Christopher Nolan ligt onder vuur omdat hij kritiek uitte op Warner Bros’ beslissing om zijn 2021-films in de VS tegelijkertijd in de bioscoop en op HBO Max uit te brengen. Volgens sommigen houdt Nolan geen rekening met de realiteit van de coronacrisis.

Zo wordt beweerd dat de exclusieve bioscooprelease van Tenet, waar Nolan op aandrong, heeft aangetoond dat de mensen nog niet klaar zijn om massaal weer naar de bioscoop te gaan. Tenet stelde namelijk teleur aan de Amerikaanse box-office.

Anderen vinden dat Nolan te stug vasthoudt aan de bioscoopervaring en bereid moet zijn om te evolueren. Nog anderen nemen het hem kwalijk dat hij kunst belangrijker lijkt te vinden dan veiligheid.

Rolling Stone-journalist Alan Sepinwall neemt dan weer aanstoot aan Nolans uitspraak dat HBO Max de slechtste streamingdienst is en Slate-journalist Sam Adams betreurt dat er niet wordt gesproken over hoe Warner Bros. een jaar aan films opoffert om de mislukte lancering van HBO Max te compenseren.

https://twitter.com/UberKryptonian/status/1336119631644340227

TENET was a test case at releasing a blockbuster in a pandemic. Christopher Nolan encouraged it. It failed. Warner Bros. are now evolving with the times. Sure, they should have discussed this with their filmmakers before the announcement, but it wouldn't have changed their plans.

— Doug Jamieson (@itsdougjam) December 8, 2020

lol i like watching a movie in theaters as much as the next dweeb but it's funny that nolan threw a huge tantrum to get his movie in theaters during a global pandemic and it went so poorly that his distributor swore off theaters for a year https://t.co/F4hNkCiHIM

— aLec robBins (@alecrobbins) December 8, 2020

Theaters wouldn't be in as much trouble if people like Nolan hadn't tried to rush films back into theaters. Theaters would be in a much better state if we had kept them closed, and as a cinephile, I hate the idea that to keep theaters open people need to risk their lives. https://t.co/BTYUHBE1aK

— AdequateEmily (@AdequateEmily) December 8, 2020

https://twitter.com/TheFliteCast/status/1336118375773331458

I get that WBs approach to their HBO Max announcement (in regards to filmmakers) was shitty, but Nolan’s lack of awareness about his own role in making life harder for theaters by refusing any sort of compromise needs to be called out. Not to mention we’re STILL in a pandemic.

— Jordan Maison (@JordanMaison) December 8, 2020

Christopher Nolan only listens to his voicemails through IMAX speakers.

— Minovsky (@MinovskyArticle) December 8, 2020

Christopher Nolan: "I'd rather you literally die than watch my movie on a TV." https://t.co/vDjwzGPNYg

— Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) December 8, 2020

I’ve seen #FixMsMarvel & #Nolan stories, will cover tomorrow – most likely on livestream.

But now, I’ll just say #WB tried it Nolan’s way, it was a colossal disaster.

Also, I wonder if Nolan sees how hard he’s getting trolled for caring more about “art” than safety…? pic.twitter.com/hy9GcQSyym

— Grace Randolph (@GraceRandolph) December 8, 2020

Without wading into the larger particulars of the Warner Bros. issue, Nolan is hilariously wrong about HBO Max, which has by far the best movie library of any streamer, and (not that he cares) either the best or second-best (after Hulu) TV library of any streamer. https://t.co/x61cfqo3vc

— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) December 8, 2020

good job making the discourse about how annoying Christopher Nolan is and not Warner Bros’ flushing a year’s worth of movies to compensate for HBO Max’s hilariously botched launch, well done everyone

— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) December 8, 2020

Bron: The Wrap