RESULTS: What Is Your Opinion On The Dark Knight Rises Director Christopher Nolan?

RESULTS: What Is Your Opinion On The Dark Knight Rises Director Christopher Nolan? RESULTS: What Is Your Opinion On The Dark Knight Rises Director Christopher Nolan?

Just under 6500 of you voted when I asked you for your thoughts on The Dark Knight Rises helmer Christopher Nolan, but what did you decide? Is he the best thing to happen to comic book movies, or the worst? Find out here...

Feature Opinion
By JoshWilding - Sep 21, 2011 09:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman

If there's one thing which has been dividing CBM lately, it's Christopher Nolan. I'll be honest, I really have no idea why, especially after the downright brilliant Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. While his more grounded and realistic take on the iconic DC superhero isn't to everyone's taste, there's surely no getting around the fact that he's responsible for bringing the character to the big screen in a much better way than past interpretations. Of course, that's just myopinion...what do you guys think?





To be honest, I'm a little shocked by these results. Seeing as there's been a fairly large amount of users recently who have expressed their distaste over how Nolan has handled the Batman franchise, I was expecting the amount of negative votes to be a fair bit higher! As a big fan of both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight though, I'm pleased to see the way this poll ended up going! It seems that the vocal minority have been truly beaten by the "Nolanites"! Be sure to share your thoughts on all this in the usual place.

STARRING:

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine as Alfred
Gary Oldman as Commissioner Jim Gordon
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Tom Hardy as Bane
Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake
Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate
Josh Pence as Ra's Al Ghul

RELEASE DATE: July 20th, 2012




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superotherside
superotherside - 9/21/2011, 9:25 AM
His movies are good, I just would like a bit more closer to the comics movies next time though... still he's a great director...
OdinsBeard
OdinsBeard - 9/21/2011, 9:34 AM
lol - i can't believe there are seriosuly "nolan haters"
SentryIsGod
SentryIsGod - 9/21/2011, 9:35 AM
Honestly, Nolan is an amazing director. In a world full of remakes and "Re-imaginings" His movies outside of the Batman Franchise are brilliant. They make you think,They all warrant multiple viewings in which you see things you didn't get the first or second time.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/21/2011, 9:42 AM
EVEN THOUGH DARKNIGHT WAS ALREADY ALMOST WHAT 3 HRS LONG I WANTED IT TO KEEP GOING..THE GUY IS AWESOME. WHEN THEY CONTINUE THE FRANCHISE I BETCHA THEY'LL STAY CLOSE TO NOLAN'S BAT FORMULA CAUSE ITS A WIN.
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 9/21/2011, 9:46 AM
Really, what the heck was the point of this???
MarkV
MarkV - 9/21/2011, 9:47 AM
So what do we think happens in the last 3 minutes of the film? Batman dies? Batmsn is thought dead, but then he "Rises"? It would make sense for Bruce to fake his own death. Maybe somone else replaces him? Like Bane, lol.
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 9/21/2011, 9:48 AM
@WesleyGibson you're using a double negative so you're actually saying Nolan IS a genius lol ;).
wookieslayer
wookieslayer - 9/21/2011, 9:48 AM
I think this site should look into purchasing the domain ComicBookPolls.com........then it would all make sense!!!
RyKnow
RyKnow - 9/21/2011, 9:49 AM
I think the result of this poll was a foregone conclusion.
From Following through to Inception, Nolan has continued to deliver a diverse range of intelligent, well written, and character driven films. I don't see how someone who successfully put a comic book character like Batman back to the forefront of the minds of a mainstream audience (not to mention the billion plus dollars in box office takings) can get such hollow insults as "the worst guy to happen to a CBM". Nolan's Batman trilogy will probably be spoke about with reverance for years to come, while the inevitable reboot will forever live in this trilogy's shadow. I may be wrong, but I reckon the massess have spoke.
m1312020
m1312020 - 9/21/2011, 9:51 AM
Poll Batman vs. Batman one has to lose.
OptimusPrimeTime
OptimusPrimeTime - 9/21/2011, 9:53 AM
Lol...one way or another people on this site will find a way to bitch....be it Michael Bay during TF filming, Green Lantern after the crapfest it ended up being, or Nolan for being not close enough to the comics....

This man is probably the hottest ticket as far as directors in Hollywood goes....he is for practicality, story and believability what Michael Bay is for action and 'splosioins.

If he wasn't as good as he was, people would still be bitching about him not doing ENOUGH with the franchise...

