‘Tenet’ Opening Scene Now Available Online – Watch It Here
Tenet,Christopher Nolan’s latest big, slightly confusing sci-fi action extravaganza, hits 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital this week, so Warner Bros. has gone ahead and released the opening scene online. Nolan’s action-packed prologues have become their own mini-movies in some ways – the opening scenes of bothThe Dark KnightandThe Dark Knightrises were released theatrically months before either of those titles opened, and thisTenetprologue played in certain IMAX theaters beforeStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.Now, you can watch it below.
Tenet Opening Scene
Tenetdrops on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital today, which means that if you avoided the film’s limited theatrical run – and I don’t blame you if you did – you’ll now have a chance to check it out.
I sawTenetat a small, socially-distanced screening, and at the time, the film left me a little cold. I’m a fan of most of Nolan’s work, and I was excited forTenet, but the end result felt way too muddled – eve for Nolan. As I wrote in myspoiler review:
All that said, I’ve since revisited the film on 4K, and you know what? It’s still not great! But it plays a little better at home. I know Nolan himself would probably hurl his cup of tea into my face for saying that, but watching the movie at home, with subtitles on, and without wearing a mask the entire time – something I did at the screening – makes a difference.
To be clear: I’mnotknocking mask-wearing! It’s very important, and if everyone would do it, we’d be in a lot less trouble right now. But the fact of the matter is that the entire time I sat in the theater, I couldn’t tune out the fact that I had a piece of fabric plastered over my nose and mouth. It was a tad distracting, to say the least. Now, free of that distraction, I was able to focus more on the movie. I still think it’s one of Nolan’s weaker efforts, but it’s notquiteas weak as I remember. So, uh, progress, I guess?
Anyway, this opening scene gives you a pretty good idea of what the film is like: lots of intense Nolan action, lots of pulse-pounding music, lots of muffled dialogue. InTenet,John David Washingtonis the Protagonist. “Armed with only one word—Tenet—and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Not time travel. Inversion.”
