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The Dark Knight Rises
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Inception
14.41%
The Dark Knight
23.42%
The Prestige
18.92%
Batman Begins
5.41%
Memento
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Insomnia
2.70%
Following
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Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

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Old 07-26-12, 09:29 AM
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Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

With The Dark Knight Rises now being out, what is your favorite Christopher Nolan film?

2012 The Dark Knight Rises

2010 Inception

2008 The Dark Knight

2006 The Prestige

2005 Batman Begins

2002 Insomnia

2000 Memento

1998 Following

I think my favorite has to be The Prestige.
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Insomnia -- great acting and a clever/original storyline.
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Insomnia -- great acting and a clever/original storyline.
You mean besides the fact that it's a remake of the Norwegian one? It's actually my favorite as well, but I do love the original as well which fuels my love for Nolan's remake.
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All his films are great. I'm sticking with Memento though. Blew my mind when I first saw it.

1. Memento
2. TDK
3. Batman Begins
4. Inception
5. TDKR
6. Prestige
7. Insomnia
8. Following
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It's Groucho, pretty sure that was sarcasm.

I didn't like Insomnia, to me it fell apart at the end and wasn't the most engaging movie before that.

Mine is The Prestige.
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Its hard to choose. A toss up between Inception and The Prestige.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

Memento by quite a margin.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

Very tough pick for me. Still absolutely love Memento but it's lost a little something for me over the years.

My rankings:

Dark Knight
Memento
Batman Begins
The Prestige
Dark Knight Rises
Inception
Insomnia
Following
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Originally Posted by RichC2
It's Groucho, pretty sure that was sarcasm.

I didn't like Insomnia, to me it fell apart at the end and wasn't the most engaging movie before that.

Mine is The Prestige.
True that. As I haven't seen DKR, I'll hold out on listing that one. But so far it pans as as such:

Dark Knight
Memento
Insomnia
Inception
Batman Begins
The Prestige
Following
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

I'll vote after I see The Dark Knight Rises this weekend. For now, I'll say The Prestige.
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The Prestige, no doubt. It's a movie I can watch over and over and still be amazed and find different things.

I had Inception very high on my list but something about it kills the rewatchability of it for me.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

Memento for me. The only movie I haven't see is Following.

Memento
The Dark Knight
The Prestige
Batman Begins
Inception
The Dark Knight Rises
Insomnia

There's a big drop off for me from Rises to Insomnia. Not that Insomnia is bad, it just doesn't stand out much compared to his other work.
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Insomnia is the only one neither Chris nor his brother had any hand in writing, he was merely a hired gun.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

Originally Posted by RichC2
It's Groucho, pretty sure that was sarcasm.

Only pretty sure?


I don't really care for Nolan's work, but I did like The Prestige.
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I think it's between Inception and Memento for me. But I think the epicness of Inception and the monster of a score plus the subject mattet(I'm a sucker for dream movies) push it to the top for me.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

I still need to see Following, but for now it's Memento. Saw that a number of times in theaters, then numerous times (including chronologically) on DVD.
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I'm gonna have to watch The Prestige again. Don't remember being too impressed but haven't seen it since it was in theaters either.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

Memento
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

In order:

Memento
TDKNR
The Prestige
Inception
TDK
BB
Insomnia
Following
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

I chose Inception as my favorite but Memento is his best.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

I'd have to say The Prestige. It not only looks incredible, it's one of the few movies with a "twist" that I enjoy watching again and again. Plus, it seems to earn that twist.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

I voted for Inception though I've enjoyed all of his movies. I'd rank them as such:

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

Still haven't seen Following. I'll have to give it a spin sometime.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

In order:

Memento
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
The Prestige
Batman Begins
Inception
Insomnia

Have yet to see The Following.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

Originally Posted by RocShemp
I'll vote after I see The Dark Knight Rises this weekend. For now, I'll say The Prestige.
Sucks for you guys in PR. What are you watching it on btw?

Originally Posted by Draven
I'd have to say The Prestige. It not only looks incredible, it's one of the few movies with a "twist" that I enjoy watching again and again. Plus, it seems to earn that twist.
This. I may really like TDKR a lot cuz I'm Batman fan but The Prestige has that bit of morality and obsessive play that attracts me. That twist was awesome. It's also probably my favorite Jackman film too. Never took him very serious as an actor till this. i thought he was a fine actor but he really sold it well here.

It's also his best film as well. Just really really compact w/ detail and a great story. Also...fucking David Bowie as Tesla. Sold.
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Re: Favorite Christopher Nolan Film?

The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises (may change upon future viewings)
Inception
Memento
The Prestige
Batman Begins
Insomnia

Never seen The Following. I probably should.


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