffer4741 let’s goooo now you’re addicted to tenet like me hahahah

[@john-tobeymaguirecena]

I’m a tenet Feen now

[@wreckcelsior]

The only critic you should ever listen to is yourself.

[@younggenos]

I just watched this yesterday and was just saying how I still don’t understand it, thanks for the video :)

[@chaikagaz]

Now watch inception

[@nickbyrd1027]

Such a great video! I'm really glad to see the general consensus of this movie shifting from "convoluted mess" to "complex proposition to think about the world differently"

[@seaweed8rain]

hands down this is my favourite nolan film, i know its not perfect but the whole time inversion idea is executed perfectly for me

[@coronado900]

You’ve outdone yourself again Niyat. Thank you for this.

[@maxpowers6033]

I looked at time travel in this movie as like moving around and seeing the world and environment on rewind. Best explanation video on KZbin thank you!

[@jameseglavin4]

Probably the best breakdown I’ve seen, and I watched a ton of them after thoroughly enjoying Tenet. Kudos!

[@pheralphitness]

Sator wasn’t planning to detonate the algorithm; he was burying it under the hypocenter for the future partners to dig up and detonate in their time. Kat tells The Protagonist and Neil that they don’t understand because they believe he is burying it and waiting to send the email burst (or whatever communication). She tells them he is dying right now and he intends to kill himself and trigger the detonation from the future simultaneously. This would appear, in our eyes, as an instantaneous action. “Somewhere in the future a man in a crystalline tower flips a switch and simultaneously ends and begins humanity.” “We had our turn.” “Knowing this; do you still want to stop me?” A few other pieces are off in your explanation, but I only had a chance to respond to the beginning. I’ll listen again last week and finish my comment.

[@TheBiggestAlEver]

This explanation is BONKERS for being so good!!! Great job man! I’ve seen this movie like 20 and a half times and this is still tying up some loose ends I’ve had in my understanding of it! Thanks a trillion!!!✊🏾🦉💯

[@GF-wf8rt]

This movie was fantastic, I feel it would have gotten a way better rating if more people watched an explanation video

[@Aceimus1066]

Surely that's just poor filmmaking if you can't understand what's going on. I love ambiguity but this movie tries to confuse you

[@jayvee4787]

If you need an explanation video for a movie..... The movie's shit.

[@MJGianesello]

@@jayvee4787 no that means you're shit at watching it, which doesn't exclude the fact that the movie is also bad, buf if you were competent enough to give it a fair assessment you wouldn't need the explanation in the first place

[@Evanderj]

You can’t call theoretical physics or differential equations shit because you don’t understand it. It means your abstract comprehension does not meet the requisite. Tenet isn’t for those who want lowest common denominator Marvel movies.

[@GF-wf8rt]

@@Evanderj 🤓

[@slyder35]

I love how casually you explain that Neil is Max. "After getting his masters in physics, he then is inverted (for about 25 years) to go back and safe the protagonist at the opera house." How long Neil must have been inverted for that to make sense is a huge thing that you just breeze by

[@slyder35]

@@NoOne-wn9ju I bet they intended Neil to be Max, but since it doesnt really make sense they didnt bother getting deep into it. But the hints are there

[@wiinterflowers4277]

@@slyder35 The last shot perfectly spells it out. That's show don't tell done right!

[@slyder35]

@@wiinterflowers4277 I agree, thats what they intend it to mean, but it doesnt really make sense if you think about it for two minutes

[@wiinterflowers4277]

@@slyder35 It's something that's left up to the audience's imagination. That's why I like Tenet and Inception so much. Because we the audience are left to piece together what happens after even after the story ends. Nolan definitely has the show don't tell method down pat in his NON Batman films.

[@slyder35]

@@wiinterflowers4277 in inception it's a simple question of is this reality or not, and therefore it works. what I'm saying (again), is that when left to our "imagination", this thing in tenet doesnt quite work

[@joris_db]

I was hoping that you'd make a video about this. This movie is awesome 😍

[@theNewCruelty]

Tenet is such a fun and intriguing film and this was such a fun and intriguing explanation. Thank you!

