Spoilers ahead for Tenet. Christopher Nolan is a filmmaker obsessed with time. However, that obsession with time is usually put to greater ends with regards to character and/or circumstance. But in his latest film, Tenet, Nolan’s obsession with time proves his undoing as the “time inversion” that drives the plot and creates a palindromic structure comes at the expense of concise plotting or thoughtful characters. By the end of Tenet, you’ve ceased to care about the particulars of time inversion and who’s going forward and who’s going backwards because we’re indifferent to the people …
Netflix released some viewership data today, but the new way the streamer has chosen to count its viewer numbers puts the actual success of these films and shows into question. According to Netflix (via THR), Michael Bay’s new action film 6 Underground was watched by 83 million member households in its first four weeks of release. And the first season of the buzzworthy fantasy series The Witcher was watched by 76 million member households through its first four weeks of release. Those are pretty stellar numbers. Except they don’t count everyone that actually watched the movie or TV …