besides CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, name another director...
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Alien 3 is dope. Go watch the directors cut, it went through production HELL and fincher still managed to create a good ass movie, the production company were just afraid of giving fincher full reign to do what he really wanted. Who really considers Piranha as his first film though?
it was a sequel so it wasn't really his film to begin with. Right after he drops arguably the greatest sci-fi movie ever created in The Terminator.
Alien 3 is dope. Go watch the directors cut, it went through production HELL and fincher still managed to create a good ass movie, the production company were just afraid of giving fincher full reign to do what he really wanted. Who really considers Piranha as his first film though?
it was james cameron's DIRECTORIAL debut... no cop out pleas by saying its a sequel...
and again, FINCHER HIMSELF hates his film...and calls it a nightmare making it.
just curious as to who else has had a so far flawless track record like nolan when each film were both sucessful commercially and critically...
FINCHER maybe the closest, but that's only because resurrection was actually WORSE. but again, that doesn't excuse alien 3 as a critical failure (even though it was a commercial success)
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Prestige cost 40 Million and made 53 Million domestically. That's not a commercial success. I know you want to add in worldwide but when a studio shells out 40 Million they expect more than 13 Million more. Also the studio does not get 100% of theater grosses, 30-40% goes to theater owners. So Prestige was not that profitable at all. Also it got ok reviews, not great. Top critics have it at 60% on RT. Nolan's having a good run but you take out The Batman Franchise (Which was already a successful franchise on it's own) outside of Inception his movies haven't blown the box office apart.
Dude I'm telling you, Alien 3 is really fukking good. The directors cut is much more faithful to Finchers vision for the film and gives much more context and character development. He hated making the film because it went through production hell because the studio didn't trust Fincher enough to let him do what he wanted to do.
following was made with just 6,000 of nolan's own money. and earned 48,000.
you may not call it much, but that movie technically made EIGHT TIMES its own budget in profit! which ALSO got him his 1st mainstream film, "memento"
OP seems to have anything that makes a profit as 'a commercial success', which is not how I, and I'd guess most people, understand the phrase. 
Also, lets not act like Nolan is a GOAT or close to it, he makes consistently good films but his work is never groundbreaking or unique, and always vaguely formulaic (bar Memento tbf).
Also, lets not act like Nolan is a GOAT or close to it, he makes consistently good films but his work is never groundbreaking or unique, and always vaguely formulaic (bar Memento tbf).
...how is a 32k profit a 'commercial success' dude? Come on now, you know that's not how people use the term.
