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buddhavista
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 5:32 pm to Rittdog)
QT and its not even close. I really like several nolan films (inception, memento, TDK) but I have really enjoyed every QT. Plus QT has a much broader range, and he writes and directs. And QT can write some awesome dialog.
Nolan focuses on directing, with his brother writing most of the stories. And the dialog is often times horrible, and his endings can suck (TDKR, Inception).
With all that said, I really prefer paul thomas anderson and the coehn brothers to either of them.
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Bryon Bojengles III 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 5:39 pm to Fox Mulder)
QT easily for me. Nolan has not done anything better than the opening of Reservoir Dogs.
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GonzoLeslie 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 5:52 pm to Davie Crocket)
QT
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SDtiger16 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 6:11 pm to GonzoLeslie)
Pulp Fiction
Django Unchained
Reservoir Dogs
The Prestige
Inglorious Basterds
Memento
Inception
Ya ill go with QT
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Tactical1 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 6:28 pm to SDtiger16)
Nolan and this is not even close.
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udtiger
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 6:37 pm to Davie Crocket)
Nolan
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Freauxzen 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 6:45 pm to Davie Crocket)
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Christopher Nolan or Quentin Tarantino
Nolan is better in the moment, Tarantino is better before the moment.
Tarantino's films come from script, writing and casting. Once he gets those pieces in play, the movies make themselves.
Nolan's films are more technically impressive, more philosophical/theoretical, and more innovative.
Tarantino does a better job of calling back to the roots of film genres.
This post was edited on 1/23 at 8:35 pm
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BaddestAndvari
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 6:52 pm to Davie Crocket)
"RIGHT NOW" would have to be QT, simply because "RIGHT NOW" it's against the Batman franchise and Django / Inglorious Bastards
IB and Django are both muuuuuch better than the Batman franchise:
That being said, Inception is better than any of those, and Nolan's other work is much better. 
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BaddestAndvari
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 6:55 pm to TulaneTigerFan)
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According to Deadline, Nolan is taking the script that his brother wrote, and combining it with his own original idea, and writing a new script (the movie will retain the title). Thorne is still on board as a technical consultant. As for the exact story, yesterday it was said that it will follow a group of explorers who go through a wormhole, in a story about time travel and alternate dimensions. While today, things are a bit more vague, as stating it will "depict a heroic interstellar voyage to the farthest borders of our scientific understanding."
and if you want to follow his brother currently, you could also jump onto his show he's co-working with Bad Robot and Abrams with, called "Person of Interest" ... 
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SouljaBreauxTellEm
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 6:59 pm to dawgdayafternoon)
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QT is unquestionably the better writer but I'd give the directing edge to Nolan.
I think I agree with this
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iwyLSUiwy 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:06 pm to LoveThatMoney)
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I'm going Nolan because Tarantino is an overrated hack
I can easily see people/you not liking his style, but the dude in no way is a hack. That's too harsh even for those that don't like QT. Maybe Pulp Fiction was a little messy structurally, not that I agree, but even if it is, as a whole it is still a fantastic movie and was pretty freaking original. Which that in itself deserves respect. I'm not sure you would find many people at all who would completely agree with your opinion of him. Inglorious Basterds was a good movie, for multiple reasons, not just Waltz. The opening scenes was one of the most tense scenes in recent memory. It's pretty impressive when a director can accomplish that in a freaking opening scene.
Anuwho
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WITNESS23 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:09 pm to Davie Crocket)
I love them both.
QT is the better writer. But Nolan is an amazing director
Tough one. Idt I can answer
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:15 pm to Davie Crocket)
Half of Nolan's movies haven't held up. It's hard to find someone who can shoot a movie better, but Tarantino's films will be on many lists for years to come.
It's only a debate for Nolan sycophants.
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Tactical1
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:18 pm to WITNESS23)
I agree with Tarantino being the better writer, but I feel like when the book is written on these men Nolan could possibly approach top 10 directors status. Tarantino will be just on the outside of that.
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DanglingFury 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:32 pm to Davie Crocket)
I really can't answer that. They're my two favorite directors. I could get how people don't like QT because he's so stylized, but when people don't like Nolan, I'm always surprised.
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Tarantino writes one dimensional stereotypes
I completely disagree with that.
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TN Bhoy 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:38 pm to Davie Crocket)
Nolan.
QT has changed from interesting and innovative to a director who only produces revenge porn.
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lsu480 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:54 pm to Davie Crocket)
Nolan and it isn't even close.
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Fox Mulder 
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:58 pm to DanglingFury)
Stereotypes wasn't the appropriate word.
His characters are incredibly one dimensional.
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 8:01 pm to BaddestAndvari)
I love IG, Django falls apart near the end.
Inception was made after the dark knight, so it's not just IG vs batman. TDK is a pretty awesome movie in its own right. Definitely better than Django.
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| re: Who's the better director RIGHT NOW? (Posted on 1/23/13 at 8:08 pm to buddhavista)
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[Nolan's] endings can suck (TDKR, Inception).
What?! I couldn't have envisioned a more perfect ending for Inception.
This post was edited on 1/23 at 8:13 pm
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