I found it to be convoluted and over-stuffed. I wanted it to end when there was still an hour to go.
You know the big thing about Nolan? He is a director who pretends to be a pretentious one trying to hide it... which is a perfect analogy for his movies too. At least someone like Terence Malick is pretentious without trying to hide it, while many others (like Jodorowsky or Antonioni) can get away with it by actually believing in their own pretentions to make it at least sincere.
Nolan on the other hand is so calculating that it just makes it frustrating, like that infuriating ending to Inception. The movie already is so full of mile-per-second technobabble and plot exposition to make regular people's heads spin, so by the time they reach the "ambiguous" end they come out of it with the fantasy of having seen something actually profound. Then he's praised for being some fantastic genius, while I'd rather crawl to a corner and cry. Sometimes it's hard being an analytical film buff...
Nolan on the other hand is so calculating that it just makes it frustrating, like that infuriating ending to Inception. The movie already is so full of mile-per-second technobabble and plot exposition to make regular people's heads spin, so by the time they reach the "ambiguous" end they come out of it with the fantasy of having seen something actually profound. Then he's praised for being some fantastic genius, while I'd rather crawl to a corner and cry. Sometimes it's hard being an analytical film buff...
And no, I'm not trying to defend Nolan. I don't really care about him...
It's always hard when you're a creator...
Well, Nolan does have good sides to him as well. His movies are often well edited so they usually feel shorter than they actually are (Inception, Dark Knight Rises). His conceptual ideas often have interest to them that I can appreciate even if I often feel he doesn't really tend to get out of them everything he might want to. He also normally attracts some high caliber actors that have enough skill to make his one-dimensional characters at least somewhat interesting... or at least create the illusion of interest. And a big plus is for largely using practical effects instead of relying on CGI to do the same. Other than that, can't really think of anything else that I really like about his films... Not that I loose any sleep over that or anything. 