POLL: What Is Your Opinion On The Dark Knight Rises Director Christopher Nolan?

POLL: What Is Your Opinion On The Dark Knight Rises Director Christopher Nolan?

Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are considered to be two of the greatest comic book movies ever, while TDKR is one of the most anticipated. Christopher Nolan seems to divide opinion though, so here's your chance to decide once and for all...

Feature Opinion
By JoshWilding - Sep 19, 2011 02:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman

If there's one thing which has been dividing CBM lately, it's Christopher Nolan. I'll be honest, I really have no idea why, especially after the downright brilliant Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. While his more grounded and realistic take on the iconic DC superhero isn't to everyone's taste, there's surely no getting around the fact that he's responsible for bringing the character to the big screen in a much better way than past interpretations. Of course, that's just myopinion...what do you guys think? I've seen a lot of praise and a lot of hatred poured Nolan's way as of late, so here's hoping we can settle this issue once and for all!





STARRING:

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine as Alfred
Gary Oldman as Commissioner Jim Gordon
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Tom Hardy as Bane
Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake
Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate
Josh Pence as Ra's Al Ghul

RELEASE DATE: July 20th, 2012




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SpideyDude
SpideyDude - 9/19/2011, 2:57 PM
POLLLLLLLL
Ill tell you the result now Jose - nolan will be voted in as awesome
LucasMend
LucasMend - 9/19/2011, 2:57 PM
The guy is my favorite movie director, but I am not one of his bitches that says that he is god, he is great and that is all. His vision on the batman movies are great, loved both Begins and TDK and I am sure TDKR will be awesome too!

Cool poll Josh!
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/19/2011, 2:58 PM
Meh...he's ok I guess.

i would of voted good but he is overrated.

but that wasn't a option.
BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 9/19/2011, 3:01 PM
Overrated
revloveR
revloveR - 9/19/2011, 3:04 PM
he's worse than hitler.
MovieMann
MovieMann - 9/19/2011, 3:05 PM
These polls are starting to get a little ridiculous.
SageMode
SageMode - 9/19/2011, 3:05 PM
I dont think its Nolan himself that people are antsy about.....its the Nolanites who think that his work is "perfect".
patriautism
patriautism - 9/19/2011, 3:07 PM
"..its the Nolanites who think that his work is "perfect". "

And the critics hahahaa
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/19/2011, 3:07 PM
I think he is one of the best directors working in Hollywood today. Genius? I don't know about that, I use that word very sparingly. But he hasn't made a bad movie imo and even the ones that are just good are at the very least interesting. So yeah, I chose the most positive option. If we had even another handful of directors with his skill, vision and most of all BALLS, we would have a hell of a lot more mainstream, block buster movies that didn't either insult our intelligence or flat out suck ass.
Luigi
Luigi - 9/19/2011, 3:10 PM
The Dark Knight is one of my favorite movies and he is one of my favorite directors. That being said he is still over rated. Pretty much on every board for a super hero movie there is somebody who says that Nolan should direct it. And every time we get a handful of goofy set photos from TDKR, we get a handful of "In Nolan I Trust" fanboys and fangirls claiming that it is impossible for him to make a bad movie. TDKR will most likely be very good if you look at his past work. But it is possible that it can be bad, so I wish people would stop pretending it's not.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/19/2011, 3:10 PM
Moviemann, we currently have 26 articles on main and two of them are polls. Yeah, ridiculous.
dahamma
dahamma - 9/19/2011, 3:12 PM
He's a good director, but I dont see the guy as a God or Overlord on everything movies. I will admit that I Enjoy his bat films BUT, thats a HUGE bUT, I do believe that they fail to capture the essence of the real Batman mythos. Surprisingly I think the best form of Batman in Electronic media as been the Arkham games, when I think batman, I think arkham batman over TDK batman
Luigi
Luigi - 9/19/2011, 3:15 PM
It's not that Nolanites think that he's perfect. It's them thinking that he is beyond perfect.
silverdog
silverdog - 9/19/2011, 3:17 PM
like him as a director... hate his fans.
Irons
Irons - 9/19/2011, 3:18 PM
http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/VicSage/news/?a=19366
"i think having a great director,heath ledgers death,great story,best villain in comics & about 500 million batman fans helped.
bring on batman 3. "

Hey marvel72, care to explain what changed in a year that makes you no longer believe Nolan is a great director? Just curious kiddo.
GillytheKid33
GillytheKid33 - 9/19/2011, 3:19 PM
Hes perfect. AND YALL KNOW IT!
Nucastle
Nucastle - 9/19/2011, 3:19 PM
Josh, c'mon man.
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/19/2011, 3:19 PM
all this shit nolan is a god,he ain't even as good as scorsese,kubrick,coppola or depalma.so how can anyone claim his a god is beyond me.
nordberg
nordberg - 9/19/2011, 3:20 PM
He's a fantastic dancer.

