Are you watching closely?

After spending the last week watching Christopher Nolan movies, I have come to notice a few things.

In each of his films (excluding the Batmans) he will start with a scene that will directly influence the final scene of the film. I won't spoil it in case who ever is reading this hasn't seen each film but just be aware of it because it happens in Following, Memento, Insomnia, The Prestige, and Inception.

Knowing this helped me at the beginning of Inception because even though I started slightly confused (perhaps because I refused to watch any TV spots, or trailers, or read any press for the film after the first trailer I saw), it was a state of conscious confusion because I knew what would be coming next in the story elementally but not specifically (if that makes sense). I knew what I was seeing in the beginning was in fact (near) the ending.

Anyway, that's just a little Nolan signature that I thought I'd point out.

Off to INCEPTION...

and I WILL NOT HESITATE TO USE ALL CAPS WHEN I DISCUSS THIS FILM BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF THIS FILM CANNOT BE DESCRIBED IN lower case LETTERS.

FIRST OFF, THE FACT THAT CHRISTOPHER NOLAN FIT EVERYTHING HE DID IN THIS FILM IS TRULY REMARKABLE. THE IDEAS AND CONCEPTS HE CREATED COULD HAVE EASILY FILLED OUT A TRILOGY COMPLETELY BUT HE PUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS NEEDED INTO A SINGLE FILM AND MADE IT WORK.

Alright that's enough ALL CAPS, it was starting to get a little much.

So I will end it with this.

Memento was and overall probably still is my favorite Nolan film, (and in my top three ever) because I have never scene another film that makes you think that hard, and has it all make sense in the end in such a rewarding fashion; BUT Inception may be Nolan at his finest, blending thought provoking dramatic storytelling with pure unbridled action in its most imaginative form.

When you have that, there is nothing better.


AFTERWORD:

Nolan's scope as a filmmaker is growing at an exponential rate with each of his films, and next is The Dark Knight sequel; I have absolute faith in him and have scared excitement in where he will take us next.