Movie News and Discussion

Maybe you've heard all of this before but it's fresh to me so it's my turn to rant on the internet.

First let me say I have loved basically every Nolan film I've watched. And I have now seen them all with the exception of 'Following.' I usually enjoy piecing together the puzzles he creates and appreciate the imaginative and novel concepts he explores. Memento, Inception, Interstellar- all classics in my book.

However, the plot to this movie was so convoluted that it felt almost like self-parody, like they were purposely trying to make the movie difficult to understand. The opening act just completely failed to hook me in any way which made the following 30 minute sequence of constantly jumping to new locations and meeting new people who all serve as barely comprehensible exposition dumps absolutely grueling. I spent the entire first and second acts paying close attention and trying to understand what the characters are doing and why. Eventually I was so lost that I had no clue where the characters were or what they were doing so I just became very bored. At one point I was so bored I started to become a bit frustrated with how much of my free-time away from work I was spending on watching this film.

I have pre-purchased tickets for Oppenheimer in 70mm IMAX so I hope we get a return to Chris's original recipe in his upcoming release.