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I like his newest stuff as much as the old stuff too. It's in a different style almost, but it's just as amazing.

And yet in Batman Begins, during the attack on the asylum, there is a tiny standout comedy moment which is genuinely hilarious and precisely my brand of humour. In fact it's ironically extremely reminiscent of Monty Python... Perhaps Nolan is wasted on grimly serious thrillers There's some funny moments in the Batman movies - hell, has anyone EVER made ANY action movie without SOME modicum of comedy in it? But I can't see Nolan ever directing a flat out comedy film, can you? I was going to cite some of those moments from the DK series too (my favorites are the banter between Bale and Caine, actually). But those are largely moments provided by the script and talented actors. I don't know that I'd ever put the script for a rom-com into Nolan's hands. But . . . is that necessarily a bad thing? - Uni

The Prestige is my favorite Nolan movie and one of my all time favorites. There's a particular element I love about Nolan's aproach: even though it is a period film, Nolan never tries to shove down our throats that this is set in the late 19th century. No CGI panoramas of London showing us how the city was back then, no obvious elements trying to bring the point across that this is the 19th century. He shoots the movie as he would in a modern setting.

Perhaps you should actually read people's posts.

Okay, okay. Scoredered! Karol

Good job Bloodboal, that was interesting to see. However I must say I prefer the film version of the piece largely. In my opinion the Title Shire theme, the Bilbo/Map/Dale music, and especially the slight change at the end (where it modulates to F minor suddenly on the shot of the moon is particularly magical), as well as the slightly different last couple of bars, are all vastly superior in the final film composition. The only part I prefer about the album version is Thorin's theme as Smaug breaks down the gates. This is a general opinion of mine for the whole score. Most of the film versions I prefer to the album versions, especially Radagast, the pinecone landing (don't get me wrong I LOVE that fanfare on the album, but the Erebor theme works better for the scene) and of course the Eagle rescue are outstanding. Even riddles in the dark, while not as original as the version on the album I found it to be more emotionally resonant and fitting in its film version. This may be due to the fact that I heard the score first in the film, though it took great self-control not to listen to the album beforehand. I'm glad I did however, because I feel I may have been disappointed the other way around, as a lot of people here seem to be. As it is I thoroughly enjoy both presentations of the score, and I hope to do the same for the other two films.

Urgh. Over dramatic rubbish! Really hasn't this fanboy whining gone on long enough? You guys are clearly losing perspective, and robbing yourself of the FUN of being a soundtrack collector. Barnald's post is easily the worst of this week and therefore earns the Golden Poo Award!

Indeed! They could have trimmed and tightened 20 minutes easily

I was thinking, I think the problem isn't that the EE of AUJ is only being extended by so little; It's that too much was left in the TE. if you had shortened the TE down from 169 minutes to 149 minutes, and now this EE was 33 minutes longer, I think both films would be much better received.

After there's enough entries in this thread I'll decide who counts and who doesn't

Personally, all I really need to see in 2015 is Jaws 19.