[@Thetopnoobpro]

(The main point starts at Paragraph 3) I love how you took notice to things about Tenet that inspires it and tries to make us think about the world in a new way, and you thought about Tenet in a new way. I love how tenet reflects off of the world in a great way because it is both certain and uncertain at the same time, a paradox. The protagonist does not know as much as everyone else, he basically represents the audience trying to figure out more. Which is one reflection. People in the world do not know much about certain things that could be going on in the world at the very moment. And to explain what I mean that things can be certain and uncertain at the same time is the timeline off screen. At the end of the day max being Niel is just a theory, it’s not confirmed, it’s possible and not possible at the same time. The main point is tho that HOW the events of the protagonist creating the tenet organization, his friendship with Niel, and what happened in the future is all up to interpretation. However it is certain that that did indeed happen. It is certain that the protagonist did find tenet, he did have a friendship with Niel and that the world did end up falling apart and needing to turn back. It’s just the specifics are uncertain, but the outlines are certain, just like how things in the real world work. The outlines of how the world’s geography changed over time for example is probably certain because we know that the worlds geography just could not be the same for millions of years. The specifics however are uncertain or only theoretical because we were not there at the time to observe the world change but it is certain the world changed so it is certain that the specifics did happen but we are uncertain as to how. Paradox. Kinda... unless I’m just getting a bit ahead of myself :/ Great video non the less, very informative.

[@mattparks8434]

Your visual for Neil's storyline was exactly what I needed. Great video, thank you.

[@theheeze]

Wow this is the best breakdown of this movie so far

[@SachinAntil_312]

Bro i have seen many videos related to TENET But you the only one who described neil's timeline 100% correct bro👌🏻

[@mess00747]

I finally get the damn thing, been bugging me since. I got every other Nolan flick at once but this one just flew over me. Thank You ❤️

[@areyoufriendly]

This was excellent. It compelled me to create a folder labeled ‘ Explained’s ‘ because, let me tell you, this is among the best out there.

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie is impressive! I liked how they filmed everything backwards. I told my family this is how time travel is supposed to be. Done in a realistic way.

[@handev2604]

Yep

[@lenifoster5360]

Imo, it is the most fitting and realistic example of time travel I’ve seen in any film. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@xBloodXGusherx]

FilmComicsExplained is probably the only guy suited to breakdown this movie. Such a great channel. Thank you much!

[@brokenrobot9]

One problem with the Neil is Max theory is that Niel would have had to spend at least 10 years in a shipping container (or other sealed room) going back in time. Talk about taking one for team!

[@GaaraSama1983]

That is the major reason why most people dismiss this theory. It's still possible but very unlikely.

[@noseefood1943]

He could’ve put under an induced coma

[@sammeyphammey349]

I must say, out of all the videos on this movie, yours is probably the one I thought was most explanatory. Thanks mate

[@Azgara7h]

Sator DOES NOT go back on his deal with the future and trigger the algorithm himself. The purpose of the battle in Stask-12 was to bury the algorithm so deep that only the future could get it back out. When Sator kills himself, that releases a message for the future to find saying WHERE to go find the algorithm. If Sator has been successful in burying it, the multi-universe theory would allow for both the past to exist where Tenet failed the mission, AND for the past to cease to exist because the future would erase its existence. TENET’s objective was to convince Sator’s team AND the future that they were successful in obtaining the algorithm, and then find an empty shaft. This would allow Tenet to re-hide the pieces of the algorithm with the future at a complete loss about how to recover them again.

[@CalasTyphon488]

Max is Neil just blew my mind , I've watched this twice and didn't pick that up , thanks it makes more sense now .

[@stevespag9144]

Excellent video. The Neil reveal about him being Kat's son makes a lot of sense and it's something I hadn't considered!

[@corey0tucker0ct]

FCE could quite possibly be the most underrated YT ever. I mean this is concise beyond perfection. I still have no idea what is going on in this movie, much like memento, but my god what a way to walk through this one.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks Corey. I'm glad the video clicked with you :)

[@DXHero0X]

I know some people think the character aspects of this movie is not the strongest and i some what agree but the fact this is the only movie that makes time reversal understandable makes this movie remarkable!

[@Fimbleshanks]

This sailed so far over my head, but I was riveted. Very enjoyable video.

[@Microxxd]

I was just watching some of your videos keep up the good work

[@shivanaga]

Hands down the best explanation I've seen for TENET.

[@stevendunn2501]

Other than being able to get "Neil" from the reversed spelling of "Maximilien", there's no evidence to confirm that Neil and Maximilien are the same person.

[@lukekingsland5851]

And it also only works if you don't spell it "Maximilian", which is the correct spelling.

[@KC_Smooth]

@@npcimknot958 That could be nothing but a coincidence. It’s still nothing but a theory regardless of how likely/unlikely it is.

[@aidanbalac]

This would also imply that Neil spent the majority of his life inverted which would be kinda dumb

[@funbigly]

Once upon a time, people would stroke their beards, ponder the good book, and envisage meanings. Now they stroke their beards, ponder a Nolan movie, and envisage meanings. Same shit, different day.

