You Didn’t Get Nolan’s Movie? Congrats, You’re Normal

It’s a 'been there felt that' situation for most of us—sitting through a Christopher Nolan movie, trying to look like we’re getting every mind-bending twist, while internally we’re struggling to keep track of which version of time, space, or reality we’re currently in. It’s okay to admit that you didn’t understand what the hell was going on. In fact, that might be the nicest you will do for yourself in a while.

The Plot is a Puzzle, and You’re Missing Half the Pieces

Watching a Nolan movie feels like sitting down to solve a thousand-piece puzzle, only to realize halfway through that someone swapped the box cover and took half the pieces with them. You’re confidently placing pieces together, but the more you progress, the less the image makes sense. Was this supposed to be a landscape, or are you now assembling an abstract art masterpiece?

Just when you think you've got a handle on things, Nolan throws in a curveball—suddenly, some pieces are from a different puzzle entirely, and time itself seems to be folding in on itself. By the end, you're not sure if you solved the puzzle or if it solved you.

"I Totally Got That"—No, You Didn’t

Who the fuck are you lying to? Yourself? You’re a commerce grad. Do you honestly think you’re the exception to the Nolan confusion club? Nobody really gets these movies, not even the date you dragged to the theater. You walk out thinking, “Yeah, I totally grasp the whole reverse entropy thing and its mind-bending effect on time perception.” But deep down, you’re just praying your date doesn’t ask you to explain what that even means.

The Ending You’ll Never Understand

And then, there’s the ending. Ah, yes. The glorious, confusing ending where Nolan just kind of gives a giant middle finger to you as he sails off into the sunset of ambiguity, leaving you in a puddle of your own existential dread. Whether it's the top spinning in Inception or that baffling climax in Tenet, you're left with a question that will haunt you longer than your student loans: What the hell just happened?

Let’s face it: you’re never going to get the ending. It’s not designed to be “understood”—it’s designed to spark that 3-hour debate where everyone in the group throws around big words like “philosophical” and “existential” while secretly hoping no one asks them to explain anything, someone will say 'quantum physics' and won't even provide any context. Welcome to the Nolan experience.

Conclusion: Still Confused? Learn to F*cking Live With It

Here’s the thing: you’ll never fully understand a Nolan movie, and that’s okay. Life’s confusing enough without trying to decode a film that treats time and space like a kid with a new box of crayons—messy, colorful, and completely out of the lines. The trick is to embrace the confusion. Sure, you won’t know why half the movie happened, or if it even happened at all, but that’s fine.

Next time you leave a Nolan movie, just throw in a buzzword like “non-linear storytelling” and walk away, don’t look back or make eye contact, just walk away. Sometimes, life is just one big, beautiful, chaotic mess—and it’s okay!

Learn to f*cking live with it.