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Both are directors whose projects become must-sees. Both are directors who have produced some of the hands-down best movies of the past 15 years (I count 6 absolute five-star masterpieces between them).

Nolan.

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Nolan has yet to make a bad movie, yet has made 4-5 GREAT movies. Fincher has made one bad movie(Panic Room), and two great movies (Fight Club and Se7en), and Benjamin Button (which I personally couldn't finish).


Nolan.

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What did you think of Zodiac?

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:thumbsup:

Yeah I probably should have held off on doing this poll until the sugar high from Inception wore off. :)

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It's funny how you fail to mention Alien 3 yet others do mention it as part of his filmography. I don't..cuz he got fucked over by Fox so bad it was ridiculous.

I've no idea how you would consider Memento merely good. TDK was well directed. The Prestige and Memento, you can add in Inception as well if you want, are CN's best work. The moral play in The Prestige was awesome.

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I prefer Nolan. The movies he's directed so far have all been good. Granted he hasn't made as many as Fincher. I think that Fincher has made a few really good movies (Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac) and the rest for me personally are just sort of alright. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was a huge let down for me and I really don't have that much interest in The Social Network. Its not to take anything away from his work I do think he has talent I just think Nolan has kept his quality up better so far at least.

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If I had to choose one film out of the two that I could watch the most...it's a toss up between Fight Club and TDK. And...I think FC might win cuz it's hilarious as fuck and awesome overall as well..but...Nolan is the better director.

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Really? 6?

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Fincher:
Fight Club
Se7en

Nolan:
Memento
Batman Begins
TDK
The Prestige
Inception


7 Actually.

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Masterpieces? I dunno about that but they've made damn good films.

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Zodiac is better than all those films. :)

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well it hard to choose them both but I like them both did direct in the movie and well I prefer to choose C. Nolan.

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Nolan's 2010 film: thieves break into peoples dreams to steal secrets. :dance:

Fincher's 2010 film: some guy makes a website. :|

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and he pisses people off.

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Nolan's 2010 film: a man can't get over losing his wife

Fincher's 2010 film: a kid creates a billion dollar empire

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Yeah, I don't throw around the word masterpiece lightly. I don't think either director has made a masterpiece. I'm sure they are both quite capable of it though.

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yeah...I don't think they've made masterpieces yet. Masterpiece is a word I rarely throw around. I'd love to see wtf they're masterpieces would be though.

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Panic Room was a bad movie-confused- It wasn't great but wasn't a bad movie either.

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Panic Room was above average.

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Yeah, it wasn't a bad film; just recently saw it and I thought it had more surprises although I guess I was looking for more than there was.

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Really. Six.

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Neither do I. Ever. The platitudes stand.

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Both are directors among the most exciting working today.

Nolan is great, but doesn't make very visceral films. Technically, both directors are impressive, but Fincher's films have that gut punch that Nolan's movies don't generally have.

Fincher has made more bad movies that Nolan (Benjamin Button is a film a passionately hate, which I can't say about any Nolan's movies... Alien 3, is ok, but is the worst of the series and I do not view it as fondly as a lot of others seem to now looking back at it). Insomnia was forgettable, but nothing worse than that.

In the end, I took my favorite of each director (The Prestige v. Zodiac). I really love the Prestige, but I think Zodiac ranks in the Top 5 of the last decade and is truly a masterpiece.

Voted Fincher.

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I think Fincher is the better director right now (and shows more range), but think both are excellent.

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Admittedly, I haven't seen it yet but plan on it. Nevertheless, if it was a masterpiece id still go with Nolan. I love Fincher, I just like Nolan a little more.