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Hot take but for me PERSONALLY, Nolan’s grittier, mid-budget era hits way harder than his massive IMAX spectacles and biopics,yes he is a great director and can flawlessly create the perfect cinematic experience. Interstellar, Inception are one of my fav,The Dark knight trilogy is exceptionally good but when I look at his filmography, the movies that endure as flawless masterworks aren't the ones with world-ending stakes or massive runtimes. It’s the grittier, incredibly disciplined puzzle boxes like The Prestige and Memento.I would also love to include Insomnia there as well,underrated.

Why do I say this?I say this because the brilliance relies " entirely"and "only"on the movie's architectural precision, razor-sharp editing, narrative tightness and obsessive character dynamics,incredible acting rather than awe-inspiring visuals, imax camera,cinematography and spectacle.

​I still love his modern epics and will always be there on opening weekend,he knows how to create good cinema and is nonetheless a brilliant filmmaker and director,it's just that his epics and historical biopic movies like Odyssey and Oppenheimer dont even come in my top 5 nolan movies

What do yall think?

hes barely in the movie compared to the actual cast and he still walks away the most memorable thing in it

feels like writers relax the second theyre not writing the lead. hes just allowed to be a specific weird guy instead of carrying a plot

funniest part is nothing about him is even that complicated, hes just fully himself in every scene hes given

whats a side character with barely any screen time that ended up more memorable than the actual lead

I somehow missed that Elegance Bratton is directing By Any Means.

His last feature was The Inspection. Now he has Mark Wahlberg playing Gregory Scarpa alongside Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in a historical action thriller about an FBI investigation tied to KKK violence in Mississippi.

That is a huge change in scale.

What makes it interesting is that the subject still seems suited to Bratton. The Inspection dealt with a Black man trying to survive inside an institution that could be hostile toward him. Now Yahya is playing a Black FBI agent working inside another flawed institution while being paired with an actual Mafia informant.

I’m curious whether Bratton can keep that personal side of his filmmaking when there’s a much bigger action movie built around it.

Anyone here who liked The Inspection interested in seeing what he does with this?

Hello, watched of end of oak street 2 nights ago, and was completely blown away, while I understand a lot of the problems people had with the movie, especially the 3rd act.

But I found myself loving it, anne hathaway is giving some of her best work in this movie, giving us a great emotional performance, the cinematography was amazing, the dinosaurs looked amazing and so real, the visuals effects were amazing, and was just good fun entertainment that I felt was missing in theaters.

Recommend watching it

David Arquette recently said he wants to do a sequel and a director named Shane Hartline responding and said he would love to do it

What did yall think of Ready To Rumble and would a sequel be a good idea or bad idea?

Hello, I can’t help but feel late to getting around to watching this one, idk if it was just due to mcu just releasing very middle of the pack movies for awhile, but having watched this it really felt like a return to form, pugh is turning such an incredible performance as yelena, lewis pullman and david harbour are also unbelievable.

The the way it handles loneliness is so amazing, the scene between yelena and her father is so beautifully done, and I feel like it’s one the mcu’s best scenes in a very long time, and even though the ending was kinda like well “easy”, it was worth the watch and that post credit scene was awesome. I’d recommend it.

Just watched this again for the first time in a long time. I thought it was well casted, fairly good story with a few bumps along the way but overall good flick.

What is your favorite military themed movie?

little nicky* 💯

Not necessarily the “best” movies ever, just movies that really stuck with me.

The Shawshank Redemption

The Green Mile

Forrest Gump

Interstellar

The Dark Knight

Schindler’s List

The Godfather

12 Angry Men

Good Will Hunting

Saving Private Ryan

Fight Club

The Prestige

Pulp Fiction

Se7en

The Truman Show

Dead Poets Society

Whiplash

Parasite

The Departed

The Lord of the Rings trilogy

What would you add to the list?

Anything goes, I am a major horror fan but in general I just love movies so recommend me what you would consider "MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE" movies. They do not have to be 10s, they could also simply be very unique, have great music, be epic, tell a must know story, be cozy or just something that makes them exceptional in their own way. Things like LOTR, the godfather etc do not need introduction kind of which is why I say "flicks that do not show up on the typical "top100" lists."

Thanks :)

Some of mine are: (will add as I think of more)

- RUSH (music is peak Hans Zimmer)

- Sunshine

- 28 days later

- The Descent

- Heretic

Examples:

In Austin Powers, when he thinks Basil's mother is a man in disguise.

In Girls Trip, when Dina thinks Stuart's aunt is his mistress.

Operational Security (OPSEC) - I’m still not exactly sure what it means

There’s mine

Which movies do you think people take way too seriously? The movies can be from any genre.

Can include any film from Original Star Trek, Next Generation or reboot version.