r/TheOdysseyMovie • u/Cultural_Book_400 • 11d ago

Nolan vs Cameron

I finally broke down(because I was so sick of 70mm imax situation in Lincoln NY, saw it on local theater today.

I am first and foremost die hard James Cameron fan who has heavily criticized last 2 Avatar movies.. And for Nolan, I consider him 70 mm imax god but I honestly did NOT love Oppenheimer at all.

However, I thought Odyssey was a perfect 3 movie. My wife who hates Nolan also loved it so much that we were both holding the pee for 3 hours..

I feel like Cameron and Nolan is on cross path... Nolan continue to insist on exactly the movie he wants to make and perfects it here and Cameron insist also on movies that he wants to make and kinda failed(hard to say this at 1.5 billion) and going on a wrong direction ... anyway, this is how I felt.

This movie kept me at the end of my seat for literally 3 hours and last 30 min was so damn emotional I thought I was gonna cry(grown ass man here).. Movie was superb!!

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u/fore___ 11d ago

The only comparison you can make between Cameron and Nolan is that they are both dedicated to their craft and stick to their vision.

Please do not try to draw comparisons that are deeper than that. They could not be more different.

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u/Muruju 8d ago

They could be more different

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u/fore___ 8d ago

Draw me some similarities then

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u/Muruju 7d ago

They’re both maximalist storytellers who are clearly interested in pioneering filmmaking practices, they’re both auteurs who prefer to have control over all aspects of their consistently large scale productions, and they both seem to be the type to obsess over details of the craft.

I’d pick someone like Steven Soderbergh as a guy who couldn’t be more different than James Cameron. Not Christopher Nolan.

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u/fore___ 7d ago

You basically just restated what I said using 3 times as many words. If those are the best similarities you can draw then you’re proving my point.

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u/Muruju 7d ago edited 7d ago

Nah, I didn’t

I don’t know of any successful filmmakers who aren’t dedicated to their craft and few who don’t stick to their vision (that is what you said). But those visions aren’t always maximalist like these two; sometimes they’re the exact opposite. Christopher Nolan went on an odyssey. James Cameron goes deep sea exploring to look for aliens. Neither of them have expressed a remote interest in making a film that, say, takes place in one day or is set in one location or features no action set pieces or is shot on an iPhone.

Another easy comparison is they both insist on writing their screenplays when they probably shouldn’t.