2. A Nolan Film Can Be The Best Of Times And The Worst Of Times
Dickens is a good barometer for Nolan; he specifically cited A Tale of Two Cities influence on the themes and design of The Dark Knight Rises. So it shouldnt be too surprising that some of Bozs weakness for baroque over-detailing hobble several Nolan filmsRises could lose nearly an hour by trimming Matthew Modines already-forgettable dithering police chief and that army infiltrating Gotham blind alley subplot. But even its more lauded prequel takes a few detoursthe Jokers concluding two boats poser makes such an obvious point, and comes to such an obvious conclusion (who are the real criminals, do you see? Oh, wait, you do). No amount of hectic inter-cutting and Zimmer BWAAAAMMMMing can compensate for basic lapses in logicand like the Boo-hoo Bond, its something James is already no stranger to and probably needs to get away from.