Johnstantine said:Which of his films was the last one to do so?
Uhh, probably Memento?
Johnstantine said:Which of his films was the last one to do so?
Aazealh said:I plan to see Interstellar in theaters (despite the duration), but I have to say, no movie of Nolan has ever impressed me. They're well-made and provide good entertainment, but I find his stuff quite overrated. I think The Prestige might be the one I most enjoyed.
Aazealh said:I plan to see Interstellar in theaters (despite the duration), but I have to say, no movie of Nolan has ever impressed me. They're well-made and provide good entertainment, but I find his stuff quite overrated. I think The Prestige might be the one I most enjoyed.
Oburi said:The Nolan movies I enjoyed the most would be Following, Memento and The Prestige. Following is the only Nolan movie that I think can be considered "not overrated". So if you haven't seen it, I'd recommend it.
Walter said:I saw it many years ago, and thought it was fine, but didn't feel it was very transcendent. The story carries the emotional equivalent to a "Sawyer" episode in Lost and it reeks of a first-time effort (which it is, for all intents and purposes). And it's comparing apples and oranges, but while watching it, I couldn't help but think of another black and white, first-time director independent film that I thought was far more memorable: Pi. And no, not the one with the fucking tiger.
But guys, I could sing the praises of Memento for far longer than is healthy for anyone to listen to. Watch that and then watch his abysmal follow-up, the terrible US adaptation of the brilliant Insomnia, and you'll probably begin to understand where my opinion of the guy went.
Oburi said:Yea, I loved Memento, hated Insomnia. So I'm with you on that. But even though it's been 10 years since I've since either Pi or Following, as of right now I remember enjoying Nolan's debut more than Aronofsky's. Maybe I should I revisit both, but I did prefer Nolan's style (albeit cold, distant and emotionless) to Aronofsky's ... and I've continued to feel that way since with their subsequent films. While I'm not a fan of either director (they both have hits and misses) I'm always more interested in what Nolan is cooking up.
Both are overrated in my opinion.
Aazealh said:I plan to see Interstellar in theaters (despite the duration), but I have to say, no movie of Nolan has ever impressed me. They're well-made and provide good entertainment, but I find his stuff quite overrated. I think The Prestige might be the one I most enjoyed.
Oburi said:Me too. I plan to see it in theaters because like Walter said the sci-fi/ space stuff is interesting to me and it's been a while since we've had a good one.
Johnstantine said:Aronofsky is pathetically overrated.
IncantatioN said:Are you gonna see it in IMAX?
IncantatioN said:Are you gonna see it in IMAX?
Oburi said:Now that is something that's overrated.
Oburi said:Now that is something that's overrated.
The whole IMAX gimmick is almost as bad as 3D. It's just another way for them to get more of you're money.
I remember when I was younger and going to the IMAX meant you got to see big, epic documentaries about nature and science and space. Now they they rent it out to whatever blockbuster is going to make the most money that month.
IncantatioN said:Not a gimmick if it's shot using an IMAX 70 mm camera. To put into perspective - 70 mm rolls vertically and takes up 5 slots on a regular film strip, IMAX 70 mm rolls horizontally taking up 15 slots. So an IMAX 70 mm is 3 times bigger than a 70 mm or 9 times bigger than a regular 35 mm. No comparison. Post IMAX conversions lack in quality ... it's like imagine taking a small picture and enlarging it versus having an already big picture ... you lose resolution.
Oburi said:I understand all that but I'm just really old school when it comes to film. I'm not crazy about digital filmmaking either, even though it's the way of the future. The technology is interesting and I can appreciate all the work that goes into it, but at the same time you end up sacrificing something one way or another when you use specific types of cameras to shoot 3D or IMAX or whatever.
Even when it's done right and it looks amazing in theaters, 5 years down the road when I'm laying in bed at 3am watching the movie on my tv, I think about all the time and money and work that went into the production of 3D or IMAX and the giant cameras they had to use to get some of those shots, which in turn made it impossible to get some other, more basic shots.
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Oburi said:I can't stand Jake Gyllenhaal. He ruins every movie that he's in for me. I dunno why. I just can't stand his acting and I hate his face.
Oburi said:I can't stand Jake Gyllenhaal. He ruins every movie that he's in for me. I dunno why. I just can't stand his acting and I hate his face.
IncantatioN said:2011 and onward you're missing out on Source Code, End Of Watch, Prisoners, Enemy ... all good movies back to back and now, Nightcrawler.