TENET is budgeted over $200 million
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Globe trotting filming with a lot of practical effects tend to pile up money. Just look at James Bond (though this one will lack the Bond actor's giant salary).
I hear all the action sequences were filmed in stop motion, and all film reels will be sent by carrier pigeons.
I've only seen the movie once, but doesn't the ENTIRE team roll their eyes hard at her, in this moment? Isn't the point of that entire scene that she's cracking and losing her shit?nah
docking scene was good and score is iconic but that's it
People always point it out as awful, but I always thought it was consistently cringy.
Now.... that entire 3rd act though? Trashhhhhh, imo.
I can't remember the last time I was really into a movie and then completely 180'd once the third act hit.
I would agree if JDW was just any other black actor, but i feel like being Denzel Jr might make the peanut gallery bite their tongues on that one.
But this is all on the assumption that this movie bombs, which I have a hard time imagining it does.
If Dunkirk for as boring as it was, is considered a success then I know Tenet will do well.
I don't see a correlation between you thinking Dunkirk is boring and it being a success lol.
Scorsese called the Netflix deal a desperate move for him and De Niro because every other major film company bawked at the price tag.
Methinks boring = Methinks the movie flops. Tenet actually looks interesting, as interesting as "Inception".
Dunkirk apparently had a total box office around $600 million off a $100+ million budget, which is a success.
I saw an extended prologue/trailer for this at my local IMAX.
It's going to be huge or a huge flop. Not sure which yet.
Which is why it looked utterly ridiculously good in the trailer.
Definitely an IMAX watch if indeed it's worth watching!
Nolan is a very rare field where he can write and direct a complex, original story that won't lead into sequels, prequels, spin-offs, and merchandising opportunities, and studios will still back the BRINKS truck to his door. His name is a brand in itself. "A Christopher Nolan film" is a declaration of Event status.
For a second I thought they put the wrong film on the screening I was at.
It was captivating but I'm not sure wtf is going on!
If Dunkirk did 525m, Inception did 825m and Interstellar is at 675m...
I think we can say this movie is probably good for at least Interstellar's total. Which for a 200m budget and a hefty Nolan cut, is still probably just profitable, with the potential to do plenty more.
This is easily Nolan's most audience appealing film since TDKR (or Inception if we're looking at his original works) by the looks of things so far.
I think we can say this movie is probably good for at least Interstellar's total. Which for a 200m budget and a hefty Nolan cut, is still probably just profitable, with the potential to do plenty more.
This is easily Nolan's most audience appealing film since TDKR (or Inception if we're looking at his original works) by the looks of things so far.
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I think this can break out and do Inception numbers. Looks like it'll have more mass appeal than his last two films.
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Fuck so same sound issues as all his other movies?
I swear my theater watches of Nolan films are just for the visuals.
I don't actually "get" the movies till the Blu-ray with subtitles lol
Yeah I could definitely see it, if the quality is there.
I'm not even sure if you're meant completely to understand what's going on in the prologue tbh. There's terrorists and special forces and Americans posing as special forces, and secret key phrases, and people who aren't who they are meant to be. But you don't really ever know why any of this is happening. Apparently there's a bit where a bullet goes backwards in time but I didn't see it because I was so disoriented. But in like, a good way? It's very exhilarating.
Fincher?????
Um maybe as he keeps his budgets small, but he is not regarded as a box office king.
Dragon Tattoo was a big disappointment for Sony.
Yep, it's his style he likes at least one person you cannot fully decipher it would seem and some odd mixing choices.
He is also staunch 5.1 only has that is the most film can hold (Unless he brings back SDDS8)
Gone Girl was the 10th highest profiting movie of 2013 and was a romance-crime drama.
TSN also did great business too. Not many drama films out here grossing $300m+.
I remember it bombing but it did 230M on a 90M budget isn't as bad as I thought it did. The book was so huge WW I think people expected more, but it didn't do too bad.
Yeah, this scene in particular is Brand getting dunked on. And really, is this such a terrible concept? That the connection a father and daughter have to each other is measurable or at least predictable to advanced interdimensional beings? Seems pretty tame to me.
Seeing Interstellar in 70MM IMAX opening weekend in NYC was by far the best movie going experience I've ever had, and those who didn't get to experience missed out on something special
Didn't say they didn't, he still isn't much about the profit bar him having low budgets.
He beats mostly anyone on quality tho, Nolan especially.
Yeah I guess he has and has used that blank check to lock himself in Avatar purgatory.
True, but I don't know another filmmaker getting a billion dollar budget. That's crazy as shit.
Definitely and as a result I will be one of those people who will see whatever the fuck Avatar 2 is out of sheer bloody minded curiosity.
As much as I like to say people with limits make the best art, someone has to be the exception.
It's always without. Marketing is a whole different business group and budget.
I don't know why some people seem surprised by this. Inception was a decade ago and that cost $160 million.
$200+ million seems to be pretty normal for huge tentpole blockbusters.
$200+ million seems to be pretty normal for huge tentpole blockbusters.
Mission Impossible series spanks Nolan for practical effects and for action.
Action? Sure. Practical effects? No.
Interstellar alone is far more impressive than anything in any of the MI films.