Comments on: Christopher Nolan Responds To Criticism That His Films Are “Emotionless”

By: Jason Stefaniak

Jason Stefaniak — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 19:25:00 +0000

This is all a matter of opinion. An emotional experience is a subjective experience, and articles like this just grab on to a preexisting narrative about his work and mindlessly repeat it. I’ve never found his work unemotional – The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar particularly I found very emotionally resonant – so I’ve always found this repeated accusation confounding.

By: Colin Christian

Colin Christian — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:07:00 +0000

Bollocks. The end of Interstellar was very emotional,and as was The Dark Knight Rises,I walked out of the theater after Inception absolutely stunned at what I had seen,awestruck and unable to talk. He is the best filmmaker working,emotionless my ass.

By: Ronin

Ronin — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:09:00 +0000

This article is ridiculous. Obviously what constitutes an emotional beat in a film is subjective, we all respond to things differently. He’s right when he says that he tries not to be obvious about it–see Michael Bay films as an example of a director who is very obvious about it.

I did get emotional during Interstellar, Inception, and at the end of the Dark Knight. I don’t know if my account of the way I felt during those movies are something one would consider anecdotal, but that is the truth about how I felt.

By: proctor

proctor — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:53:00 +0000

As soon as I finished this article, I rushed back to see who wrote it, because it is not really Playlist-worthy. Trashing Memento? Good luck with that.
By the way, I never unterstood this particular accusation, I have been in theatres full of crying people in The Prestige, Inception or Interstellar. Of course, this is a bit “anecdotal”.

By: lookfar

lookfar — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:35:00 +0000

I always thought he plays to the cheap seats a bit much. Figures.