• I had forgotten how polarizing the reviews were- I thought it was closer to like 78-85 with universal praise but it has a 70 on mc with 5 (12% 100’s which is quite high for a score that low).
  • As he started with insomnia– Nolan would continue to build and become better at gorgeous establishing shots—the picture above here is the best but they are all solid and there are 5+
  • Katie Holmes was nominated for a Razzie but I thought she did a fine job here
  • Nolan has said to be inspired by blade runner for this film and though this film is not close to blade runner in any respect the continued use of rain is surely taken from it and it’s quite inspired and effective here
  • Plenty of cheesy action “lighten up” (while using a lighter to set something on fire) and “nice coat” (to a bum he gave his coat to like 10 years prior) lines—could do without
  • The entire film is well done and certainly solidly into the archives but the parallel editing down the end cements it as a very good film- you have the Gary Oldman narrative going on at the same time as the fight between Bale and Neeson—all of this set to a strong score by Zimmer and Newton Howard. It takes it from a solid film to pushing on the border of the top 10 of the year
  • Not in the top 10 of 2005 but in the archives for sure
  • Recommend