As a long-time Nolan contrarian, it’s no surprise I thought this was very good but not great. The first half moves at a frantic pace, likely because otherwise the runtime would balloon to 4+ hours, but this leaves viewers with even less connection to the characters than a typical Nolan film. In fact, it’s hard to really call most of them characters as such, more a parade of cameos and caricatures of historical figures that no one other than a…
