Inception Review | Christopher Nolan's Bond Film?
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- Is it Nolan's most Bondian film? Does it still hold up after 11 years? Does it get the Cubby Broccoli science-fact seal of approval? Let's find out!
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I think, that Tenet has more bond like style, Chris himself said, he was inspired by spy movies, and the Protagonist just feels like Bond.
Agreed! Inception has too many main characters while Tenet, you follow the Protagonist from start to finish (or should I say middle to end, then the middle again and then back to the beginning lol)
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True, but for years, this felt like it was Nolan’s Bond. And when I saw it in theaters, as a 14 year old, I expected something Bond-like based on the posters but got something completely different.
Great review Calvin! Can we expect a Blu-ray collection video sometime in the future? As a fellow collector I can't help but be distracted by the shelves in the background.
Honestly, this would be a dream. I absolutely love Christopher Nolan and Inception is one of my favourite films ever made (though I think Tenet has more merit as Nolan’s “Bond”). Also, this film is actually about filmmaking if you think about it.
The problem with Tenet as any sort of template for a Nolan Bond is that the protagonist is so bland and generic you might as well call him Protagonist.
6:19 To add to your list:
• Paprika: yes, it’s a bit passé by this point to compare Inception with Paprika, but Paprika does nail that utter random surreality of dreams. Yes, its plot also lacks that meandering aimlessness of a real dream, but, in its favour, it does have dancing fridges and mailboxes. (Plus it has a small From Russia with Love reference.)
• Pretty much the entire David Lynch filmography (sans The Straight Story). In particular, something like the Red Room scenes in Twin Peaks capture that off-kilter nature of dreams. The relationship between dreams and reality is a favourite theme of his.
• The Avengers (the British TV show): while the earlier years were pretty down-to-Earth, the Emma Peel years got pretty surreal at times. The fact that the show never used background extras just adds to the dream-like quality. If you’re looking for good Christmas watching in the coming days, I recommend the Inception-esque Series 4 episode ‘Too Many Christmas Trees’, in which the villains try to break into Steed’s mind to steal some secret plans only he knows. Except, unlike in Inception, they keep giving him nightmares about Father Christmas.
• Look Around You: the thing about dreams is that often completely bizarre things will happen, but you don’t think it strange at all. Utterly bizarre things being treated as if they’re 100% normal is the backbone of this show’s comedy. I know you could say that about a lot of comedies, but LAY feels very fever-dreamish at points.
What Dreams May Come. An overlooked Robin Williams movie literally set in a dreamworld - nowhere near as cosy as that sounds and definitely not a comedy, but at times beautiful and so dreamlike as to invoke deja vu. I'd also recommend Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind as the most dream-esque of movies. Everybody's gotta learn sometime;)
Vanilla Sky also deals with dreams and altered reality which takes a couple of viewing to understand [and the director said there is 5 possible answers to the ending!] with Tom Cruise going a bit Nick Cage at points!
Well, I do disagree with you about a lot of stated, especially about some scenes. Not a good choice
I'm taking Inception over Tenet any day.
In fact Tenet alone took Nolan out of my Bond director wishlist, sorry not sorry.
The Prestige is still my fav film of his tho, then Batman Begins, then a third place fight between Inception and Dunkirk.
Best movie or show set in a dream... Mulholland Drive... utter genius.
Loved that you mentioned that Sopranos episode as a comparison. That show was full of fantastic dream sequences that really nailed the truly abstract nature of dreams & that episode you cited in particular was a tour de force.
I think Calvin Dyson should be the next person to play Bond!!! Your acting in your videos is great and very funny!
He could be the voice of James Bond Jr. in an animated sequel to Moonraker called Toonraker (2oonraker)
Tenet is more of a bond film than inception. And i feel like the only person that fully understood and enjoyed tenet.
I would say that Tenet was more Nolan's Bond than Inception. Tenet is structured very much like a Bond movie - action sequence to establish the story at the beginning, the antagonist is briefed by an M like character and given his mission, teamed up with a ally nation agent, set against a scene chewing villain planning to wipe out the planet, sets out to help a female character in peril and culminates in a massive action set piece.
