re: Christopher Nolan speaks on today's comic book movies

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The vast majority of those being shorter, silent films made between 1917-1930. And there's a reason why you know John Ford's name. It's not for the quantity of his work, but the quality of it. The man won four Oscars for directing, more than any other in the history of the business.

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So is the "privilege and luxury of time" important or is the director important?

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The director isn't the only man/woman on set. They almost always utilize the same producers and much of the same creative staff.

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Most producers work on multiple films at a time. If you can point me to some data that shows what percentage of the teams at Marvel and WB work on films is consistent from film to film, and show me where people are overworked, then you can make your case.

But if this is just an assumption...ehhh. The fact that Marvel CAN pump these out, at such a high quality (and that WB is working on it), should tell you that they are building to scale this way and not to make one film at a time. You don't think that Marvel has staff to make 3 films at a time rather than Nolan's staff to make 1 film at a time?

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You speak of this as if it's a good thing.

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It is, and by all measure that you quote above, Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB, Box Office, Cultural Celebrations like Year End Lists and what not, it is.



If you agree with Nolan, and agree that Universes are a bad thing for film, then I'd like to hear your proposal on how you would replicate Comic Books on film. I mean a world of super heroes and super villains fighting each other across the cosmos in a variety of stories, circumstances, times, etc. How would you build that kind of artistic output? Or how do you think Nolan would?

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Don't nitpick one film and then give a pass another because "it doesn't take itself serious."

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Do you hold Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail to the same standards as Schindler's List? Or do you evaluate them differently because they are created with different intentions?

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Do you hold Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail to the same standards as Schindler's List? Or do you evaluate them differently because they are created with different intentions?

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Horrible comparison.

A better comparison would have been Schindler's List vs. Life Is Beautiful or The Pianist vs. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

We are talking about films in the same genre here, not a satirical comedy vs. a Holocaust drama.

those videos are great

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Do you think that studios should go back to affording directors the privilege and luxury of time that Nolan was able to have for his Dark Knight Trilogy?

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Thor. Made over 6 years

5 years between Avengers movies

3 years between Guardians

looks like Marvel is more inclined to give time to develop.

And it also helps that they have a crystal clear vision for the shared universe.

I don't really view the Dark Knight trilogy as comic book movies. It's a crime drama and a damn good one.

Shots fired

I'm not a TDKR hater at all but I would agree that at the very least Winter Soldier and Homecoming are better. That's not a slam btw.

Last comic book movies I saw

The Dark Knight trilogy is unique where it is more of a drama than any other super hero based movie ever created. This is why it is so highly rated.