Is everybody THAT afraid to admit that the emperor's wearing no clothes?

Rating: 5/10 (24 August 2010)

I sat there in the dark when the last shot transitioned to blackout followed by the first credit appearing: "DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN." And I didn't have the same or even remotely similar sinking feeling followed with audible laughter I did back when I saw "Memento" with its famous closing line. I know you cannot re-invent the wheel, but why-- why does everybody have a h#@$-on for everything this man does? "The Dark Knight." "The Prestige." Is anybody going to ever tell this man that he's not Stanley Kubrick? Or does he surround himself with yes-men the same way that George Lucas does? He hasn't graduated from the James Cameron School of Arrogance yet (hoping that he never attends). I didn't think that this was a bad film- it wasn't a typical run-of-the-mill Hollywood drecks you see week, but it wasn't that good either. Even though Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" started to lose its way towards the end, it was more entertaining and "thought-provoking" at times than this. I won't even get into the plot since so many other posters already have, and I know I'll be shot down for voicing any more criticism over this "masterpiece," but I hope-- I REALLY, REALLY hope that Christopher Nolan will make another "Memento" again. Maybe even a sequel, but no more "Inception"s please.