Yeah but, on the other hand, Interstellar and Tenet are part of Nolan's "I don't care if the audience can hear the dialog" period so...
As for the whole "Bond being influenced by Batman", I would argue that Batman is more influenced by Bond in a lot of ways as many notable addition to the Batman lore were influenced by Bond films mainly the villains Ra's and Talia Al Ghul in which their creator claims "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" influenced his creations of those characters.
While it is true that Sam Mendes has cited "The Dark Knight" as an influence on "Skyfall", I never watch "Skyfall" and think to myself that I would rather watch "The Dark Knight" instead as the two are very different films in terms of story and even how things end for Batman and Bond. Plus it is also worth pointing out that "The Dark Knight" or just Nolan's Batman in general were influenced by Bond films whether it is Lucius Fox scenes being very similar to the Q scenes, Joker's knife shoe being as reference to "From Russia with Love", the sky hook scene being a reference to "Thunderball" and even the Joker's Glasgow smile disfigurement being a nice reference to the Bond villain facial scarring trope.
Let's just say, it makes sense to me for a Bond film to take influence from "The Dark Knight" as it comes off as the series taking back what is theirs and there have been films before "The Dark Knight".
Also I can't be the only one who sees the similarities between "The World Is Not Enough" and "The Dark Knight Rises"? Let me list them to give you a clear idea on how that film is somewhat of a remake of “The World Is Not Enough”:
1) 007/James Bond and Bruce Wayne/Batman = Both playboy like characters with code names a ton of gadgets and in both films the two characters go through some sort of injury.
2) M and Jim Gordon = Both older authority figures who usually assign the main hero the mission.
3) Q and Lucius Fox = Both guys that supply the gadgets.
4) Renard and Bane = Both powerful bald villains with something that isn't quite human about them. While also being guys who we think are main villains, but is in fact in leagues with someone else.
5) Elektra King and Miranda Tate = Both female character who the main character "falls for" and have issues with their fathers, but there is more to these people than meets the eye as SPOILERS they are partners with the main villain of the film.
6) Finally the climaxes to both films involve a nuclear MacGuffin.
Mate I guarantee you're the only one who has made those comparisons between TWINE and TDKR lol
Nolan stated OHMSS as his favourite Bond film and a key influence on this film - do you think that helped in the shifting perception of OHMSS from a forgotten curio to one of the best (if not the best) in the series? Not saying that was the only reason why consensus shifted on OHMSS, but it certainly would help a film to have a big name director singing its praises. And this is around the time that OHMSS was having its big resurgence.
Yeah. and he said recently that Dalton is his favourite, which i'm kinda surprised at really
He also said the plot of the early films, Thunderall was specified, have some of the best plots in cinema
@@P0UTY1 Yep. He mentioned how tight the plots of the early Bond films were.
He also likes Spy Who Loved me stating: "I’ve spent a lot of my career trying to get back to that feeling" when promoting Tenet.
@@jamesatkinsonja ahhhhhh interesting :)
Please make a TH-cam video reviewing “The Wicker Man” (1973) it stars Christopher Lee and Britt Eckland and it came out the same year as “The Man with The Golden Gun”!!! Cubby Brocolli said TMWTGG wouldn’t exist without “The Wicker Man” 1973!!! Please review!!!
I think Nolan should direct a Bond film. He’d do a great job I think given from what I’ve seen of his films which is mainly the dark knight trilogy.
There's even a scene in the dark knight reminiscent of the Q scenes from the Bond film's.
@@TheShape--xt6pk oh yeah your right. The scene where Lucius Fox is showing Bruce all the gadgets.
It would’ve been cool. But I think some guy made a video explaining why he SHOULDN’T and I unfortunately have to somewhat agree with him. The reason is that he’s too well established as a director and has his own style of filmmaking which is called “nolanesque” so it would’ve been a Nolan film rather than a bond film.
Excellent review and very funny too (HOBBITS !) Still can't wait for Calvin to review Mission Impossible Fallout.
