Comments on: Ranked: The Films Of Christopher Nolan

By: Nathan Duke

Nathan Duke — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:15 +0000

So, this is one of the rare lists on Indiewire with which I really can\’t agree. Nolan, for me, is "Memento" … and then everything else. "The Dark Knight," definitely very good, would be a semi-distant number two. "Inception" is good, but it\’s a little overrated.

By: BB

BB — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

2.Insomnia 1. Memento The rest don\’t even make the list, extremely overrated crap trying so hard to pass itself off as deep an insightful. The original Insomnia is far better than Nolans!!

By: Douglas

Douglas — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

My top three would be 1) Inception 2) Batman Begins and 3) The Prestige

By: DougW

DougW — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

Haven\’t seen Following or Interstallar, so 7. Insomnia 6. The Dark Knight Rises 5. Batman Begins 4. The Prestige 3. Memento 2. Inception 1. The Dark Knight. Re: The Prestige – in the scene where Hugh Jackman firsts tests the machine on stage, he shoots the version of himself in the audience. Is it the "real" Hugh who survives? Read the book afterwards and its take on the copies is different.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

I think Insomnia is one of his best. Like QT with Jackie Brown, I think Nolan is best served working with someone else\’s material.

By: jane

jane — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

I can agree to some parts of that list but for me is: 7. Insomnia 6. Following 5. The Dark Knight Rises 4. Batman Begins 3. Memento 2. The Dark Knight 1. Inception. But they\’re all great, even with their flaws.

By: Kobe

Kobe — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

Worst list ever, how you can get the batman begins lower than dark knight rises, and crappy inception as second best. wrrr

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

Yo, I sort of agree with you. I think Following is his best, followed by Memento and TDK (I have not seen Insomnia). I think TDKR and Inception are his worst, and are frankly just mediocre movies. It\’s pretty obvious that his first films were his best, as they had a sort of spirit and exuberance to them, which he lost as he made bigger and bigger films.

By: Mandalore464

Mandalore464 — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

As far as I\’m concerned, and I have yet to see Interstellar, Nolan\’s best are The Prestige, Memento, and Batman Begins, and his weakest movies so far have been Inception and Following – although it\’s hard to blame the latter\’s faults on Nolan given its budget.

I really do think that a lot of people are too willing to see past The Dark Knight\’s numerous flaws thanks to amazing performance of Heath Ledger. It is a film with a clunky pace, and an incomprehensible plot that relies way too much on the main villain always being two steps ahead thanks to what can only be described as a God-like omniscience. It is certainly beautiful to look at and deals with interesting themes, and I would rank it as Nolan\’s fifth best – behind TDKR – but it seems glaring to me that the mere fact that the Joker is in this film, and Ledger\’s performance, are enough to have people rank it as Nolan\’s strongest film to date.

Anyway, opinions…

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

I don\’t know why everyone pushes following aside. I think it is absolutely fantastic, its only 70 minutes but it is so engrossing that it never feels like such a short movie. The performances are amazing, especially when you consider they arent actors. I would probably put it in my top 5 Nolan films. Which makes it 1. The Prestige (My favorite movie ever) 2. The Dark Knight 3. Memento 4. Following 5. The Dark Knight Rises

By: Ugh

Ugh — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

I approve of this list in almost all regards. I would just put Batman Begins at the very bottom.

By: Eddy Q

Eddy Q — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

I expected Memento to be no. 1, but kudos for having the balls to put a comic-book movie in the top spot. Definitely feel I need to watch Dark Knight again now.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

There seems to be a Memento consensus building in the comments. I would agree.

By: Edkargir

Edkargir — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

Nolan has a made a couple of good movies but only one great movie Memento.

By: Hank

Hank — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

Following would be much higher on my list. The Prestige would probably be last (Too predictable, but had some great performances). Memento would be #1. Batman Begins was better than The Dark Knight Rises.

By: CVA

CVA — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

I am SO excited for Interstellar. He is such an inspiration to me and continues to experiment despite the fact that his films keep getting bigger and bigger. I wonder when he will scale down and return to something more small. In terms of genres I\’d love to see his take on a gangster film, horror film, western and historical epic.

By: Patrick Boberg

Patrick Boberg — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

The fact that TDKR isn\’t second worst to The Following kind of ruins this list. That movie is an illogical mess that is an insult to the reality the prior films established.

By: Trevis Ray

Trevis Ray — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

What even is this list?!
1. The Dark Knight
2. Insomnia
3. Memento
4. Inception
5. Batman Begins
6. The Prestige
7. Following
8. The Dark Knight Rises

(Haven\’t seen Interstellar yet)

By: tyler

tyler — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

Dark Knight > Memento > Inception > Following > Batman Begins > Dark Knight Rises > Prestige > Insomnia

By: The Truth

The Truth — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

1. The Prestige, 2. Memento, 3. Inception, 4. TDK, 5. Insomnia, 6. TDKR, 7. Following, 8. Batman Begins

By: James

James — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

All great films, but:
1. The Prestige (best of the 2000s for me) 2. Memento 3. Inception 4. The Dark Knight 5. Insomnia 6. Batman Begins 7. The Dark Knight Rises 8. Following

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

8. Following
7. Insomnia
6. Batman Begins
5. The Dark Knight Rises
4. Inception
3. The Prestige
2. The Dark Knight
1. Memento

By: yo

yo — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

I swear to god I am not being deliberately contentious, but why is it that my honest to goodness Nolan list is basically the inverse of this one? Someone back me up here. Following, BB, and Insomnia are the best, and TDK and Inception are the worst — po faced inchoate talky messes

By: rodie

rodie — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

Solid rankings, except I\’d put Memento first, followed by The Dark Knight and so on.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:06:14 +0000

memento #1. that one will be (is already?) a film studied in film school around the world for decades to come. dark knight and inception are great films but mostly they show us how lackluster by comparison everything else is that hollywood has been putting out.