>there's not many (maybe not any) other director who are in as
>much control of their movies as he is.
>
>the fractured timeline thing has been done to death, but it's
>done so effortlessly and perfectly here that you don't even
>think about it.

There were a few times were I wasnt sure where a certain scene took place in the linear structure but that could've been due to my non-sober status. For the most part I agree w/ you tho

>and the tone and mood of the whole movie is *perfect*. i
>mean, absolutely spot-on.

Yep. This has been the case w/ all of his films

>all of the acting is amazing and the writing, except for a few
>clunky spots of exposition, is great.

Some of the narration & reading of the journals?

>one of my favorite movies in a while. it even made me look up
>tesla in wikipedia. now THAT is an interesting dude. anyone
>know if there have been any movies about his fued with
>edison?

Not that I know of. But the Tesla character fit in perfectly w/ the initial set up of the film