I think ur problem must be with the substance of Nolan's films, because from a directing point of view, he is without doubt one of the best. You can not look at a film like 'Inception' and not think that it's at the very least, a display of awesome directing ability.

directed by the son of David Bowie - fun fact

I haven't seen Inception, but really, did you read the article I linked to?  Did you not see The Dark Knight?  Seriously, good cinematography is about more than darkening the frame, and good directing is about far more than reliance on shot/counter-shot, and endless exposition.

One of the best, jesus...

ok, he's not one of the best, nontheless, he's still good.

The Dark Knight was a bit 'baggy' and drawn out but it certainly was not awful. WWhy do you hate Nolan so much? i think that article you mentioned has corrupted your mind. And don't you at least think that he is one of the only directors who has 'dared' to make a huge blockbusters which actually requires it's audeience to use their brains a bit.

Wait, the juvenile good vs evil, war-on-terror-saturated mindset of The Dark Knight requires the audience to think?  And like the writer of that piece (which confirmed and expanded upon already-existing conceptions of mine, for the record, so the charge of 'corruption' is a false one) points out, he goes to great lengths to ensure that each piece of remotely complicated information is explained, and then repeats those lengths.  God, the more I think about him, the less I like him.  Those whispered Guy Pearce monologues in Memento, ewww.

By the way, here's a parody trailer which shows how easy the Nolan style is to achieve:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsZ1SagUPb4

I really enjoyed Stranger than Fiction.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420223/

Can anyone recommend a movie about a nuclear disaster (end of the world and starting over) sort of a movie?  Thanks in advance.

Does a book count? The Gate to Women's Country by Tepper.

Oh, The Road was a good movie that takes place after a nuclear event.

Yes; MST2K: Warrior of the Lost World

Or you could just actually watch Mad Max.

 Sorry but no, reading is fine but a movie is what I am looking for, but thanks.

"Panic in year zero!"(1962) Ray Milland is excellent.

"The day after"(1983) Made-for-TV movie. I liked it.

"Dr. Strangelove"(1964) Actually is "the greatest war satire"!

 Thank you and you and corrijean are the best!!

Well, thank you! I should talk about nuclear holocaust films more often!

My only problem with Dr. Strangelove is that I've only seen it once.

The comical character that played off

Just stay away from The Postman, a waste of celluloid.

trysts, I agree they seemed out of place in a pretty good film.  "Animal's" friend in Stalag 17 was named Harry Shapiro

The Dark Knight...for what is was...a movie based on a super hero comic character...was excellent, to claim that it was awful is missing the whole point of the movie. The movie was never about creating a masterpiece, it was about feeding the large following of "fan boys" who crave the super hero characters...objective achieved, plus US$1billion in revenues worldwide, along with two Academy Awards. To judge the film otherwise is really missing the bus.