TENET Opening Explained: Opera Scene And Train Yard Breakdown

TENET Opening Explained: Opera Scene And Train Yard Breakdown. We recap and explain all the things you missed in the introduction of Christopher Nolan's Tenet (2020) to outline what is really happening and how it sets up the rest of the movie.
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Ok so due to the timey wimey wibbly wobbly nature of Tenet the opening is arguably one of the most confuddling things ever put to film. Who is The Protagonist working for, why do the SWAT team members turn on him? What happens to the algorithm and what the hell is everyone saying?
Well we're gonna be breaking it all down and answering some of the big questions to clear up any confusion.
If this is your first time here then welcome back to the Heavy Spoilers I'm your host Paul (reversed) now let's get into the breakdown.
Ok so whilst I normally tend to do Ending Explaineds, because of Tenet's plot structure and time manipulation, I think it's actually fitting that this is the first film that I break down the opening of.
Throughout the movie we're told that ignorance is a weapon and at almost every major plot point in the movie, The Protagonist has absolutely no idea what's going on.
This is very much the case with the audience too and Nolan purposely drops us in at the deep end so that like the lead, we have little to no idea what's going on. Now up top this is happening at the exact same moment that the mission at Stalsk-12 is and across the timeline a version of both Neil and The Protagonist are storming Sator's forces in order to get an already completed algorithm.
However here the characters have not lived through that moment and are thus having to help it be collected so that Sator can assemble it in order for them to steal and then seperate it at Stalsk-12.
If we look at the Neil we meet at this point he saves the Protagonists life, meets him in India and the two then go through the airport scene, highway chase and invert in order to go back to this point in time so that they can stop the Algorithm from being dumped. The movie itself is a Palindrome and the moment that it opens at is also the place that it's final action scene takes place.
Now Neil is aware of his mission from the off whereas The Protagonist that we follow is not. He is currently working for the CIA and was tipped off that there would be an attack at the Opera house which would allow him and his team to slip in and make contact with Ukrainian high official known as The Well Dressed Man.
Before the real SWAT Team even arrive, both The Protagonist's forces and one half of Sator's wait in a van for them to show up so that the former team can slip in and meet this contact in order to get the package. The CIA are actually being duplicitous here and they plan to work with Sators men but double cross them in order to get the well dressed man so that they can gain intel from him.
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Cheers Peter and a huge thank you for joining the channel, much appreciated mate

[@aadityanikam8830]

@@heavyspoilers Hope I could buy the membership but I am still a kid you know

[@omarrefaye3105]

@@heavyspoilers hi, you can breakdown the red and blue room scene after the car chase there is a simple detail idk if its worth making a video, from red perspective the women said " kill him" and later " help me" her voice was normal - not inverted - thus she's not inverted from the blue, she also said 2 things but they were not clear - because she is inverted here - from the blue, her hair is moving in a weird way, which isnt weird its just because she is inverted. also she looks to the Protagonist and stares then looks at her husband terrified and seems wondering or trying to understand. why and what was she trying to understand? Her husband. because he was talking inverted she couldnt undertstand him Yet she could understand the Protagonist well. Also 1 second before blue scene is over, we know the blue room is filled with inverted O2 so he isnt wearing a mask. but the Women is wearing one because she needs Normal O2 ( as she isnt inverted ). 1 second before the scene is over while leaving the blue room door, he removes her mask so she now can breath normal O2 but from the enviroment around while he gets his mask on as he leaves the room because he needs inverted O2. Also, the women has had to be not inverted or the bullet wouldnt do this much damage to her, if they both are normal its normal shot. both inverted it would also be normal shot but when one is and another isnt, this is when the bullet does that much damage.

[@chrisdewandeler8818]

i mean it probably doesnt mean much in the grand scheme of things.. but calling the "suicide pills" that are not suicide pills.. that put people in acoma.. but arent they inversion pills, pills moving backward in time so you have to give medicine to counter-act the backwards moving effect of the pills

[@MaxiEliShorter]

It's not a scene, but I'd love to see a 'who recruited who for Tenet' video!

[@rawonfeng2398]

I'm worried that Christopher Nolan's next film you'll need PhD in physics in order to watch it

[@laurentfargues8113]

Great, I have one in maths. Can’t wait for the next movie ;)

[@you0neville0tube]

anyone watching the movie would be getting their PHD in reverse.... so the moment you start watching the movie you would have a PHD.... by the end you would get uncertified and be completely lost on wth just happened

[@you0neville0tube]

wait..... i posted that comment a year ago....

[@procartoon]

I have a PhD in theoretical Physics. I've watched this film thrice. I understand nothing.

