Nolan forte is not character development or dialog... Really he should get some help with that... Or he is doing it on purpose? Not sure.
The "Protagonist" is supposed to be a blank canvas for us to project ourselves into. At least this is what the painfully obvious name and lack of backstory would suggest. It doesn't quite work because the other characters need to be good to compensate but they are badly written and you do not know enough to care for them. You do not really want to be in his shoes interacting with those strange peoples as they act is caricatural and illogical ways. The world building and the concept might be interesting but this is not enough to drive a story.
The whole journey lake something essential. And some idea feels really silly like the whole "algorithm" lego that looked like piece of cardboard props. What the heck what that? The silliest looking plot device I have seen in a long time...
This is style and "cleverness" but there is lack of substance that some of his earlier had (thinking of the Prestige) .. Ho and as many have said: too loud.
The "Protagonist" is supposed to be a blank canvas for us to project ourselves into. At least this is what the painfully obvious name and lack of backstory would suggest. It doesn't quite work because the other characters need to be good to compensate but they are badly written and you do not know enough to care for them. You do not really want to be in his shoes interacting with those strange peoples as they act is caricatural and illogical ways. The world building and the concept might be interesting but this is not enough to drive a story.
The whole journey lake something essential. And some idea feels really silly like the whole "algorithm" lego that looked like piece of cardboard props. What the heck what that? The silliest looking plot device I have seen in a long time...
This is style and "cleverness" but there is lack of substance that some of his earlier had (thinking of the Prestige) .. Ho and as many have said: too loud.