[@BRNRDNCK]

Then why did Nolan have Pattinson speak in an accent he doesn’t have and die his hair the same color as Kat’s and the same color as Max? Maximilien is the correct spelling outside the United States. You should also watch the closing scene and listen closely to Neil’s final monologue. Keep in mind that by the time of that scene, Neil is actually dead (unless he’s Max). His closing lines seem to be about Tenet stopping the future threat, but they’re also about _himself_ as a child walking out of school, right after his mother Kat was going to be assassinated. That is the huge reveal people miss.

[@bonoki3870]

i. love. this. film. i also love any KZbin channel that goes into the deeper workings of the film. thanks for this.

[@Sainte305]

I love science and films that use real science to entertain use. While I think Nolan makes some exquisitely complex and tightly crafted films, I don't they're that complicated. I can't wait for Oppenheimer, reading up on the film I'm excited to see how they recreated the atomic blast with practical effects and diving into the effects breakdown of it. Oppenheimer is going to be epic with Cillian Murphy in the lead role, such an underrated actor.

[@DickersonAzard]

Yea like the laundry mat being closed when it supposed to be open at 7am plus I have to be at work 12pm lol

[@assasin19991999]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL Never seen a smarter, entertaining and rewarding movie in my life, and I am a movie junkie.

[@iamtheprotagonist]

TENET makes three arguments: 1. FATALISM is True 2. There is NO Free Will 3. Fatalism is not an excuse to do nothing (something Neil mentions to The Protagonist at the end of the film). Even though Fatalism is true, what we do still matters.

[@xsthetic7239]

Great explanation video. Its clear, consice and explained in a way that is accessible to a wide range of audience. Not to difficult to understand for people with limited knowledge on these advanced subjects and scientific theorys. But also not boring for the experts out there that have seen the movie a dozen times and watched a couple of videos on Entropy. Lol. Anyway good job as always. I will definitely keep sharing your videos with friends and family.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Messines17]

Excellent video, really enjoyed your analysis and explanation

[@Disciple7218]

This movie, just like all of Christopher Nolan’s films is amazing. Christopher Nolan is definitely in the top ten directors of all time

[@ryanreviews8566]

this is the first time ever that I can PHYSICALLY feel my brain struggling to accept all this

[@thescarletcultist113]

This movie was so surreal

[@blackthorne-rose]

Every time I come in to look at your work Danny I'm just so impressed and amazed and enlightened and inspired by the love of cinema that you share with so much thoughtfulness and depth of realization. Love it.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Who is Danny? I’m Niyat lol

[@freeklee3053]

This video just cleared my mind after watching it more than 7 times. Really love it

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Happy to hear that!

[@rogerchavez2531]

Best explanation yet. Seen it 4 times and this is really gonna help next time I pit it on. Thanks. Also hate that KZbin unsubscribes me from channels, good thing I found this one again

[@Lokatimar]

I understood nothing and my brain actually hurts and i feel sick

[@twotwosteele]

Thanks for the hard work because I didn't understand the movie @ all 💯💯💯

[@mikeoppart]

I must've watched like 9 videos on this movie to help me fully understand it. This one was the best one.

[@Naeem_El]

Bro thank you so much for doing this movie so I can get a clear understanding. Keep up the great work 👍👍

[@wreckcelsior]

6:03 "..he goes back on his commitment to those in the future.." My understanding was that the future *wanted* the algorithym to be activated. What'd I miss? Genuinely Curious cheers

[@Shah_creates]

this

[@hvellos1831]

Outstanding analysis. Thank you. This just enhances an already interesting movie.

[@lunacouer]

"Nolan suggests that the greater good for the world sits somewhere between the poles of knowledge and feeling for prosperity". Thank you. I needed that context before I go back in to rewatch it. I noticed that while blue and red in the film signify which direction they're going, Kat it wearing both colors during her last time with Sator. And I could not for the life of me understand why. But maybe if blue, from present to future, is doing your best to feel out what to do next (the color she's wearing when we first meet her) and red, from future to past, is having all the knowledge of how that played out, her wearing both is feeling that anger she needed to kill him, while also knowing that killing him before the flare was still ok (she saw herself diving off the boat already, so it must've worked out).

[@GordonFlash1983]

Memento, Inception was intriguing and mind bending. But Tenet is 'Whoah', Nolan has taken it to a new level. Underrated, will always be underrated, it took me 5 viewing plus loads of KZbin explanations to get my head round the subject matter.

[@elilastnamington9808]

If you’re fighting someone moving in the other direction, you either win in the very beginning, or you lose, so after first contact you’re always best off running away so they don’t have a chance to win in their beginning.

[@cmfort2696]

I just time traveled from understanding to completely clueless, while watching this forward.

