"Tenet" - 2020.. Nolan's new mindbender

[Christopher]

I had a talkative guy next to me during Avengers: Endgame. The bit that stood out was

Spoiler: just being extra-cautious

when he thought the reason Captain America could lift Mjolnir was because he was really Loki in disguise. That's not how it works!!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Drive-in theatres have a lot of other benefits. You can talk and interact with the people you are with and no worries about disturbing others. Kids can sleep in the back after the first movie. You can bring your own snacks. Great dating opportunity because you can see a movie and chat. I know they have a reputation for being a great opportunity for other dating activities too...

A lot of benefits but one major downside: What if you don't have a car?

 

[The Wormhole]

The only time I remember audience reactions in movies I saw in theatres was when I saw The Force Awakens, with the crowd cheering at parts like when the Falcon is first seen on screen or when Han and Chewie first showed up. Although, I guess another noteworthy example was when I saw the Special Edition of A New Hope in theatres back in 1997. When "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" popped up on screen the entire theatre actually recited it.

 

[theenglish]

A lot of benefits but one major downside: What if you don't have a car?

Bring a folding chair and headphones.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Delayed again, no new release date announced yet.

Shocking.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Delayed again, no new release date announced yet.

Shocking.

Was just coming in to quote basically everybody's posts from earlier saying "it still won't be that date" to say you all get a prize.

Finally, at least they learned and didn't give yet another date.

 

[Saul]

It's a shame but not surprising. Saw the 10 minute prologue the other day. Looks like the next Inception.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

It sucks but it absolutely had to happen.

 

[StCoop]

From the sounds of it they're going to open it outside of the US first. Which given that 50-70% of box office can come from outside America makes sense. And I'd imagine that other release will follow suit.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

From the sounds of it they're going to open it outside of the US first. Which given that 50-70% of box office can come from outside America makes sense. And I'd imagine that other release will follow suit.

While China opened cinemas again, one of their restrictions is a runtime limit of 2 hours. I doubt Nolan managed to keep the movie that short. Although, WB could just chop the movie down for the China release and keep the version Nolan wants for the rest of the world.

 

[Christopher]

It sucks but it absolutely had to happen.

Did it? They could just release it online. It doesn't "absolutely" have to be a theatrical release; that's just their choice.

 

[Mage]

Did it? They could just release it online. It doesn't "absolutely" have to be a theatrical release; that's just their choice.

I don't blame certain studios for basically doing a bidding war for streaming rights to certain movies by now. I mean, some are a given (Black Widow on D+) but others are basically open for everyone with the cash.
Personally, I'm still not so comfortable with sitting in a cinema, even though ours have opened to a degree. (Netherlands, btw).

 

[StCoop]

Did it? They could just release it online. It doesn't "absolutely" have to be a theatrical release; that's just their choice.

And a couple of hours later perfect copies are available on all the Torrent sites. Not great for a film that needs to make 500 million or so to earn its costs back.

 

[JD]

It took them long enough to finally learn and just not announce a date.

Did it? They could just release it online. It doesn't "absolutely" have to be a theatrical release; that's just their choice.

I've been shocked we haven't seen more movies going to the streaming services. The only thing I can think of is that with the big movies like this and the superhero movies, they'd end up losing to much money if they don't do a theatrical release. I kind of question that though, since there are probably going to be a lot of people who are still going to avoid the theaters even once they are open.
I would think they would probably make pretty good money if they released them as paid rentals through services like Amazon, ITunes, and Vudu. I paid $20 to watch Scoob, and would gladly do the same to watch Tenet, Black Widow, Wonder Woman 1984 or Bill & Ted Face the Music.

 

[The Wormhole]

Well, at least they're not announcing a date this time. The smart thing would be to just reschedule it for 2021.

Personally, I'm still not so comfortable with sitting in a cinema, even though ours have opened to a degree.

My local theatres have been reopened for two weeks now, with this past weekend seeing the resting restrictions expanded (now at 48 compared to the 25 they started at). I figure at mid-August they'll still only be allowing less than a hundred, which made me wonder what kind of a madhouse it would be trying to schedule this movie. Oh well, now I don't think I have to worry until mid-September when The King's Man is released. Not only to I expect the seating capacity to be over a hundred by then, I doubt that's going to be as popular a movie as Tenet, meaning I should have no problem getting a seat.

 

[Christopher]

I've been shocked we haven't seen more movies going to the streaming services. The only thing I can think of is that with the big movies like this and the superhero movies, they'd end up losing to much money if they don't do a theatrical release.

Birds of Prey was released online. So was Pixar's Onward, and Pixar movies are still pretty big.

I kind of question that though, since there are probably going to be a lot of people who are still going to avoid the theaters even once they are open.

Yep. I'm not gonna go near a theater anytime soon. It's a mistake to pretend things are just going to magically snap back to normal after a certain amount of time has passed. Whole industries are going to have to find new ways of doing things.

 

[Gaith]

From io9:

 

[JD]

Birds of Prey was released online. So was Pixar's Onward, and Pixar movies are still pretty big.

They also had theatrical releases first, so it's not quite the same. I managed to see both in the theaters before they closed.

 

[crookeddy]

Tenet is a Nolan movie filmed in IMAX, intended to be seen in IMAX. It's not the same as putting an animated film or a comedy up on streaming.

 

[JD]

Sometimes you have to compromise in extreme situations, like the one we're in right now.