What is a "Nolanite"? Generally, it's assumed to be someone who thinks that Nolan can do no wrong. Who blindly excepts that whatever he does ,or makes is going to be brilliant and a stroke of genius. They are people who believe that Nolan has single-handedly saved the 'Batman' franchise and forever established a precedent that ALL film-makers tasked with the responsibly of helming a CBM must aspire to.
He's the man who brought 'realism ' to the CBM genre- the 'Godfather', if you will, to serious CBM production. No longer is cheesy, pandering film-making a norm in the CBM film world, no, Nolan showed the industry , nay the WORLD how it's really done!
Realistically let's face it, Nolan has yet to make a stinker. Spielberg, Cameron, Lucas, Ridley Scott, Scorsese, Coppala, etc. they all made less than respectable films- forgettable in the least.
But Nolan, not so.
1)Memento
2)Batman Begins
3)The Prestige
4)The Dark Knight
5)Inception
So is a "Nolanite" fanatical, or just honest. Well, if you're a critic of any film listed above(he also made 'Insomnia' , but I've never seen it) then you have a valid argument, but one difficult to defend.
On the other hand, we have "Marvelites" who similarly feel Marvel and their films are redeemable regardless how flawed one might say they are.
Now that Marvel has control of most of their properties, we have seen an improvement in quality and story-telling , with some very stunning casting choices for lead and supporting roles that have paid off tremendously.
So far Marvel has NOT put out a sticker like 'Green Lantern' and doubt they will.
Yes, most films have been 'safe' story-telling and nothing "amazing-!" has happened in any of their films yet, but many "Marvelites" believe 'The Avengers' will correct that neglect , and raise the bar of CBM's yet again!
One must keep in mind Marvel DID NOT have supreme control of a character until 'Iron-man' , so everything before that can't be 100% attributed to them.
There's a bright future for Marvel because of the vast, untapped properties they own not yet brought to the big screen.
So far, they have produced:
1) Iron-man
2)The Incredible Hulk
3)Iron-man 2
4) Thor
5)Captain America
Now nobody can honestly say any of these movies sucked, because they didn't.
Could they have been better? Yes, but a "Marvelite" can say the same of 'The Dark Knight', so it's subjective.
But overall , MARVEL has thus far done a pretty good job!
There are of course DC fanboys, who can only really hang their hat on the first and second 'Superman' movies and the animated films as exceptions to Nolan's work.
Some might say Burton's 1st and 2nd 'Batman ' films were respectable, but again, compared to Nolan's take on the character, they just seem like live action cartoons.
So who's right?
Actually , BOTH ARE!
Marvel has a catalog of films to their credit that are indisputably entertaining and true to the source material.
Christopher Nolan saved 'Batman' in film form(and DC as well in the process)
by offering fanboy and the general public alike two AWESOME 'Batamn' flicks!
The world is a better place because we can pop 'Iron-man' into the DVD, or watch 'The Dark Knight Rises' on our laptop while waiting at the airport terminal for our flight...that's late AGAIN!
So don't hate each other- no arguing necessary , because both "Nolanites" and "Marvelites" have the 'high ground' in this argument.
One last point: I apologies to ALL who don't enjoy disputing this subject. I guess you'll all have to just hold hands and sing 'Kumbaya'!