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Tenet (2020) film

Discussed in 8 episodes · 12 film takes
PKA Score 6.2/10
Kyle
6.6/10
9 takes
Taylor
4.2🦉/7
2 takes
Woody
6.5/10
1 take
IMDb 7.3 RT 70% Metacritic 69
PKA rates this 0.9 lower than critics

Sentiment over time — how their takes changed across episodes

LovedNeutralHatedPKA 392PKA 473PKA 554PKA 636PKA 717PKA 392: +0.77 (3 takes)PKA 507: +0.80 (1 take)PKA 548: +0.00 (1 take)PKA 557: +0.00 (2 takes)PKA 584: -0.32 (3 takes)PKA 717: +0.15 (2 takes)
Each dot is one episode’s average take (bigger = more takes that episode). Toggle a host to isolate their arc. Voice-verified film/show opinions only.

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 440 @ 1:01:42 — PKN 440
Audio quality discussion; comparison to other films showing decline in clarity
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“they go to Tenet, and they're like...”
▶ PKN 392 @ 47:38 — PKN 392
Detailed discussion of Christopher Nolan spy thriller; speaker watched while intentionally high on edibles to handle complexity
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“it is a spy thriller this but i have right after this i watched james bond the new one”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I watched that whole movie and I think I understood most of it and I think that that is more than most could say”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“it's a real good movie uh it'll blow your mind you'll be confused at times and you'll want to watch the video that explains it after”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I thought Tenet was a better James Bond movie than James Bond was.”
▶ PKA 508 @ 1:16:05 — PKA 508 Bruce Greene Peeing the Bed, Crazy PKA Hangout, Woody
Christopher Nolan spy thriller with John David Washington; described as having mind-bending action elements like Inception
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“it looks like black James Bond with some crazy sort of mind-bending stuff going on at the same time I didn't want any spoilers so I've only watched Fragments”
▶ PKA 507 @ 2:20:00 — Painkiller Already #507
Kyle wants to see the Christopher Nolan film in theaters during lockdown
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i want to see tenant i want to Tenet so fucking bad it's in 70 millimeter it's the new Christopher Nolan movie it's like James Bond on crack”
▶ PKA 548 @ 3:33:09 — PKA 548 W/ Tucker and Blame Truth: Woody's First Time, Kyle's Ne
Discussion of COVID-era theater releases and timing
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“I think if he'd waited until now to release Tenet, probably would have been the movie that brought theaters back”
▶ PKA 717 @ 3:45:51 — Motherloving LolCow? : PKA 717 W/ The Gamer From Mars
Discussion of Christopher Nolan's complex sci-fi action film and difficulty understanding the plot
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I like tenant more after I watched the YouTube video that explains tenet it was um I don't I don't know if anybody's [ __ ] autistic and intelligent enough to watch tenet the first time and catch all the nonsense”
Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“first time I watched tenant I knew it was very complicated so I went online and I read all the like hints like oh if it's red it means forward in time blue means reverse in time”
▶ PKA 584 @ 57:40 — PKA 584 W SlushPuppy: Elden Ring, Woody Made A Power Move, COD D
Discussion of Christopher Nolan film with time travel inversion mechanic, audio mixing problems, and confusing plot structure
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“the macguffin in this movie is if the if the protagonists were honest with each other this movie would be 45 minutes long”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“the way they tried to explain the reverse entropy thing was less helpful than had they never addressed it at all like it just it wasn't a good explanation at all”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“god damn it he can't figure out audio mixing for some reason and you could [ __ ] [ __ ] when it comes to that [ __ ] and you can and at times it was borderline unwatchable”
▶ PKA 557 @ 2:22:35 — PKA 557 W/ Wolf: Kyle's Boxing offer, Taylor Swift is Jerk, Only
Discussion of Tenet's confusing plot and recommendation to watch while high
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“i still haven't watched tenant yet i think i'm gonna there's a yeah like all the cool movies that came out in the last three years i haven't watched like the ones that i think are like visually cool”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“tenant is so confusing yeah i'm gonna be highway watching yeah i've heard that that's the mind [ __ ]”