[@Boxmediaphile]

Next film is Oppenheimer

[@RShadow12]

Here is my full breakdown of the opera and train-yard scenes in TENET: From The Well-Dressed Man’s perspective, he had been tasked with obtaining a “package” from a Ukrainian high official, and his mission is to then hand it off to the CIA. We join him as he is seen celebrating with the high official by attending an orchestra performance at the Kiev Opera House on the 14th. It can be assumed that the exchange had happened at the opera house, for the package is in the WDM’s spot at the coat check. It should also be noted that the high official had been in communication with the WDM (for an unknown amount of time) not knowing he is an undercover CIA agent. From the CIA’s perspective, they have gained intel that there is going to be a terrorist attack on the Kiev Opera House on the 14th. Because this is the same day their contact, the WDM, is making the exchange, they think either the terrorists may be working independently and found out about the exchange (because they may have their own interest in the WDM and the package), or the Ukrainian high official may be behind the attack in some way (perhaps he uncovered that the WDM is indeed an undercover CIA agent). The CIA is basically then operating on “do not trust anybody” because to them, the high official, terrorists, and even the Ukrainian SWAT (who could be following orders from the high official) could all possibly be playing an intricate role in this attack. From The Protagonist’s point of view, he is going in thinking it’s a standard CIA mission. He knows that he and a group of special ops are tasked with going to the opera house and meeting up with a group of private Ukrainians to survey the building. Their mission is to save and escort The Well-Dressed Man, and then bring him and the package back to base. Remember, at this point they are basically told to suspect and trust no-one inside the opera house besides the WDM, which makes sense. The Ukrainian SWAT is called in when the terrorists start the attack, and they think it is indeed just a terrorist attack that they need to stop. With this, it can be assumed that the Ukrainian SWAT is NOT in on the attack or following any orders from the high official. From Sator’s POV, he has been informed, (how is unknown) that the Plutonium piece of the Algorithm is in the hands of The Well-Dressed Man, and this man will be attending a performance at the Kiev Opera House on the 14th. Through posterity or through the same intel the CIA received, Sator knows that there will be a terrorist attack at the opera house on the 14th. This sets Sator’s plan in motion. Sator uses a group of his men to disguise themselves as Ukrainian soldiers. These men are then split into two groups. The first group is tasked with capturing the WDM and the Plutonium. The second group is tasked with planting bombs around the auditorium that will blow up the cheap seats, thus covering their tracks and destroying evidence linking their group to any part in the attack. The terrorists true affiliation is the most vague. To me, I don’t really think we the audience are supposed to know who they are officially with. It’s very possible they could be working for Sator, or they could be working for the Ukrainian high official, or they could just be independent terrorists who also happen to be after the WDM (remember, their attack on the opera house the same day of the WDM’s exchange cannot be a coincidence). Each theory is just as equally possible, believe me I’ve broken down each one, so it’s best to just leave them as a vague group of bad guys after the WDM and the Plutonium. Now let’s get to the attack itself: the terrorists storm the auditorium and immediately take the audience hostage. The Ukrainian SWAT is notified, and that gives the CIA team the signal that it’s time to move in. It’s also important to note that TP seems to be suspicious of the Ukrainians in the van. Remember, he’s taking “trust nobody” very seriously, even outside the opera house. The CIA team breaches and blends in with the Ukrainian SWAT with the intent of reaching The Well-Dressed Man, protecting him, securing the package, and bringing him and the package back to the CIA. TP reaches the WDM and immediately takes out the high official. TP and the WDM exchange code words, now knowing they are both CIA. TP states, “You’ve been made, this siege is a blind for them to vanish you.” Remember, in TP’s eyes he is following CIA intel and suspects the attack was orchestrated against the WDM (regardless of which parties are actually involved). By then saying “But I established contact,” the WDM clearly expresses his confidence that he was in with the high official so there’s no way his cover could have been blown, that there’s no way anyone else found out about the exchange, and that even the exchange itself had already took place smoothly. TP then states, “bring you in or kill you, I have two minutes, make up your mind.” TP says this because he suspects the SWAT are coming to kill the WDM. Because he is disguised as SWAT, TP would have no choice but to kill the WDM to prevent his cover from being blown. WDM agrees, and they then swing down to the auditorium where TP notices SWAT members planting bombs (remember, these are actually Sator’s men, as were the group of SWAT who were gunning down terrorists in the hallway and making their way to the WDM). His suspicions with the Ukrainians are confirmed, and he also decides not to trust the private Ukrainians in the van anymore. Because of this, TP has WDM swap clothes with one of the other CIA guys (who in TENET’s screenplay is nicknamed Target). This is done so the WDM can safely escape with the rest of the CIA team, through the sewers, with the package, and make it back to base. TP and Target can then collect the bombs, save the audience, and make it back to the van to confront the Ukrainians (remember, TP and the CIA team know the Ukrainians in the van are expecting a passenger). They do most of this successfully, but there is one problem... The Ukranium guys in the van are also secretly working with Sator, and they were just pretending to be private Ukrainian ops helping the CIA survey the opera house. These Sator mercenaries knew that the CIA team were going to go in and try to rescue the WDM and secure the Plutonium, and if they did, they would come back to the van with the WDM and Plutonium as discussed. The mercenaries thought that in this case, they would then be able to kill the CIA team, and secure the Plutonium for Sator. Though, as mentioned earlier, TP noticed the SWAT traitors and switched the WDM with Target. When the two go back to the van, the mercenaries instantly realize Target is not the WDM, resulting in them getting attacked, leading to the train-yard sequence. Once you know the guys at the train-yard are Sator’s men, the rest of it becomes pretty clear. Sator’s men interrogate TP and Target to find out where the CIA team along with the “package” is, but TP ends up taking Target’s cyanide pill. Though, it turns out this pill is a fake (it actually acts as a sedative) that was given to Target by TENET, who had distributed these pills to large sums of operatives to test them for recruitment into TENET. When it comes to how the Plutonium ends up back in Ukraine’s hands, this is something that isn’t explained. Though, this is how I think it went down: So when Agent and the WDM swap clothes, Target and TP go back to the auditorium to collect the bombs and so on, while the WDM and the rest of the CIA team take the sewer tunnels to escape safely with the Plutonium. My take on it is that the remainder of Sator’s SWAT tracked down and followed the CIA team through the tunnels, leading to a shootout outside of the opera house. I think Sator’s men killed the entire CIA team, and just when they were about to recover the Plutonium, the real Ukrainian SWAT showed up due to the commotion. I think another shootout took place, but this time Sator’s men were able to escape but couldn’t take the Plutonium with them. This led to the Ukrainians recovering the Plutonium and transporting it to a long-term nuclear storage depot in Trieste for safe-keeping.

