Nolan is still pretty young, so I cut him a lot of slack. I love Memento and I love the Prestige. And the Batman movies are probably the best or second best comic book movies out there.
And look at it this way, now that he has done the big budget stuff, he will be even more established as a director and will have that much more power to do what he wants. That can really be useful for a director with a tendency towards the artsy.
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And to anyone who says that Nolan didn't do something phenomenal in reviving the Batman franchise, have you seen Batman and Robin? Have you experienced the pain, suffering, and the utter bowels of existential anguish that is sitting through that movie? When you saw that movie, did you ever think Hollywood could untarnish the Batman name again? I sure as hell didn't. And Nolan has made the franchise bigger than it ever was. That in itself is merit for some kind of award.
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