Oh and btw, Josh should sit on a poll. Enough already.
TerminatorMode
TerminatorMode - 9/19/2011, 3:20 PM
i think his movies rock but i didn't know that it extended to multiple people typing in nolan i trust...like that's a little weird - i thought it was just the one guy i saw haha - although i do have faith that he'll deliver having a catchphrase for it seems a little ridiculous
GillytheKid33
GillytheKid33 - 9/19/2011, 3:20 PM
Hahaha @irons.
Got HEEEEEEEEEEEEM!
Nucastle
Nucastle - 9/19/2011, 3:21 PM
This is one of those, "I got nothing, so I'll post something to stir up YET ANOTHER comment debate over something that's been talked about for years now." Cash the check.
PaulRom
PaulRom - 9/19/2011, 3:22 PM
Probably my favorite director, he has yet to put out a bad film so far. Even excellent directors such as Steven Spielberg, Sam Raimi, Jon Favreau, and Joe Johnston has had a few duds here and there, I can't say the same for Nolan.
Supersonicboobs
Supersonicboobs - 9/19/2011, 3:23 PM
HE'S A GOD!!!
batmanrises
batmanrises - 9/19/2011, 3:24 PM
lol...Dude I understand some people thinking that he's really not that great of a director or even overrated (but those people don't know the meaning of the word) but what I DON'T get is the blatant hatred towards him. It's unfounded and undeserved. It just feels like the majority of the fans and general movie going public hold his work in such high regard, there always have to be those from the 'sour grapes' crowd who hate just because they hate popular things. It makes absolutely no sense.
rockerdude22
rockerdude22 - 9/19/2011, 3:24 PM
He's a great director, and I do enjoy his Batman films and am looking forward to TDKR, but his Batman movies are seriously becoming overrated. It's like every CBM that comes out nowadays gets compared to the TDK. Seriously, if every CBM was the same or always like Nolan's vision, wouldn't we get bored with them after a while? I think so. It should always be about standing out from the rest.
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/19/2011, 3:30 PM
@ Irons

my own personal stalker you put in a lot of work finding that,i'm not quite sure what to think about it.

its the way the nolanites always overrate him like he can do no wrong.it actually puts me off the guy.the dark knight,as i said its a good film but not great.

i personally think memento & inception are better movies.

also i was looking forward to the dark knight rises,until i f*ckin saw the look of bane & catwoman.

anything else my stalker. :D
RockNRollCC
RockNRollCC - 9/19/2011, 3:31 PM
As others ^^^ have said, he hasnt put anything bad out yet, while you could think of 5 other "gifted directors" and not say the same thing. Sure, eventually he will make a bad movie. Nobody's 100% perfect. Nobody. but right now, Nolan's in his prime, and i don't see him falling for quite awhile.

Cant wait for TDKR.
Irons
Irons - 9/19/2011, 3:33 PM
Funny stuff, didn't realize how how much work the search function involves.

Anything else, well, yeah you still didn't answer the question.
headlopper
headlopper - 9/19/2011, 3:33 PM
This is a loaded question so I'll need to wear my kevlar to answer: HE'S THE BEST CBM DIRECTOR IN THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW.
However if Neill Blomkamp directed a CBM, I believe he would make an awesome movie.
He's very passionate about his projects(District 9) ,very artistic in style(something desperately lacking in Hollywood) and is superb with a camera.
AC1
AC1 - 9/19/2011, 3:34 PM
I feel the same as Lucaxmen, he's my favourite director but I'm not deluded to the point that I could praise a bad film if he were to make one. If TDKR sucks, then I'll admit straight away that it sucks, and feel an overwhelming sadness that the series didn't end well. But Nolan has yet to make a bad film, and I dont think he'll start with the sequel to what was arguably his best film. Maybe it wont be as good as TDK, but I doubt it'll be a bad movie.
Greengo
Greengo - 9/19/2011, 3:34 PM
@SuperArgo: calling her "Fro Catwoman" is racial. :P
Irons
Irons - 9/19/2011, 3:34 PM
This site is littered with dumb comments, trolling and in this case, contradictions, from you.
patriautism
patriautism - 9/19/2011, 3:35 PM
@SuperArgo What are you on about? That's not Ertha Kitt's granddaughter.
Ertha's granddaughter is white.
Sorry bro..
RockNRollCC
RockNRollCC - 9/19/2011, 3:35 PM
@Marvel why is Batman Begins always thrown to the side and forgotten? Its almost never mentioned anymore.

Personally, I loved it for the story and structure. I felt it did that a bit better than TDK did.

However, its TDK's performances that made that movie great.
JackDexx
JackDexx - 9/19/2011, 3:38 PM
I'm not a fan of his Batman movies, but we could do worse.
he doesn't really do batman. he does crime dramas with batman flimsily smacked on
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