Denis Villeneuve
Sam Mendes
These 2 directors are successful and talented. But there is no denying that they lack a distinct voice or a thruline among all their movies and they seem to be influenced by christopher nolan in an unethical way.
When directors like jon Favreau(Iron Man) or Martin Campbell(Casino Royale) say they are inspired by batman begins it doesn't feel like they are copying the movie or style because once you look at their movies you notice that they are nothing like batman begins and their inspiration is only thematic and not filmmaking wise.
But if you take Denis, he is trying to build his whole career like Nolan. After making decent thriller like sicario and prisoners he made arrival which feels like a sci-fi movie nolan would do with maybe more action. Then he wanted to do blade runner , an existing IP like batman hoping that he would get fans of blade runner 2049 to support him in his other movies by buying tickets like Nolan fanbase do. But it backfired and the movie bombed. But still the intentions are there.
Sam Mendes is a different case. He had a distinct style until revolutionary road/away we go. But once his career was down, his films started becoming franchise but more importantly like nolan he tried copying his storytelling style by making 2 or 3 tense scenes taking place at the same time that are all ramping up and intercutting between them. Even 1917 looks like Dunkirk from the trailers. I am pretty sure they greenlit this movie after Dunkirk's success.
So what do you guys think of this Copycats. They are talented of course but they seem to be confusing copying for success formula or its just on purpose just so they can be successful.
Sam Mendes
These 2 directors are successful and talented. But there is no denying that they lack a distinct voice or a thruline among all their movies and they seem to be influenced by christopher nolan in an unethical way.
When directors like jon Favreau(Iron Man) or Martin Campbell(Casino Royale) say they are inspired by batman begins it doesn't feel like they are copying the movie or style because once you look at their movies you notice that they are nothing like batman begins and their inspiration is only thematic and not filmmaking wise.
But if you take Denis, he is trying to build his whole career like Nolan. After making decent thriller like sicario and prisoners he made arrival which feels like a sci-fi movie nolan would do with maybe more action. Then he wanted to do blade runner , an existing IP like batman hoping that he would get fans of blade runner 2049 to support him in his other movies by buying tickets like Nolan fanbase do. But it backfired and the movie bombed. But still the intentions are there.
Sam Mendes is a different case. He had a distinct style until revolutionary road/away we go. But once his career was down, his films started becoming franchise but more importantly like nolan he tried copying his storytelling style by making 2 or 3 tense scenes taking place at the same time that are all ramping up and intercutting between them. Even 1917 looks like Dunkirk from the trailers. I am pretty sure they greenlit this movie after Dunkirk's success.
So what do you guys think of this Copycats. They are talented of course but they seem to be confusing copying for success formula or its just on purpose just so they can be successful.