Right. To bring this thread back on topic ...
I saw Inception last night. Holy fuckballs. Easily my favorite of the year so far.
The thing I love most about it is that the whole thing feels so damn different, even though it uses a lot of familiar things. At its core, it's a heist film with a lot of gun fighting and chases. But it adds another layer on top of this one, supremely different from anything that has been done before in film. The meld of the two keeps it from being inaccessible by including those familiar elements, while changing these familiar elements into something fresh.
It also really works your brain, because the movie really feels like three or four different stories overlaid on top of each other, and trying to keep track of all these stories - while far from impossible - really works your brain in ways it probably hasn't had to work before, certainly not from any summer blockbuster.
If Nolan keeps up this formula (make one hugely-successful "studio" movie, then make one for himself), he'll be the Ridley Scott of our generation that could do something Scott never could: Make both the "studio" films and his personal films wildly successful. And keep the studio heads from fucking with his movies.
10/10. If he never makes Batman Begins III, I'll be fine with it as long as he keeps making movies like Inception.