Nolan may be my favorite director working today. Somehow he is able to make action movies that give me something to think about and at the say time the pull aways for the PG13 rating feel like an artistic choice not one brought on my censorship, I know they are not but when I watch the movies he fools me into thinking they are. His movies also make me laugh and feel grim while usually leaving the viewer with a sense of hope with out copping out. That is so rare these days, I look forward to his next movie whatever it is.

I also like the fact that he and his brother have come out and said that they make movies about real world problems that they don't have the answers to. So many film makers only make movies about problems they think they have the answers to so the films feel preachy and have straw men set up for other points of view. Compared to other popular films Nolan films and Person of Interest steer clear of this. Not to say it doesn't happen but it doesn't happen to a degree where I want to throw something at the screen.

He has a very clear directing style and while his action scene are full of energy I can always tell what is happening in them and he does capture the feel of real world locations.

He will never win an Oscar because his films are too popular and are mostly built on suspense and action but I am okay with that.

If I had to compare him to one classic film maker it would be Hitchcock. Not because I think he is as good as Hitchcock but because he does bring an artist's touch to films that normally don't get that type of treatment.