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Post by ])-Kyle "Wild Child" Gibney-([ on Jul 23, 2023 22:37:22 GMT 1
Well, you're in luck Very funny .
Drink it in, that probably couldn't have gone more smoothly. That setup worked perfectly.
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Post by primemcgee on Jul 24, 2023 2:10:20 GMT 1
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Post by ])-Kyle "Wild Child" Gibney-([ on Jul 24, 2023 10:15:52 GMT 1
Yeah but you dont really count lol. Dont you hate Nolan? It's not fault he makes every film the exact same way. How do you mean?
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Jul 24, 2023 22:21:24 GMT 1
It's not fault he makes every film the exact same way. How do you mean? He tells every movie out of order with excessive flashbacks. Seriously, the script structure is always the same. Even Joss Whedon switched it up more.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Jul 25, 2023 15:26:49 GMT 1
There have been at least 2 other movies about the Manhattan Project, but this is the best so far in telling the story of one of the greatest achievements in human history.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Jul 28, 2023 16:24:44 GMT 1
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Jul 28, 2023 21:25:20 GMT 1
Barbie: "Men are bad!" Oppenheimer: "We are so fucked!"
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Post by Indiana Jones on Jul 29, 2023 16:30:26 GMT 1
He tells every movie out of order with excessive flashbacks. Seriously, the script structure is always the same. Even Joss Whedon switched it up more. Not necessarily. The Dark Knight (2008) is surprisingly linear with no flashbacks.
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on Jul 29, 2023 18:06:09 GMT 1
He tells every movie out of order with excessive flashbacks. Seriously, the script structure is always the same. Even Joss Whedon switched it up more. Not necessarily. The Dark Knight (2008) is surprisingly linear with no flashbacks. The one exception. But I have plenty of other complaints about that movie, like the excessive bloat in the runtime and the insane insistence of telling Two-Face's whole story in just one movie.
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Post by primemcgee on Jul 29, 2023 23:57:39 GMT 1
Nolan's worst sin is characters who tell instead of show.
"You came here to ask me if you can borrow one of my students."
Why not just have the two characters talk and one of them say
"i am looking for a student.."
In the Dark Knight there is that scene where the big convict tells the guard "you want to know what to do about this bomb.."
It's like a Greek chorus
A passive way of doing drama. His characters are constantly preaching to each other instead of revealing ideas or thoughts through personality or direct action.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Aug 6, 2023 3:17:28 GMT 1
So far, it has reached the $500M global milestone, on its way to an estimated $551M through Sunday.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Sept 19, 2023 4:00:18 GMT 1
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Post by andre on Dec 7, 2023 21:33:51 GMT 1
I know it would be seen as some kind of historical revisionism, but I do wish Nolan would do better with the women in his movies.
Literally, all an Oscar Nominee like Florence Pugh gets here is...sex scenes?
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Post by Merv on Dec 7, 2023 23:25:25 GMT 1
I know it would be seen as some kind of historical revisionism, but I do wish Nolan would do better with the women in his movies. Literally, all an Oscar Nominee like Florence Pugh gets here is...sex scenes? That's probably a fair criticism. I've not thought about it past these past 2 minutes but I don't think Nolan tends to write particularly memorable female characters. I can't really think of any that are even close to a lead in his movies other than in Interstellar and even there McConnaHEY is clearly the lead. TBF....Ive not yet seen Oppenheimer
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Post by Lord Death Man on Dec 8, 2023 0:13:42 GMT 1
I know it would be seen as some kind of historical revisionism, but I do wish Nolan would do better with the women in his movies. Literally, all an Oscar Nominee like Florence Pugh gets here is...sex scenes? That's probably a fair criticism. I've not thought about it past these past 2 minutes but I don't think Nolan tends to write particularly memorable female characters. I can't really think of any that are even close to a lead in his movies other than in Interstellar and even there McConnaHEY is clearly the lead. TBF....Ive not yet seen Oppenheimer Nolan's track record could be better for portraying memorable female characters. That said, in the case of Oppenheimer, Pugh was playing a character from history who had known mental health issues and carried on an affair with the lead character. We should not retcon history because Florence Pugh is involved. We often hear the criticism that his female characters are, at times, engaging and complex but often get "overshadowed" by their male counterparts. In the Dark Knight trilogy, that's perfectly understandable and justifiable - after all, the films are about Batman, not Rachel Dawes. In Dunkirk, the events portrayed historically involved males and were told in that context. Interstellar was his first film involving a female character with motivations and character arc. Nolan is guilty of not being overly interested in telling a woman's story or stories from a female perspective, which is unfortunate. Still, in my opinion, his portrayal of women is credible in the worst-case scenario. I want to avoid dictating what he should be making films about, and if women find this distasteful, they might skip his movies to more emphatically state their displeasure.