Inception definitely feels like Nolan’s Bond film. The whole climax was a huge tribute to Majesty’s and the action sequences all feel like they could have been in a Daniel Craig Bond film. I think it’s one of Nolan’s stronger films since it is really original and it’s generally much easier to understand and digest than some of his other films i.e. Tenet and Interstellar
I always thought it was a tribute to the snow level in Goldeneye 007.
The big three directors on my wish list are Christopher Nolan, Edgar Wright and Denis Villeneuve at the moment. Edgar Wright is definitely edging the rest out though, Last Night in Soho was stellar and continued his habit of including Bond references in his movies (The huge Thunderball poster, past actors in Dame Diana Rigg and Margaret Nolan, Sandy ordering a Vesper and even some John Barry music!)
I love Villeneuve but it sounds like he's doing to be tied up with Dune for the next few years [given he wants to make at least 2 more films] though maybe he'll do it eventually.
Tenet has ALOT of bond vibes.
Do daydreams count as dream sequences? If so, they don't come any better than Homer's 'Land of Chocolate'
-I’m sorry, we were talking about chocolate?
-That was 10 minutes ago!
I respectfully disagree with you in regards to Nolan's films being "humourless", I see most of his films humour as mostly deadpan or understated rather than tongue in cheek that we usually get with your typical Marvel film.
Inception is hands down my favorite Nolan film ever. I get why The Dark Knight is considered that title, but Inception is more original, more resonating, and more rewatchable. Also both Ellen (Elliott) Page and Marion Cotilliad are so underrated in this.
I assume you probably meant no harm, but just a heads up; The correct and respectfull way to write it is just "Elliott Page", and to not include the old name, refered to as "deadname" in the trans community. Even when refering to work made while still going by the old name.
That being said, I wholeheartedly agree on everything you said about the film!
Memento, clearly.
@@MCMIVC The correct and respectful thing to do is not correct other people in accordance with how you want them to write. Listing Page by his name as of Inception's release is completely acceptable. Listing his current name as well is indeed respectful. Btw, it's fine for the trans community to refer to Ellen Page as a "deadname," but not all trans people feel identically (an attribution that is invariably the foundation of racism, classism, etc), and we haven't consulted Page on how he feels, either. In addition no one is obliged to obscure meaning and history in order to make a hypothetical group to whom you've already misattributed universal feelings, feel better.
8:38 I think that's a consequence of Christopher Nolan being his own script writer [as even his brother Jonathan, who used to co-write with him, has moved on now a days]. Tenet badly needed some humor among the dry exposition which another writer could have delivered but Nolan has earned the right not to have his work interfered with given his track record in fairness.
He clearly hasn't. Nolan is not even an average screenwriter. He's almost James Cameron-level awful when left to himself. That was clear before Inception.
@@johnstrawb3521 Cameron wrote Aliens and The Abyss solo in his earlier career and Nolan gets the sole screenplay credit for 'Momento' [with brother Jonathan only being credited for the story]. If you've made massive hit films you are in the position to do whatever you want-Inception was Nolan's reward for the success of Dark Knight [few directors could get a $160 million film made which isn't related to a franchise back in 2010 let alone now] like Avatar was for Cameron's Titanic success [again, a $237 million budget for something which was a pre-existing property is virtually impossible otherwise] and his deal for Oppenheimer basically met all his demands [such as a $100 million marketing budget, 20% of the gross profit and even preventing other Universal films being released around it]. If your an elite directors, you have earned the right through your track record to have your work untouched [like a Nolan or Tarantino] or take as long as you want making it [like a Cameron or Kubrick]. even if collaboration might improve the script.
Would love to see some more pierce brosnan starring movie reviews. Such as
Worlds end
The foreigner
Misfits
Dantes peak
Mars attacks
(You may have done some)
Also what about your thoughts on edgar wright directing bond? Or how you think a edgar wright bond movie would look like.
