Will y'all be seeing it in cinemas? I remember enjoying Nolan's Dunkirk in large part because of the sound design and soundtrack, so I'm curious how sound plays out in 'Tenet'.
What film do you use as an example of excellent sound design? What did it show that visuals could not do alone?
https://variety.com/2020/artisans/news/christopher-nolan-tenet-sound-pro...
Some are opening Friday
I had friends talking about whether or not they will go, but it's already had an international release: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/tenet-delay-theater-owners-chief-coro...
As one of the infuriated, the sound in TENET is beyond awful. In most of the film, nary a word of dialogue can be heard; the antithesis of the cinematic experience of sight and sound. I don't really care his sound team won Oscars. I'm not an Oscar voting sound mixer.
The plot of TENET is already incomprehensible. Clarity is not supported in the sound mix. I bailed out of this terrible film after an hour.
I prefer to understand the story from watching the film, not by reading Reddit posts afterwards. What's next, handing out scripts with your ticket? Title Cards? Actors performing sign language?
Yes, Nolan does this deliberately. It drives multiple viewings and creates faux mystique in the Cult of Nolan. It downplays story to the point of disappearance to highlight visuals alone. He's not the only misguided filmmaker that does this. Nolan wants multiples. He takes 20% of the film's receipts.
If the dialogue does not add much why have it at all? There is a lot of talk, talk, talk. It's nonsensical, ill-advised and a bit moronic. Maybe if someone here spent years crafting the dialogue in the screenplay...
I took a sip of the Kool-Aid and spit it out. A blatant Bond ripoff, TENET is long, pretentious high-end perfume commercial where beautiful people traipse around the world and we have little idea why.
Stream a favorite Bond, or wait for NO TIME TO DIE. At least you can hear Mr. Craig say, "Bond. James Bond."
As I’m sure you’ve heard a million times by now, the dialogue sound level is lower than Ludwig Goransson’s fantastic, synthy soundtrack and the action. Basically this is a Nolan-ism at this point. It is slightly annoying but you understand it with subsequent viewings...and watching a ton of YouTube videos about Tenet.
That's the point. I might be prone to watch a complex film a few times based on my own preference. I don't wish to be forced to because of a sound mix. It's a marketing ploy.