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That happens with every director though. They change with age or their interest in the project. Not even Scorsese or Spielberg or Tarantino or James Cameron have had the same consistent quality in their careers (I like True Lies, but it doesn't belong in the same conversation as Aliens or T2). But they all bounce back. After Hook didn't become the instant classic like everyone thought it would, Spielberg came out with a one-two punch of Jurassic Park and Schindler's List two years later.
I agree that nothing Nolan's come out with in the last decade has matched TDK or Inception, but I'd hardly call them disappointments and it doesn't mean he'll never make something that great again.
He's probably the best blockbuster director of the 21st century. Their style is different (one loves CGI, the other dislikes it) but i would say that he's probably the equivalent of what Cameron was in the 90s. The difference is that Cameron always took a lot of time between his films, and he's mostly a technocrat at this point so with only 7 films, even if his quality got slightly worse, the incredible consistency makes up for that.
He's a director you watch where i think he's nailed the balance between his cerebral films and enterteinment for most of his career. I'd put him in the same tier of greatness as Cameron.
Is he in the same level as Spielberg, Lynch or other all-time greats? No.
Is he in the same level as Cameron, Raimi, Mann and other great directors? Yes, no doubt. I'd put Nolan over Mann any day of the week.
I hope he gets back on track, because up to Interstellar i didn't see all this criticism and hate towards his films, and there was just a film (Following) that i didn't like a lot. I think while some criticism towards Tenet is pretty understandable -- the rest of his work is very solid in their respective genres.
His last few are his best. You guys are cray.
The Dark Knight Rises 90/100
Interstellar 85/100
Dunkirk 70/100
Tenet 65/100
Nolan is great at coming up with his own and adapting others products, i don't think he's overrated neither underrated, sometime people are way too much critical and analytical and sometime people praise him a lot. Rated fairly by critics and general audiences overall.
I think the exposition is mostly used well -- the only film which was too much was Tenet, which is Nolan's worst film for a good reason.
It's the director (Alongside Raimi and Tarantino) who made me interested in films, so i don't have huge issues with his films except the last two; what lacked in these two was the "emotional punch" that Rises and Interstellar had.
A good example would be the scene with Catwoman getting the motorbike showing their relationship or Alfred telling the truth to Bruce in TDKR -- were far more engaging and touching than any of Tenet's and Dunkirk's.
I have seen them both just once, so while he's not "fallen off" , i think he can recover but right now he's on the mid to late career James Cameron trajectory, solid but not as oustanding as he was before almost note for note.
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