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Yeah I agree Memento is still his best work. We'll see after Inception.

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Memento is my least liked of Nolan's films that I've seen. Except for a small scene with Carrie-Anne Moss, I quickly figured the whole thing out and guessed what the final (or should I say first?) scene was gonna be. It only gets less interesting on subsequent viewings.

It was an interesting concept but had dull excecution.

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If only Bernie Mac had been available to deliver another Bressonian performance akin to his remarkable turn in the robust Mr. 3000.

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I just realized the same thing.

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I feel similarly. I can't remember the last time I've ever been this excited for a movie. Certainly I've been excited for stuff, like the Fountain for example. But my anticipation was ruined by negative early reactions. But this is different. I feel like a kid again. This film is so ridiculously up my alley.

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Eh, The Prestige was good, but I thought Batman Begins was better.

Your the first person I've heard say this. Up until the last 15 minutes I had no clue what the ending was going to be. The execution was near perfect, I'm not quite sure how it could have been done better...

Oh, and directed at Solid Snakes comment earlier, Inception is my most anticipated film of the year by far. After that I'd go with Tron Legacy, The Fighter, The Social Network, Predators, Red, and then The Expendables. The Expendables look fun because it has so many awesome action stars, but beyond that it doesn't have a whole lot of appeal for me.

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IF I had to pick a plot to watch the most.....I'd go w/ probably The Prestige cuz..well..it's a very interesting plot. BUT his growth in directing was good once he did TDK though..that was a huge (again IMO) leap in his directing. I probably like TDK more cuz I like Batman and I do very much like TDK....but The Prestige is more intriguing storywise...

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This simply looks incredible. To top it off, I have NO idea what it's about, which is hard to do with several long trailers. It's about f-ing time someone doesn't give away the whole damn movie in the trailer. Consider my but in a seat on opening weekend. (And that will be a first for me in a very, very long time).

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The trailer for The Prestige was like that too. Hell, I was convinced it was gonna be a supernatural thriller when I went to see it. Boy was I surprised! :lol:

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I hated the ending of The Prestige, but up until that point it was easily the most gripping movie I'd seen that year. The storytelling, acting, directing, design, etc; were absolutely fantastic. In terms of repeat viewings, The Prestige is my favorite Nolan flick -- the sting of a disappointing finale definitely went down as I rewatched it and noticed how much foreshadowing he put in. The fact he pulled it all off on a $40m budget is also extremely impressive.

Cannot wait for Inception, this has been a largely disappointing year in cinema though, so I'm cautiously optimistic for this.

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Empire have just given this a stonking 5 star review. A few choice quotes - "The third act makes Memento seem about as complex as Bear in the Big Blue House.", "In terms of scale and style it is, as Nolan intended, comparable to Bond's best excursions - yet filtered through a brain-frying, subconscious-sperlunking, time-dilating structure that boldly frames action sequences around each other.", "The strength of it is that you remain emotionally engaged even if you're not entirely sure what's going on."

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It's a great film but you'll need to see it a couple times to begin to understand everything. It hurt my brain.

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That actually sounds like a good thing to me.

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No it is a good thing. It'll just be easier on Blu-ray/DVD where you can rewatch it like 5 times in a row.

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Maybe this has already been discussed, but does it put anyone off that it seems like this is 'borrowing' looks from TDK too much? Posters look blatantly like ones from TDK, and even the 'look' of the movie looks TDK-ish. I would have thought Nolan would try to separate it a bit more from the Batman movies.

It still looks good, but this just a minor annoyance I have.

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The movie doesn't play anything like TDK. It totally has its own look and feel.

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I think he's just finding a comfortable shooting style, TDK's shooting style had a lot in common with The Prestige (very cold and defined look), and Inception seems to continue the trend in its own way. Considering the subject matter he usually shoots, it isn't a big surprise (Nolan isn't known for the warm and fuzzies).

I do agree the posters are a little too similar, but I think that's the studio's fault, they REALLY want to cash in on TDK-factor, especially with what is described as a $160m version of Memento.

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I have to say, though, several shots in the first trailer made me think that Nolan had found his "look" in TDK and was settling into that groove on this film. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it was the first time that I could tell from a single shot that I was looking at a Chris Nolan film.

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Yeah, and that's fine by me. But looking at the character trailer this film doesn't have the same cinematography style as The Dark Knight. It seems a lot more contrasty then his pervious films.

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"The third act makes Memento seem about as complex as Bear in the Big Blue House."

Yep, The general public is going to hate this movie.

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I dunno. We'll see.

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Since The Dark Knight got ignored at the Oscars, I bet Inception is going to make the Best Picture nomination...

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Considering this year in movies and the fact there are 10 spots now, if it doesn't suck it's probably guaranteed a spot.

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Yeah, seems more colorful and brighter to me.

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Maybe, but if it falls flat financially expect it to face some hurtles. The Oscars love having movies that connect with both audiences and critics alike to avoid looking snobbish.