Could Christopher Nolan Be The Best To Ever Do It?

Not even close. A great filmmaker and a real visionary, but there are too many tremendous directors who have influenced, changed, and brought new things to film over decades of work. Nolan's approach and films are worthy of praise, but he hasn't done enough to be in the same discussion as Scorcese, Kubrick, Speilberg, Coppola, Hitchcock, and that's not even getting into the many great foreign directors.

Also, the fact that you brought Michael Bay up in the discussion nearly voids your opinion on films... Michael Bay shouldn't even be called a filmmaker or director.
 
Not even close. A great filmmaker and a real visionary, but there are too many tremendous directors who have influenced, changed, and brought new things to film over decades of work. Nolan's approach and films are worthy of praise, but he hasn't done enough to be in the same discussion as Scorcese, Kubrick, Speilberg, Coppola, Hitchcock, and that's not even getting into the many great foreign directors.

Also, the fact that you brought Michael Bay up in the discussion nearly voids your opinion on films... Michael Bay shouldn't even be called a filmmaker or director.
 
you guys are getting way ahead of yourself, even watching inception you can point out Nolans flaws (very few but they were there)

he's amazing but he's not on scorcese's level, never
 
you guys are getting way ahead of yourself, even watching inception you can point out Nolans flaws (very few but they were there)

he's amazing but he's not on scorcese's level, never
 
Best to ever do what? Why act like he has more than 7 movies since '98 or '99?

Dude has 2 great films (TDK and Inception) and two really good ones (BB and Memento), then work like Insomnia and The Prestige and a bunch of short films.

Lets be serious
 
Best to ever do what? Why act like he has more than 7 movies since '98 or '99?

Dude has 2 great films (TDK and Inception) and two really good ones (BB and Memento), then work like Insomnia and The Prestige and a bunch of short films.

Lets be serious
 
Tier 1 (In no order)

Steven Speilberg
  • Jaws
  • Indiana Jones
  • The Color Purple
  • E.T.
  • Schindlers List
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Amistad
  • Catch Me if You Can
  • Munich
Stanley Kubrick
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • 2001 Space Odyssey
  • The Shining
  • Full Metal Jacket
Martin Scorsese
  • Taxi Driver
  • Raging Bull
  • Goodfellas
  • Casino
  • The Aviator
  • The Departed
  • Gangs of New York
Alfred Hitchcock
  • Dial M for Murder
  • Rear Window
  • Vertigo
  • North by Northwest
  • Psycho
Tier 2

Joel and Ethan Coen
  • The Hudsucker Proxy
  • Fargo
  • The Big Lebowski
  • O Brother Where Art Thou?
  • No Country for Old Men
Quentin Tarantino
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Jackie Brown
  • Kill Bill
  • Inglorious Basterds
Clint Eastwood
  • Unforgiven
  • Mystic River
  • Million Dollar Baby
  • Letters From Iwo Jima
  • Gran Torino
Spike Lee
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Malcolm X
  • Clockers
  • He Got Game
  • Inside Man
Tier 3

Ridley Scott
  • Alien
  • Bladerunner
  • Gladiator
  • Black Hawk Down
  • American Gangster
David Fincher
  • Se7en
  • Fight Club
  • Panic Room
  • Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nolan
  • Memento
  • Batman
  • The Prestige
  • Inception
James Cameron
  • Terminator
  • Abyss
  • Titanic
  • Avatar
This is just my take on what I think of these directors.  Obviously I'm missing lots of movies and even directors.  Also again, it's just my opinion.  But to me at this point Nolan is Tier3, borderline Tier2 right now.  He is nowhere near the list of Tier1 directors in my opinion.  But he is definitely proving that he has what it takes to get there one day.  So I guess what I'm saying is that he is essentially the Lebron James of directing.  People are starting to say he is one of the greatest but he isn't there yet.  Win a few championships, get some more solid stats and you can be mentioned with the greatest to ever make a movie.
 
Tier 1 (In no order)

Steven Speilberg
  • Jaws
  • Indiana Jones
  • The Color Purple
  • E.T.
  • Schindlers List
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Amistad
  • Catch Me if You Can
  • Munich
Stanley Kubrick
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • 2001 Space Odyssey
  • The Shining
  • Full Metal Jacket
Martin Scorsese
  • Taxi Driver
  • Raging Bull
  • Goodfellas
  • Casino
  • The Aviator
  • The Departed
  • Gangs of New York
Alfred Hitchcock
  • Dial M for Murder
  • Rear Window
  • Vertigo
  • North by Northwest
  • Psycho
Tier 2

Joel and Ethan Coen
  • The Hudsucker Proxy
  • Fargo
  • The Big Lebowski
  • O Brother Where Art Thou?
  • No Country for Old Men
Quentin Tarantino
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Jackie Brown
  • Kill Bill
  • Inglorious Basterds
Clint Eastwood
  • Unforgiven
  • Mystic River
  • Million Dollar Baby
  • Letters From Iwo Jima
  • Gran Torino
Spike Lee
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Malcolm X
  • Clockers
  • He Got Game
  • Inside Man
Tier 3

Ridley Scott
  • Alien
  • Bladerunner
  • Gladiator
  • Black Hawk Down
  • American Gangster
David Fincher
  • Se7en
  • Fight Club
  • Panic Room
  • Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nolan
  • Memento
  • Batman
  • The Prestige
  • Inception
James Cameron
  • Terminator
  • Abyss
  • Titanic
  • Avatar
This is just my take on what I think of these directors.  Obviously I'm missing lots of movies and even directors.  Also again, it's just my opinion.  But to me at this point Nolan is Tier3, borderline Tier2 right now.  He is nowhere near the list of Tier1 directors in my opinion.  But he is definitely proving that he has what it takes to get there one day.  So I guess what I'm saying is that he is essentially the Lebron James of directing.  People are starting to say he is one of the greatest but he isn't there yet.  Win a few championships, get some more solid stats and you can be mentioned with the greatest to ever make a movie.
 
Dudes are straight disrespecting directors like Coppola, Hitchcock, Wells and other ground breaking directors.

Best to ever do it
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By the way the batman series sucks.
 
Dudes are straight disrespecting directors like Coppola, Hitchcock, Wells and other ground breaking directors.

Best to ever do it
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By the way the batman series sucks.
 
Originally Posted by iBlink

Originally Posted by ksteezy

ok the Nolan hype is getting out of hand....
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Yall was REALLY feeling Inception huh? Good movie, but yall hyped it.

Memento didn't vibe well with me. I still have nightmares of someone spitting in my drink.
 
Originally Posted by iBlink

Originally Posted by ksteezy

ok the Nolan hype is getting out of hand....
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Yall was REALLY feeling Inception huh? Good movie, but yall hyped it.

Memento didn't vibe well with me. I still have nightmares of someone spitting in my drink.
 
Kubrick, Coppola, Scorsese, Speilberg, and these are just names coming off the top of my head. Could he, maybe but HIGHLY doubtful.
 
Kubrick, Coppola, Scorsese, Speilberg, and these are just names coming off the top of my head. Could he, maybe but HIGHLY doubtful.
 
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@ this thread.

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One thing that distinguishes Akira Kurosawa is that he didn't make a masterpiece or two masterpieces, he made, you know, eight masterpieces. - Francis Ford Coppola[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa#cite_note-157[/sup]
[h3]Kurosawa's Reputation Among Other Filmmakers[/h3]
The following directors either were directly influenced by Kurosawa, or greatly admired his work:
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