Ready for a series of hot takes? Here you are...

The ranking of Nolan's filmography after my last rewatch of his oeuvre.

I have noticed that whenever a Nolan film connects with me, it is because of how emotionally engaged I was. As such, I found Inception impressive because of how it combined blockbuster and complex ideas, but I was disappointed in the artificial emotionality beneath.

On the other hand, Memento and Interstellar engage me ever so much on a purely sentimental level while also being utterly demanding in different aspects of their narrative and technical construction.

Dunkirk lives and breaths on Nolan's newfound ability to convey heartfelt emotion without being bound to a character. Here, the feeling and fervor come from a situation shared by a collective to which the audience - in my opinion - can easily latch onto because of how relatable it is. The simplicity may be seen as a negative to the film's detractors, but upon a third watch, the nobility, camaraderie, and unity of the soldiers and civilians reveal a new, truly admirable side of Nolan - a much welcome one.

And now to Tenet, where all my hypocrisy will be revealed, where all my thoughts and sentiments are in direct opposition to my thought on Inception, because the characters in Tenet are thin - like paper-thin. But holy shit I enjoyed that ride, and I suspect this speaks to Nolan's power as a director whose films should be seen in the cinema. Maybe Inception would ensnare on the big screen as much as Tenet did.