How are people feeling about this?

Very excited myself. Feels like a very different aesthetic for Nolan.

Can't wait. He can't do no wrong, just a cut about the rest and has been for a long time IMO.

Nolan's movies are always a bit hit and miss with me, and the self indulgence often results to over the top running times - (Interstellar) except of course Dunkirk which was short and felt strangely incomplete imho. Hubby would play Looper and The Dark Knight on an endless loop if he had his way. Memento & The Prestige are top notch imho, and parts of Inception are amazing.

I'll reserve judgement with Tenet, although I will say that last line about the right doors and the wrong doors seemed mighty hokey to me. Still, as an aside I missed out on seeing a terrific movie The Martian at the cinema all because of Matt Damon (Mark Watney) uttering the words: 'I'm going to have to science the shit out of this in oft repeated trailers that made me cringe. Silly me.


SPOILERS BELOW:
https://bgr.com/2019/12/19/ten.....e-rise-of-skywalker/

...you don’t have to wait any longer to learn what Tenet is all about, because a Redditor posted a description of the clip that was shown to IMAX audiences:

A summary for those who are interested:

We see a concert hall in Russia where some terrorists take the stage and take the auditory hostage. This is watched by a Russian police unit who send in ‘the Americans’. It seems to be some kind of counter-terrorisr unit. While the Russian police fill a gas in the audience room that makes everyone pass out, the Americans rescue someone who was watching the concert in some kind of v.i.p. area. The terrorists plant bombs and one of the Americans decides to dismantle the bombs allthough it is not part of their orders. It is shown, that some gadgets can manipulate time, but it is not clearly shown how or why. He succeeds in a way and only the vip area is destroyed. They escape into a bus with their target, only to reveal that they have ‘the wrong guy’.

... The scene took about 10 minutes and everyone was rather annoyed because (we were waiting) for Star Wars.  
...

Wikipedia:
Two international spies are sent out to stop World War III from occurring at the hands of a mysterious threat, using the unique technology of time reversal.


Well, that sounds pretty good, but I'm still not entirely convinced until I see the running time.
Great to see the very talented Robert Pattinson taking on some very diverse roles. I thought maybe he might get pigeonholed in Twilight mode but not so.

Looking forward to this as well. I agree with Warren -- there's not much Nolan can do wrong. You always seem to expect something big or profound. Personally, Interstellar will be very hard to top in the Nolan world -- my favorite of his.

Glad to see Michael Caine yet again.

And, Libby, what do you mean you have to wait and see what the running time is? Does that make a difference?

Steve, unfortunately I must have a low attention span.

Anything over two hours it better be good.

Interstellar was 2 hours 49 and it lost me towards the end.

Quoted from LC Steve, unfortunately I must have a low attention span. Anything over two hours it better be good. Interstellar was 2 hours 49 and it lost me towards the end.

I never minded long movies or books. It just delays my return to the real world that much longer.

Quoted from Warren Can't wait. He can't do no wrong, just a cut about the rest and has been for a long time IMO.

Couldn't agree more. He's on a phenomenal run.

Quoted from LC Nolan's movies are always a bit hit and miss with me, and the self indulgence often results to over the top running times - (Interstellar) except of course Dunkirk which was short and felt strangely incomplete imho. Hubby would play Looper and The Dark Knight on an endless loop if he had his way. Memento & The Prestige are top notch imho, and parts of Inception are amazing. I'll reserve judgement with Tenet, although I will say that last line about the right doors and the wrong doors seemed mighty hokey to me. Still, as an aside I missed out on seeing a terrific movie The Martian at the cinema all because of Matt Damon (Mark Watney) uttering the words: 'I'm going to have to science the shit out of this in oft repeated trailers that made me cringe. Silly me.

Would have thought he was right up your street! Memento has become his underdiscussed masterpiece. It's such a complex, yet accessible film. Interstellar is actually my favourite, and I do think there's a real argument for it being one of the finest movies ever made. The scope and scale, the accessibility in spite of its complexities, and the message of love and eternity really appeal to me because I'm a big baby!

Quoted from StevenClark Looking forward to this as well. I agree with Warren -- there's not much Nolan can do wrong. You always seem to expect something big or profound. Personally, Interstellar will be very hard to top in the Nolan world -- my favorite of his.

Completely agree. Interstellar is a magnificent achievement. It feels so underloved, but I really do feel like it will gain more love as it ages. That gospel score just gets me every time, and the thinking and reflection it prompted about the vastness of what we do not know about life, and what may indeed be possible has made it a film that feels deeply personal.

I do love, also, how it aligned with a reinvigoration of  interest and energy towards space exploration, and suspect in the years to come we will see those who make great strides in space crediting this movie as a enormous influence on them when they watched it as a kid.

I do enjoy Nolan's films. The odd thing is, although I think they are exeptional, I've never felt the need to watch most of them more than once. The expcetions are the first two of his Batman trilogy - I didn't care for the third.

Chris Nolan is one of my top five directors, and one I trust sight unseen. I've never seen a Nolan film I didn't like. I've seen Doodlebug, Batman Begins, and everything since The Dark Knight. I eagerly await Tenet.

Quoted from MarkRenshaw I do enjoy Nolan's films. The odd thing is, although I think they are exeptional, I've never felt the need to watch most of them more than once. The expcetions are the first two of his Batman trilogy - I didn't care for the third.

I hear you on that. Once I've watched a Nolan film once or twice, I tend to go back to watch some of the set pieces or core emotional elements, and then watch those 5-10 minute spells 10, 20, 30 times.

One of the criticisms of Nolan I've always struggled with is that he makes film that are emotionally cold. His work hits me emotionally on a pretty deep level, and what sets him apart, for me, is he manages to cater for so many different audience types by hitting those cerebral, set piece, thrill ride notes.

For me, if you mixed Kubrick with Spielberg, you'd end up with Nolan. That's how I view him, anyway.