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The Pro/Anti Nolan War

posted 5 years ago by Ace_Spade (9552)
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One of the most fascinating feuds in cinema right now, to me, anyways, is this odd war between fans of Nolan and his detractors. It fascinates me because the fans proclaim him the best filmmaker of all time while those opposed say he's utter garbage.

To me, he's a really good director with some top-quality films. He's not rivaling Kubrick, Kurosawa, or other brilliant directors whose names start with the letter K, nor is he down lower than Michael Bay or Uwe Boll.

Why are people so for/against this guy? I don't see that with most other directors. Maybe Tarantino? What gives?

[–] Ace_Spade (9552) 5 years ago

It's interesting to me that a lot of the conversation on this thread has veered into why Nolan is great and why people might dislike his style. The original idea was to talk about his strange divisiveness: the level vitriol he gets compared to the level of praise. It's like he has no middle ground for a lot of people.

Maybe that's just vocalization, though, since this thread has mostly been people acknowledging a couple of his faults while mostly saying he's a great director and does great work.