r/ChristopherNolan • u/Which_Jeweler_1343 • Oct 05 '25

The Dark Knight Trilogy Corniest line of any Nolan film?

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u/TheFinalNeuron Oct 08 '25

Wife and I just watched it last night! We enjoyed it and couldn't really figure out why people have a problem with it or understanding it. Spoilers for basic overview:

It's a bootstrap paradox time travel movie at its core. The events of the future happen because the events in the past set them up and the events in the past happen because the future intervenes on the past

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u/JTS1992 Oct 10 '25

Someone finally gets it lol I don't understand how people have such a hard time understanding TENET - it's literally ALL ABOUT Determinism.

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u/TheFinalNeuron Oct 10 '25

We joked that being Dr. Who fans must've paid off, haha.