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re: Agree or disagree: Christoper Nolan is the most overrated director of the 21st century
Posted on 4/8/26 at 7:39 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Posted on 4/8/26 at 7:39 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Yet more agree with me?
Huh. Ok
From this board? Probably yeah... look at who hangs out here...
Where are you getting your data from?
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 8:28 am to i am dan
My data? On Jordan Peele ?
Seriously?
Seriously?
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:17 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Oh, OK. Sure.
Yea, you might want to check the downvotes/upvotes for our two posts.
And there is zero chance I watch some video of a grown man sitting around 100 action figures with absolutely no context given. I don't sit around and watch useless youtube videos from random dorks on the internet. Maybe try and have an original thought for once and try and have a discussion/debate on your own.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:40 am to iwyLSUiwy
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grown man sitting around 100 action figures
**1000’s if not 10K +.
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with absolutely no context given
There’s always context given. That’s the point! You not liking or agreeing doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
* Wait, are you talking about the meme clip I posted above? That doesn’t need context you doofus , it speaks for itself. You blindly lap up anything that is put out and accept it because everyone else says it’s great!
It’s a joke, son, get it?
** thought you meant Gary aka Nerdrotic , not the “don’t ask questions“ guy
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 9:47 am
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:53 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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**1000’s if not 10K +.
Ok, even worse. That is in no way a sign to tell me to watch a video in relation to The Prestige.
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There’s always context given. That’s the point! You not liking or agreeing doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
* Wait, are you talking about the meme clip I posted above? That doesn’t need context you doofus , it speaks for itself. You blindly lap up anything that is put out and accept it because everyone else says it’s great!
It’s a joke, son, get it?
** thought you meant Gary aka Nerdrotic , not the “don’t ask questions“ guy
Speak English please. I don't know your youtube overlords and never will. Do you not see how dumb you sound when you say "blindly lap up anything because everyone says it's great" when you literally post a youtube video to try and prove a point?
There is no idiot, no matter how many action figures he has, that can make any point I want to hear about how good/bad The Prestige is. if you want to try and do that, I'll listen, but be better than just constantly posting youtube videos and try and have an original thought for once. 
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:58 am to Carson123987
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I don't care for his filmmaking style at all (his editing and sound design in particular are shite
Funny. This is a big part of what I really like about his movies.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 10:30 am to iwyLSUiwy
Ok Boomer.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 10:36 am to RollTide1987
I think he's possibly the best technical director our time and love his preference of using practical effects when he can. He approaches movies like a science which I can appreciate, even if it sometimes comes across as mechanical.
My only major critique is that a lot of his dialogue and transitions feel stilted. He's especially guilty of relying on expository monologues to move the plot along or hammer home the underlying theme. He still makes some of my favorite movies and his worst movie is just as good as the "best" movies coming out recently.
My only major critique is that a lot of his dialogue and transitions feel stilted. He's especially guilty of relying on expository monologues to move the plot along or hammer home the underlying theme. He still makes some of my favorite movies and his worst movie is just as good as the "best" movies coming out recently.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 10:42 am to Purple Spoon
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Funny. This is a big part of what I really like about his movies.
To each his own. His editing feels like I'm watching a music video.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 11:36 am to RollTide1987
don't know that I'd go full on "over rated" but I'm not in the camp that is immediately on board with any / everything he's attached to simply because Nolan is doing it.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:30 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:Man, I appreciate your takes but this is a horrible one.
The Prestige is pretentious and gay.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:34 pm to StrongOffer
Most folks like Armageddon, I like Deep Impact.
Similar here.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 1:35 pm to RollTide1987
I think Inception is overrated.
But most of the rest of his movies are above average to great.
Interstellar is probably his best.
I'd vote Wes Anderson as most overrated.
But most of the rest of his movies are above average to great.
Interstellar is probably his best.
I'd vote Wes Anderson as most overrated.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 2:07 pm to 3nOut
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I’ve said this ~100 times but I have never got this complaint. There isn’t a single Nolan film I’ve had trouble hearing. I simply think there is a biology thing that exists where some people struggle with his hearing and others dont.
I can hear it, particularly at a big arse movie theater with 50 speakers, which is what it is designed for.
But for the most part, it’s too full too often.
And if you’re watching his movies at home on a tv without 7.1 surround sound, forget it.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 2:15 pm to Brosef Stalin
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He is one of the best working today but that's because the overall quality has dropped.
Some truth to this. Amazing director that would be top tier in any era, but in todays era, he is viewed as a god.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 2:18 pm to LoveThatMoney
I never got the complaint until Tenet. I swear the sound for Tenet was just a loud "BAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH" the entire movie. Was blowing me out of my seat at the theatre for scenes that had no business being as loud as they were. Rewatching TDKR and Dukirk after Tenet I picked up on some parts that annoyed me more than it used to.
But I'm in the minority that actually really liked Tenet and TDKR so it's not like it's some big complaint, just a complaint. He's already one of my all time favorite directors. Very few directors have ever made a run of great movies like he has.
But I'm in the minority that actually really liked Tenet and TDKR so it's not like it's some big complaint, just a complaint. He's already one of my all time favorite directors. Very few directors have ever made a run of great movies like he has.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 7:30 pm to 3nOut
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I’ve said this ~100 times but I have never got this complaint. There isn’t a single Nolan film I’ve had trouble hearing. I simply think there is a biology thing that exists where some people struggle with his hearing and others dont.
Sometimes it’s awful. Bane’s dialogue in TDKR stands out to me. Dunkirk has insane volume issues. To be fair we did see it in IMAX but at times the gunshots in the beginning were so loud it physically hurt our ears. And other times you could barely make out what someone was saying. Interstellar had some sound issues as well from what I remember…not that it was as bad as others but sometimes it seems like Nolan just cranks up the volume as high as possible for effect without realizing what it does to everything else: it becomes a distraction rather than enhancing the scene.
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The only reason Prestige isn’t the best movie of the 21st century is because Interstellar exists.
Interstellar is great, but The Prestige is the best movie on that list by a wide margin. It’s easily his best film and I’d argue it’s one of the best movies of this century. It’s that good IMO.
This post was edited on 4/9/26 at 8:06 am
Posted on 4/8/26 at 7:45 pm to RollTide1987
I don't know enough about the topic to speak definitively but I'm shocked I haven't seen James Cameron's name yet
Posted on 4/9/26 at 1:44 am to RollTide1987
Someone literally just did this exact thread in the last month and was roundly mocked.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 7:47 am to RollTide1987
I'd put Wes Anderson up there. All of his films look like some kind of pastel fever dream.
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