Director: Christopher Nolan
Note: Major Spoilers Ahead
David Cross once said of magic - "The best result of [watching magic] is saying, 'Oh... hm, yeah, that was my card.'" Christopher Nolan has built a film out of such trickery, and while it's an exhilarating ride, the end only produced in me that same reaction. It's an interesting puzzle, but there's no real connection with the characters, merely twist after twist that keeps the audience guessing.
Nolan, for all his big-budget wizardry, seems to be an Important Filmmaker to some degree. Still, both this and Inception function too greatly as meta-films and have little or no emotional content. Emotions are limited to nostalgia for a moment - the hug of a child, the look of a tree, and so forth. However, these moments merely seem to be aping actual emotion, as Nolan realizes his films need something more than just a puzzle to have meaning.
I liked the Bowie cameo as Tesla. I think the tesla coil was a fun add to the movie. It was a bit hollow, but I liked the determination of the magicians.
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