[@lexomoniyi]

I’ve been waiting for this lol

[@angellorenzoa]

The whole week I was waiting for this. Ever since you posted about it 🥴

[@Heliumjoker]

So neil was wearing an oxygen tank for how many years? 🤣

[@Masenken]

Looked like they had plenty of environments where they had buildings setup to accommodate anyone going back. While Neil definitely played the long game, you have to remember, as a group, they were operating at all times, so he had plenty of ways to "live" his reversed life. I would also go so far ss to say he didn't go straight back, but did it in jumps, going forward when necessary to keep the protagonist on his path or stopping whatever action was necessary before resuming again and finally meeting his end at the beginning. All said, the dude was a fuggin boss on par with the protagonist to the last... Beginning.

[@Masenken]

@@darthvader1793 I'm easily entertained 🤣

[@daviesugo7641]

@@Masenken so how old was he when joint tenet then. Cause he had to wait to get his PhD then join tenet then go back in time, that must have taken a long time

[@Masenken]

@@daviesugo7641 assuming he kept a decent relationship with his mom, he might've known since as early as his early teens and with events unfolding in exactly the way the Protagonist spelled it out, it probably didn't take much convincing to get him to join the cause. Even resort as he likely looked up to him like a best friend and father figure.

[@gustavorosas4065]

I’m glad this channel made an explanation video for this film! I personally enjoyed this film in theaters but not everyone were pleased with this film. Perhaps they ought to give this film another chance as it is a very complicated film that takes time to process

[@augustdeer]

Nice explanation. Minor issue, Sator isn't intending to use the algorithm now, he's still burying it so it can be used in the future. It's just that, since it destroys the past and the future, the algorithm being used hundreds of years in the future has the same effect as it being used now.

[@boomerfunnyjimgaffigan4998]

why did the scientist make the algorithm in the first place?

[@sakethramponnaluri4751]

@@boomerfunnyjimgaffigan4998 maybe accidentally i guess. Like tesla says in Prestige that's the beauties of science. These devices does not work as they imagined it to be.

[@roberthipolito1351]

This is the best explanation channel

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thank you so much 😀

[@julius-stark]

My problem with "Neil is the little kid" means he had to be traveling backwards in time for YEARS, decades even. Talk about dedication.

[@watermusic4381]

That's exactly what's been bothering me. It was kind if just brushed over in this vid. The kids about 7 or 8 and older Neil is at least 25 so he roughly have to exist in a world going backwards for around 17 years by which point he would be 42. Uh?

[@lenifoster5360]

The world as we know it moves in a linear fashion where time as we know it only moves forward. However, this is clearly not a hindrance in tenet where a loop hole is accessible by which one can travel both forwards and backwards through time simultaneously. To understand the concept of older Neil vs young Neil you have to undo your view of time and it’s linear constraints. Neil could simply travel to any point in the past with the use of the gateway. For example, if you’re 25 now, you could theoretically travel back to when you were 10 because in some timeline (there are infinite alternative timelines) that 10 year old version of you still exists. The present time from which you left would be impacted in the sense that though time would continue progressing, you’d be absent. You would no longer impact the flow of events or yet your absence somehow would and completely alter the present day timeline, but no time would have been lost. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@lenifoster5360]

@Meta Man absolutely brother ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@KC_Smooth]

Regardless of all the evidence or lack there of, the Max is Neil thing is still nothing but a theory. The evidence is there, but it’s still not enough to say for sure. I think it’s still “open for interpretation” until we get a sequel, or Nolan spills the beans.

[@KC_Smooth]

@@watermusic4381 It’s questionable for sure. Even if Neil isn’t Max, he still had to sit many years inside an oxygen chamber going back in time. That’s a lot of years of waiting as time crawls by.... backwards.

[@MotoSwagger]

Epic review - right on point! Have watched 3 times and now I'm gunna have to watch it another 3 times now to validate your observations within my tiny little brain 🙂

[@LordCoeCoe]

tbh the ending battle was really impressive to be honest.

[@dragonmares59110]

I felt the complete opposite, the ending battle was the weakest part of the movie by far in my opinion.

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

Your repetitive sentence is kind of repetitive. 😉

[@lokipks01]

Maybe because it was really the beginning battle?

[@SPFLDAngler]

To be honest to be honest.

[@agentc7020]

@@dragonmares59110 It was such a cool concept, sure we didn’t see people bleed to death like in other war movies but it was a fucking amazing concept that ended with Neils death, a very good scene for me.

[@cesarrodriguez8893]

The best Tenet video I've seen.

[@remuslazar2033]

This was the only movie I saw in 2020 in a cinema

[@lenifoster5360]

Me too. Bizarre and appropriately fitting at the same time. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@RighteousBrother]

I was lucky enough to see Tenet and an Imax screening of Inception roundabout the same time!

[@shaygranger4866]

This guy is good. I'm almost there, with the understanding of this film, finally!

[@HIMMBelljuvo]

VERY underrated movie. No lie