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Sorry rough day at work. But he really is not a good writer or person. @peter it sounds like you met him in your post. Did you? As for Nolan, in his defense yes, he might want to look at the mistakes of Tenet. But when that came out, society was at a low point. Not a good time for a movie like that.
@007HallY … you and I share the same feelings. I think he’s better having his brother write his scripts with him.
Nolan may be too smart for his own good at times.
Maybe it might not be a bad thing if Nolan decided to slash his budget for his next film, or maybe even gave himself some sort of story limitation (I dunno, could be keeping it to a certain number of characters or locations, having to have the plot revolve around a single McGuffin or something).
It's something that's been done by other directors. Hitchcock, for example, followed up North By Northwest with the comparatively more stripped down Psycho and that was a success. The likes of Alfonso Cuaron and Jonathan Demme also made more low budget films later into their careers.
I suppose the one thing that can be said about Tenet is that it's not a film made with the intention of being conventionally engaging. The main character is called 'The Protagonist', the rest of the characters are all pretty one dimensional, and it's the sort of story based on pretty cerebral (I'd say confusing) ideas. Not saying Nolan made this film with the intention of being confusing or off-putting, but I suspect his logic in making such a film would be that he was trying to do something Kubrick-esque almost - something a bit more detached in order to make his points... Again, I don't think it works, and Nolan doesn't strike me as that sort of filmmaker, but I think that's the idea.
There’s something that Nolan hits with you. And that’s your truth when you see his films. I’m happy for anyone who finds enjoyment in any film— whether it’s a Steven Seagal film, or a Nolan film. It’s all good.
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@MaxCasino sorry, I only saw your question now:
no I haven’t met James Cameron. I know a couple of ppl who were on TITANIC and, although they’re close friends with his brother (the seemingly true genius behind James (he’s an inventor, explorer and has a bunch of patents out there), they will not work with ”Jim” again.
Granted, Kate Winslet said she felt beaten up by him on Titanic, but said he’s softened somewhat since then.
Personally I think his last great film was T2 and The Abyss with a very fun film being True Lies. Otherwise, he doesn’t hit me in any way (and I still think T1 and Aliens are his two best film and I can rewatch and revel in his genius over these two films).
Thank you @peter for your honesty. Sorry for the rants everyone.
as always, In Nolan We Trust
Nolan said Dalton's his favourite Bond. So......
Edit: 96% on Rottentomatoes, with an average rating of 9.0/10.
I’m seeing a lot of “Nolan’s best” in reviews.
I hope so. Nolan needs that upswing after the very misguided TENET.
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Just watching Following, never seen this before. Nolans precision is evident in his debut, very prophetic there being a Batman logo on the door of one of the apartments they break into.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oppenheimer-runtime-imax-film-length-weight/
Each little snippet we get seems to bring the Nolan Bond closer to reality.
I think the reality is BB and MGW will want a director who they can work with and will be able to at least understand their vision of a new film. None of us really know whether Nolan, or indeed any other director, will be their man in this sense.
Well, the truth is I'm not entirely sure how EON will work with whoever the director is on this particular film. So it's in the details really.
From what I can tell of NTTD and having read a bit about the other Bond films BB and MGW have helmed, they have those big concepts sorted before hiring directors/screenwriters. I don't think they've ever gone into one of these projects without establishing broadly what they want first (again, even if it's very general and not necessarily intricately plotted or anything), so I don't think they'll go into Bond 26 cold this time round. Whenever they hire directors/screenwriters it's about them picking who they feel is best to helm the film they want to make. It's not necessarily just about picking a director, giving them full creative control, and seeing what they'll come up with. Heck, I'm not sure if any film works like that.
And to be fair to Nolan I suspect he wasn't saying he wanted full creative control per say, just that he wanted a good deal of creative input. Which is fine, but at the end of the day it's not his 'baby' as it were. If he gets a meeting with EON he won't be giving a full pitch for a film at that point. If he doesn't see eye to eye with where they want to go with Bond 26 at this point I suspect they won't hire him. It's that simple.
I’d pay to see that.
Ah, that's good to know. For what it's worth they certainly seem collaborative and have given their filmmakers plenty of creative freedom. But ultimately yes, they seem to do things in a certain way.
It's like you said in the other thread, Nolan seems to make things about himself. Whether true or not, it's hard not to get a whiff of that with these comments he's given. For instance, specifying he wants a good deal of involvement in casting and writing. Again, this is fine and directors on these films seem to have a pretty good level of creative input, but it's difficult not to interpret that as him wanting to 'run the show' as it were. I'm not sure if that's necessarily a solid foundation for a working relationship between a director and the producers on something like a Bond film.