captainsolo said:

I saw Memento, because it's one of those movies that everyone raves about in film school. Aside from the single story gag, there is nothing of any resonance. It is slow, dull, tepid and genuinely uninteresting like every other Nolan film that I have seen save for Begins which must have been a fluke or something and Inception which I still have not seen and thus must continue to be ignored...;)

I would have to say that's exactly where I am on all things Nolan. I just don't get the cult following. Your mention of how "everyone raves about in film school" reminds me of other instances where things can take on a cult status with people blindly following without questioning (Apple products).

My Batman\007 nerd friend is like that. In his mind, Nolan is on par with Spielberg, Kubrick, Scorsese, Howard, Hitchcock, etc. If Nolan makes a film, it's automatically phenomenal - months before it's even released. To me, it borders on The Emperor's New Clothes.

Because I liked Batman Begins so much, I decided to give other Nolan films a look. Other than The Dark Knight, I've yet to make it more than 15 minutes or so with any of them. Way too much convoluted story - every time out. It's like he films his entire idea & thought process for a film, without ever bothering to reduce it or fine tune it.

I found Inception to be particularly unpleasant. I lost interest almost immediately. I felt like I'd seen it all before. It came dangerously close to being an ad for the software they used for the CGI, a la The Matrix. Sometimes less is more.

Anyway, I'll end up seeing this (cable or theater) because it's Batman and I'm a huge fan of the character since the 60s. However, after barely making it through Dark Knight, I don't expect much.