I'm tempted to give him "The God" status. Probably too soon for a director with just six movies under his belt. The variety and versatility in his story telling is exciting, even for me, who thinks twice before getting excited.
Chronologically his movies have earned increasing profits and almost resembles an exponential curve, if not for a small dip.
The dip corresponds to "The Prestige", a highly underrated movie, and quite understandably so(American public can be surprisingly unexcited by wonderful movies). On top of it, it had to beat "Batman Begins", well that's a daunting task. However it was compensated by "The Dark Knight". The excessive hype for the movie made it a worldwide blockbuster smashing previous box office records. Not that, profits is an accurate metric for the quality of the movie. I believe making quality movies which is profitable is an accomplishment. How in the world can somebody pull of a "reverse chronological" screenplay to aptly represent a story revolving around an amnesiac. That's just inconceivable in my world.
Can't wait for "Inception".
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Happened to jus come across your blog.... interesting take on Nolan.... The dip for Prestige kinda shocked me... i personally believe its a wonderful and highly underrated movie.... inception is next on my list.. haven come ard to seeing it.... :(
BTW... i read that thing abt US health care... enlightening... :)
I'm glad you felt the same about "Prestige".
"Inception" is slated to release sometime this summer. You haven't missed it.
Great to know "that thing" about US health care enlightened you :)
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