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Post by janntosh on Aug 9, 2020 23:13:01 GMT
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 9, 2020 23:45:02 GMT
No
I have never felt that his movies are self important, but I get why some people might see them that way.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Aug 9, 2020 23:53:20 GMT
His movies are pretty middle brow. If anyone finds them pretentious, I think that might reflect more on them than his movies.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Aug 10, 2020 0:00:39 GMT
I don't think so. I'm guessing you're mostly refering to his Batman films taking a more "serious" approach than previous Batman films.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Aug 10, 2020 0:06:09 GMT
I wouldn’t say so. He puts a lot of trust in the audience, but it never comes across as being pretentious if you ask me.
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Post by Vits on Aug 10, 2020 8:48:03 GMT
"Pretentious" has a negative connotation, but I don't think it should have one. It refers to how the director thinks of themselves and how they try to present things in an unconventional way. From that point of view, I would agree about most of his movies coming off as pretentious, but that doesn't automatically make them bad.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 10, 2020 18:04:13 GMT
No. That's Terence Malick.
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 10, 2020 18:19:29 GMT
Yes, his character dialogue is full of preaching, lecturing.
A mob boss lectures Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins.
Other characters do the same.
And in Inception, Michael Caine has a scene where he is telling DiCaprio why he came to see him.
Worst example is Tiny Lister in The Dark Knight, lecturing the prison guard on morality.
He should have said: "Sheet man! I ain't trusting that green-haired cracker! Throw this bomb motherfucker overboard!"
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 10, 2020 18:20:14 GMT
I wouldn’t say so. He puts a lot of trust in the audience, but it never comes across as being pretentious if you ask me. Huge Nolan fan but I have to disagree with this. There's far too much exposition in his films to say he trusts the audience. He strives for blockbusters more clever than the average popcorn film, but blockbusters nonetheless. Nolan wants to give you something to talk about when you leave the theater, but he wants you to get it. He's not trying to be David Lynch.
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