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by nolantino
Forum: Christopher Nolan
Topic: Nolan vs. Greengrass: Who does better action?
Replies: 14
Views: 6163

Re: Nolan vs. Greengrass: Who does better action?

Ok. Even so, when I read through some critiques of Nolan's action, some people say that Nolan uses shaky-cam.

While I can understand the critique for Batman Begins, that's not necessarily true of the action in his other films like The Dark Knight, Inception, or The Dark Knight Rises.
by nolantino
Forum: Christopher Nolan
Topic: Nolan vs. Greengrass: Who does better action?
Replies: 14
Views: 6163

Nolan vs. Greengrass: Who does better action?

Christopher Nolan and Paul Greengrass are known for their popular films and their unique styles, Nolan for using a neoclassical style and Greengrass for his famous use of handheld and shaky-cam ( The Bourne Ultimatum , Captain Phillips , United 93 ). However, as I looked into the action scenes done ...
by nolantino
Forum: The Dark Knight Rises
Topic: Action scenes
Replies: 2
Views: 3162

Action scenes

If there was anything underrated in The Dark Knight and its respective films, it would be the hand-to-hand combat scenes. People like to say that Nolan can't direct action scenes. Sure, this was somewhat true with Batman Begins , where the camerawork was arguably shaky in order to mask less than ste...
by nolantino
Forum: The Dark Knight
Topic: The action scenes of TDK
Replies: 6
Views: 6715

Re: The action scenes of TDK

Cool bro.

I personally have a soft spot for the action in TDK and TDKR, including even in BB.

The way Nolan did it is a bit flawed but ultimately workable and stylistically interesting.

In many ways, the Nolan Batman films are "brutalist," if I am right.
by nolantino
Forum: The Dark Knight
Topic: The action scenes of TDK
Replies: 6
Views: 6715

The action scenes of TDK

If there was anything underrated in The Dark Knight , it would be the hand-to-hand combat scenes. People like to say that Nolan can't direct action scenes. Sure, this was somewhat true with Batman Begins , where the camerawork was arguably shaky in order to mask less than stellar choreography. Howev...
by nolantino
Forum: The Dark Knight
Topic: Why was Christian Bale so poor in this?
Replies: 46
Views: 25384

Re: Why was Christian Bale so poor in this?

I think Bale was awesome in all three Batman movies, including TDK. He gave a great portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman, even if he was at times overshadowed in the larger picture.