Christopher Nolan Speaks On The Talented Ensemble Cast In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

lol I know I would:P

If I ever met Nolan it would go something like this...

Me: You know, I never said thank you for making these awesome films.

Nolan: And you'll never have to....

@THEGODDAMNDEADPOOL

I'll be nice because you kind of sound young.

"Batman isn't relatable AT ALL." He is getting a little bit "pretentious" In my opinion from what you stated."

For me, Batman is someone I identify with. Am I a billionaire? No. The character elements of dealing with pain in life however, are something that anyone who's made it out of their mom's basement would know ;)

"He is getting a little bit "pretentious" In my opinion from what you stated."

First of all, he misquoted Nolan. Second, don't use words like pretentious, if you're not going to even put them in the right context. What is it that Nolan is pretending to be? What facade is he putting up? I think if one respects the storyteller, then they'd be willing to leave their complaints (bane's small, batman's voice etc.) at the door. If you want the comic, read the comic though.

Great Talent!
Can't wait for other new & original films he'll make!

@chap3l and THEGODDAMNDEADPOOL - lol Try harder, no one called out Whedon when he said Serenity was better than Star Wars, the box office didn't agree.

I say well done Mr Nolan on your trilogy, he's a masterful director who does not use gimmicks like 3D or over saturates his films with CGI. He tries to do it all for real, I mean they blew up an actual hospital in TDK! lol I wish this guy success in the future and look forward to his next project. Personally I hope oneday to see him involved with a certain MI6 agent.

@ marcuskiner:

xD, and you, sir, should refrain from correcting unless you're certain you're correct. The root of "pretentious" is not "pretend" but "pretense" or "pretension". Slight distinction, but relevant. The word "pretentious" essentially indicates any instance of putting on airs, or assuming an attitude indicative of a greater importance than one actually possesses.

GDDeadpool made no statement to indicate he believed Batman unrelatable to everyone, but only that he personally did not find the character so, making your remarks not only puerile but poorly aimed.

As for chap31, he could perhaps have phrased his complaints more politically, but I do find it ironic that you can complain so forcefully about anyone misconstruing Nolan's remarks while so blatantly spinning them in your own direction. "The source material doesn't matter" might sound perfectly lovely to you, indeed a further proof that Nolan deserves instant canonization and the keys to all prominent world cities, but you can't simply extend your take on the phrase to everyone else's reaction.

I realize that (on both sides) haters are going to hate, but at least be clever about it. And if you simply can't be clever, keep your bloody trap shut rather than having the baseless temerity to talk down to anyone else.

Bring on the reboot!!! here! here!

sadly, Nolan is the eception rather than the norm; First he's against 3D, second he shoots on film and IMAX, he cares about story, character development and he OBVIOUSLY cares about the source material or otherwise he would never have made all those small references to batman year One, The Dark Knight Returns, Knightfall, long Hallloween, dark victory, No man's land, etc... I love how someone can mix up elements together to create their own thing. It was the same thing with Tim Burton. While I think Burton's films are lesser films I certainly respect his craft enough to say that they are what paved the way for things to come. Once Nolan is finished with batman and a new guy gets in you might miss what you had once it's gone.

Obligatory Disclaimer: I'm not a "nolanite" or whatever else, so just getting that out of the way...

but @SupersetKnight I do have a problem with your justification of Chap3l. Not that he doesn't have full rights to voice his opinion, but to use quotes that he has interpreted a certain way and try and use them to defame the director, in this case Nolan, is wrong.

This is especially wrong because in the context that he is using those quotes he is trying to convey them in a certain dark light with the preface "This man just needs to shut his cocksucker. What a tool."

Now when someone else tries to step in and defend the other person while spouting a variation of "you're doing the same thing" then it would only seem fair to also correct the other offender.

So in the end ya, he was being a dick. Not because he didn't like the movie though. And you defended him poorly but you sounded smart so that's something.

@NeoBaggins

I really like that quote as well, it really does show that Nolan in some sense understands the relationship between Bruce and Alfred.

OH and lets not forget this, Whedon himself wanted to "ignore" the source material a while ago when.......... HE WANTED TO CREATE HIS OWN VILLAIN....... Yea i bet people forgot about that now...didnt they

Bunch of fake Batman fans.
Can't wait till this run is over and you are gone.
Just because Nolan has done ON PAR with Burton who had limit technology at the time does not mean this is the best Batman we can get.

Nolan has delivered a 6 out of 10 in terms of Batman excellence. Burton has delivered a 6, and schumacher a 2 AT BEST.

We deserve so much more as fans and I look forward to the day that most of your eyes are open to that fact.
Go buy some comic's y'all!

Amazing Director for and Amazing franchise I love the cast he put together Nolan is my favorite director in the CBMs :)

@SwingsetKnight

LOL

"xD, and you, sir, should refrain from correcting unless you're certain you're correct. The root of "pretentious" is not "pretend" but "pretense" or "pretension". Slight distinction, but relevant. The word "pretentious" essentially indicates any instance of putting on airs, or assuming an attitude indicative of a greater importance than one actually possesses."


I mean now you look kind of silly when you tell me the word has a base on the word pretense.

Pretense IS the act of PRETENDING. You can look that one up if you wish.


"GDDeadpool made no statement to indicate he believed Batman unrelatable to everyone, but only that he personally did not find the character so, making your remarks not only puerile but poorly aimed."

"I agree, Batman isn't relatable AT ALL."

-THEGODDAMNDEADPOOL

Are we staring at the same web page?

"As for chap31, he could perhaps have phrased his complaints more politically, but I do find it ironic that you can complain so forcefully about anyone misconstruing Nolan's remarks while so blatantly spinning them in your own direction. "The source material doesn't matter" might sound perfectly lovely to you, indeed a further proof that Nolan deserves instant canonization and the keys to all prominent world cities, but you can't simply extend your take on the phrase to everyone else's reaction."

Here's the difference in my opinion. I actually use what Nolan says directly as my source, whereas some people like to take excerpts. Now, my defense comes off of what was actually said, rather than paraphrases. I am commenting on the ignorance.

"I realize that (on both sides) haters are going to hate, but at least be clever about it. And if you simply can't be clever, keep your bloody trap shut rather than having the baseless temerity to talk down to anyone else."

That goes both ways friend. When you speak it is with tremendous verbosity, and a dash of hypocrisy. If you do have a problem with my opinion, then you can address it like a man. I have no problem with that.

@chap3l

I am so sick of people like you saying "we deserve so much more as fans" if fans really got what we wanted we would have an overblown load of cr*p and we would never really know what a good comicbook film really is because directors would take no liberties and use no imaginations and would have nothing new to say about these characters.