Why is reddit-logo so invested in that new Nolan movie? I know our boy baby-matt has said the film is supposed to be somewhat of a metaphor for Nolan "making the superhero film popular." But that shit sounds like some big-brained egotistical bullshit because it was always going to be popular no matter what. So is it some sort of modern white man's burden film and a justification for lmayo to use the bomb. I just want to know why people are so invested in a film?

  • SixSidedUrsine [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    His work tends to have a lot of really reactionary themes and that gets difficult to stomach. The last batman movie he did was straight up empire apologia propaganda. I agree, it's better than most of the summer blockbuster slop like you said, but that is a very low bar.

    Even so, The Prestige is still one of my favorite movies.

    • UlyssesT
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      18 days ago

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      • SixSidedUrsine [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        I propose that if we applied this logic to all filmmakers, there would only be like two good American directors.

        Nolan is good compared to all of the hacks making superhero films

        These are two very different things. I am with you on the second one, but not the first. I think all the big budget capeshit movies are reactionary now and it's a race to the bottom. It's not a big achievement for Nolan to be "good" compared to Michael Bay for example, though I'd agree it's very true that he is. But I think there are tons of good directors of American films in general that are easily better than Nolan and aren't making films that just drip with right wing themes.

        There was actually a long thread about a lot of this a week ago with Boots Riley calling out The Dark Knight for being rewritten to be an anti-occupy movie, if you're interested.

        I think @LaGG_3@hexbear.net said it pretty well:

        Reactionary low brow to middle brow spectrum: Michael Bay -> Zach Snyder -> Christopher Nolan