Haters gonna hate.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/21/2011, 9:53 AM
What was it you said the other day Intruder?

"Nolan is laughing at who again? Huh Josh? It appears the only butt of jokes are directed at his ass."

Judging by these results, I'd say he's laughing at YOU bub. :)

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Ceejay
Ceejay - 9/21/2011, 9:54 AM
Most directors spend all their lives making movies and never come up with a single original movie that's not a variation on a theme. Nolan in his mere 10 movies to date has come up with two totally original movies with Memento and Inception, they are unlike anything that's been before them and insanely well written and presented. Only narrow minded comic fanboys hate him because they only visualise what they see in a comic form as being what's supposed to be on the screen, they don't actually think about what works, what don't and what's totally stupid about the source material. In short, they are immature and their opinion as always isn't worth bringing to the table!
nuck82
nuck82 - 9/21/2011, 9:54 AM
<<<< doesnt give a shit
OptimusPrimeTime
OptimusPrimeTime - 9/21/2011, 9:55 AM
One thing I think we can all agree on.

comicbookpoll.com is going to be hot real estate in the coming weeks...cuz that shit needs it's own site.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/21/2011, 9:55 AM
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/21/2011, 10:03 AM
good director but overrated,that is all.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 9/21/2011, 10:04 AM
he's a good director... just dont like his Batman movies...not a fan of his 'realistic' approach... or of bale...
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 9/21/2011, 10:08 AM
the world just got owned by josh wilding
SuperSpiderMan5778
SuperSpiderMan5778 - 9/21/2011, 10:13 AM
FAWK NOLAN BRING BACK TIM BURTON
AEStark
AEStark - 9/21/2011, 10:13 AM
Really? A genius? Granted he makes good films, and he finally did justice to the franchise(except with the costume), but he didn't cure anything.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 9/21/2011, 10:14 AM
I think the movie will turn out great, but don't ask me to kiss his ass
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 9/21/2011, 10:16 AM
Josh, seriously? Why make a poll about this? This site is becoming stupid because of pointless BULLSHIT like this.
SentryIsGod
SentryIsGod - 9/21/2011, 10:20 AM
Following - A wonderful Debut
Memento - A mind [frick] of a movie, so original
Insomnia - A great detective thriller
Batman Begins - A Great Origin Movie, in every sense
The Prestige - It Had David Bowie
The Dark Knight - Took Comic Book Movies to another level
Inception - One of the most intelligent movies ever

So up to this point in his career, in my opinion, He is as flawless as you can get. He brings a great character feel to all his movies, Brings you in, makes you feel connected. Honestly, I can't see how anyone can prefer Tim Burton's batman over his.
SentryIsGod
SentryIsGod - 9/21/2011, 10:25 AM
Oh and I would just like to say one thing about all these people bitching about the polls.

It annoys me to see them up everyday as well, and I hardly ever participate in them. But, Why are you guys acting like seeing something on the main page is gonna ruin your day. Like your eyes are so precious that they can't be bothered with the simple maneuver of scrolling away from it. Stop being Diva's
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 9/21/2011, 10:28 AM
seriusly people [frick] you
he makes polls for everything so everyone to know the public opinion
if you don't care, don't vote
MovieMaster
MovieMaster - 9/21/2011, 10:32 AM
the world, you got owned by CBM. end of
Shadowfalcon
Shadowfalcon - 9/21/2011, 10:33 AM
well after what schumacher did to the franchise , he came along and picked up what was left of batman and gave us what we have ,Batman begins very good film, dark knight one of the best films out there and i trust the next instalment will break the 3rd movie curse
RunDTC
RunDTC - 9/21/2011, 10:33 AM
I love all of Nolan's films

1. The Dark knight
2. Inceptiion
3. The Prestige
4. Memento
5. Batman Begins
6. Insomnia
JackBauer
JackBauer - 9/21/2011, 10:34 AM
Inception is a ripoff of the Matrix, a much better film :)
m1312020
m1312020 - 9/21/2011, 10:38 AM
@JackBauer Ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!!!!!!!
Your on crack arn't you.
Treebeard
Treebeard - 9/21/2011, 10:38 AM
@ WesleyGibson and that statement makes YOU sound like a genius.... jesus

i am getting tired of these Nolan polls. there are only a few dumbasses on here that wouldn't know a great director from Uwe Boll so suck on these chinese nuts two times and just wait until DKR comes out and eat your owns words.
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