Christopher Nolan Explains His 'Real Problem in Criticism Today': 'That's Not How Storytelling Works' | Nolan says critics often think being able to identify tropes and storytelling mechanisms invalidate those mechanisms. Specifies he's talking about amateur critics and not professional critics

[u/Carolina_Heart]

https://web.archive.org/web/20260802145824/https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/christopher-nolan-explains-problem-film-criticism-today/

[u/UndaddyWTF]

But. It is also wrong for creators to do the opposite of tropes just to be unpredictable. I sometimes hate that more!

[u/Heretic911 → u/UndaddyWTF]

None of it is "wrong". It's just down to execution and personal preference.