[@charbuka]

What a breakdown! An excellent, accessible read. Thanks

[@SunsetChicken]

Thanks so much for this, reading this + the video finally helped me to understand this sequence

[@vitorherold]

Fantastic. You explained in a easy way. Shows that you actually understood. I agree with you on not being dogmatic about the terrorists, or the swat "traitors". We really cannot know, and I think Nolan himself doesn't want us to know anyway, so it's probably better to leave it open

[@shad8623]

Awesome, thank you. Can you please explain why they are repeating a mission that was previously successfully completed?

[@mack26b]

Bravo 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 best explanation my guy!

[@charlienee4102]

I hope that in the future this masterpiece gets the recognition it deserves

[@Caped___Crusader]

Same, it deserves so much more love and respect

[@octowuss1888]

Why? It failed as a concept movie - because the concept is the only thing interesting about it. No exciting main character. No deep dialogue. Only a few tedious action scenes. Most people, myself included, don't want to sit through multiple viewings to understand it - it's just not that interesting. The concept is also deeply flawed - how can you drive a car when inverted? How can you see when inverted? How could a soldier get stuck inside a wall - was the building built around him? Like pretty much all time travel movies, when you look close enough, they just don't make sense.

[@charlienee4102]

@@octowuss1888 everything in the concept makes sense and is based on the scientific theory of Maxwell’s demon other than the inverted heat transfer which is pretty dumb but still cool. The soldier gets stuck in the wall cos there is an inverted explosion which occurs at that point in reverse the wall would explode and he would come out. The action is truly amazing all practical effects that have never been seen befor no shaky cam it’s truly amazing. The whole point of the protagonist is someone for the audience to grasp onto as a blank slate to immerse us more in the story as we feel we are there through him. And this technique of slightly blank characters has been in other masterpieces like 2001 which gets all the praise for that but not this film for some reason. And even with this nolan puts emotion into the film through the last scene betweeen niel and the protagonist while small it’s truly quite sad because both of the characters are likeable and also the emotion with kat escaping her abuse. There are so many hidden details on rewatches which u can notice making it extremely rewatchable and there is never a dull moment. The pacing is superb and while the script is clunky at times it had to be to make such a complex film work

[@Caped___Crusader]

@@octowuss1888 you don’t understand entropy or inversion as stated in the film at all. Time travel? Clearly you don’t understand the concept of the film. If you’re going to comment, please understand what you’re saying first. Tenet is a tremendous film.

[@ajw5388]

It’s because Nolan places full faith in the audience, and most people don’t have the patience to unpack a film like this. It’s too bad he’ll probably never be properly recognized during his time but he’ll always sell a lot tickets and maintain a strong cult following much like Kubrick.

[@shak3yjak3]

"If this is your first time here then welcome back to the heavy spoilers show" Niiiice

[@Divag30]

That really makes sense in a TENET kind of way.

[@oussamabr5851]

Tenet has everything that makes The Matrix the greatest movie in my eyes. Breath taking action? Check Complex plot to obsess about for years to come? Check High sci-fi concept? Check Philosophical themes? Check

[@octowuss1888]

Meaningless garbage plot that Nolan fan boys can cream their jocks over? Check

[@Sekhubara]

A plot that requires the viewers to watch it over and over to get what's going on... check. Jealous comments... check.