Keep up the awesome content
He's not done any of those,. The only Pierce review was 'Thomas Crown Affair'. November Man , The Matador, 4th Protocol and Tailor of Panama would also be good [so many to chose from!]. He was quite positive on Edgar Wright doing Bond in the 'What Next?' video a couple of weeks ago [I do wonder if Wrights bad experience with the MCU over Ant Man might have soured him on franchise films but maybe not].
I actually think Tenet is closer to a bond film. The structure is a perfect classic bond template
Hello Calvin, I was wondering have you ever done a video counting down or listing your favourite comedic Bond moments?
David Lynch movie depicts bad dreams more effectively
Inception and Tenet is probably the 2 films that Nolan considers his “Bond” films
It gets my stamp of approval for Best Picture, and love how much it's influenced by OHMSS and other Bonds!
Also love how comfortable you are without that tight tuxedo...
Calvin, you have to review The Hunt For Red October
Awww nice of you to do a review of the Matrix.....ummm I mean Paprika!! Oh GOD what have I done :(
I'd say Tenet had more of the Bond feel than Inception. You should do a review on Tenet someday.
Since Inception was in the 2010s, there were other movies during that particular time, such as Toy Story 3 (2010), either before or after, Cars 2 (2011), a year after Inception, Iron Man 2, pretty much everyone's least favorite Marvel movie, and possibly a year before Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol and two years before Daniel Craig's third James Bond 007 movie Skyfall, and maybe a few years before Jurassic World. I love it when events come together.
Hey, it's one of my favourite films! Whoo! The cast is perfect here, with Marion Cottiard as an absolute standout for me. She would've been brilliant in a Brosnan Bond movie, but I digress. The action is so memorable, I adore the whole hallway scene, Zimmer's score is brilliant, and the ending still gets me. Is he still dreaming, isn't he, and then the smash cut to black. So good.
I agree with you in saying that Tenet is probably the Nolan film that feels more like the typical Bond film with suave acting, the suits and the landscape, but the heist element of Inception + the action set pieces here are more what I'd expect Nolan to do with a Bond film plot-wise.
Also, fun fact: DiCaprio's character, Dom Cobb, sounds exactly the same as the Dutch domkop, meaning idiot or a stupid person. Which always makes me laugh.
Tenet is Christopher Nolan’s bond film although you can see the influence On Her Majesty’s Service had on Inception
While l love inception my favorite Nolan film has to be the Dark knight
I saw Last Night in Soho this morning and I'd love to see Edgar Wright in a Bond movie. He's clearly a huge fan of the 60's and has a lot of fresh ideas I think. Maybe would work.
He has teased that he has an idea for a Bond film
@@spaceodds1985 I heard that and now i think it could be the next step in his career, i'd kill to see his or Danny Boyle's Bond, same energy I guess. lol
Inception and No Time To Die final song in each soundtrack both have kind of the same vibe and were both composed by Hans Zimmer.
2:49 - 3:08 hahaha I dont think Christopher Nolan knows either
Hey Calvin! Really enjoying all your movie reviews as well as obviously all your Bond content. Not sure if you ever thought about it but it would be really cool if one day you did a video showing off your complete Blu-Ray/DVD collection! Collection videos are quite popular on TH-cam and it would be cool hearing your thoughts on the films you own.
It’d be a shame if Nolan never directs a Bond film before he retires. A damn shame. I would’ve also loved to see Danny Boyle’s take on Bond. Too bad he left.
Same. Would have loved to see what Boyle and John Hodge would have done with Bond. I meam the writer and director of Shallow Grave and Trainspotting making a Bond film?!?! A mixture of being wowed and crying out Begger’s Belief.
@@spaceodds1985 If you've seen the John Hodge scripted 'Ipcress file' recently I don't think they were ever suited to Bond and it was a bad idea from the start. Hodge said in promoting Ipcress that Eon didn't like his script and Boyle left along side him rather than letting other writers rework it.
And that fine. Peter Morgan is an acclaimed script writer but Robert Wade said the Morgan script for what became Skyfall was more John Le Carre than Bond and wouldn't have worked.
