Cameron did three of the best movies of all time in my opinion, T1, T2 and Titanic, so I would have to rank him as one of the best therefore, even though he hasn't done a lot of movies.
Nolan Copycats
I'm not familiar with Mendes' recent films outside of Skyfall which I barely remember, but as for Villeneuve, nothing about Arrival reminded me of Nolan. They may be complex films which require the audience to think about them to decipher their meaning, but that doesn't alone make them copycats. I feel like Nolan films tend to contain exposition (Inception and Interstelar) while Arrival was largely told through visual storytelling and certain scenes getting double meanings after you understand the ending. In addition, I feel like Nolan films operate more at a skin-deep level of complexity while other films from this decade (The Tree of Life, Under the Skin, and Arrival) have more layers to them. On a side note, I feel like this is why those films get called pretentious by the audience more than any of Nolan's films do. Regardless though, I wasn't reminded of Nolan at all while watching Arrival.
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Villeneuve's movies are nothing like Nolan's. Villeneuve released his first feature before Nolan released his too.
Please tell me which parts of 'Maelstrom', 'Incendies', 'August 32nd on Earth' and 'Polytechnique' are "copying" Nolan.
Please tell me which parts of 'Maelstrom', 'Incendies', 'August 32nd on Earth' and 'Polytechnique' are "copying" Nolan.
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Villeneuve's movies are nothing like Nolan's. Villeneuve released his first feature before Nolan released his too.
Please tell me which parts of 'Maelstrom', 'Incendies', 'August 32nd on Earth' and 'Polytechnique' are "copying" Nolan.
Please tell me which parts of 'Maelstrom', 'Incendies', 'August 32nd on Earth' and 'Polytechnique' are "copying" Nolan.
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Villeneuve's movies are nothing like Nolan's. Villeneuve released his first feature before Nolan released his too.
Please tell me which parts of 'Maelstrom', 'Incendies', 'August 32nd on Earth' and 'Polytechnique' are "copying" Nolan.
Please tell me which parts of 'Maelstrom', 'Incendies', 'August 32nd on Earth' and 'Polytechnique' are "copying" Nolan.
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No one in America or rest of the world cares about those movies.
Y'okay.
I think you either:
1) Have a massive gap in your movie knowledge base concerning Villenueve.
2) Are on a wind up. A quite successful one.
Or perhaps more likely, are unwilling to admit that Villenueve is a better film-maker than your hero.
. How else can you explains studios giving hundreds of millions to a foreign director who made small movies if not for Nolan's influence.
I knew Nolan squirters were renowned for their myopic views but this is something else.
In your words:
they lack a distinct voice or a thruline among all their movies
And by the way, 'Following' is a great film. One of Nolan's best.
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I'm surprised there wasn't an attempt to classify Incendies itself as a Nolan knock-off because it's a mystery that jumps back and forth in time like Following or Memento.
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I'm surprised there wasn't an attempt to classify Incendies itself as a Nolan knock-off because it's a mystery that jumps back and forth in time like Following or Memento.
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