[@caiopaes8800]

@@Sekhubara it’s not necessary to watch it more than once to comprehend the movie. It’s a new concept of time travel, if people couldn’t understand the basic ones in other movies it’s not Nolan’s fault. When people say that rewatched he filme it is because you will be able to pain attention in other details that make the filme even cooler

[@caiopaes8800]

Pay *

[@cfosburg]

Love this observation The Matrix is one of my favorite trilogies of all time. The other ‘two’, The Dark Knight Trilogy and what I’m calling the Nolan Sci-Fi trilogy. The Nolan Sci-Fi trilogy consists of: Inception, Interstellar, and Tenet.

[@TheTruthWholeTruthNothingButTh]

I hate that i keep watching tenet explain videos even though its just me staring at a screen for 10 minutes and then moving onto meme compilations.. ONE DAY I WILL UNDERSTAND -_- ONE DAY..

[@dominiccounts4023]

And I thought that I was the only one that felt this way!

[@gaylordpantamime]

I'm gaping to you

[@emgee44]

You’re in my head 🤯

[@Copycat_YT]

I had to read the script to understand who said "You dont need to kill these people" as on my first watch I was really confused about what was going on aswell. It turns out the Protagonist was the one saying it so from my understanding Sator set up this entire siege just to get to the well dressed man and therefore algorithm. If you reaaaaaly think about it the only reason the Protagonist put his past self in this situation is to ensure there was a way to make it look like he was dead essentially ensuring that nothing will get in the way of the mission. The only scene in the movie that confuses me is when the Protagonist buys the burner phone and calls his CIA contact... Wouldnt they have thought he was dead too if the Tenet organization is that mysterious??

[@marzabarza4910]

And what about his buddy on the boat, that would have already for him before the airport

[@heavyspoilers]

My guess is that Tenet recovered his body and the CIA never knew he was dead but I really don’t know

[@romanmarshall602]

The man he calls (CIA man) on the burner phone DOES think he is dead. He says 'I thought you left the building' and Protag says 'even the dead need allies'

[@ollyb7371]

@@ptonfire1 uh ❓

[@XxDaveXx77]

Wait so since the protagonist is the one that says this doesn't that mean that he ends up dying too? Like he dies to Neil but also Neil dies for him

[@kukuricapica]

I can't wait for this movie building a legendary status. It's almost as this movie is real live inverted. We analyze this movie backwards and with each viewing we use information that we have learned to futher analyze this movie thus making it more and more interesting. I'm fully convinced that this movie was specifically made to be watched multiple times. I think that this movie should have two reviews..one for the 1st impression and other real review after watching it multiple times.

[@marzabarza4910]

So true, it’s a masterpiece in soo may ways, it’s like the anti-masterpiece, Nolan made it hard to digest as to almost create a new type of film experience. It’s the biggest budget experimental film ever made. Prolly ever going to be made lol. It’s box office art house lol

[@kukuricapica]

@@marzabarza4910 Nolan did sequels before, I wouldn't mind to see another TENET. But i'm afraid this could take another 10 years. Maybe Nolan already have story in his mind for the sequel or prequel since it began in the future, you know what I mean?

[@Coastfog]

I'll watch it three times in the past week, and it got more confusing and less enjoyable with every run.

[@kukuricapica]

@@Coastfog and that's ok too. Some people doesn't have the capacity to understand complex situations and subject. To those I would say, don't try to understand it...just..feel it.

[@centurion8446]

Yeah I can see it getting a cult following despite people being simply confused upon first watch, there's a great channel called Matrix Explained which delves into the potential layer of that franchise and so people can keep going through this for quite some time

[@quacktony]

I have to say, for Neil to risk going all the way back in time to ensure the events go off as they were suppose to...thats one long ass mission...

[@GranPuba]

You saw one 9f the first things he did was get a drink lol

[@Metal_Muscles7]

At 7:17, when reading the screenplay, it is actually Protagonist who utters the line "you don't have to kill these people." This crucial detail enhances the coherence of the scene.

[@tylerstinson1807]

I’m loving all the Tenet videos. It’s definitely a very re-watchable movie. One of my favorites for sure.

[@Coastfog]

Yeah, I've seen it 3 times so far, but with all the videos like this one I watched, it's probably an aggregated 8 1/2 times. Looking forward to cracking double digits.

[@andysiegel725]

I recall there is a line from Priya later in the film that Sator’s men got the team, but the 241 got in the hands of the government. That’s why it’s being transported to facility in Trieste via Tallinn.

[@IvanaGiznya]

He also asks the guy on the boat if his team got out alive and he said no.

[@ryanod9845]

correct.

