Nolan Beliefs ?

**JTrue** July 11, 2012, 4:56 am

Oh no, there are plenty of us who realize it. He couldn't do what he does by accident anymore than a chimp could have randomly hammered out Ave Verum Corpus. But like I said, Brother: it's inception. He needs to plant the idea in your head without you realizing it came from him. It needs to be yours. Maybe I am saying too much - but that is why he NEVER talks about his faith. He can't let the cat out of the bag. You can't know who's dream you are in if he is going to plant the real idea.

**TehBatGetsBraked** July 11, 2012, 4:58 am

JTrue wrote:Oh no, there are plenty of us who realize it. He couldn't do what he does by accident anymore than a chimp could have randomly hammered out Ave Verum Corpus. But like I said, Brother: it's inception. He needs to plant the idea in your head without you realizing it came from him. It needs to be yours. Maybe I am saying too much - but that is why he NEVER talks about his faith. He can't let the cat out of the bag. You can't know who's dream you are in if he is going to plant the real idea.

You're a troll. You're actively trying to piss me off just for kicks. There's no way someone could be this..just...blegh.

**JTrue** July 11, 2012, 5:00 am

Notice that strange feeling...the shift in gravity....

**movieman1005** July 11, 2012, 5:27 am

GO AWAY, TROLL

**dafox** July 12, 2012, 11:00 pm

Scientology
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**MikaHaeli8** July 14, 2012, 5:50 am

^ Don't even.

**neyus** July 26, 2012, 12:18 pm

Dont care if he is religious or not. It's never about the importance of what you believe in and it doesnt really have to be specific, its about the action and the cause that you end up doing thats based on what you believe in. And Nolan has proved that. He did his work for good.

**neyus** July 26, 2012, 1:45 pm

Sorry for double post seeing there is no edit button but if anything Bane said it better than I did -

"It doesn't matter who we are... what matters is our plan."

**Threshold** July 26, 2012, 8:00 pm

JTrue wrote:Mr. Nolan is most certainly a Catholic and his art will be studied in 500 years as that of Michelangelo, Mozart, or other great Catholic artists is studied today. Nolan's work is a representation of the Christian Gospel: Inception is a movie about the Purgatory and the Beatific Vision. Beauty is the kick, heaven consists in the vision of what one longs to behold in union with the Father. One must chose reality over the shades that cause pleasure but are not real. Ariadne is a Virgin Mary figure. Purgative suffering that lasts generations in one dimension but seconds in another is that which purifies the soul and prepares it for the return to it's homeland.

The Dark Knight, however, is perhaps the most perfect Christian allegory ever put to film. It is a grand expression of the political message of the gospel: In the city, there dwells one possible savior - the only just man. But his people seek to kill him. Even the seemingly just Pharisee (Two Face), claims to be the savior, claims to be just, even claims to be the Batman...but will ultimately prove himself a murderer as the Joker. The Joker, evil in the world, gives 2 reasons for his scars: he blames his Father and his Wife. These are the same exact reasons that Adam gives for his sin after falling in the garden. Batman, as the Savior of the city, cannot kill the Joker, even the Joker, he must hold into being. The BAT, a sign of curse and fear, is the CROSS - the repulsive sign that must be lifted up to save people from evil.

Dark Knight Rises is sure to be apocalyptic - expect Bain to wear the mark of the Batman and appear as the savior of Gotham. How far will the Batman (Christ) go to save his people? He will die for them, and he will rise...for the sake of his beloved.

I have a lot more to say about the Catholic implications of Nolan's art - but will leave it here for now.
Thank you, Chris Nolan, for preaching the Gospel in a most palatable way. Keep up the good work, sir.

Yes, I see the obvious references.

In Inception, it was clear he was modelling the Cobb character on Noah, who built an ark. It was shown through the fact that Cobb went through---

I can't finish this, it's too hard to reverse-troll the troll.

Sorry man, but religion can be interpreted in any media. Catholicism, atheism, anything. Religion (and lack of religion) cover such broad strokes, that it's impossible not to find religious allegories in everything.

I could say Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 covered themes of Judaism. I wouldn't be wrong, but It would be vague, like calling a Tiger a "thing". I'm not wrong, but I'm not right either.

**Threshold** July 26, 2012, 8:05 pm

Sorry man, but assuming someone's religion based on someone's work, is just darn stupid.
I made a pie recently, but it was messy and tasted sorta 'meh'. That doesn't mean I myself, am mediocre and messy.
In fact you can get surprised by someone's religious beliefs. I do whenever I meet someone. Their personailty was always very different to their beliefs.