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Don't really care for the debate, but downtalking Nolan as a director is just dumb. People will flock to see any movie Nolan makes purely because it has his name on it and he does stuff other directors just can't do

Plus comparing him to Abrams is laughable when the 4 best films between them both, belong to Nolan and JJ Abrams entire canon consists of 1 original movie, which was a massive homage to Spielberg anyway. He did make the 3rd best MI film tho!!!

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01-08-2016 , 06:01 PM

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i still liked interstellar for its ambition

but i liked cloud atlas too despite being somewhat of a mess and most people hated that so ymmv

01-08-2016 , 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mutigers

i still liked interstellar for its ambition

but i liked cloud atlas too despite being somewhat of a mess and most people hated that so ymmv

I didn't think Interstellar was boring.

Cloud Atlas seems like it'd be pretty bad, but I still sorta want to see it. It seems like it already came and left netflix streaming.

01-08-2016 , 07:12 PM

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Here is a fun quiz with 65 movies hidden in a picture, it's pretty tough.

Got 50. Lots of clues I just couldn't connect on?

01-08-2016 , 07:55 PM

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This thread is going to get silly if we start pretending Abrams is some kind of great director. He is basically a for hire ghost writer.

01-08-2016 , 07:56 PM

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I snap pick Abrams over Nolan.

guess that's why you don't run any studios

as far as Interstellar, the docking scene was I thought one of the best scenes of 2014. showcase of nolan's talent and zimmer's creativeness.

01-08-2016 , 07:56 PM

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I didn't think Interstellar was boring.

Cloud Atlas seems like it'd be pretty bad, but I still sorta want to see it. It seems like it already came and left netflix streaming.

Both garbage.

01-08-2016 , 07:58 PM

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guess that's why you don't run any studios

as far as Interstellar, the docking scene was I thought one of the best scenes of 2014. showcase of nolan's talent and zimmer's creativeness.

Um JJ is WAY ahead of Nolan in terms of box office. He was barely behind him before Star Wars came out.

01-08-2016 , 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Clovis8

This thread is going to get silly if we start pretending Abrams is some kind of great director. He is basically a for hire ghost writer.

We've had this discussion about what makes artists great. Maybe entertaining the masses is, in itself, some form of greatness. I for one really like his movies. It's no Godfather but at the same time I can watch Armageddon over and over. If something entertains me, no matter how simplistic it seems to be, I'm happy.

01-08-2016 , 08:36 PM

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Um JJ is WAY ahead of Nolan in terms of box office. He was barely behind him before Star Wars came out.

abrams is at 1.6b (with star wars) against 800m in budgets, nolan is at 2.1b against 1b in budgets

they're about the same commercially, no idea what you're looking at

01-08-2016 , 09:04 PM

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plus when you get to make films that have Mission Impossible, Star Trek and Star Wars in their name, you are going to make bank regardless of the director

01-08-2016 , 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by domer2

abrams is at 1.6b (with star wars) against 800m in budgets, nolan is at 2.1b against 1b in budgets

they're about the same commercially, no idea what you're looking at

My bad I thought the numbers didn't include Star Wars. Either way, it's not like any studio head wouldn't murder someone for either director on thier team.

01-08-2016 , 09:07 PM

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Nolan has made the only great film of the two. Memento.

01-08-2016 , 09:09 PM

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it's pretty absurd to compare jj and nolan.
nolan is so clearly superior in every way.

and I'm not a huge nolan fanboy.

01-08-2016 , 09:16 PM

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psa: looks like blade runner is playing at 2pm this sunday at nationwide cinemark theaters

01-08-2016 , 10:00 PM

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Just saw Hateful 8 and thought it was a pretty bad movie. Easily my least favorite of QT (haven't seen grindhouse)

01-08-2016 , 10:12 PM

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Just saw Hateful 8 and thought it was a pretty bad movie. Easily my least favorite of QT (haven't seen grindhouse)

Ya the further I get from it the less well it sits.

01-08-2016 , 10:21 PM

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Embarrassing how bad you guys are at watching movies.

01-08-2016 , 10:24 PM

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Yep Bone Tomahawk sucked and Sicario and this are the greatest things ever.

01-08-2016 , 10:34 PM

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has anyone seen that comedy vampire movie from new zealand? a friend rec'd it and it has great reviews. title is something about the dark. i could probably look it up on google in less time than it takes to type this, but it's friday and i'm about to have a good weekend so whatever

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What we do in the shadows

Checked this out since the thread spoke highly of it. Well deserved. Great goddamn flick!

01-08-2016 , 10:59 PM

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Nolan has made the only great film of the two. Memento.

+1, even though I know how beloved The Prestige is around here.

01-08-2016 , 11:32 PM

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biggerboat

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Mr. Nobody Wow. Just wow.

How have I never heard of this? I'd try to describe it but nothing I could say would do this justice. It is an amazing ****ing movie in every way. Best I've seen in quite some time.