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I dunno...the last movie I saw in the theater was The Hunt. Now, if THAT was the last movie I ever saw in a theater, I'd be pretty devastated...

Yup, right outside of Seattle. :) Having things closed was nice, though I was very lucky to have worked from home the entire time. I understand the personal economic need to have things open. I do. Working in a business where we help small businesses start up, it's vital to be able to open...

I don't disagree with any of your points, Josh, honestly. Anything that affects one of us can be communicable to others, for sure. But if I do my part by keeping tabs on how I feel and do the things we should do to lessen risk and you do the same thing, we may not eliminate risk completely, but...

Oh, I know you didn't, my friend. 100% didn't mean to imply you did. We tried having everything closed. That didn't work for various reasons. We've tried appeals to morality and social responsibility. That didn't work. We're not going to get a national decree or law like other places have...

100% agree. If the airline is open and the thing he wants to do is open, then by all means, enjoy yourself. Do it safe and responsibly and you lessen your risk. To shut down commerce in an entire country for 9 months to a year is sheer lunacy. Aside from the economic hit the government takes...

In the grand scheme of things, movies are a luxury. If a theater isn't open, I'm sure we can all find something better to do with our time. I know I have since March. If I never see Tenet, I think I'll be okay.

They can't and neither can all of the businesses which rely on them. Stopping all flow of product for another year would cripple a segment of the economy...maybe destroy it completely. That being said, if the studios and theaters were smart, they'd work together on a subscription program a la A...

I think this is the biggest thing. With moderate budget movies getting punted out of the marketplace, there's only "tiny" budget movies and blockbusters. The former are niche titles and the latter require a billion dollars to break even. There isn't a wide marketplace for the $50-$60 million...

I'm not saying COVID is the same as the flu, however, why do movies come out in the middle of flu season? Still a virus, still transmittable, can be deadly. So if someone goes to a theater and gets the flu and dies from the person next to them or the person who sat in the seat before them, why...

So there's no room in this for personal responsibility? If you feel safe in going, you go. And if not, you don't go. This is like going to a movie theater, getting an extra large buttered popcorn and super size drink and then suing Nolan for your heart disease or high cholesterol because you saw...

Oh agreed. But the idea that Tenet is going to turn on the "Open for business" sign and make people excited about the theater experience is silly. Also, the difference is all of those other films have bankable, name stars in them (or a half dozen bankable stars). Who is in Tenet? Aaron...

I'm going to say something and it may make me persona non grata here...and that's okay. Nolan films don't light up the box office in good times, at least domestically, aside from Batman. Dunkirk: $189 million domestically Interstellar: $188 million domestically Dark Knight Rises: $448...

I think I'm on record as being in the "would go" camp assuming masks were required, there was distance between seats, etc. I happily hopped a plane from Seattle to California for the July 4th weekend. Happily went camping for four days the weekend after. And looking forward to going to...

My only meaning in that comment is we appear to be going into a different kind of world where things happen regardless of whether NYC and LA can participate or not. I understand the money pieces to all of this and population centers, etc., but those two cities are the hubs for awards...

Eh...LA and NYC tend to dictate everything and it'll be nice to not have that happen. But that's just me; I'm the guy who didn't like going to Paris but would spend two weeks in Iceland.

IIRC, the quickest vaccine ever made took four years (it was for the mumps). I'm dubious of a vaccine even by July 2021...

Not at all unexpected, but the major piece in the story (for me) is "Tenet is poised to open wherever and whenever it can and it's safe to do so, even if New York City and Los Angeles aren't back on line." Welcome to our brave new world where two (overrated) cities aren't (rightly) the center...

If you can get your hands on one of these posters, they're gonna be a collector's item. :) On my way out of Disneyland on Leap Weekend, I got handed a Mulan pin with the original March release date on it. I thought it was cool at the time...lucky, I got two...one for me and one for a Disney...

Not if the theater chains go bankrupt and only a fraction are ever able to open again. Sure, that's doomsday, worst case scenario, but here we are.

Agreed this is ridiculous. Everything about COVID has been ridiculous. At this point, I don’t even care anymore. They open when they open. If they don’t, no skin off my nose. How many people will that put out of work? Anyone wanna guess? That’s the actual headline. “Anti precaution yahoos...

Same as when someone coughs or sneezes in the grocery store or at a dine-in restaurant. My guess is not a thing. I'm likely to incite more of a "panic" in the people around me by holding my boyfriend's hand through the movie than a sneeze ever could. Especially because I will be wearing a mask...

Neither do I. The "all"/"everyone" piece isn't going to work in any situation period. You never stop "all" movie piracy or talking in a theater or people bringing in their own candy/drinks. The best you can really do is figure out something less than 100% compliance to hang your hat on. I also...

Something just struck me as funny and, perhaps, a bit cynical and sarcastic. Everyone is so hung up on the format for Tent, there's a somewhat different question going through my head right. With the state of the theater industry, they HAVE TO OPEN to generate some kind of revenue and have a...

If Tenet was a 4 quadrant movie or a holiday film, yes. But it's not. As much as Nolan is a god among some movie fans, it doesn't have the names on the marquee or an established IP to draw those kinds of crowds. Plus, Warner will need something fresh to put on disc and VOD in the early fall time...

Looks like might know how California is going to go next week: https://deadline.com/2020/05/california-coronavirus-update-california-governor-gavin-newsom-to-issue-guidelines-for-counties-to-open-movie-theaters-move-into-next-phase-of-reopening-1202946825/

Sure it is. He has been very public with wanting his movie to be released in two months. If Warner says nope and pushes (which is their right, unless he was given control of the release date), Nolan is well within his rights to finish whatever contract he might have at Warner and simply move off...

Being the first out of the gate, literally, will create a lot of publicity. And if it's the first theater movie in four months, it has the potential to dominate. Nolan is a great filmmaker, but he always seems to have a certain...superiority to him, to me. Like he films on film or in different...