Eh, Mr. Earle always has to find something to talk about, that's all.
Fire with fire, as they say.
Yes, in some. You'll find faults with every director in some areas. The important part is what they contribute as a whole. As a director, Nolan has been leagues above Favreau in this regard.
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I agree, and like everyone learned from Nolan and is using IMAX, Nolan could shoot in 3D and not snub it because someone else did it first.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's up for debate, in itself. It seems most people here don't like BB, but love TDK, which, may be the reverse with IM. Both may be good films, but people will have an opinion as to what they like more. But I don't see why you would want a film to get mixed reactions, just because you like Nolan so much?
Reminds me of this dude in the Inception boards who wants Inception to fail so Bat3man has less hype.
Erm...I don't. Quite the contrary, as I was very much looking forward to Favreau upping the ante for the sequel. You will note that I typed "I'm almost happy", which is to say I am not. But if there was any good to come from that, it was to hush up the growing trend of bashing TDK down so a new heir was to be crowned.
Eh, that'll always happen. But Favreau's approach is completely different from Nolan's approach. Like I don't think SM2 or TDK are akin to each other at all, but people still like to make comparisons.
I dont think i run around offending people like he does in every post of his.Fire with fire, as they say.
Agreed. Like i said, Nolan is above his caliber for sure.
That's very mean of you.
Nobody is trying to crown IM2 as the new best superhero movie. Far from it. Its just sad that one of the secondary characters in a Favs movie has better fight scenes than the goddamn Batman, be it Nolan's, Scorcheze's, or Spielberg's.
You'd be surprised. Your method is more indirect when you diss on things people like...constantly.
Oh, I'm still hoping IM2's lukewarm reception is just being blown out of proportion. To be honest I'm embracing the negativity now, so that if it's actually true, I won't be so disappointed. If not, hey, expectations surpassed.
Not IM2, per se, but most definitely a new challenger to the throne. Spidey was the king for a while, and SM3 really turned people off, so it was the perfect time for Bats to snatch it away very easily. Now the shoe's on the other foot and people are starting to get sick of the TDK love orgy (which is understandable).
I wouldn't call Fav's staging "beautiful". More like well-choreographed and full of spectacle. I'll commend him for that, but really it's such a small aspect of the overall package. He's trumped in practically everything else.
Yup. One thing that really tickled me was at the LA cinematography expo back in June 2008 (where I was there to see Wally Pfister speak), at an entirely different seminar about Westerns, someone asked Oscar-nominated cinematographer Owen Roizman about whose work he really admired. He thought for a few seconds then said he was really looking forward to TDK because he thought Pfister's work was inspiring.
Who here doesn't like Begins? Criticisms don't equal hate.
I agree.
I am no film expert and therefore i cant judge Pfister's work, so i'll only say this. I was mesmerized by Begins but indifferent to TDK's images apart from the white sailing boat on the Caribbean waters and the whole Hong Kong scene. If someone liked the pitch dark alleys that you couldnt see your own nose, the climax on a dusty skyscraper full of crap, and the Two Face scene in a dusty and dark warehouse, then its fine by me. I just didnt.
And who here outright hates IM2? Just like you said, criticism doesn't equal hate, and that's exactly what I was talking about. You must have read my post wrong, or didn't understand the simple analogy of comparing BB and IM2.