Calvin!!! Great video!! Absolutely love Inception!! It’s such a special movie because of the amazing stunts, special effects, action sequences, and dream plot! I remember seeing a lot of the James Bond inspiration qualities for the film. From the suits to the suaveness of characters, it definitely shows how Nolan may be another contender for being a James Bond character. Critics back in 2010 claimed the film being: “James Bond meets the Matrix” and I entirely agree!! This is a film I enjoy rewatching and I always pick up new clues in multiple viewings 🎬🎥 Thanks for this Calvin!! 😎
Fair and insightful review
After Dunkirk, Inception is my favourite Nolan film. It has phenomenal set pieces, a cast of characters that wouldn’t be out of a Mission:Impossible episode, and a phenomenal score by Hans Zimmer. However the one thing that this film has is style. The elegance on display in both settings and costume design is superb. I saw this film on its opening weekend in 2010 and I remember telling my friends that how are people comparing this to The Matrix… I mean I don’t see any leather coats or po faces in this film. Inception is a masterpiece and it is my second favourite film of the 2010s (after Dunkirk)
Really??? I think Dunkirk is Nolan's weakest film by far.
01) The Dark Knight Rises
02) Interstellar
03) The Dark Knight
04) Memento
05) The Prestige
06) Inception
07) Batman Begins
08) Tenet
09) Insomnia
10) Dunkirk
Never saw Following
@@spaceace4387 I agree that Dunkirk is not a good film. I much prefer Darkest Hour which is really good film over Dunkirk.
@@johnv7317 I compare Dunkirk more to Sam Mendes' 1917-it really puts you in the shoes of someone thrown into the battle who is only concerned with staying alive which is very different to most war movies.
@@johnv7317 Yes and I have heard every excuse in the book for Dunkirk like “it’s a war movie, you don’t have time for a lot of talking” or “it’s not about the people it’s about the experience” or “in war we don’t have time for a bunch of scenes of people sitting around a campfire”. Funny, Apocalypse Now has a scene of everyone sitting around a campfire and it’s a far better film than Dunkirk. Every single one of those excuses falls flat on its stupid face.
@@spaceace4387 Wow. Pray hope there isn’t a war on the horizon, cause if sitting around a campfire with a surf mad Colonel and his guitar playing tunes out of tune is your idea of brotherhood and war… than you and your platoon is f**ked.
He should do one Bond at least. I mean that's the most he'd do.
Inception is my favourite film and I always love seeing new takes on it. The OHMSS comparisons with the third act is apt, although Tenet is definitely much more of a spy/Bond film.
Calvin! We need to see a video of you going through your criterion collection recommendations. I’m only starting to collect them and I notice you have a few yourself! 💙🎭
I do think memento is still his best movie
YESSS! For me also absolutely his best by quite a margin! Cheers, mate!
@@k.b.7718 I wish he goes back to doing something smaller like he use to. In fact if i'm not wrong, Inception was thought of to be a much smaller movie before he did the dark knight. I think Dunkirk was fantastic though :)
@@DafyddBrooks Haven't seen Dunkirk yet, was rather disappointed by Interstellar I must say. Not sure if it's a matter of scale but you might be right. How did you like The Prestige?
Nolan did his best work from.the late 90's until Batman Begins. From The Dark Knight onward, he threw story structure out the window, started focusing more on spectacle, and pushed character to the side.
@@k.b.7718 Dunkirk is good, trust me its not all over the place. the editing between certain time frames is executed greatly :)
Hey I conveniently just watched this film the other day. Inception is in my top 10 (maybe top 5) favorite films ever. I just really love the plot, characters, settings, and music of this film it's all so memorable. I enjoyed your review of it, great work.
