The Official Thread for the Church of Oscar-winning Director and (soon to be) Sir Christopher Nolan

[Mr. Who 919]

4 hours ago, Edmilson said:

Villeneuve, Paul Thomas Anderson and others really enjoyed Oppenheimer.

 

Denis Villeneuve Says ‘Oppenheimer’ Reminds Us Film Is an ‘Art Form’ and Not ‘Content,’ Paul Thomas Anderson Calls $900 Million Gross ‘Nature’s Way of Healing’

Film of the year for sure! Seen it three times already! 

[MaxMovieMan 273]

When does it come out on digital?

[Toillion 215]

After it makes a billion dollars probably lol. 
My prediction is that it is released for digital late November for Thanksgiving in the US. Then a physical release before Christmas. 

[A24 4,340]

 

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 “It’s a three-hour movie about people talking about nuclear physics.” -Denis Villeneuve

 

 

So this Logan Paul dude is right?!

 

[Tallguy 3,401]

6 hours ago, AC1 said:

 

 

 

So this Logan Paul dude is right?!

 

 

If you consider that to be "nothing happening" then I suppose.

[Glóin the Dark 1,222]

It’s not three hours of talking about nuclear physics; there are about thirty seconds where they talk about black holes.

[crocodile 8,017]

They do not, however, spend any time explaining how wormholes work.

 

Karol

[Glóin the Dark 1,222]

Unfortunately there wasn't anything as unintentionally hilarious as an astronaut having to explain to his pilot that the universe has three spatial dimensions.

[Tallguy 3,401]

I just realized that I haven't seen Interstellar since it was in the theaters. And I can tell you more about it than most movies (not all) that I saw this year. And I'm not even a big fan of Interstellar.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,547]

INTERSTELLAR is my favourite Nolan film, and (shock horror!) Zimmer score.

I know!!! 

[A24 4,340]

I hated all the sobbing at the end. Who does Nolan think he is? Spielberg?!

[Glóin the Dark 1,222]

I hate the whole "love is an artefact of a higher dimension that we can't consciously perceive" stuff. It undermines the film fatally for me.

[Tallguy 3,401]

19 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said:

I hate the whole "love is an artefact of a higher dimension that we can't consciously perceive" stuff. It undermines the film fatally for me.

 

This. This is why Christopher needs Jonathan, IMHO. Although this summer's box office seems to indicate otherwise.

(We're re-watching Person of Interest. So good.)

[crocodile 8,017]

23 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said:

I hate the whole "love is an artefact of a higher dimension that we can't consciously perceive" stuff. It undermines the film fatally for me.

I actually didn't mind this. Bit cheesy but the film gives it an honest shot. I'd rather Nolan commit a "cheese sin" as opposed to "dry exposition sin".

 

Karol

[Naïve Old Fart 9,547]

"cheese sin" 

 

 

1 hour ago, AC1 said:

I hated all the sobbing at the end. Who does Nolan think he is? Spielberg?!

 

All that "Murph!" stuff didn't bother me, at all, but the scene in the hospital was very affecting. I appreciated the role reversal, and Ellen Burstyn was fantastic.

[crocodile 8,017]

Superb Variety article on Our Lord and Savior. Mostly about Oppenheimer but touches on many other interesting things. Say what you want about his films but he is an interesting and smart guy.

 

Karol

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

Stephen Colbert interviews Nolan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Edmilson 7,466]

 

 

[A24 4,340]

 

Zack Snyder's Oppenheimer.

[Edmilson 7,466]

With 7 Oscars for Oppenheimer, Nolan has finally achieved godhood.

 

 

Next year his apostle Denis Villeneuve will join him in the Olympus.

[JTN 2,033]

Now that Nolan finally has his own gold statue, here’s my ranking of his films.

 

1. The Dark Knight

2. Memento

3. Batman Begins

4. Insomnia

5. The Prestige

6. Inception

7. Interstellar

8. The Dark Knight Rises

9. Oppenheimer

10. Dunkirk

11. Tenet

 

(I’ve seen The Following, but frankly I don’t remember it, so I didn’t rank it.)

[badbu 123]

1. Interstellar

2. The Prestige

3. Memento

4. Insomnia

5. Batman Begins

6. The Dark Knight

7. Inception

8. Oppenheimer

9. The Dark Knight Rises

10. Dunkirk

11. Tenet

[Tallguy 3,401]

Should the thread title be changed to "The Official Oscar Winning Director Christopher Nolan Church Thread"?

 

1. The Prestige
2. Memento
3. Dunkirk
4. Oppenheimer
5. Batman Begins
6. Inception
7. The Dark Knight Rises
8. The Dark Knight
9. Interstellar
10. Insomnia

Unrated:
[Tenet] (Never finished it.)

 

[crocodile 8,017]

42 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

Should the thread title be changed to "The Official Oscar Winning Director Christopher Nolan Church Thread"

 

Done!

 

Karol

[JTN 2,033]

2 hours ago, Tallguy said:

[Tenet] (Never finished it.)

 

Me, neither. 

[Bespin 8,484]

A well-deserved tribute to Nolan, who has been making his mark for quite some time now. He has finally made a "serious" film, worked with excellent actors and actresses, and it has been rewarded. Congratulations.

[A24 4,340]

Congrats to crocs! 

