Christopher Nolan's WWII Thriller DUNKIRK

[Hitman81]

Unbreakable > every Nolan movie

Oh man I love Unbreakable, I don't know if I'd agree but it's certainly close.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Unbreakable > every Nolan movie

Lolololololololololololol

 

[76Knockout]

The Prestige>>>>Unbreakable

For me anyways, so suck it.

 

[Substance Abuse]

In his own mind. Good, not great movie.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

6th Sense > all Nolan's work including The Dark Knight.

 

[76Knockout]

Signs is my favorite M. Knight movie.

Nolan's overall body of work is vastly superior.

The Village? The Last Airbender? The Happening LOL!?

 

[Substance Abuse]

Signs is my favorite M. Knight movie.

Nolan's overall body of work is vastly superior.

The Village? The Last Airbender? The Happening LOL!?

Lady in the Water it's the shit bro!!!

 

[76Knockout]

Lady in the Water it's the shit bro!!!

Atrocious.

 

[Rum]

His best films aren't as good as they're hyped to be, but his worst aren't the dogs his haters proclaim them to be either.

I do love that he refuses to just make "safe" films though.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

6th Sense > all Nolan's work including The Dark Knight.

Gullible person exposed

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Signs was great. Unbreakable and 6th Sense are classics.

The rest, meh.

 

[fightdonttweet]

Unbreakable > every Nolan movie

Memento >>>>

Also I find it annoying that they are announcing the movie by the director's name rather than a title or any semblance of what its about.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Gullible person exposed

I looked that up your avatar was there.

 

[minute bull]

Nolan vs Night is surprisingly competitive. I think SIXTH SENSE = MEMENTO in terms of smashing breakthroughs, and vivid efforts. They both have perfect films in UNBREAKABLE and THE PRESTIGE, but I guess you could say Night captured lightning sooner. You could argue UNBREAKABLE is more akin to BATMAN BEGINS, but I think the former is superior in that it doesn't at all rely on the subsequent installments (which never happened).

Beyond these four films, at first blush it would seem Nolan runs away with it; he's certainly got a more successful catalog, both in terms of box office as well as technical and creative execution. He's certainly able to repeat high caliber filmmaking in INCEPTION and INTERSTELLAR, whereas Night seems to have floundered.

But I don't think Nolan has ever crafted a moment as well as Night has. We all grasp story, and sound, and sometimes image -- we can learn to appreciate these things on a technical level -- but these are all governed by time. Pacing. And despite all his missteps, M. Night Shyamalan has mastered his moments. He can create suspense that will rip you out of your ass and take you to another place.

Make you feel your bones shatter. He even managed to put Superman in danger with a gun that never fires. There's a sequence where it's just a close-up of an audio tape and a guy whispering? Scared me so bad, I was like "fuck tapes" for a while. Playing cassettes wasn't even a thing anymore by that time.

 

[ALAN PARTRIDGE]

Well what's his new movie about?

Secret

 

[The Diplomat]

What?

I guess he's talking about the Unbreakable scene with his son.

 

[The Diplomat]

They always give me a headache.

I love them. I've seen so many typical, cliche-ridden movies that it's fun to watch something that goes outside the box every now and then.

 

[The Diplomat]

Unbreakable is a classic movie though, my favorite M Night flick.

 

[The Diplomat]

But don't ya get a headache when ya start to think about them?

No Because time travel and alternate universes, and paradoxical themes have always been an interest of mine. The Terminator is one of the first action movies I saw as a kid (at like 3-4 years old), and understanding the paradox was one of my favorite accomplishments at that point.

Paradoxes are meant to be impossible though, so you shouldn't think TOO much into them.

 

[Shokushu Goukan]

Spoiler: it's all a dream or an illusion or some shit

I want it to be in the spirit world. Fucking Young Guns was decades ago. I want to be and asshole and I want to be in the spirit world and I want it now, mommy!