My wishlist of films and TV shows I want Calvin to review:
- Hanna (both film and show)
- True Lies
- The Sandbaggers
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier/Black Widow
- Alias
- Various John le Carre adaptations
- Tenet
- Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan adaptations
- Spooks
Great job as usual, sir! While I end up agreeing with you only about 60% of the time, I truly appreciate your genuine love of the character & franchise. I also dig your reviews of non-Bond films featuring Bond actors, as well as movies in the general "espionage" genre... And so I have a candidate for you: WHEN EIGHT BELLS TOLL (1971), which is available for free, in HD, on TH-cam. A very young Anthony Hopkins takes a stab at playing a James Bond-type character, in this case Commander Philip Calvert of the Royal Navy -- an "underwater commando" for the British Secret Service. The film trots out a number of Bond tropes, only on a much smaller budget and with less-than-exotic locales (namely the dour, craggy coast of Scotland). Instead of comedy relief in the form of a cranky Q, the film's fussy M-type character (Robert Morley) is the one played for laughs. Hopkins is game and gives it a good shot, but just doesn't quite cut it as the square-jawed action hero. FYI: I believe an action set-piece from this film was "borrowed" ten years later by the writers of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. (Calvert, in scuba gear, explores the wreck of a sunken ship, only to be attacked by a bad guy wearing deep-sea diving gear -- the kind with a huge round helmet & weighted boots.)
Cobb, despite being named after a bread roll, an infamous baseball player, is actually a reference to the main antagonist/supporting character in Nolan’s first feature Following.
I highly recommend watching TENET (a few times) as it's a globe trotting puzzle box action that becomes very satisfying once rewatched and properly understood, which can take a while if overthought, but very engaging.
It's one of his worst films. Even if you can decipher the needlessly convoluted plot that requires a dump truck of expository dialogue, you still have the shallow characters and a totally unconvincing romance.
Not saying this about you but I think people praise films like Inception and Tenet because they don't want to appear foolish. A great film is not needlessly complicated. A great film makes you feel before it forces you think about what is going on. Tarvkovsky, Bergman, Sharunas Bartas, David Lynch, those are filmmakers that make you feel things. Nolan just crafts plot machines, he doesn't make films.
I actually really liked it. I pretty much decided to no bother trying to follow the sci fi and just enjoy the ride and it was pretty entertaining.
@@ricardocantoral7672 In fairness I didn't think they were even going with a romance. More JD Washington cares about Kat and feels sorry for her situation and wants her and her son safe, it felt pretty platonic to me [perhaps to subvert the Bond formula a little]. I do wish Nolan had let another writer onboard to scale down the exposition and add some humor though.
@@jamesatkinsonja There was more going on there. That was not just, "I want to protect your kid". Also, Nolan has a history of completely failing to create a convincing relationship between a man and a woman.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Well there is a theory that the kid grows up to be Neil...
Everyone who enjoyed Inception, watch South Park's episode called Insheeption. It's a PERFECT parody. It stars Leo Di Caprio too
Interesting but they never actually show *how* the sedative drug is administered. You see them sticking something to their forearms but it's never explained whether it's a needle or some kind of Star Trek-like hissy infusion thing. Wonder if Nolan wanted to avoid anything too squeamish.
Nolan is much too dry for my taste. There is no fantastical sense whatsoever to his imagination. So, I completely disliked his Batman series, and Inception. The production, and conception of Nolan's "Inception" ruined the whole damn thing for me. Watching "Inception" was like watching a slick commercial for a luxury car - no heart, fake visuals, so gawdy for the screen BS.
This was the last film I saw in the cinema before NTTD it’s probably my fav Chris Nolan film has a great soundtrack
Thinking of the title of this video, I actually thought of Inception as Christopher Nolan’s Matrix.
I just feel like it's the wrong time for a Nolan directed Bond film. He would probably want full creative control and the opportunity to start an era with his own actor and style which means that Bond 26 would be the one to give him. However, although I love the Craig era, we've just been through 5 films and 15 years of Nolan and Bourne inspired Bond films. Bringing Nolan now would be threading water.
I think we need a somewhat lighter Bond to follow Craig, if any of the big current directors should get to set the tone with the next one I would want Edgar Wright and not Nolan. Although personally, I want Martin Campbell to kick off the next era without Purvis and Wade (maybe just Phoebe Waller-Bridge or her alongside a new writing partner).
