Understanding every word seems to be a personal preference and if that is someones preference don't see a Nolan movie. Most of his movies fool around with timeline, visuals and speech to create some disorientation. Memento would be a screaming example of that. You could find the dvd chapter order and watch it linearly if you wanted to. But that would seem to me to completely avoid the purpose of the movie.
When I watched Tenet I had to let parts of my thinking go and just let it wash through me as it went without constantly trying to think too hard about what was happening. Dark corners were later illuminated, some weren't, but ok. My wife couldn't handle the start of it as there was too much not understood. I thought it was great and worth another watch.
For other movies, as discussed in the piece, there is more going on with dialogue quality that isn't intended. That's the real shame.
Agreed that it was meant to be confusing. What I found cool was there was a forward and backward plot line and you had to piece it together and just run with it as it went. Lots of people didn't like it. I thought it was a really good use of editing to create an effect.
When I watched Tenet I had to let parts of my thinking go and just let it wash through me as it went without constantly trying to think too hard about what was happening. Dark corners were later illuminated, some weren't, but ok. My wife couldn't handle the start of it as there was too much not understood. I thought it was great and worth another watch.
For other movies, as discussed in the piece, there is more going on with dialogue quality that isn't intended. That's the real shame.