BORING!

Hell no it isn't. The Prestige is a great movie, as is Memento.

I really like Interstellar.

My guess is that you’re too young to have experienced the revolutionary shift in filmmaking caused by Nolan almost from the get-go, with Memento, and continued with similar success with most of his projects.

I worked at one of the busiest Blockbuster Video stores in the Pacific Northwest region at the time of Memento’s release, and whether folks liked it or hated it, nobody failed to notice it or talk about it. The rabid haters were the proof and reason how we knew those folks didn’t understand Nolan. You see, they weren’t just brushing off a “bad film” like they should. They were unknowingly admitting that it had a significant effect on their cinematic comprehension, but couldn’t articulate why. The lack of awareness manifested itself as hate, and that’s why Nolanites to this day are sometimes arrogant.

It was mind-blowing at the time, and perhaps the most effective film noir since the 1940s.

Everyone raves about Nolan as director, sure, but really it’s his (and his brother, of course) storycrafting that’s been most most influential. Non-linear storytelling had never been employed with such flair and substance. The cinematic puzzle heightened suspense to unparalleled levels in such a simple way, such as with Oppenheimer and The Prestige as well, and promoted an almost obsessive level of rewatchability, enjoyment and analysis. Hence why everyone who walked into my video rental store was asking about it.

It also, if you ask me, had been one of the prime motivators to the whole internet fan edit craze that occurred in the early 2000s. Amateur film enthusiasts were beginning to understand the power of editing and scene placement and used these techniques to vastly improve, most famously, Lucas’ bloated Star Wars prequels, among other works.

Dark Knight may have been a huge notch above an average comic film, but Batman Begins is what will be more acclaimed w/ time. This is cuz Nolan used the non-linear storytelling technique to guide us thru Wayne’s journey.

The AMC I go to (20 theaters) offers films with subtitles sometimes. They did have times for Oppenheimer with subtitles during it's opening week and I meant to catch one of these bc I often have a hard time making out words when there's lot's of background noise. I ended up seeing it the 2nd week without subtitles and fortunately was OK, enjoyed the film very much. Idk if they stopped offering it with subs the 2nd week or if it was only available at an earlier time (I saw a 4:30pm show), it's sporadic.

Maybe you'd like it better, but I honestly doubt it. Seeing comments like the one I posted for 10+ years and over-the-moon praise for even mediocre Nolan films has gotten rather grating - I think his best days are clearly behind him.

It's ironic because in Nolan's case everything is usually spelled out to the lowest common denominator with excessive exposition. "Not understanding" the movie is rarely in the cards... unless it's something like Tenet, which is so fundamentally bad that no one even wants to understand what's going on.

Interstellar for instance becomes more dumb the more you understand the scientific concepts involved. But even if you don't, "love is the only thing that transcends 4-dimensions" isn't exactly an intellectual fare to begin with.