Devil's advocate, much of the first (and second...) times you watch the movie, your main job is to figure out the forward/backward time stuff. The sound mixing

Devil's advocate, much of the first (and second...) times you watch the movie, your main job is to figure out the forward/backward time stuff. The sound mixing makes it less clear that the backwards speech is backwards. This a) sucks, but b) makes it more rewarding when you eventually figure it out. But overall, I'd rather Christopher Nolan sit in a normal theater and listen to it before he signs off on the final sound product.