I don't like Christopher Nolan movies at all.
There hasn't been a single movie of his where I didn't go "That was ok".
But people still treat him like he's the greatest director ever, and that kind of ticks me off. The guy could make a three hour film of someone taking a shit, and people would call it the greatest movie ever made.
There hasn't been a single movie of his where I didn't go "That was ok".
But people still treat him like he's the greatest director ever, and that kind of ticks me off. The guy could make a three hour film of someone taking a shit, and people would call it the greatest movie ever made.
Because he's another sucky "big epic" director.
Fuck him, he's mainstream.
I'll just say this: the trilogy gave me the impression that Nolan was embarrassed that he was making superhero movies, so he tried to make them into crime dramas instead.
Those are the only 3 that I like though.
One could argue that it's his style- and for while, I thought it was. But from watching this recent film, it showed me how little Nolan cares for Batman as a character and as a superhero, and he just wanted to make his own story and randomly put in Batman so that he could make a lot of money.
But someone had to disagree.
Overall I'd say Nolan has done a fantastic job with the Batman films, and although he won't be directing the Superman reboot, I believe his influence on the story will make the Man of Steel more popular than ever. I just wish Nolan was in charge of the Marvel movies.
Look at the Wolverine film, surely you'd prefer Nolan to have done that at least? It was a disgraceful movie for one of Marvel's finest characters, absolutely atrocious.
Favreau > Nolan
Vaughn > Nolan
Raimi > everybody
We don't talk about Wolverine much like we don't talk about the Green Lantern.
Favreau isn't on Nolan's level.
Vaughn is a promising talent, but he isn't better than Nolan, maybe in the future, but not right now.
Raimi? No. Spiderman films weren't good enough for the best superhero ever. His other films aren't anything spectacular either.
This also reminds me a lot of a Lion King post a while back- the OP said that they didn't care for the Lion King, and everyone was like "WHAT THE EFF IS WRONG WITH YOU??". So if it's really normal to dislike movies that everyone else likes, why is it wrong for me to not like Nolan, and for that OP to not like The Lion King?
If you don't like it, then you don't like it. Nothing abnormal about it. After me and my sibling were discussing how we would do a Batman film, I found so many more problems with Sir Christopher Nolan's, Batman trilogy. One of things that destroyed it, Batman was way too emotional. That was just one of the major problems amongst many others that were, slightly less catastrophic. Not to mention that it was a very awkward ending for a trilogy. Not very climatic at all. I am going to see it again, though. The score is amazing! I'll give them that! :D
I did enjoy it, only because I watched it as a film. Not an adaptation of DC's Batman. Because I knew they wouldn't get it right.
Perfectly normal for you to not like his films. Some of them are really good, in my opinion. Like Inception. I loved that film. It could have had something to do with the cast. Most of them are my favorite actors/actresses. It was neat seeing them all together in an original {to my knowledge} concept. But that's based on my opinion.
I like the comment from Biglebowski too, though. It's true. Most often it is the people who don't know what they are talking about that give undo praise to whoever they're hyping up. It's not always easy separating truth from opinion. :P
Not sure if that Scrooge McDuck comic was a coincidence or not, but the basic premise of Inception is also completely ripped off of Satoshi Kon's "Paprika". Which is one of my issues with Inception- everyone treated it like it was such an original idea, when Satoshi Kon (and Scrooge McDuck, apparently) did it first. There's nothing original about Inception.
Danny Boyle (director of the 28 Days films, 127 hours, etc) did the Olympics.
I'm also fucking tired of people saying he's the one that proved superhero movies could be great. SAM RAIMI proved that before Nolan or Whedon!
Martin Scorcesse is probably the best director of our time,
Tarantino wasn't anything until he made Inglorious Bastards.
Clueless.