I'm so confused about something. Just like they teach in chemistry if you break a glass there's a million particles everywhere of said broken glass, to reverse that you'd need to do the EXACT (mirror) same thing in a backwards motion to redo the action so how is this possible in the movie? When the protagonist is fighting hinself from the past in that freeport room with the 3 bullets in the glass he isn't doing the reverse of what he did he is just defending hinself against himself to get through (outside) to see Neil bring Kat who is now saved. This makes no sense to me, idk if I'm missing something. Also, how unrealistic is it to expect hin to remember every fight move he did in the forward direction to do it backwards?? They chuck it up to instinct but never explain wth that even means... Just a feeling but ok what is that feeling is it a superpower or something? Makes no sense.
Also, if Neil just meets the protagonist in the future but dies after meeting him in that bomb area where we see the string how can the consistency of the theme of infinite loops (which is what this movie is alluding to at one point protagonist says to the indian woman "you have to stop thinking linearly") be possible? He died there so how would he "un-die" to then reverse again and meet him in the future? Neil is basically going in reverse since he met the protagonist? So how does that work when he switches while hes with the protagonist in different scenes? They play around with grandfather paradoxe but then show that fate is kinda playing a part here because Neil changes direction from when he leaves the helicopter with blue team and saves the protagonists life by shooting the guy at the gate of the detonation and in turn dying himself there.
Idk I read explanations but I'm still lost. Maybe it's cause I question everything and the more complexe stuff you delve in the more plotholes it generally has (I mean this fantasy and wishy washy pseudo-science as explanations on how this time thing originated they chuck it up to "we don't know someone in the future does don't question it"). I get it's Nolan, it's still a cool movie and all and I loved many others of his a lot, but when you get into these questions it becomes clear there's many plotholes (beyond what I mentioned as well). Enjoyable, but not consistent (imo).
Also, if Neil just meets the protagonist in the future but dies after meeting him in that bomb area where we see the string how can the consistency of the theme of infinite loops (which is what this movie is alluding to at one point protagonist says to the indian woman "you have to stop thinking linearly") be possible? He died there so how would he "un-die" to then reverse again and meet him in the future? Neil is basically going in reverse since he met the protagonist? So how does that work when he switches while hes with the protagonist in different scenes? They play around with grandfather paradoxe but then show that fate is kinda playing a part here because Neil changes direction from when he leaves the helicopter with blue team and saves the protagonists life by shooting the guy at the gate of the detonation and in turn dying himself there.
Idk I read explanations but I'm still lost. Maybe it's cause I question everything and the more complexe stuff you delve in the more plotholes it generally has (I mean this fantasy and wishy washy pseudo-science as explanations on how this time thing originated they chuck it up to "we don't know someone in the future does don't question it"). I get it's Nolan, it's still a cool movie and all and I loved many others of his a lot, but when you get into these questions it becomes clear there's many plotholes (beyond what I mentioned as well). Enjoyable, but not consistent (imo).