Ruined by the music and sound effects

Rating: 4/10 (24 December 2017)

There's nothing wrong with a little bit of music to accompany/enrich/intensify what you're seeing. But just like he did with Inception, Nolan pretty much tries to drive you insane with the incessant and never-ending build-up of sound effects and 'music' (mostly just drawn-out notes) in climactic action scenes.
Why can't I decide for myself when to get excited for the things that are unfolding on screen? I could do without excruciating miserable tunes and the umpteenth glued on artificial ba boom ba bump ba boom heartbeat for that. This movie is filled to the brim (literally in a couple of scenes) with cheap clichÃ©s of people avoiding disaster just in time. It's tiresome, annoying and an insult to the viewer.
It's a shame, because it would've been a decent watch otherwise.