A good movie but not as great as indicated by the reviews here

Rating: 8/10 (7 August 2010)

OK, this is surely not the third greatest movie ever as the statistics on here indicate so far. I'm an avid movie buff who watches every detail of a movie like a rabbit in heat watches female rabbits. It is a good movie and I will be thinking about it for a while, but not as long as I thought about Memento. Christopher Nolen is a genius of some kind I admit. Anyone who can write like he does certainly is. I do some writing myself and I am envious. I can't point out any specific flaws in the movie other than the obvious, "some of the concepts just would not work in reality." The acting was good and the story was intriguing as can be. CGI I could care less about, as it does not make a great movie. I am leery of the voters on here as there seems to be no real reason they are voting for what they vote on (come on, The Shawshank Redemtion is picked as the best movie of all time, that's laughable). I do recommend seeing this movie, but if you are a movie buff for real I also recommend going back in time and seeing some well rated older moves from directors such as Scorsese, Bergman, Coppola, Spielberg and Aronofsky. You will definitely see this is not the 3rd best movie of all time. There is too much emphasis put on votes from a younger crowd who simply like weird stuff as opposed to intelligent all around film making combined with excellent acting.