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Nolan another sellout!

posted 10 years ago by fubared1
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So why does someone go from being a halfway decent talent to a Hollyweed sellout, making more comic book movies. Is it for the money, or are they just plain stupid? I mean how good someone go from being an interesting semi-talent to another hack, making cartoons. The 'Batman' garbage was just pure crap, not even vaguely entertaining in a mindless way. Anyway, most of his contemporaries have gone the same way to become no-talent hacks, like Singer and Favreau and so many, many others. I guess it's just greed, pure and simple. If they can't be overpaid 'actors' they become overpaid 'directors'.

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[–] Nerd_in_Norway 9 years ago

Translated:

"Hey everybody, look at me, I am so awesome because I don't like what all the critics and audiences like because in my bigoted world; commercial success in the 21st Century equals crap!"

[–] fubared1 9 years ago

Hey, look, everybody, I'm a brainless it idiot with an IQ of 5 who loves movies that do not require an ounce of intelligence.

Life sucks, then you're reincarnated

[–] johnkeen_79 9 years ago

Sooooo what you're saying is, he should ignore the opportunity to use his skills to become as successful as he possibly can in his profession?

Just so people like you can watch him make profound a smaller movies every other year.

Good grief.

[–] clocksnmirrors-932-761321 9 years ago

name one movie you've ever directed

[–] PreachCaleb 9 years ago

Yes, it is about money. Filmmakers need money to make films. Do you think it's cheap or free to make a film?

Without the Dark Knight Trilogy, Nolan would've never had the clout or been given the money to make The Prestige, Inception, or Interstellar.

You've got a lot to learn about how things work in the real world.

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[–] michaelxx-30942 9 years ago

I don't feel Nolan sold out. He has continued to develop over the past 15 years and made some amazing movies. It is not a bad thing that he took on bigger projects.

If anyone should get paid, it should be Nolan. Tyler Perry on the other hand...

[–] I_Created_U 7 years ago

I don't feel Nolan sold out. He has continued to develop over the past 15 years and made some amazing movies. It is not a bad thing that he took on bigger projects.

Agreed. Loved Interstellar, but The Prestige remains my favorite. As for the Batman trilogy, while i concede that it is greatly overrated, it was still much better than anything Favreau, Abrams or Whedon ever brought to the table.

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[–] clockworkorange13 8 years ago

I personally don't like the fact that he feels the need to do a huge movie every time. But then again I'm just not the kind of person that would ever choose to watch a blockbuster film containing superheroes and explosions over a small and genuine film about people.

[–] DBLurker 8 years ago

I think there is a term for people like you, fubared1.

"Hipster".

Get over yourself.

[–] franzkabuki 8 years ago

Well it's certainly interesting to speculate what would've Nolan's filmography looked like had he not become this hyper mega blockbuster mastermind. The path he took certainly has led into a dead-end, considering that his previous two movies (or, rather, Events) - Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar - are easily his worst and the one preceding them, Inception, was also one bloated, clumsy affair. Of course, it can be argued that Memento, despite its narrative ingenuity, was a somewhat dry, overly cerebral and not very cinematically impressive affair, but nevertheless that as well as this Following here, showcased Nolan as an interesting filmmaker with an alert intelligence and good enough natural instincts. Definitely showed promise for more than churning out fat, tired, billion dollar crowd pleasers. And there's no way back.

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