[@chrisjfox8715]

Help me clarify, is there a scene that actually takes place in Trieste...or is that just where the truck wouldve been headed in the highway scene? And what scene was in Tallinn again?

[@BunderChowed]

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” See you next week for the next Tenet video ;)

[@barfymann362]

Why does he rack the slide and release a bullet, is there any reason for it? I never quite understood that part.

[@BunderChowed]

@@barfymann362 Only Paul knows that one. Either way, looks very cool.

[@PauloEdson]

We all want it.

[@saikathghosh8733]

In the theater I had the best experience of this scene, the theme was so loud.

[@omarrefaye3105]

i was like, that was already enough for a good movie when it only has been 7 mins

[@rileywhalen6554]

I shaked and accidentally spelled popcorn, at the beginning when it sounded “BOOOOM”

[@hudsonhorizons8859]

My mind was blown after learning that piece of wall was from Stalsk-12 🤯

[@mupicap7927]

Ikr

[@hoojamaflicks]

yeah that was interesting. I missed that.

[@cfosburg]

5:46 The protagonist seems to be the natural kryptonite for Sator. Since his opening scene at the Opera House, the protagonist seems to foil Sator’s plans. Later when the protagonist meets Kay, Sator thinks he will ‘take care’ of him at the restaurant, as he has obviously done countless times before to others (like Arepo). But the protagonist does live and beats the crap out of Sator’s men. The ‘early version’ protagonist gets the ‘well dressed man’ out of the Opera, with the piece of the algorithm/plutonium. Ironically/un-ironically , this was the last piece Sator needed to build the algorithm. Without the ignorant intervention of ‘the ‘early protagonist’ Sator may verily well have been successful, and the ‘early protagonist’ would have been none the wiser. This is the catalyst event that connects everything together. It collides the ‘early protagonist’ with Sator’s world and that of Tenet. The piece of the algorithm at the opera house is the same piece of the algorithm that the ‘early protagonist’ goes after, (in that incredibly well executed heist), once again, allied with Sator. And once again, he tries to double cross Sator and his men. Priya also confirms that the piece of the algorithm is the same one at 50:10mins into the movie. You also learn she did not know the ‘early protagonist’ was part of the CIA mission - interesting side note. 241 is a reference to 241 Plutonium, which is the front for pieces of the algorithm. Not just the last piece of the algorithm. ieer.org/resource/factsheets/plutonium-factsheet/ The car chase is a pivotal moment for the ‘early protagonist’ this is when he is confronted with the reality of the turn styles, temporal pincers, and the practical application of inversion. He is extremely adept at picking up the concepts of Tenet, but he is still learning. It is through the ‘early protagonist’s’ failures that he learns the most about the principles that govern the universe of Tenet. Each failure brings him closer to more fully understanding the rules of inversion, how to manipulate them, and use them to his advantage. At the end of the story, the early protagonist’ becomes the ‘experienced protagonist’, and he is almost ready to create the organization of Tenet, and will eventually become ‘The Protagonist’ the mastermind behind Tenet. “Ignorance is our ammunition”

[@WobblesandBean]

"I was an actor in a Christopher Nolan film!" "Oh yeah? What'd you do?" "I, uh...pretended to be asleep. Just one face among thousands."

[@nhytty7]

U were?

[@mrsmerily]

Actually people in Estonia qued up to be part of that scene and Nolan movie. So yeah!

[@BobbyTreacle]

Doesn’t Priya mention that the Ukraine government got hold of the algorithm piece from the opera house siege. And that it’s the same part of the Algorithm from the truck heist.

[@jacknolan5450]

Yeah she does

[@cfosburg]

Good observation 👍

[@Quantum_015]

Correct ... & the pincer movements created multiple 241’s because there was one part of the algorithm in the opera while it was also at the hypocenter at the same time . It’s all just mind boggling ...

[@cloudwind9801]

Yeah, Ukraine force got the 241 from the opera siege and later were snatch back by the protagonist at tallinn

[@chaitanyach6868]

@@Quantum_015 if that's the case how can sator didn't have the 241 meanwhile the bomb goes off at the hypocentre?

[@jmchrstphr]

Tenet is one of the few movies that I watch on repeat. Still confused about to story, but trying to understand it everytime I watch it again. Thank you, Heavy Spoilers for your videos!

[@tony_sosa_4123]

This is one of the greatest intros of all time! My heart literally couldn’t take it anymore. My adrenaline was through the roof

[@theranpan_]

"If this is your first time here then welcome back to the..." Damn, pulling tenet everywhere I see 😂

[@tdbla98]

Best. Movie. Ever. Seriously, by far one of my favorite movies of all time. It's so intricate, with a perfect cast, and It's just easy enough to understand, and so, so unique. I love this movie. Need to convince my roommates to watch this movie with me this week!

