Christopher Nolan reigns on a list of the most confusing movies of all time, according to data based on how often a film's title and "explained" is searched.
the premise as I understand it is that there is an organization, founded in the future in response to climate catastrophe that has figured out how to move backward through time... and was originally using it to orchestrate the prevention of catastrophe. this mission soon devolved into just collapsing nation states / sewing chaos and a generally nihilistic conquest of the past by those using this new found power to live well/achieve their own personal goals.
the organization the protagonist is recruited into is a clandestine attempt to counter these forces and protect humanity/a livable future without deference to any nation.
personally, I thought this was an intriguing concept
time travel, but only at the same rate as one can move forward
fighting enemies from the future
though it was executed poorly (I think it's too complex of a world/conflict to fit into a single movie) though with incredibly precise spectacle. it probably would have made a nice book series for hard sci fi dorks and maybe a miniseries down the road if the characters were strong.
I've seen the flick twice (the first time I was like "wtf was that shit?" so I watched it again a year later) and it's a huge fucking mess narratively, but I can't just openly hate all over it. there's a weird and potentially captivating story trapped in that hulking, smoking wreckage.
edit: both times I watched with h subtitles. I watch everything with subtitles.
this mission soon devolved into just collapsing nation states / sewing chaos and a generally nihilistic conquest of the past by those using this new found power to live well/achieve their own personal goals.
Also this shit was made possible by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Funny, how even reactionary shitheads can feel that the absence of the USSR has made the world worse.
the premise as I understand it is that there is an organization, founded in the future in response to climate catastrophe that has figured out how to move backward through time... and was originally using it to orchestrate the prevention of catastrophe. this mission soon devolved into just collapsing nation states / sewing chaos and a generally nihilistic conquest of the past by those using this new found power to live well/achieve their own personal goals.
the organization the protagonist is recruited into is a clandestine attempt to counter these forces and protect humanity/a livable future without deference to any nation.
personally, I thought this was an intriguing concept
though it was executed poorly (I think it's too complex of a world/conflict to fit into a single movie) though with incredibly precise spectacle. it probably would have made a nice book series for hard sci fi dorks and maybe a miniseries down the road if the characters were strong.
I've seen the flick twice (the first time I was like "wtf was that shit?" so I watched it again a year later) and it's a huge fucking mess narratively, but I can't just openly hate all over it. there's a weird and potentially captivating story trapped in that hulking, smoking wreckage.
edit: both times I watched with h subtitles. I watch everything with subtitles.
Also this shit was made possible by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Funny, how even reactionary shitheads can feel that the absence of the USSR has made the world worse.