Sorry this is so long, but I hope some of the posters on here do read it.
This is something that has just been bugging me for a long time so I have to rant about it. This whole, Nolan fans are horrible, and his movies are over-rated, and Nolan fans think he can do no wrong BS is just ridiculous. On these forums it does come down to two things linked to each other that cause this animosity. Jealousy and popularity.
I guarantee if Speilberg started his career when the Internet existed, there would be tons of people saying Speilberg is over-rated, or Speilberg fans think he can do no wrong E.T. really was not that good, it was not as intelligent as some would suggest You would hear all the same stuff, because hes popular. People on forums whether they like to admit it or not (I admit it to myself all the time) we are a minority of a minority of a minority of people out there. Many think because they post on the Internet it means they are more intelligent than the rest of them out there. And that somehow we understand film/everything else better then everyone, because we hide behind their anonymous personality. It is clear with the Nolan hate that many hate it purely because its popular. Because now when they go up to most people and talk about Inception or TDK the person will react, they may not have gotten as much out of the film as we do, but they will interact, hence some people get mad, because now they dont feel intelligent or superior, because the product is popular. So they turn to that person in the restaurant and say, TDK sucked, it was over-rated in other words the person is saying: Youre an idiot, Im smarter then you.
It is clear on these boards too when you see the people that usually complain about Nolan fans, or how Nolans films are not that intelligent or smart, they have Marvel avatars, or another hero. The reason they do this (not all of them by the way Ill say more later on that) but its because they are jealous. Now that a hero that they did not love, is now considered the king by the majority, they are pissed. I never cried and whined when Spidey was on top, I loved the films and gave it thumbs up. But so many want to tear down TDK and so forth mainly because its not their hero of choice. Some try to act as if its some other reason, which it may be to a point, but their constant berating and ripping on people who like it is just ridiculous.
Do I think people have a right to an opinion of course, we all do. I just think some peoples opinion is more hidden with another agenda. Either it be they are pissed that it is popular, so they must rip on it to make themselves feel superior. Or that they are mad that it did better than a film they liked, (which really is odd since no one really has anything invested in a given film besides emotion) so they rip on it to again make themselves feel superior or more intelligent. I think everyone deserves an opinion, but I Think some have an agenda behind it, and it may not be what they truly feel but they need to antagonize it for whatever reason.
I love the Social Network, great film, but I find it funny that many that tare praising it, its actually looking directly at you and pointing at you. Especially the line: You write your snide bull s*** from a dark room because thats what the angry do now a days. That line is more true than most of them realize, and it is talking directly to them. People dont realize that spending your time hating something is not psychologically healthy, however, on the internet it is like a past time, and usually allowed, and hidden by the its my opinion when usually there is a reason behind it, usually anger and jealousy.
Example Twilight, I dont like the films at all, however I never have ran into the threads saying how stupid everyone is that likes it, and that Im more intelligent because I think so. I find it funny that so many create threads on here just to hate about it, again, they do it to puff up their chest. I feel sorry because Ive seen people like Angle Farie get ripped on for something she likes, its unfair. But then they must remember that doing the same to TDK fans or Nolan fans is just as unfair.
I remember myself I fell into this trap for a brief time, and its not something good at all. With Avatar, I did not care for the movie still do not. But I posted for about a week on there, saying how simple I saw the film as. Then I realized that I was as bad as the people that do this for other films. I was trying to make myself feel superior, because this film was insanely popular, and I did not care for it. It broke the record of everything, and it angered me. So then I took a step back and said, I just wont post in there anymore, there are millions of super intelligent people that love this movie for whatever reason, so why should I go in and try to make myself feel superior, and say that they are not as intelligent as they think they are. Its just rude.
It really comes down to jealousy and popularity. Most (not all) on here are big nerds, and usually (not always) we are people that are not the socially popular. So I think since High School many on here have been hardwired to hate the popular kids I had a friend that hated this beautiful popular girl. I had known her since she was little and we were good friends. And I asked why did he hate her? He simply could only say because shes everything Im not, and I dont like that shes popular and Im not. One time he also talked about how he hated Metallica after 1990, because they became mainstream I laugh at stuff like that because that usually does not mean their music sucks, or is worse, its just that he was jealous that it was now popular. And he could not stand it.
That is sadly the case with the Nolan-Hate train around the internet. Many are pissed that he is popular. It was funny people praised him prior to Begins, then he made a film that was popular especially after TDK, and all of a sudden the films they praised like Memento were over rated too. People just dont like anyone popular. I already foresee that if The Wolverine is good, which Im sure it will be, many will say Darren is actually not that good, and his other films are over-rated, due to the fact that now he is popular, and many people know his work, or are now learning of his previous work.
Is there anything wrong with having a different opinion of course not Im not saying one cannot hate Nolans work, or dislike it. But many do it for reasons that have nothing to do with the film, but the fans of it. Example, Mr. Earle is a known poster in the Batman forums, he does not care for Nolans vision that much at all, especially TDKs. But you know what? I respect the hell out of him. And I respect his opinion. Because from what I see Earle does not try to rip on the film, to get at the fans, and to make himself seem more intelligent. What Earle does is he truly does not care for the artistic vision of BB and TDK as much and he has valid points for it. He never tries to say we are stupid because we think differently, he gives coherent and full thoughts of it, but he does not call people that like the vision of Nolans Bat films idiots, or unintelligent. People can have different thoughts like this.
However when people come into it and try to start something that really is for attention and to piss people off, its not good. It reminds me of Dave Chappelle pleading the fif in one of his skits. Its like many run up to a person smack them in the face then run behind the opinion wall and shout from there. Ive seen some almost try to create their opinion of certain films like TDK and say that its laughable, and that its horribly written, and has tons of plot holes, and yet somehow almost all the professionals in Hollywood praised TDKs writings, including well known Script writing magazines, or the WGA themselves. And what they agenda is sometimes from these kind of things, is that Hey Nolan fans or TDK fans or Inception fans are not that smart, Im smarter, and Im showing you this, and Im telling you your stupid for thinking what you think. This kind of stuff is irritating and tiring, to me a lot of this really is a subtle form of trolling. It reminds me of Ace of Knaves and his many accounts. You would talk about Paris Hiltons sex tape and somehow he would bring up how TDK is over-rated. 99% of the time TDK is brought up anymore is someone saying its not that good, and its because they want superiority, and attention.
In conclusion I am saying that yes everyone can have their opinion. But I think some are guided by other motives to either have the opinion, or use it as an excuse to irritate, and troll the forums with immunity. I posted this because one time I almost fell in this trap and still do on occasion we are human after all. But Im not consistent about it. I find it odd how many people that hate Nolans films or the Begins series and yet they spend all their time on the TDKR forums. I hate football (sorry football fans lol) so I will not spend my time in the Sports section of the hype and tell them how stupid it is. Because if I did then what Im really trying to do is act as if Im superior to them. Im not. I can go and do this, but why waste the time? And thats why I think many do have a second agenda they are trying to achieve, and it is irritation and creating security for their own insecurities in life. You dont like something great, but spending so much time and energy hating Nolan fans or something similar
you must be doing it for some other reason than your opinion
Sorry for the long rant, Ive just been like a pressure cooker with this lol.
. I know of your past with the TDK era, and some how it got to you like no other I understand that. You still have a knee-jerk reaction any time it is talked about 3 years later. I agree there are jerk fans, alongside the haters, and I wish I would have been there more because it was BS what they did to you and you know I sincerely think that. You know I'm a huge TDK fan with many others and we are not like what did that to you.
