| The Ghost of RubangB said: Sorry, my whole comment was based on your "director of our times" comment, which I still don't understand. I like Nolan. I loved The Prestige, and I love what he's doing with Batman. It's the next big step in artistic credibility for comic films since X-Men 1 and 2. And maybe he is better than 99% of directors out there, but I toss that 99% aside and assume we're talking real art here, and when dealing with only that top 1%, I say he's not exactly an auteur yet. You mention Chan-wook Park and I can immediately visualize that Chan-wook Park style. Same with Gilliam or Kitano or Lynch or Kubrick, and they all had it very early on. Nolan just doesn't have it yet. His body of work isn't representative of a modern ethos that anybody gives a fuck about. He's not an eminent figure of any modern art movement. I have no idea what you mean by "director of our times." And I don't hate comic films. I guess you just misinterpreted my flavor of elitism. But if your definition of "director of our time" is "superpopular, most conistent, most anticipated, and highly critically reviewed" then I'd have to give that title to Tarantino or the Coens, and I don't think either of us want to do that. And don't give me that "the majority of people disagree with you" crap, because the majority of people hated Citizen Kane and Apocalypse Now when they came out, and history proved the majority wrong. You can pull that argument until Nolan has a flop. Almost all of Gilliam's movies flop, and I still say he's one of the greatest living artists with a camera.
tl;dr: Wake me up when Nolan makes a BRAZIL. It was Gilliam's 4th film.
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It's not a problem man. Most of the issues on this forum are because of miscommunication. I went off on you because I transferred a lot of the hate I have for certain movie reviewers. My bad dude.
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You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
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