Christopher Nolan -vs- Stanley Kubrick

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Billy Costigan

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Kubrick
# of movies directed - 16
Oscar wins - 1
popular movies - Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange

Nolan
# of movies directed - 10
Oscar wins - 0 (3 nominations)
popular movies - Inception, The Dark Knight, Memento

who is the better director?
 
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Kubrick. Nolan is great, but Kubrick was a major trailblazer.

Kubrick:
Spartacus
Dr. Strangelove
2001
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket

I'm in the minority, though. I don't really like The Prestige and I only kind of like Inception. I didn't go crazy for it.
 
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nbakerld said:
Kubrick. Nolan is great, but Kubrick was a major trailblazer.

Kubrick:
Spartacus
Dr. Strangelove
2001
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket

I'm in the minority, though. I don't really like The Prestige and I only kind of like Inception. I didn't go crazy for it.
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Have you seen Memento? Insomnia?
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Have not seen Insomnia, but Dark Knight, Batman Begins, and Memento are 3 of my favorite movies, ever. They are better than Kubrick's top 3. But Kubrick gets the bump because he pushed the limits more than any mainstream director ever has. They tried to have A Clockwork Orange banned, and if you watch it today, it's still disturbing. Timeless.
 
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nbakerld said:
Have not seen Insomnia, but Dark Knight, Batman Begins, and Memento are 3 of my favorite movies, ever. They are better than Kubrick's top 3. But Kubrick gets the bump because he pushed the limits more than any mainstream director ever has. They tried to have A Clockwork Orange banned, and if you watch it today, it's still disturbing. Timeless.
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I've never heard of that; what's it about?
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Billy Costigan said:
It's a crazy movie about sex and rape and drugs and violence. It is good though. I've seen it once, a couple years ago.
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I'm not a big fan of rape. Not even the make-believe kind.
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bamacheats said:
I've never heard of that; what's it about?
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The book is amazing. The movie is really good. It's a future dystopia where they try experiments to force morality on a troubled youth. It's crazy, and makes you think. The point of it all is not as clear in the film version. The book has an epilogue that the movie didn't even touch on.
 
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nbakerld said:
Have not seen Insomnia, but Dark Knight, Batman Begins, and Memento are 3 of my favorite movies, ever. They are better than Kubrick's top 3. But Kubrick gets the bump because he pushed the limits more than any mainstream director ever has. They tried to have A Clockwork Orange banned, and if you watch it today, it's still disturbing. Timeless.
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Everything nbaker said except that I did see Insomnia. Meh.

Kubrick is better at this point. Nolan needs a few more great films that push boundaries to be on Stanley's level.
 
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I often wonder how cool A.I. would have been had the project not been finished by Spielberg.
 
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