How did he convince the masses he was some genius, visionary director? Was it really just the reception of The Dark Knight?
>>221795849I grew up in a post-blockbuster era. Is the Nolan worship similar to how people viewed Spielberg in the 80s and Cameron in the 90s?
>>221795918I've noticed the biggest Nolan fans either 1. Are IMDBcore moviebros and have a very sheltered cinematic palette overall. Never daring to venture far beyond the top 250 list on there.2. Are Indian3. Barely watch movies period and just go along with Nolan movies because they are manufactured "event films"
>>221796006I think it's a bit of all three.
I liked memento a lot, then the first two Batman movies were good. Almost everything after that has been trash.. Inception is when he started going to shit. Interstellar is his only good movie since TDK.
>>221796097>Interstellar is his only good movie since TDK.Interstellar wasn't a good movie, broscience killed it
>>221795918Nolan doesn’t have any film in the same stratosphere as Jaws. Nolan is popular in the same way that McDonalds is
still better than any nepo kike
>>221796097Agreed for the most part but Prestige is his best
>>221795849Nolan can't do real action, he's been exposed.
>>221795849>How did he convince the masses he was some genius, visionary director?By making great movies
>>221795849Ok OP I'm going to give you a serious response because I also think Nolan is the biggest fraud in cinematic history but a very smart one. Nolan has a very clever way of manipulating his audience into thinking his movies are better than they actually are, because Nolan focuses on the core technical aspects of filmmaking and nothing else. He's oiling an engine to be shiny and pristine, but does not give a fuck about the rest of the car enveloping it. >Major emphasis on music -- use loud orchestral swelling and swooning to give the film an epic tone with genuinely great film scores>Rapid editing -- always cut quickly to different shots and perspectives especially to invoke intensity, usually paired with powerful music cues>Practical effects -- give audiences a direct, tactile physical texture instead of murky, abstract CGI >IMAX -- shoot all your movies on IMAX film instead of digital for that same tactile feeling but also to present the movies on huge, grand screens in loud theaters>Simplistic but spacious art direction -- use muted colors and realistic, empty settings to invoke a feeling of grand scale while also making them minimalist enough that audiences can situate themselves in them easier (for example Gotham City is not a fantasy world, it's just the familiar Chicago streets now)>Cerebral dialogue -- have characters speak in intelligent lingo describing the mechanics of the plot instead of their emotions, peppered with quick philosophical musings. This makes the movie seem profound and deep, for example the famous lines in the Dark Knight >Ensemble casting -- use big-name actors in commanding roles to deliver striking performances usually paired with several other huge actors
>>221796227this guy thinks tenet and oppenheimer are great movies, point at him and laugh
>>221795849because the world is filled with low-middle class midwits
>>221796282When all of this is combined, Nolan gives people the impression that his movies are prestigious works of art but while still delivering mainstream blockbuster thrills. They are crafted with keen sense of escalation, auditory opulence and functionalism that comes at the expense of all the other details a movie is supposed to have. At first glance his movies are very entertaining and convincing, but once you look closer they are a fucking dull mess with outright clumsy filmmaking. But it doesn't matter. That first glance is all that matters, and Nolan knows this. The audience is not going to care about looking deeper into the mechanics of a movie if it thrills them. The Prestige is his best film because it's entirely just him admitting he's nothing more than a trickster magician presenting himself a serious, prestigious artist but is actually a deceiver. That's what he thinks filmmaking is, magic tricks, and that's what he pulls with all his movies. Of course it's fake and fucking dumb when you really look at how it works, but he manages to convince the audience nonetheless.
>>221796282>>221796326Thanks for your posts. I agree completely and his worst impulses as a director really took off with Inception onward. His dialogue pre-Inception isn't buried under a wall of sound for one.
>>221795849Better question: How does he convince people he has a full head of hair?
>>221795849He's fine, but chuds got their panties in a bunch so now they have to rewrite history to conform to their present.
>>221795849He’s a 33° mason
Fuck you he's my GOAT
>>221796097Inception is unrewatchable, awful boring shit, he just can't write memorable or meaningfull dialogue and narratives
idk I think pseuds really like inception and interstellar which is why he tends to get overrated even though they are gimmicks he does make solid movies though, I mean the cinematography is objectively good, great casting most of the time, good characters and development
>>221796097Memento and Prestige are his only good movies
>>221795849There has to be an oil prince movie studio in the works and he wants that money.
>>221795849Heath Ledger dying before the movie came out is what made people think Dark Knight was some amazing 10/10 masterpiece. I remember a friend of mine telling me that Heath taking on the role of the Joker literally drove him insane and that's why he died, etc.
>>221796097>Inception is when he started going to shit.I noticed this too. At the time I was maybe a bit too autistic about the "unconstructed dreamspace" shit making no sense and being pulled out of someone's ass. But there really is something off about the movie.Then, CIA bigguy4u aside, TDKR is bad. Interstellar is terrible and hides behind hollow emotional crap.And yeah, haven't watch anything since that.
>>221796282This is accurate, his movies have a hypnotic quality even though the dialogue, plot, pacing etc is dogshit and nonsensical. Exactly how I felt watching Oppenheimer.
>>221795849Memento, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, and Interstellar are all good, the rest are mediocre, with some being total dogshit i.e. The Dark Knight Rises and The Odyssey
>>221796165The prestige is top tier kino
He’s the Kubrick of our times. Simple as.
>>221795849For decades, Hollywood has churned out mountains of putrid shit. His recent movies look amazing in comparison, dedpite their faults.
>>221795849For me personally, I stopped watching his movies after tenent But the seeds of distrust were planted earlier and could barely make it through the war piece drama he did and the ending in interstellar really pissed the hell out of meNot sure what all that says about me and my taste in movies