[@808bunky]

I love having this movie on Blu-ray now. I've watched it several times & it's great to watch it again after seeing another one of your videos. The fact that some people are so turned off by Tenet is humorous. Only Christopher Nolan could make a movie so layered with complexity, it takes repeated viewings to fully comprehend what is happening.

[@drewdemaio4162]

Are there any deleted scenes or informative extras in the blu ray?

[@808bunky]

There's over an hour of special features, but I don't think there's any deleted scenes. It's more about the making of the movie.@@drewdemaio4162

[@stryfe5166]

When the protagonist wakes from his coma, he looks out the window at a boat.. that’s the same boat he’s doing pull ups on & the same boat that passes when he’s inside the windmill.. 😉

[@ryankennedy9703]

How does he look out the window while in a coma?

[@TactileTherapy]

@@ryankennedy9703 sleep paralysis

[@ryankennedy9703]

@@TactileTherapy nice

[@legend-qw2ec]

where?

[@reformedwretch2071]

No, it's not the same boat.

[@Youngfezee]

This whole movie was retrieving just 1 part of the algorithm, whereas the other 8 pieces are still a mystery as to where they were and what part they played, we know Sator got a hold of all of them, but i’m curious as to how he did it, hopefully they make a pre-sequel

[@sonsofbiscuits1]

Yeeees, after watching it again I really think they could make a prequel. Now that we understand more they could do so much with the inversion concept and make it a richer and more epic world. A bit like how Batman Begins is good, but ends up being more of a set up for the amazing Dark Knight. I would love to see more of Neil as well if that was possible, he has become a favourite.

[@Youngfezee]

@@sonsofbiscuits1 Totally!

[@61wolfma]

@@sonsofbiscuits1 it deserves a series .... even a tv series would be good

[@RustinChole]

No the lady arms dealer explains how the villain acquired the 8 pieces. The creator when hiding it in the past, thought the safest place would be long term nuclear storage centers. The villain used the wealth sent from the future to acquire them over time.

[@willbinfet6175]

Imagine if Nolan could make a trilogy. It would be the first you could watch in reverse order and it would still make sense. Seeing more of Neil would be amazing.

[@jamarmeadows]

This movie has blown my mind. I've seen it twice and it's blown my mind each time.

[@PatricioINTP]

There is a reason I buy screenplays of Nolan’s films. This is one of them.

[@RustinChole]

In the screen play in the opera house - does the protagonist say “you don’t have to kill these people”? Cause the script I looked up online attributed that line to him. That always confused the shit out of me.

[@PatricioINTP]

@@RustinChole I took a screenshot. Yes, the protagonist said it. Here is the page showing it: imgur.com/a/nEroxby

[@RustinChole]

@@PatricioINTP thanks man

[@jessbnz]

I struggled with making sense of the beginning of the movie so this was a super helpful analysis! Keep the Tenet videos coming, so much to unpack in this movie

[@jonathanbint]

Thanks for this video. I was pretty confused about this until now

[@Coastfog]

I'm gonna watch it in the past, but I was so confused when it started.

[@AllysonA8281]

Great catch on the trains! It’s the subtle clues like this in Nolan’s work that puts it a cut above the rest. Thanks Paul!

[@brian728]

Legend says, the algorithm is the anti-life equation

[@Player-kg1ds]

That makes as much sense as an episode of "Tom and Jerry"

[@sichard.rimmons]

Your sheer amount of Tenet content has been instrumental in me continuing to piece this movie together after 6 watches

[@EverythingShakes]

These TENET videos are what originally drew me to your channel. You've really helped me to thoroughly enjoy this movie. Excellent break down as always.

[@themaxx7000]

Thanks for making this video, it makes things clearer.

[@Tat2dDude67]

To paraphrase a line from another fine film. "It's a wonderfully convoluted and complex story, and you tell it so well!" 😎 Thanks Paul. Cheers.

[@DoctorSess]

These videos definitely helped me get the movie events straight in my mind. I just watched it again and I actually understood what was going on in each scene in the movie. It all makes sense. Having said that my brain is still struggling with the concept itself and the inversion of entropy.

[@yashkute2350]

It’s like on every video I’m commenting about the intros...but well, you deserve it!!! These varieties😂🤩

[@heavyspoilers]

Hahah every video gets harder to write

[@christychason78]

Yessss! Another Tenet video!!! I can't get enough.

[@heavyspoilers]

Hope you enjoy it

[@christychason78]

@@heavyspoilers Spoiler alert: I did.

[@TurnLeft]

I always thought that when the Protagonist was getting his teeth pulled out, that they guys doing it were working for Tenet team and that was part of the test..

[@mattfowler7019]

Wait that’s not part of the test?

[@Infamous_Trap]

@@mattfowler7019well yes and no… its explained the the the future protagonist planned out everything that happened in the movie. He knew it would happen and he survive, also it being the way he got into tenet.

