Christopher Nolan is the most over hyped director in Hollywood.

There is not one Christopher Nolan film I would watch again. Yet his movies get the biggest hype. His movies drag you along promising some spectacular reveal that never happens. Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet, there isn't one of them I'd sit through again. They're not bad, they don't suck, they're just average TNT movie night filler. Not enough story to care about, not enough tension, just the bare minimum of entertainment value wrapped up in blockbuster packaging.

 

"...they're just average TNT movie night filler."

Now, you can throw out these hot takes, but you gotta provide a director you think is actually not over-hyped.

 

I dug Inception, have watched it a few times.

 

You are a masochist.

 

I'm completely the opposite. I think he is the finest modern filmmaker there is. While I don't love all his films (Tenet was a huge letdown I wasn't a huge fan of where he went tonally with Oppenheimer), I adore quite a few of them. Interstellar is my favorite film of all time.

I tend to like the "less is more" approach. He isn't heavy on CGI and prefers practical effects with most of his stuff, and character development take front and center versus overtly flashy set pieces. That isn't to say he can't do big action.......the Dark Knight trilogy is proof of that (with "Rises" being the weakest of the 3).

My Nolan rankings:
Interstellar
The Prestige
The Dark Knight
Inception
Dunkirk
Batman Begins
Memento
Oppenheimer
The Dark Knight Rises
Insomnia
Tenet
Following

 

Quite possible there...

 

+1 on inception. Just saw it again this year. Its one of those flicks where every time you watch it already knowing the story, you catch a lot of things earlier in the flick you missed before.

 

Dunkirk is rewatchable. The rest fade from memory pretty quick, they seem formulaic.

 

I also do not understand how you can watch Dunkirk (most of the movie) or the docking scene in Interstellar and say that......between the scenes themselves and the musical score (Hans Zimmer is a genius collaborator of Nolan's) I'd like to hear examples of what you think true "tension" is in filmmaking.

 

Se7en
Heat
Saving Private Ryan

 

Tenet and Interstellar were giant turds. The rest I must say quite enjoyed.

 

At the other extreme, I thought Dunkirk was corny as hell....

I agree with the others about Inception, movies that don't forebode whatever is coming up are quite enjoyable.

 

2nd world problems...

 

I’m no movie guy but Steven Knight….


How was Oppenheimer? Hype or good film?

 

For me:

Inception
Memento
Batman shit
Insomnia
Intersteller

Aint seen the rest. Not gonna watch dunkirk.

 

The dark knight started strong and ended kinda weak.

i agree, i think he and Zack Snyder are way overhyped

 

I'll gladly watch a film by almost anyone BUT Tim Burton. I fucking hate his Edward Scissorhanding every God Damned movie he makes.
He almost ruined Batman for me.

 

Dude..your a man on a island

 

I too hate Tim Burton and won’t even sit in a room with any of his shit on…

 

Njghtmare before Christmas is one of the bestest movies ener made EVER!!!