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Anyone else have trouble getting into Christopher Nolan’s films?


Other than Memento and The Prestige I just find the narrative of his movies to be very choppy

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I like his movies
The two you mentioned, the Batman movies and Insomnia were all really entertaining imo

I had trouble with Inception, I need to rewatch it

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I've found that they play better on a second viewing. Important aspects are played so small sometimes that they dont take hold strongly enough the first time around.

Also, I think he edits in an odd way at times.

I feel the same way about a lot of Michael Mann movies. They wear better after time.

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I loved The Prestige, and liked Memento. Those are the only two of his I've seen.

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I love Nolan but I could understand people that don't like his films. The editing in his films is jarring.

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The Prestige was fantastic.

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i've honestly enjoyed every one of his films, & don't think he's made a bad one. i think dark knight returns & interstellar are a bit over-stuffed, have a little too much going on perhaps, but if the worst you can say about a film is that it's too ambitious & taking too much on, that's really not so bad.

whether you like him or not, i think he ought to be applauded & praised for being one of the few, perhaps only, modern directors who constantly makes big budget, large scale films that are very popular, make their budget back & are widely seen, and also are genuinely daring & challenging & ambitious.

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Well said. Sometimes I think his movies are a bit on the sterile side, that is to say, devoid of humor, but the Batman movies were fun. Saw Memento and Inception and Insomnia in the theater, and I'm glad about that. Tried to watch Inception on the small screen but I couldn't get into it. But the Dark Knight movies were very easy to watch. Not sure if I'd want to watch Memento again. Telling a story in reverse seems more like a concept than an entertainment.

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I didn't like Interstellar. Other than that, I've enjoyed all of his movies.

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I really like most of his movies. Wasn't a fan of The Dark Knights Rises and Dunkirk.

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