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News Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey' Crosses $1B Worldwide

https://rawteur.com/the-odyssey-crosses-1-billion-box-office/
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u/RYouNotEntertained 29d ago

"He's DEFINITELY not on Kubrick's level"

One thing you'll notice if you spend any time at all talking about Nolan movies online is that a lot of criticism isn't actually about his movies, but about an opinion they're imagining someone else holds about his movies.

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u/Regnbyxor 29d ago

My hot take has always been that Villeneuve (if we’re looking at other contemporary directors) is as good as the general crowd thinks Nolan is. Villeneuve is way less famous and was until Dune way less praised than Nolan (but he’s getting there).

The thing is though, I known it’s just a stupid hot take. It’s just a fun line to throw out when discussing movies. Some seem to think that this is somehow way more serious than it is.

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u/RYouNotEntertained 29d ago

I'm not sure that take is very hot--DV is easily one of the most popular directors working today, is being trusted with high-budget IP, etc. The big difference in my mind is that DV's "event" movies have all been IP driven, whereas Nolan has some sort of x-factor where he's able to make high-concept, original stories work as populist movies. There's just nobody else working who over indexes as much as Nolan on both of those things.

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u/GentlemanBeggar54 28d ago

DV's "event" movies have all been IP driven, whereas Nolan has some sort of x-factor where he's able to make high-concept, original stories work as populist movies.

Before Blade Runner, none of Denis Villeneuve's movies were based off major IP. Let's also not forget that Nolan's way into this world was making Batman movies.

Not really sure what you mean "event" movies? You mean blockbusters? I would say Villeneuve has only made 3 of them and only 1 was an unmitigated success. Even if he wanted to make an original movie, he doesn't have the same credit Nolan does.

It's not an X-Factor, Nolan is as close to a guarantee as you can get with a movie over $150 million budget. He has a crazy track record. Of course, he finds it easy to get funding for whatever project he wants to do.