Interstellar is Nolan's 'Contact'.
Dunkirk Official Reviews Discussion
Some of the biggest publications absolutely destroyed it (NY Times, Variety, etc).Spert wrote:I thought critics loved 2001 on release
Edit: well half of them did
Even Interstellar has always had it's fair share of love particularly from the critics who didn't take kindly to Nolan's other blockbusters. Still, the fact that they are in the tiny minority and also refuse to praise the movie wholeheartedly because of some quite obvious flaws doesn't bode well for it.
Yep, 2001 was hated by critics. general audiences (particularly younger people) saved the film. Kubrick said there were something like 250+ walkouts during a screening.redfirebird2008 wrote:Some of the biggest publications absolutely destroyed it (NY Times, Variety, etc).Spert wrote:I thought critics loved 2001 on release
Edit: well half of them did
Interstellar has passionate defenders among critics and a decade from now it'll be held in even higher regard. Oddly, its initial reception is exactly what it needed if it was going to be Nolan's 2001.
About those Dutch crititcs, quote from this review:
http://cine.nl/dunkirk/
http://cine.nl/dunkirk/
In short, Warner showed the Dutch press the film on a very small screen without surround sound. Which is insane.Dunkirk regisseur Christopher Nolan en cameraman Hoyte van Hoytema zijn grote liefhebbers van het klassieke 70mm filmformaat, het liefst in IMAX. “Ga de film vooral zien zoals we hem bedoeld hebben, op een groot scherm!” roepen ze beide in koor in alle interviews. En dus kreeg de Nederlandse filmpers Dunkirk deze week te zien in een kleine screeningruimte bij distributeur Warner in Amsterdam, op een postzegeldoek en zonder surround geluid. Het is een wonder dat het oorlogsepos van Nolan toch nog behoorlijk overeind bleef.
We'll just ignore the recognition 2001 got from AMPAS for the sake of convenience...
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Just to keep the RT score updated:
Dunkirk is now at 91/94 - still 97% and 9/10 avg. rating.
Dunkirk is now at 91/94 - still 97% and 9/10 avg. rating.
Sure sounds like the WSJ review will be a 90-100 on MetaCritic. Full review is in the spoiler tag below. His review of Interstellar was a 40 and TDK was a 60. So anything above 80 is a big improvement.
MeLVaNoaTe wrote:Review is behind a paywall so I posted the entirety of it below:
The Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern
'Dunkirk’ Review: Finding Humanity in Calamity
Christopher Nolan revisits the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Allied troops from a French beach during World War II
RT update: 97%
92 Fresh
3 Rotten
Average Rating: 9/10
92 Fresh
3 Rotten
Average Rating: 9/10