C. Nolan's Interstellar

[Marvin]

Or he could have just done it because it's the way he felt he could best tell the story, but that's just a crazy notion.

Not to mention in addition to The Dark Knight, Inception, Insomnia and The Dark Knight Rises are mostly straightforward. I don't count having a few flashbacks as being nonlinear.

Do all nolan discussion get people this riled up?

Anyways, I didn't say it was just a matter of his non linear plotting.
I actually commend his decision to tell stories in no basic ways. I inferred that he seems to shy away from telling stories without some form/element/level of "complicated" in his/their delivery
This may be seen as an effort to hide deficiency.

A clear simple well told story vs a story told with bells and whistles and I'm inclined to think the academy will probably reward the ones with less plot holes.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I will agree with that last part, though my issue with that is that Inception was a pretty sound movie plot wise. If you bring up that honest trailer thing, I say that you can nitpick any movie that much if you really tried.

 

[Solidus]

Besides TDKR (which still were minor to me) I've never found "plot holes" in Nolan's films like so many try to push. Like Parker said you can take any film and rip it to shreds and find mistakes and balloon them out.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Well this is very cool news. Now I would have preferred him doing another type of film rather than another sci fi film (he mentioned the horror genre which I would have liked) but this is up Nolan's alley. I'm not as excited as you guys, but I'm sure I will be once I hear more. Not to sound like a hater, but I need to divorce myself from all this Nolan hype at times. It gets tiring to me.

 

[SoNicRaDiATioN]

Yeah, especially when people refer to themselves as 'Nolanites", which may as well mean sheep to me

 

[Bruce Malone]

Yeah, especially when people refer to themselves as 'Nolanites", which may as well mean sheep to me

Do people actually refer to themselves as that? I thought that was just an insult anti-nolan fans used against nolan fans?

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Yep, some people even have them in their custom titles.

 

[Solidus]

Do people actually refer to themselves as that? I thought that was just an insult anti-nolan fans used against nolan fans?

I've seen a few that do, but usually it is a derogatory term that some think is fun to throw around to fans.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Do people actually refer to themselves as that? I thought that was just an insult anti-nolan fans used against nolan fans?

One just did two pages ago.

Nolanite and proud!

Once again. Ew.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Yeah I like most nolan works but that kind of nickname is up there with "belieber". It might be used ironically though...

 

[Doctor Jones]

I'd prefer to be a Anderson-ite.

No, not Paul Thomas Anderson. As in Paul Anderson.

 

[SoNicRaDiATioN]

Do people actually refer to themselves as that? I thought that was just an insult anti-nolan fans used against nolan fans?

I've seen people do it frequently. And the anti-Nolan crowd use it in a derogatory way.

 

[Marvin]

Yep, some people even have them in their custom titles.

It's a superhero forum, it's all fun and games here. Or at least it should be.
People should be able to publicly throw in with whomever they please.

I will say though that these sorts of people only do such things when they feel they have support and others of the same ilk along with them. Rare to see someone do so for new face let alone a belittled one.

 

[Kansiov]

Given that Nolan likes to shoot on location, I wonder what Planet will he film this on?

 

[Anita18]

Do all nolan discussion get people this riled up?

Anyways, I didn't say it was just a matter of his non linear plotting.
I actually commend his decision to tell stories in no basic ways. I inferred that he seems to shy away from telling stories without some form/element/level of "complicated" in his/their delivery
This may be seen as an effort to hide deficiency.

A clear simple well told story vs a story told with bells and whistles and I'm inclined to think the academy will probably reward the ones with less plot holes.

Or it may be because playing with movie structure inherently interests him. It certainly is the one facet of his directing that most interests me, especially the cross-cutting in The Prestige, which seems completely random. And yet, the audience can understand what is going on. Giving the audience the information they need to understand the plot as the movie progresses is difficult enough in a typical linear setting (which is why not every Joe Blow can be a filmmaker - even Michael Bay fulfills this basic requirement), let alone one that jumps all over the place in a seemingly random fashion.

You can think that a story that depends on its unique structure to be told effectively means that it's a weak story, but I believe storytelling, in a director/author's hands, depends on structure.

 

[Anita18]

Yeah I like most nolan works but that kind of nickname is up there with "belieber". It might be used ironically though...

I call myself a Nolanite with tongue firmly in cheek. It's like, why let someone else use your fandom against you? Might as well take ownership, right?

IMO, the guy hasn't yet made a crappy movie, so I might as well have some faith instead of waiting for him to fail like so many seem to be doing. I may not agree with all of his creative decisions, but I acknowledge that he's thoughtful and has reasons for them.

 

[Tequilla]

Given that Nolan likes to shoot on location, I wonder what Planet will he film this on?

He will go to space , and already has told wb that he will need to create a black hole in their lot t:

 

[CGHulk]

He will go to space , and already has told wb that he will need to create a black hole in their lot t:

 

[BatmanBeyond]

I call myself a Nolanite with tongue firmly in cheek. It's like, why let someone else use your fandom against you? Might as well take ownership, right?

IMO, the guy hasn't yet made a crappy movie, so I might as well have some faith instead of waiting for him to fail like so many seem to be doing. I may not agree with all of his creative decisions, but I acknowledge that he's thoughtful and has reasons for them.

Well said.

Given that Nolan likes to shoot on location, I wonder what Planet will he film this on?

 

[Marvin]

Or it may be because playing with movie structure inherently interests him. It certainly is the one facet of his directing that most interests me, especially the cross-cutting in The Prestige, which seems completely random. And yet, the audience can understand what is going on. Giving the audience the information they need to understand the plot as the movie progresses is difficult enough in a typical linear setting (which is why not every Joe Blow can be a filmmaker - even Michael Bay fulfills this basic requirement), let alone one that jumps all over the place in a seemingly random fashion.

You can think that a story that depends on its unique structure to be told effectively means that it's a weak story, but I believe storytelling, in a director/author's hands, depends on structure.

What a director want's to do is not what was called into question. Michael Bay want's to make big money making action comedies(obviously). When it comes to what the academy is looking for, that choice hurts his chances. I'm sure nolan wants to be as interesting as he possibly can, moreover he wants to do things in a way he finds interesting. Again perhaps that's hurting his chances in the long run. Who knows.

Imagine if you took all the complexity that needed to be given to the audience in the matrix and you started randomly cutting and flashing through time in a nolan manner. One might argue that it takes a genius to be able to still get all that stuff to the audience in a clear way. Someone else might argue that there are simply better ways to tell stories. And I suppose that's the point.

 

[Marvin]

Given that Nolan likes to shoot on location, I wonder what Planet will he film this on?

Ridley Scott is similar.
He just did Prometheus.

 

[Donut]

Given that Nolan likes to shoot on location, I wonder what Planet will he film this on?

Uranus t:

 

[Kane52630]

I doubt Nolan will have a completely new cast, he's definitely gonna use a few he already worked with.

With that being said, Al Pacino and Robin Williams are totally gonna be in this.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Thomas Lennon, Guy Pearce, and Joe Pantaliano too.

 

[Donut]

Bale can be the guy that dies first. Followed by Leo