The only scenario I'd say Nolan would be suited doing a Bond film is if it was consciously stripped back, I suppose similar to the concept that Danny Boyle had before stepping back from No Time To Die. Nolan's Neo-noir films are excellent (Memento, Insomnia, Following, even Batman Begins and to an extent The Dark Knight, as much as I have problems with that film sometimes) but I find the larger his ideas/films are the more he tends to slip into problems like plot contrivances, a lack of interesting characters, sound design problems etc.
I liked Inception when I watched it but have no real desire to watch it again. I have come to like Nolan'a movies less and less with every movie I have seen from him since The Dark Knight (which I already didn't like as much as so many other people did). Part of it might very well be that detachment from emotion that you mentioned here. Kubrick is a good comparison although I think that Kubrick was a filmmaker of a higher rank than Nolan. Even if you don't understand everything in Kubrick movie, you just know that Kubrick knew very well what he was doing and why. I don't get that feeling with Nolan. With him I get the feeling that he wants to be smarter than the movie actually is. He could still be an interesting choice for a Bond movie. Good or bad, it would probably be a Bond movie unlike any other.
Edit: sorry, for going off on a tangent about Nolan.
Outside of his Batman trilogy, I think this is probably Christopher Nolan's most universally loved film. It just so well cast and well balanced. I wish more original high concept science fiction movies were made and make it to cinemas. Personally, I loved Interstellar, but I'm a sucker for science fiction movies.
I’d figure TENET more of a “Bond” influenced film than INCEPTION…. I just wish I didn’t have to see TENET three times in order to “get it”. 🤔
For me my fav nolan film is still Insomnia, Al Pacino and Robin Williams played off each other so well.
Actually TENET is Christopher Nolan's Bond film
I must watch this again. It's my son's favourite movie, and I just didn't get it. Such drek on Amazon Prime though, besides Catch Me if You Can, I can't seem to find any of my favourites movies.
Still wanna see you review M:I - Fallout.
I second that!
I think Tenet is Christopher Nolan’s other Bond film but Inception definitely feels like Bond with the action sequences
"Never don't understand what's happening at any moment..." Sounds like a Bond Title
2:09 - “Cob recruits Elliot Page’s Ariadne.”
Thank you for not deadnaming him. You’re doing the good work.
Nolan used to have a sense of humor. See Memento (2000). Heck, even the last line is funny: "Now, where was I?" (iirc)
Good Evening Mr Movie Fans. You've got the talent mate just branch out into full movie reviews. Maybe start a new channel if you want to keep this mainly Bond oriented! Just an idea :)
I don’t actually remember anyone feeling that Iron Man 2 was a sign that the Avengers project was in trouble, as much as that they knew some films were annoying sideshows, a holding pattern before the main event. I’m seeing more scepticism during this fourth phase as to whether the magic can be recaptured but I’m sure it’s just teething problems before the gears of the dreaded MCU machine grind into place again with soul crushing competence and stability.
One like for the Cubby Nolan's SCIENCE FACT TM joke.
Really what are you talking about please Don't delete my comments and i understand why you made this video because maybe you did not like tenet. But tenet is absolutely chris's Bond movie NOT inception. Chris said it himself
good evening mr. dyson...while i like inception, i didn't really care for nolan's batman trilogy that much...i think his best film is 'insomnia'...i would love to see you do a review on that one....it's intelligent, well acted, and might even prove to have some bondian moments in your eyes as well....cheers and peace always...rocky
Nolan is one of the few directors who can command a blockbuster budget for an original idea, it seems a shame to confine him on an existing franchise like Bond.
While I love Inception and have a lot of respect for Nolan as a filmmaker I don't think he and Bond are a good match right now, if the producers could have gotten him for Die Another Day or Casino Royale it would have been a different story.
I highly agree with the Sopranos dream sequences being the most realistic.
The episode Funhouse is just one long food poisoning induced dream and it's so disjointed and nonsensical. Absolutely perfect representation of dreams.
When I first watched Inception and had no idea he was on the rumour list to be the next Bond director, It was the snow scene (HMSS as you say) and Tom Hardy's character, I thought, wow that's a bond scene!
I get the feeling that you haven’t watched The Prestige. You should watch The Prestige.
