Director David Cronenberg (Crash, Cosmopolis) recently stated that Nolan’s Batman films are boring. Here is what he told reporters:
“I don’t think they are making them an elevated art form. I think it’s still Batman running around in a stupid cape. I just don’t think it’s elevated. Christopher Nolan’s best movie is Memento, and that is an interesting movie. I don’t think his Batman movies are half as interesting though they’re 20 million times the expense.
“What he is doing is some very interesting technical stuff, which, you know, he’s shooting IMAX and in 3-D. That’s really tricky and difficult to do. I read about it in American Cinematography Magazine, and technically, that’s all very interesting. The movie, to me, they’re mostly boring.
“But a superhero movie, by definition, you know, it’s comic book. It’s for kids. It’s adolescent in its core. That has always been its appeal, and I think people who are saying, you know, Dark Knight Risesis, you know, supreme cinema art, I don’t think they know what the fuck they’re talking about.”
Obviously he got his facts wrong about Nolan shooting in 3D. But what are your thoughts about his argument? Tell us in the comments.
SOURCE: NME