[@saymyname528]

It's so exciting to get more and more of your videos, based on tenet...

[@porjay]

Dude I love these video's keep them coming!

[@CeeCee962]

Thank you for continuing to break this down coz I still don’t know wtf is going on, but you’re answering the questions I have. I don’t understand the answers... but you’re answering them.

[@steeevmartinho]

Love this. Think you did a great job explaining. Awesome job.

[@jakemeyer8188]

It's been like 8 months since Tenet released, I've watched it at least 12321 times...and I'm still coming back to these vids...

[@FlywheelRevolution]

So much to explain with this movie.. thanks for the continuing effort to break it down for us mere mortals. This video is great.. I dare say, almost as good as the one you made next week, and hopefully a little better than the one you will make last week!

[@JediPeaceWalker]

Keep em coming!

[@AlpacoFilms]

Great breakdown! Thank you for doing this!

[@NicoleRhaven]

I can’t get enough of these Tenet videos. More please. 😁

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you

[@emorywarren8311]

So much detail. Enjoy your videos. This movie gets better and better the more I think of it

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you

[@MaxineShaw_84]

This video released my mind from ruminating on the opening scene each time I watch this movie (maybe my 3rd watch)...and now I'm noticing SO many other things I've never seen!! 🥂

[@laurentmorin1923]

Awesome video. Good catch for the symbolism of the trains.

[@melissacross5525]

It's weird because I just saw Tenet yesterday and immediately looked up the videos you made months ago, only to see you're STILL making videos about it. Yeah, it was THAT kind of movie!

[@heavyspoilers]

Yeah if we only get one big movie for 2020 I’m glad it was this

[@radientproductions9799]

Keep the tenet vids comin’

[@DwyerBrennan]

Great breakdown!

[@user-iy4yy4be7n]

great breakdown!

[@jameshazell9049]

Love a good explanation/theory vid. I thoroughly enjoyed tenet!

[@familyworshipcentercarroll]

Solid Vid! Thanks for creating it!

[@heavyspoilers]

Thank you

[@crapadopalese]

3:16 -- dude you just don't know what you're talking about, do you? This is not a temporal pincer. There is not team progressing back in time while the other is moving forward in time. The original "pincer" move is when two teams meat in the middle to "squeeze" the opponent. The temporal version the movie references has the two teams progress from the two temporal directions simultaneously.

[@TheRealBatCave]

Man this film can just create so many rabbit holes, i can see u up all night drinking coffee and having your conclusions but then some twitter theories coming out and then ur still up dissecting it all over again. Thats dedication

[@rtreno]

Good explanation! Your videos are great!

[@heavyspoilers]

Glad you like them!

[@bridgetdiamond3555]

Thank you for breaking down this scene, I like the movie but it was a bit confusing. You cleared up more questions. You are awesome!

[@hamdinger7145]

You have the most videos about Tenet.

[@alex16cole]

amazing explanation

[@winstonwolf2323]

Great videos my man. I just watched the movie a couple days ago and your videos are the shit. Good job explaining I subscribed and will check out all your stuff. I appreciate the time, creativity, and professional quality of all your work.

[@kylerodeback460]

Love the movie, thanks for your explanations!

[@benlenton3932]

I watched this film in cinemas twice in the same week continues to be one of the most mind boggling films ive ever seen

[@jamespettit6352]

Last movie I rewatched this many times was entrapment. Tenet was because it took my simple mind a while to figure out Nolan's meticulous craft in creating a very unique time travel flick. The other was because my simple mind liked one particular scence

[@AkmalGameAtion]

This opening is so good at setting up the movie I wish we got a different version of it

[@doctorfritznoel]

A different version of the movie or a different version of the opening?😊

[@JaqenHghar.]

"If its your first time here, welcome back" lol I see you

[@stephenfranciosa7876]

I found the sound design in this film to be impeccable. I first watched the film on a poor stream due to COVID19 closing theaters in NYC. The sound, well, was not great but nor was the quality of the video, but I could still get by. I then rented this on youtube and was blown away by the sound.

[@HowIFoundYourName]

Love you man.

[@thomasjohnk6509]

A casual Mind blowing master piece from NOLAN!

[@sandrastone5847]

I love this movie! I’ve watched it over and over and still don't get all of it. I won’t mind at all watching it again and again and again. The soundtrack is incredible! I would like someone to break it down by all the scenes a particular character is in the way Game of Thrones was. The protagonist, Neil, Sator, Cat, Priya.

[@Sikamikanico]

Not even gonna lie this made me more confused

[@sdlinton53]

This one clarified a lot for me

[@daywalker966]

Awesome breakdown! Makes the movie make wayyyyy more sense on a re-watch!