A 60's "The Prisoner" series has a great bit on injected dreams in the episode A, B or C? Such a great 60's take on a retired agent's "retirement".
it wasnt an original concept paprika anime did it first, alot of shots were borrowed from the anime film, i actually read the book and watched the anime, and in the book they have a dream sequence similar to dr no, he even mentions that film, where the girl sings a song, and the guy comes out of the bushes, cause they were gonna make a live action back then but decided not to since inception followed similar aspects, but yes this is a great film, i had to watch it about 3 times to understand and talk with friends to really understand it, yes there is an OHMSS reference in the snow shootout, are you gonna review TENET? or the dark knight series, also do you know micheal g wilson dad was the first batman, of the 40s serials, so it would have been cool if Nolan, put him as an extra, but then i guess it would be to bond since, bond has him in hitchcock type roles. But i mean it makes sense since his dad was the first batman, he didnt want ben Affleck ( my favorite batman better than bale, keaton and the others in my opinion), to come to the premere since he was dating ana de armas at the time, so he didnt want the attention to go to him at the bond premere since i didnt really understand since that had jason aquaman and other hollywood ellites, also think jay lo would make a great catwoman, if affleck ever wants to put the cape back on and make a movie, now that micheal g wilson i think retired maybe he will do cameos in the batman films, like you said the nolan dark knight trilogy inspired craig run of films, but also the past bond movies before craigs inspired his trilogy so its funny how things work out, and brosnan was in the running to play batman in 89 before keaton since he was good friends with the director of batman he worked on a movie with him. But didnt take it i forgot his explanation.
One of the reasons I adore this movie is that for all its cleverness, it’s not trying to trick the audience. It’s attitude is much more inclusive in that it wants the audience to be following along...like “we’re doing cool things with cool concepts, let’s do them together” rather than trying to leave the audience confused. It very much wants the audience to be along for the ride and engaged with its concepts, it’s never trying to be cleverer than the audience.
I know that I cannot be the first person to mention this, but the main character's name is Dominic Cobb, or Dom. If you watched the movie even once, it's hard to figure out why you think his first name is Cobb.
Just as long as Tom Hardy is the next Bond, I don't care if Christopher Nolan directs it.
Pleasssse can you do a ranking of the Roger Moore Bond films, Cal? I’d be really interested to see that!!
Inception is really great. top movie. LOLs i think with Tenet i have spent more time watching videos to explain it than watching the movie itself
Try Nolan's Insomnia for a new take on what a Bond film could be. Is it what we want though?
fun fact: Cobb was the name of a main character in Nolan's first feature film "Following" (1998) therefore, as Nolan saw this film as his biggest project at the time, he decided to name DiCaprio's character after him.
Lol you people seem so ignorant to film trivia. In every movie chris makes he screens a movie as inspiration. It is only in his latest movie tenet he wanted to screen a Bond classic but did not as it would Seem too obvious. Tenet is by far most Bond inspired if you do not believe look at the trivia and how he talks about tenet in interviews
Review Tenet next! I’d say that’s more Nolan’s Bond!
Fuck dude, this is great review. All the most Nolan traits work the best in this film
Though that was tenet ? Though Nolan’s bond style movie was tenet
Prestigious is probably Nolan‘s best film, i’d be curious to hear your opinion on it
The puzzled skit had my sides splitting. 😂😂. Tenet messed with me.
I feel like the Doctor Strange related movies had some inspiration in the effects from this movie.
Watched Venom 2 last night, and thought, no way is Tom H going to be the next Mr Bond. (even if there's a Sony tie up). One of our best / my favourite actors, but I can't see it. Why not? Physically I don't think he looks the part! As crap a reason as that.
Sopranos DVD box set, best 5€ I ever spent (2nd hand shop!)
Venom 2 ......... hmmmmmmm...
Yeah I didn't buy that rumor last year for a second. I'll be amazed if it's an established star.
I personally think the Prestige is Nolan's best movie
On His Majesty’s Secret Service by Nolan
Tenet is 100% Nolan’s Bond film, not Inception.