Nolan vs Jackson

[fishstick]

Inception is a movie about the imagination of a white collar accountant made by an architecture fan. Hence why it's boring and monotone. Didn't understand why people complained there was no fantasy in these dreamscapes (like random flying pink elephants) , my only concern was the complete lack of sex.

Mal was dead so sex would be, ahem, necrophilic to say the least. Even in dreams. But Eames and Arthur sex would be most welcome. Edited December 27, 2012 by fishnets

[dashrendar44]

Or Eames dreaming of Fassbender's shlong. "Don't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling"

[The Stingray]

Tonally their styles are worlds apart. PJ is warm & fuzzy like Spielberg, whereas Nolan's can seem cold and calculating, like Kubrick. I prefer Nolan over PJ, not because I don't like warm & fuzzy, but because I like Nolan's films and I don't like Jackson's.

[baumer]

Nolan is more consistent but FOTR is better than anything he's ever done.

Pretty much how I feel except TDK is right on its heels imo.

[The Futurist]

I still don't get the point of talking about the LOTR movies seperately.They are one big entity, shot back to back.

[Accursed Arachnid!™]

Jackson is very good at Tolkien epics, other than that he's meh. While I feel Nolan has made a couple of missteps, most of his films are not just great, they're amazing. Plus, while Jackson is mostly great at adapting existing stories(Frighteners is merely good, not great), Nolan is great at coming up with his own(Memento, Inception, etc) and adapting others(Batman).

Nolan wins.

[Kalo]

Peter Jackson..

[75Live]

Jackson is very good at Tolkien epics, other than that he's meh. While I feel Nolan has made a couple of missteps, most of his films are not just great, they're amazing. Plus, while Jackson is mostly great at adapting existing stories(Frighteners is merely good, not great), Nolan is great at coming up with his own(Memento, Inception, etc) and adapting others(Batman).

Nolan wins.

Pretty much sums up what I would say

[fishstick]

Peter Jackson..

LOL, he gave that guy from your avatar a thankless role. It`s laugahble that he left Being Human for playing Legolas clone in the background.

[jb007]

Based on their recent releases, I would have to go with Peter Jackson who has sprung back to form with a lean and effective ending to The Hobbit.

 

Being a Tintin fan since childhood, hoping to see a great Tintin movie from him. 

[Lordmandeep]

I think Jackson with key moments in Fotr, TTT and ROTK did some scenes Nolan can never match.

 

I can't see Nolan doing scenes like Frodo and Sam on MT doom. or Gandalf Charge at Helm's Deep or Ride of The Riders of Rohan in ROTK. 

 

Like can Nolan do a scene like this, no because its not his style, while Jackson has done amazing scenes like this.

 

 

However outside of LOTR, Nolan is much better than Jackson. 

Edited December 17, 2014 by Lordmandeep

[jb007]

I think Jackson with key moments in Fotr, TTT and ROTK did some scenes Nolan can never match.

 

I can't see Nolan doing scenes like Frodo and Sam on MT doom. or Gandalf Charge at Helm's Deep or Ride of The Riders of Rohan in ROTK. 

 

 

However outside of LOTR, Nolan is much better then Jackson. 

 

I would put King Kong against anything Nolan has done beyond Batman and Memento. While KK was ridiculously bloated, the action scenes are spectacular and the emotional 3rd act has some resonance.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

After watching The Hobbit 3. I am confident to say Nolan is way better Kong and Hobbit has really devalued Jackson as a director. 

[pepsa]

If jackson had only made one movie in his life and it was LOTR then I would chose him because those are better then all the movies nolan ever made but he didn't.

So i pref Nolan, he is consistant, makes intresting movies, doesn't over do with CGI. He is probably my favorite director.

[luna]

we might agree LOTR is jackson's best work, which is a bunch of supremely racist monarchy fetishism.

 

so, uh, nolan.

Edited December 18, 2014 by lisa

[Jake Gittes]

Jackson pre-2006 (up to and including King Kong), Nolan post-Prestige.

 

Overall Jackson because Nolan has never done anything as incredible as Heavenly Creatures and LOTR and hasn't shown signs that he ever will.

[vc2002]

We really need Nolan vs other directors threads.

[4815162342]

Nolan has yet to embrace his inner zany. Hobbit 3 features wacky PJ setpieces at his best and at his most eyeroll-worthy.

[RobinHood26]

Very different type of filmmakers. I like Nolan, but I fucking love that Jackson is not afraid to go over board and just have a good time.

[RobinHood26]

But I voted Nolan