Matthew Modine Discusses His Mysterious Role As "Nixon" In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Seems like a cool dude. Definitely on something during this interview though.

By the way Josh the title is very misleading, he doesn't say shit about his role.

But he's a hero....

A war hero, this is peace time

I'm not a rapper

wow, pretty high praise of nolan from a guy who has worked with kubrick, altman and oliver stone and a few other of the upper echelon of elite directors

"Jesus was a Commie" wait whaaaa?!?!

But the comment about Nolan being self conscious or wondering if he can recognize if he's making a flop while watching the dailies. I think he can recognize when he's doing something wrong for the most part. Like this guy said, Nolan hasn't made a bad movie... yet. 8 for 8 so far. Not bad, especially considering the complex subject matters that he deals with. Sure, not all of them were the best movies ever, but they're all entertaining and descent at least.

Which is more than can be said about most other film makers, even the great Spielberg, while making some of the most phenomenal films of all time, has had his fair share of shit and disappointments.

I'm proud to be a "Nolanite" but am still a big fan of both Webb and Whedon for the other big CBMs this summer. Nolan's the anti-Lucas. He knows when to quit while he's ahead. He seems to know how to keep his ego in check. He knows when an idea is just too far out there to use.

I'd say his biggest weakness is a lack of humanity in his films. They tend to be too analytical and not emotional enough to match it. The Prestige was his best because it seemed to be more tied to emotions and soul than any of his other movies so far. He certainly feeds the brain and the eyes, but he still needs to better touch the heart as well.

Boom, bam, bop, badabopboomp, pow.

He´s Bat-girl

Inception is my personal favorite.

Transcript anybody?

The Prestige is my favourite.
@Redleaf, i agree. He's one of the greatest of his generation. But i think his movies are a bit cold though. Well, perhaps it's his signature! I like it!

Meh. I'm (perhaps) most disappointed w/ all the unnecessary collaborations in this movie. If Marion Cotillard doesn't turn out to be Talia, her casting will be totally unnecessary. And I like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but he doesn't really need to be there. Casting someone else as Harvey Bullock or Renee Montoya would have been a much better idea.

And casting a short white Brit as someone intended to be a large Hispanic character proves to be another stupid collaboration. Normally stuff like that doesn't bother me (I loved Billy Dee Williams as Harvey Dent, & I'm looking forward to seeing Laurence Fishburne as Perry White in MOS), but in this case, Bane is actually supposed to be from an island around South America.

He said Christian Bale twice.

@antonio And you realize Hardy easily could've been cast as a more fitting character instead of warping Bane to fit him

Nolan's cold, analytical style is why I think he is the PERFECT director for a "later in his career Batman." When Bruce has become "lost inside his monster" and lives only for the hunt, and for his vengeance.