[badbu 123]

Does anyone know what happened to Wally Pfister? Ten years now… 

[Jay 37,369]

He DPed every Nolan film from Memento to Dark Knight Rises, then directed a movie (Transcendence) instead of continuing to DP for him, and now he's directed 6 episodes of television and commercials for Taco Bell, Hyundai, and Crypto since then and that's about it

 

Here's an article from 2015 where he states that he wants to direct instead of DP from then on

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/nolan-and-i-have-gone-our-seperate-ways-wally-pfister/story-iKmfuIS0Lm4gpeWBaET9AL.html

[badbu 123]

Yes i know and i really miss the collab Nolan/Pfister… 

Thanks for the article  

[Edmilson 7,466]

29 minutes ago, Jay said:

Here's an article from 2015 where he states that he wants to direct instead of DP from then on

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/nolan-and-i-have-gone-our-seperate-ways-wally-pfister/story-iKmfuIS0Lm4gpeWBaET9AL.html

So Transcendence really did kill his career huh, at least as a director for major Hollywood movies. 

 

And that movie isn't even that awful.

[badbu 123]

5 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

So Transcendence really did kill his career huh, at least as a director for major Hollywood movies. 

 

And that movie isn't even that awful.

seems to…

Uff i can’t remember it’s 10 years ago oO i think i have to rewatch  

[Tallguy 3,401]

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Christopher Nolan Remaking Iconic ’60s Sci-Fi Series Into A Movie Next?

 

I didn't even have to look to know what it was: The Prisoner. 

 

It would be so nice if he would bring Jonathan back for this one. I mean, JN already did Prisoner adjacent with Person of Interest. 

 

Who of the Christopher Nolan Players would make a great Number Six? Or Two? (Twos.) 

[MedigoScan 324]

My top

 

1. The Prestige

2. Oppenheimer

3. Memento

4. The Dark Knight

5. Interstellar

6. Batman Begins

7. Inception

8. Dunkirk

9. The Dark Knight Rises

10. Tenet

 

(didnt see The Following or Insomnia)

[Edmilson 7,466]

All I know is that TDKR and Tenet are the worst things he has done so far.

[Glóin the Dark 1,222]

1. Memento
2. Inception
3. Oppenheimer
4. The Prestige
5. Batman Begins
6. The Dark Knight
7. Dunkirk
8. Insomnia
9. Tenet
10. Interstellar
11. The Dark Knight Rises

Still haven’t rewatched Following since shortly after I bought it on video cassette, and can’t remember it well enough to place it in the list.

[MaxMovieMan 273]

1. Interstellar (Best theater experience I’ve ever had)

2. The Dark Knight

3. Oppenheimer

4. Inception

5. Batman Begins

6. The Prestige

7. The Dark Knight Rises

8. Tenet

9. Dunkirk (Only Nolan movie I don’t like)

 

I still haven’t seen Memento, Insomnia, or Following although I mean to soon.

[JTN 2,033]

13 minutes ago, MaxMovieMan said:

still haven’t seen Memento, Insomnia

Memento is to Nolan what Duel is to Spielberg. It’s what put him on the map, made him a superstar director overnight.
 

Insomnia is above average thanks to Pacino and Robin Williams. 

[A24 4,340]

I prefer TDKR over TDK because in TDKR I actually liked Batman. 

 

1 hour ago, JTN said:

Memento is to Nolan what Duel is to Spielberg. It’s what put him on the map, made him a superstar director overnight.

 

 

Didn't Spielberg become a superstar director with Jaws?

[JTN 2,033]

16 minutes ago, A24 said:

Didn't Spielberg become a superstar director with Jaws?

Yes, but first he became one with Duel. He even got to meet Fellini in Rome.

[A24 4,340]

43 minutes ago, JTN said:

Yes, but first he became one with Duel. He even got to meet Fellini in Rome.

 

Wasn't it just a TV movie of the week? I think the world (from the average Joe in Arkansas to the elite reviewer in New York) only started talking about Steven Spielberg after the record-breaking blockbuster that was Jaws. Now he was a superstar!

[JTN 2,033]

5 minutes ago, A24 said:

Wasn't it just a TV movie of the week?

It was so good that after it aired on television, Universal  released it theatrically worldwide. 
 

And Spielberg made another film before JAWS, his first theatrical film, THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS, where he first worked with John Williams. 

[Tallguy 3,401]

1 hour ago, A24 said:

I prefer TDKR over TDK because in TDKR I actually liked Batman.

 

Never understood the Dark Knight Rises hate.

[A24 4,340]

56 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

 

Never understood the Dark Knight Rises hate.

 

People can't cope with the fact that Batman lost a fight. That's why the thumbs went down.

 

[Tallguy 3,401]

2 hours ago, A24 said:

People can't cope with the fact that Batman lost a fight. That's why the thumbs went down.

 

Doesn't he get his butt kicked in Batman Begins? And have to be rescued by Alfred?

[Edmilson 7,466]

2 hours ago, A24 said:

People can't cope with the fact that Batman lost a fight. That's why the thumbs went down.

 

That same storyline was done so much better in the comic books.

 

[Tallguy 3,401]

1 minute ago, Edmilson said:

That same storyline was done so much better in the comic books.

 

 

It was certainly longer. Ergh.

[A24 4,340]

 

Lord Nolan and his golden statues.

[Edmilson 7,466]

 

[Tallguy 3,401]

I'll just leave this here.