As good as Nolan's films are, is he getting the most effect from them? For instance, if The Dark Knight were rated R, think how much more terrifying the Joker could have been. Instead, we're given a PG-13 rating for obvious reasons, and when people are shot (think the bank heist at the beginning of the film) no blood whatsoever is shown to the audience. It's odd, weird and all the other adjectives.
So moving forward, will Nolan make a truly R rated film, dark and all, a la Se7en, or will he make a more tame version of Se7en because studios will pressure him to do what needs to be done to make the film the most financially successful? I know Nolan has the ability to do what he wants at this point of his career, but we all know The Dark Knight Rises was never going to be R rated, even if Nolan's material needed it to be.
Look at the trend: Nolan's first 3 film: Following, Memento, Insomnia: All R rated. His last 5 films (including TDKR): PG-13.
The more financially successful he has become, all of his films have been PG-13.
So moving forward, will Nolan make a truly R rated film, dark and all, a la Se7en, or will he make a more tame version of Se7en because studios will pressure him to do what needs to be done to make the film the most financially successful? I know Nolan has the ability to do what he wants at this point of his career, but we all know The Dark Knight Rises was never going to be R rated, even if Nolan's material needed it to be.
Look at the trend: Nolan's first 3 film: Following, Memento, Insomnia: All R rated. His last 5 films (including TDKR): PG-13.
The more financially successful he has become, all of his films have been PG-13.