10 Harsh Truths You Don't Want To Admit About Chris Nolan's Movies

4. Style Over Substance

We as viewers are prepared to let a lot of things go if a movie is directed well enough, and Nolan's films are a testament to this. Take the end of The Dark Knight, which had Batman riding off to go into hiding, with the dramatic dialogue, beautiful cinematography and emotive score making us all feel that this was a profound cinematic moment. In actual fact, Batman would've driven back to the Batcave, parked up, and then simply resumed his life as Bruce Wayne: there wasn't any tremendous hardship about it, but the movie sold this idea to us so well that it became very easy to forget this fact. Then take The Dark Knight Rises, which is imbued with so many bizarre plot points yet is so technically proficient that it's very easy to let go of them: issues such as how Bruce got back to Gotham undetected, how he managed to fix his back with a little exercise and a few punches to the spine, why all of Gotham's cops went underground, and how Bane was able to keep them all alive for so long. Yet, the (mostly) strong acting, vibrant shot selection and bombastic score help us to put these issues to the back of our minds and simply enjoy the visceral experience, because, after all, it's "just a movie", right?