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Post by Merv on Dec 8, 2023 2:57:49 GMT 1
That's probably a fair criticism. I've not thought about it past these past 2 minutes but I don't think Nolan tends to write particularly memorable female characters. I can't really think of any that are even close to a lead in his movies other than in Interstellar and even there McConnaHEY is clearly the lead. TBF....Ive not yet seen Oppenheimer Nolan's track record could be better for portraying memorable female characters. That said, in the case of Oppenheimer, Pugh was playing a character from history who had known mental health issues and carried on an affair with the lead character. We should not retcon history because Florence Pugh is involved. We often hear the criticism that his female characters are, at times, engaging and complex but often get "overshadowed" by their male counterparts. In the Dark Knight trilogy, that's perfectly understandable and justifiable - after all, the films are about Batman, not Rachel Dawes. In Dunkirk, the events portrayed historically involved males and were told in that context. Interstellar was his first film involving a female character with motivations and character arc. Nolan is guilty of not being overly interested in telling a woman's story or stories from a female perspective, which is unfortunate. Still, in my opinion, his portrayal of women is credible in the worst-case scenario. I want to avoid dictating what he should be making films about, and if women find this distasteful, they might skip his movies to more emphatically state their displeasure. Agreed. I’d also add that while I think there’s a criticism of his lack of ability to tell a woman’s perspective…I prefer that to him compromising his artistic muse in order to force feed some perspective he himself is uninterested in to appease some criteria a critic has thrown his way. Nolan has mostly struck me as a kind of director whose films are an itch he has to scratch and damn any ‘gaps’ in the mass appeal. Personally that’s an approach to directing I respect even if the films may fall outside my interests because of it. (Nolan’s don’t for me, but you catch my drift.)
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Post by andre on Dec 8, 2023 4:12:05 GMT 1
There's also Nolan's tendency to make his characters into caricatures or One-Note Fanatics a lot.
Like in the Prestige, Angier starts out a nuanced character but then his wife gets killed and he devolves into an obsessive fanatic who later admits he doesn't even care about "avenging her" and it's just about himself and his ego.
A compelling man made not so compelling
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Post by Lord Death Man on Dec 8, 2023 7:37:49 GMT 1
There's also Nolan's tendency to make his characters into caricatures or One-Note Fanatics a lot. Like in the Prestige, Angier starts out a nuanced character but then his wife gets killed and he devolves into an obsessive fanatic who later admits he doesn't even care about "avenging her" and it's just about himself and his ego. A compelling man made not so compelling I can't speak to that in the context of his body of work overall, but Nolan is likely gripped by the same fanaticism you describe in his personal life and work as a filmmaker. It's no surprise that this trait would surface in his movies. That said, Bale's performance as Batman, specifically in Batman Begins, relies on a single-minded fanaticism of sorts. It is still one of the genre's most fascinating and nuanced performances. Bale transforms himself from a hapless ne'er-do-well to an angry journeyman and finally to a living symbol of retribution. It's a gradual and subtle transformation that Bale doesn't get enough credit for. He ultimately becomes the 'fanatic' you describe, but his performance is mesmerizing. Neeson's Ra's Al Ghul is also fanatical in his beliefs, but his uncompromising worldview allows him to peel back the layers of Bruce Wayne and strip him down to the bare metal to rebuild him as something greater than a man. As an aside, Angier, as depicted in Priest's novel, is an intense and obsessive character. Nolan translated what was on the page with a very slight margin of error.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Dec 15, 2023 19:05:24 GMT 1
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Post by Lord Death Man on Dec 15, 2023 19:33:13 GMT 1
Suddenly, physical media has a bright future. Announcements like this one from Sony aren't helping the case for streaming or digital ownership. www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/psvideocontent/The level of greed and stupidity here is astonishing. These are easy issues to resolve if you're not being a greedy asshole.
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Post by WOLVERINE JACK! on Jan 10, 2024 4:33:11 GMT 1
I know it would be seen as some kind of historical revisionism, but I do wish Nolan would do better with the women in his movies. Literally, all an Oscar Nominee like Florence Pugh gets here is...sex scenes? Maybe. If you’re ashamed of reverse cowgirl.
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Post by andre on Jan 13, 2024 17:55:57 GMT 1
I know it would be seen as some kind of historical revisionism, but I do wish Nolan would do better with the women in his movies. Literally, all an Oscar Nominee like Florence Pugh gets here is...sex scenes? Maybe. If you’re ashamed of reverse cowgirl. Sorry?
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Post by WOLVERINE JACK! on Jan 13, 2024 19:44:15 GMT 1
Maybe. If you’re ashamed of reverse cowgirl. Sorry? Its a… uh… Never mind. Ask your older brothers to explain. Or use Google. Don’t forget to turn off SafeSearch!
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Post by WOLVERINE JACK! on Jan 15, 2024 1:03:34 GMT 1
Our boy RDJ won a Golden Globe for best supporting! 🎉
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