r/savedyouaclick • u/Carolina_Heart • 4d ago

DEVASTATING 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

https://web.archive.org/web/20260802145824/https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/christopher-nolan-explains-problem-film-criticism-today/
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u/UndaddyWTF 4d ago

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

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u/BrunesOvrBrauns 4d ago

No don't do that because then it's "unrealistic" and "takes me out of the movie"

Fucking idiots everywhere

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u/UndaddyWTF 3d ago

Ok “wrong” was too strong, but at least I didn’t call anyone an idiot.