《信条》中文海报 /豆瓣电影
由传奇导演克里斯托弗·诺兰（Christopher Nolan）执导的最新科幻动作大片《信条》自上映以来便引发“现象级”讨论。
近日，随着诺兰最新执导电影《信条》的上映，一系列相关衍生话题也登上微博热搜榜。
比如，微博话题#如何看懂信条#——
再比如，微博话题#看完信条的我#——
各个热搜话题下，网友讨论热度居高不下。
有网友将《信条》比作江苏高考数学题——“无论看多少遍题目，无论是否有解析，我都做不出来”：
还有网友表示，如果不事先做好功课，不认真预习观看指南，那么看《信条》将犹如“裸考”一般令人绝望：
尽管如此，在新冠疫情肆虐的全球背景下，《信条》还是拿出了不错的票房成绩——
上映首周，《信条》在中国内地票房已破2亿人民币，全球票房累计达1.5亿美元。
Some Chinese moviegoers compared Christopher Nolan's new film "Tenet" to the mathematics paper of the national college entrance exam in Jiangsu Province.
"I don't even understand the question, let alone the answer," one fan joked on the social media platform Sina Weibo after watching the film.
However, the perplexity hasn't stopped the film from grossing over 200 million yuan (29 million U.S. dollars) on its first weekend in China, though some said it is not as good as other Nolan films.
Having debuted one day earlier in North America, Tenet's weekend takings there reached 20.2 million U.S. dollars, shrinking greatly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Overseas, it is doing better and has already earned about 150 million U.S. dollars.
A mixed verdict for 'Tenet'
然而，在票房之外，《信条》在众多电影评分平台上的表现都低于诺兰以往的作品。
在豆瓣电影上，《信条》的评分目前为22万人打出的7.8分，成为诺兰少数没有上8分的作品。
《信条》讲述的故事其实很简单。
豆瓣上不含剧透的剧情简介是这样写的：
简单说，这就是一个主角通过“时空逆转”拯救世界的故事。
只不过在故事中，诺兰引入了一系列令人头疼的科学概念——“熵”、“时间钳形战术”、“祖父悖论”等等……
而当这些科学概念通过电影的画面铺陈开来时，对观众而言，无论是视觉上还是认知上，都成了一种挑战。
视觉上“时空逆转”的体现 /《信条》官方预告
引入“回文”单词和“回文体”的概念：电影《信条》英文片名”Tenet”即为回文单词，即从右往左字母颠倒过来还是同一个单词 /《信条》官方预告
诺兰的作品一向被贴上“烧脑”的标签——“看一次是没法完全搞懂的”已经成为所有观众的共识。
然而，此次《信条》似乎超越诺兰以往“难懂”作品“之最”，不光是观众，就连演员本身在拍摄期间也时常陷入“我是谁我在哪我在做什么”的尴尬局面。
主演之一的罗伯特·帕丁森（Robert Pattinson）在一次采访中说——
也正是因为这样，《信条》自上映以来，口碑呈现了较为极端的两极化，褒贬不一。
一些观众表示，《信条》叙事复杂，概念冗杂，观影“门槛”高，更像是一部只为“诺兰迷”而拍的电影——“不尊重观众，只在意影迷。”
还有一些人说，这仅仅是一部披着“高概念电影”外衣的“游戏之作”，没有一部好电影应有的精神内涵。
高概念电影（high concept）指具有视觉形象的吸引力、充分的市场商机、简单扼要的情节主轴与剧情铺陈以求大多数观众的理解与接受的电影。所谓“高概念”是指以好莱坞为典型代表的程式化的电影制作模式，本质上是一种营销指导创意的电影生产方式。
而对于很多“诺兰迷”来说，《信条》是一部充满惊喜、经得起逻辑推敲的“硬核”巨作。它再攀巅峰，是有史以来“最诺兰的诺兰电影”。
In "Tenet," an espionage film with a sci-fi core, Nolan continues with his exploration of the eternal theme: time. For the first time, he tried to present to his audience a world where time flows inversely. In some of the scenes, actors were asked to perform the action scenes forwards and backward.
The film, which is said to be the most difficult to understand of all Christopher Nolan films, has received polarized reviews among the Chinese audiences. It has so far been rated 7.8 out of 10 points – a lower rating than most of Nolan's films on China's movie rating website Douban.com.
Loyal fans of Nolan said the film reached a new peak in its perfect structure and the delicate storyline. However, others complained that the complicated storyline deprives them of their joy in watching a film.
The Christopher Nolan phenomenon
《信条》所带来的不同维度的思考和讨论，是又一部诺兰电影掀起的新一轮“诺兰现象”。
此前，诺兰的每一部作品几乎都引发了“现象级”讨论。
《盗梦空间》（2010）
《星际穿越》（2014）
《敦刻尔克》（2017）
叙事风格、艺术手法、科幻内涵、象征及寓意……诺兰的作品往往为观众提供了广泛的值得探讨的空间，这也使得电影引发的讨论本身比票房更受瞩目。
While mixed reviews received, the movie has undoubtedly prompted heated discussion on Nolan's films and his unique style of story-telling. In that sense, the movie has already become a success, igniting another round of what's so-called "Christopher Nolan phenomenon."
Christopher Nolan is distinguished by his non-linear narrative skill and his forever exploration of time. Watching a Nolan film is like deciphering a puzzle or working out a jigsaw. It is usually hard to understand the whole plot until the end of the film.
But for his fans, dissolving the mysteries is part of the enjoyment of watching the films. The mind-blowing scenes are fascinating enough, such as the world rolling up in front of the eyes in "Inception," or the spacecraft escaping from the black hole and the five-dimensional world in "Interstellar."
而处在口碑两极分化中的《信条》，如今在微博上的讨论热度已超60万。
有媒体评论：“诺兰与观众，是互相成就的谜面与谜底。”
而至于谜底能否揭开——看得懂《信条》如何？看不懂《信条》又如何？
热爱的人热爱，不爱的人有不爱的理由。
诺兰拍摄《信条》工作照 /豆瓣电影
无论如何，《信条》与其他诺兰作品一样，始终为电影作品注入了难能可贵的开创性元素，为电影创作提供了新的视角和可能性，也将对电影的讨论拓展到了前所未有的广度和深度。
正如诺兰在一次采访中所说——
“
做电影本身就必须要去冒险，突破界限和障碍，这也是我的信条。我们必须做内心坚定的事情。不是为了拍电影而拍电影，这不仅是一个职业，而更是一种生命激情。
”
“不要试图理解它，去感受它。”