[@germany456]

Good explanation

[@rige229]

Thanks for this video, I've seen the opera scene countless times and still couldn't figure out what the fuck was going on xD

[@heavyspoilers]

I literally had to sit and go through it bit by bit haha

[@muhsinchill]

Same

[@panicpoint2070]

Me too

[@MillisecondFalcon]

What I love about your TENET videos is that, just like the movie, you have to watch them multiple times to appreciate their full value and understand their contents! I mean that as a compliment, and have added this sentence as I felt the first/last sentence may be misinterpreted. Please do not take this as a critique of your explanatory skills. Also, please tell me I am not the only person to believe that the conductor of the opera may have been played by the late, great Robert Forster? He was alive during filming in 2019. I have not seen anyone else comment on this in any of the other media I have seen/read about TENET. If it was not him, it was someone who sure looks a lot like him.

[@heavyspoilers]

Ey thank you

[@markkuvuotila]

One of the best ever.

[@mitchellthornock1000]

This breakdown was I N C R E D I B L E. You are almost as much as a scientist as Nolan is, and that's a lot

[@vishwanethmall3402]

This guy makes TENET vids every time!!!

[@darkdefender5759]

I have seen this film 5 times now, and every time I come back, i find another Tenet video from you, then I get more confused and go watch it again. Then I find another video....

[@dephlin8379]

Honestly I thought I understood the movie pretty well after watching it. Then I saw your videos and now I realize how much I missed.

[@Jedi_Are_Scum]

The protagonist works for a future version of himself. That's why he and the audience don't get a name. He recruits a younger version of himself and a younger version of Neil. Then the rest of the movie should make sense once you grasp that. Then sit back and enjoy.

[@1995benthompson]

Next time can you break down the precise moment I developed tinnitus when I saw this film in a Dolby cinema? Great video as always, showing how Tenet is the gift that keeps on giving. Wait... Tenetus! There's my daily pun!

[@alexreeder2372]

Good job

[@re4mat0r]

Interesting to see complex movies in our times where everything goes simple way.

[@davidkhan1626]

It’s really weird! I was just thinking you haven’t released a Tenet video in a while and then like magic it’s here! Did you incept me with this thought? If so bravo good sir!

[@sogggy]

Heavy Spoilers: Yes. Me: How many TENET Explained videos are you going to make? love the videos.

[@ahsanjubaid2799]

You just made it more complicated. Well done

[@jdseaton3386]

Great video! Already loved it, but your analysis vids take it steps further ?P

[@mrtommypickelz3441]

What another masterpiece from Christopher Nolan. Perfect casting, complex narrative, it makes you think, and has it has John David Washington in it.

[@MoistMan772]

So lost 😕 🤣🤣🤣 I am going to watch this video backwards. Thank you Paul!

[@sartinited]

I always think about the bullet hole in the opera floor. If the hole was put there by a reversed bullet, that means it has been there ever since the opera was built. If someone would have noticed it and fixed it, then it wouldn't be there waiting for Neil. Doesn't matter- still the best movie I've seen in a long time!

[@magnuskallas]

Yup. That's the main issue with Tenet's reverse logic, I have seen it pointed out by others - like what would happen to a reversed dead body? Or what if reverse steps on wet paint or concrete - problem actually hinted at with little mud splash in the film. We see the stuff happening through the direction that perfectly avoids paradoxes, but imagine - how wasn't that bullet hole fixed (we could argue Neil shot it the day before using silencer to catch it later, but in the bigger sceme of things organising stuff like that is ridiculously complex, down to bullet travel trajectory).

[@Alberecht]

@@magnuskallas It's explained and shown in the movie. Because our entropy is the natural state of the world, it overpowers reverse entropy. What happens is that evidence of reverse entropy just sort of "appears" as far as I can tell. Example: Protagonist doesn't die of hypothermia in the burning car because reverse entropy loses against our entropy. Second example, his arm starts hurting in the reversed shipping container to oslo. This eventually leads to him bleeding until the wound is closed, ironically, by the knife stab.

[@fullfungo]

@@Alberecht except, somehow, the “relics” in the lab are traveling back in time, but don’t get overpowered by the “natural” direction of entropy🤔

[@trek7985]

@@fullfungo but the thing we don’t know how long it takes for the natural state of the world to overpower it and depends how long it been inverted for u get me?

[@chrisjfox8715]

​@@trek7985 and I guess also that from one moment to the next, the balance between forward and reverse entropy isn't the same...hence the time it takes for one to win over another may vary

[@natsplat20]

I actually really enjoyed this movie, it really caused a lot of thinking. Has a lot of re-watchability.

[@garydarnell3117]

I love how headache inducing this movie is. We so rarely get a big budget hardcore scifi movie like this these days.

[@John_Nada_]

Please make more videos about tenet, really good thought provoking movie, can't stand all the simple stuff put out these days!

[@user-nj4fj6dp5d]

2020 - tenet explained 2021 - tenet explained .... and i love it!