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Who's the better director RIGHT NOW?
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:37 pm
Christopher Nolan or Quentin Tarantino
IMO I would go with Nolan. I like his batman series of course and think he did a great job with Inception and I think he'll do really well with Man of Steel. I've yet to see Django Unchained but I am just not that big of a fan of Taratino.
IMO I would go with Nolan. I like his batman series of course and think he did a great job with Inception and I think he'll do really well with Man of Steel. I've yet to see Django Unchained but I am just not that big of a fan of Taratino.
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Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:39 pm to Davie Crocket
Nolan writes characters
Tarantino writes one dimensional stereotypes
Not bashing Tarantino and I'm not a Nolan fanboy.
Tarantino writes one dimensional stereotypes
Not bashing Tarantino and I'm not a Nolan fanboy.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:39 pm to Davie Crocket
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I've yet to see Django Unchained but I am just not that big of a fan of Taratino.
Solid argument in your OP.
Dummy.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:42 pm to Davie Crocket
QT
His scripts are amazing and he ALWAYS delivers. Love how he mixes it up between crime, war, western, etc. Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Basterds, Django are effing incredible.
Nolan is great, but the Batman series hurts him imo. Dialogue was cheesy as shite and TDKR's ending was lazy.
Aside from the Batman trilogy, Nolan is a beast. Memento, Prestige, Inception are all FANTASTIC and his new movie could be the best of them, potentially.
His scripts are amazing and he ALWAYS delivers. Love how he mixes it up between crime, war, western, etc. Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Basterds, Django are effing incredible.
Nolan is great, but the Batman series hurts him imo. Dialogue was cheesy as shite and TDKR's ending was lazy.
Aside from the Batman trilogy, Nolan is a beast. Memento, Prestige, Inception are all FANTASTIC and his new movie could be the best of them, potentially.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:46 pm to Davie Crocket
Coen Bros.
It's hard to say between those two. Tarantino has a deeper resume but if you just take both directors top three films, Nolan has definitely got an argument. Memento and The Prestige are just crazy good. Both could retire right now and be two of my favorites. I think Nolan has 6 truly great movies and Tarantino has 6 truly great movies. This posts makes no sense as regards to picking a favorite.
It's hard to say between those two. Tarantino has a deeper resume but if you just take both directors top three films, Nolan has definitely got an argument. Memento and The Prestige are just crazy good. Both could retire right now and be two of my favorites. I think Nolan has 6 truly great movies and Tarantino has 6 truly great movies. This posts makes no sense as regards to picking a favorite.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:50 pm to Davie Crocket
Two of my favorite directors. Both are at the top of their game now, and both have a great body of work. I can't think of a bad movie that either one has directed; Insomnia maybe, but I'm in the minority in disliking it. My favorite movie between the two is Inglorious Basterds (yes, I prefer it to Pulp Fiction; call me crazy). All things considered, though, I'd probably favor Nolan. Barely. . . You can't go wrong with either one.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 4:50 pm to Davie Crocket
I prefer Nolan's movies. QT is alright, but I've never been a huge fan. I'd take The Prestige or Inception over any of Tarantino's movies.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 5:14 pm to Davie Crocket
JW
Posted on 1/23/13 at 5:25 pm to Davie Crocket
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and I think he'll do really well with Man of Steel.
You do know he didn't direct Man of Steel, right?
I'm going Nolan because Tarantino is an overrated hack while Nolan is an overrated talent.
Nolan does so much with pacing, structure, and the actual elements of directing it is incomprehensible when compared to Tarantino, who more or less does what he thinks looks cool, by his own admission.
I've enjoyed a Tarantino movie here and there. His homages to anime and old samurai flicks in Kill Bill are fun to watch. The way he shoots violence in general is fun to watch. But Pulp Fiction was a mess structurally (and I like Pulp Fiction) as was Inglorious Basterds, which was really only saved by Christoph Waltz from being a very mediocre film, at best.
As for writing, I prefer Nolan's story structure and depth of character to Tarantino's witty banter, which is really all Tarantino concerns himself with.
Bottom line is this: Tarantino makes movies that he thinks are cool visually or cool in terms of dialogue; Nolan makes movies that are visually well done, build upon themselves, have structures that are informed by the subject matter of the material, and explore humanity and (most often) the human need for love.
There is nothing wrong with Tarantino's approach, but he is not a great director, nor is he a great writer. His films are for entertainment purposes only.
This post was edited on 1/23/13 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 1/23/13 at 5:30 pm to Davie Crocket
QT is unquestionably the better writer but I'd give the directing edge to Nolan.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 5:52 pm to Davie Crocket
QT
Posted on 1/23/13 at 6:37 pm to Davie Crocket
Nolan
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 1/23/13 at 8:35 pm
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.
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.
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
QT is the better writer. But Nolan is an amazing director
Tough one. Idt I can answer
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.
It's only a debate for Nolan sycophants.
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.
I completely disagree with that.
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Tarantino writes one dimensional stereotypes
I completely disagree with that.
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.
QT has changed from interesting and innovative to a director who only produces revenge porn.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:54 pm to Davie Crocket
Nolan and it isn't even close.
Posted on 1/23/13 at 8:13 pm to Davie Crocket
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I think he'll do really well with Man of Steel
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