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Whatever Nolan's faults are as a filmmaker, being boring is not one of them.
he can def be tedious (the prestige?)

but the problem is beyond nolan's --- or anyone's --- abilities.

a genius sitting in a room and thinking big thoughts looks exactly the same as an idiot sitting in a room smelling their own farts.

ie, there's no good way to visually dramatize a guy working at a drafting table. you can't build a scene around that as an action.