re: Interstellar is a masterpiece say insiders not related to Paramount

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Time to break the internet.

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Memento, tDKR, Inception?

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I think he'd put Prestige there instead of tDKR.

But IMO the Batman trilogy, as a whole, is fantastic, with TDK being the best of the three.

Memento and The Prestige both end with the viewers telling themselves "Holy shite. How long...?"

I think there were a few (Casty mainly) who said that the end was ambiguous and that "the trick" of the movie was being played on us, the audience (who was "watching" the trick). And that the line about how Angier was like "Sometimes I don't know if I'm the man in the tank or on the stage" had deeper meaning, and that the ending showing the tanks/bodies led them to believe it.

I don't remember the specifics of it, but that was the gist of things.

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I think there were a few (Casty mainly) who said that the end was ambiguous and that "the trick" of the movie was being played on us, the audience (who was "watching" the trick). And that the line about how Angier was like "Sometimes I don't know if I'm the man in the tank or on the stage" had deeper meaning, and that the ending showing the tanks/bodies led them to believe it.

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yeah that makes no sense.

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yeah I want to hear how inception had a clear ending.

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My only guess is that it's clear that Leo's character doesn't care whether it's a dream or not since he walks away from the top. Then again, he'll find out once he goes back inside and sees whether or not the top is still spinning.

..or that the top spinning was irrelevant anyway (and that it would fall) because it was Mal's totem and not his (his was his wedding ring).

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He's still made under 10 movies, only 3 of which are legitimately great films. (9 movies to be exact)

Kubrick made what 14, with probably 10 true to form great movies.

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If Nolan never made another film, I'd still put him ahead of Kubrick. First, that quartet of The Prestige, inception, Memento, and Dark Knight is outstanding. It's not just four films, but arguably four of the best films of his era (Memento, I would argue, is the best film of the post-studio era).

Throw in a great first effort (The Following), an underrated near miss (Insomnia), and two big-budget success to varying degrees (Batman Begins and DK Rises). He's only been making films for a little over a decade, so it seems absurd to complain he has made four great films and four very good ones (OK, 3... DK Rises is a bit of a mess)

Kubrick made 12 films over 45 years. I can't even figure which 10 you think are true to form great, but that's wildly overstating things and even one of his greatest films, Spartacus, he had little control over. I'd give him 4 near perfect great films (2001, Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, and the Shining) I get that Barry Lyndon has its extreme partisans, though it now symbolizes to me everything I don't like about Kubrick. I wouldn't say his other films are bad or anything. He's still Kubrick, after all. But Clockwork Orange is so over the top, and really suffers from deleting the 21st chapter, and Lolita is not nearly as good as its rep, and is nowhere near the source material. Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut are both interesting more for their flaws than what they get right.

It seems your judging Nolan on a much harsher curve than Kubrick here, and I'm not sure how one can argue that Kubrick was more prolific. I'd already take Nolan's career over Kubrick's, mainly because I've fallen out with his dehumanizing worldview, but I admit that's a personal aesthetic choice.

Kubrick has one of the most iconic films ever in film history. Nolan has yet to come close to that.

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