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worst Nolan movie since Batman begins
posted by MarkoffSTAFFMOD on December 1, 2020 at 1:15 AM
and third worst I've ever seen from him (after Following as well) and I saw all except first three long time before mainstream discovered him
he wanna be sophisticated, but movie becomes so complicated it's impossible to follow (and honestly I don't even care) and then he pretends audience is too stupid, while Inception or Interstellar feel like movies for toddlers next to this
main character is untouchable perfect superhero which will get boring very fast
also action and music are both kinda meh, too many slow scenes and when then there is action is very underwhelming, for instance the truck chase felt almost like some cheap European TV show, same goes for previous amazing soundtracks, now we get this Knight Rider parody
the characters undeveloped unlikable, especially the black dude always with same expression without any acting skills, one again why should I care about them while I'm watching this?
he should really take break and they should cut his budget since it seems he is too full of himself, if he produce something like this and media hype it so much, do yourself a service and watch anything he done in last ten years instead of this or anything from Villeneuve
6/10 (same as I gave to crappy B movie Boss level, because honestly they are both comparable boring/bad in their own ways, but while BL tries to not be so bad so it deserves that extra pointy for trying, Tenet comes from someone who obviously knows how to make good movies)
Reply by CheekyMonkey
on February 17, 2021 at 7:05 AM
Putting Batman aside... I think @Markoff raises a good point...
I agree that the main actor is subpar, but if I imagine a better quality actor in the role, it's not hard to see how the movie would hang together much better.
I think the point of the characters not being likeable isn't that big a deal. Like Kubrick, Nolan's characters aren't there necessarily for the audience to feel for
Reply by A-Dubya
on February 21, 2021 at 1:17 AM
Me personally, I enjoyed Batman Begins. I didn't really like this movie, although some sections were interesting, I suppose. I loved The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Inception and Memento. Following was just okay to me, and I didn't like The Dark Knight Rises all that much. I will agree though, Anne Hathaway in TDKR, leather-clad and bending over that bike = one of few highlights of that film for me.