After reading it just now, I can’t tell what I’m feeling right now.
Let’s conclude first, this is Nolan’s worst movie since "Insomnia"
The "symbols replaced essence" in postmodern theory is the perfect portrayal of this movie. All plots and characters are all points where symbols meet. And the movie itself has been cancelled all the essence, the story itself does not exist
Nolan played the concept of "time reversal" this time. I don't remember when it started, Nolan became more and more obsessed with the expression of concepts. I used to think that "Dunkirk" was his renunciation from the concept, but now it seems to be just a flash in the pan.
The application of the concept brought Nolan a huge success and made him unparalleled in reputation and business. However, as he goes further and further conceptually, he seems to have forgotten why we need concepts
In a word, the concept should serve the narrative, not the movie itself
However, the film itself, attention is itself, where is its narrative? No character can stand up, and there is no scene worth remembering. It is precisely the direct consequence of the replacement of the essence by the symbol.
Nolan tried to cover the emptiness of the core of its story with one action after another, spy battles, drag racing, explosions, and noisy music. But it seems so weak
The narrative of a movie should spread outward from the story itself. For example, the emotions in "Homesickness" are completely diffused from the inside of the screen, and what takes a candle into the water is the silence and solemnity of death. It must not be filled from the symbol to the inside, because once the symbol goes inside, it shows that the inside is empty. The example here is "The Scum's Original Wish".
Not surprisingly, the creed should be Nolan's first Waterloo since he became famous (North American film reviews have exploded), and I hope he can find himself again.
In addition, there is really no need to render how difficult it is to understand. Audiences who are familiar with Nolan shouldn't find it difficult to understand as long as they look at it carefully. For example, the male protagonist sneaked in after the plane crashed and met his future self. The audience should guess for the first time that this person is the hero himself, who came back from the future. Taking the bullet from the glass is actually a shooting in the future reversal.
These things are not new, I can only say that I am confused by the visual effects.
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