10 Best Quotes From Christopher Nolan Movies

10 Best Quotes From Christopher Nolan Movies

Christopher Nolan’s movies are filled with great dialogue. Fans may like a reminder on some of the best lines in the director’s filmography.

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Christopher Nolan’s movies are filled with twists and drama, both of which are supported by great dialogue. Fans may like a reminder on some of the best lines in Nolan’s filmography that come from stories about science fiction, superheroes, war, and magic.

Some of the lines are from characters clearly speaking their intentions, like in Dunkirk. Others hold double meanings or foreshadow something to come, like in The Dark Knight. But all of the lines stand out as powerful moments in the stories and fans likely will never forget the first time they heard them.

10 Mr. Dawson On War In Dunkirk

“Men My Age Dictate This War. Why Should We Be Allowed To Send Our Children To Fight It?”

Dunkirk tells of 300,000 men being evacuated from a beach during World War II. Mr. Dawson answers the call for civilian boats to help but one rescued soldier doesn’t want Dawson to return to Dunkirk, telling him he shouldn’t be helping as a man his age. Dawson responds, “Men my age dictate this war. Why should we be allowed to send our children to fight it?”

It’s an ordinary citizen, not the soldier, who wants to save the other soldiers. Dawson is saying that men his age sit back and send the young to fight but he’s also saying that a man his age will indeed do his part. The exciting film may inspire viewers to seek out other WWII stories.

9 Leonard’s Last Line In Memeto

“Now, Where Was I?”

Nolan’s Memento tells the story of a man named Leonard searching for his wife’s killer. Viewers eventually see that Leonard finds the killer, but because of his short-term memory loss, he keeps looking for someone new that could possibly be the killer. After it’s revealed he killed the wrong man (from the beginning of the film), the end of the film sees him on the path of investigating that wrong man. It closes with Leonard saying, “Now, where was I?”

The film’s storytelling uses Leonard’s memory loss. The last line is a big deal because it’s showing that in his short-term memory loss, Leonard isn’t really looking for his wife’s killer anymore. He’s just continuing with his new purpose of being on the hunt.

8 Harvey Dent Predicts His Future In The Dark Knight

“You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain.”

The Dark Knight reveals Harvey Dent’s transformation into Two-Face. While at dinner with Rachel Dawes and Bruce Wayne, Harvey says, “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

At the point Harvey says this, Bruce believes Harvey is the hero who will clean up Gotham, even to the point where he won’t have to be Batman anymore. Later in the film, Harvey almost dies as a hero, but instead, he becomes the villain Two-Face. Harvey’s words ended up predicting his own situation, though he was held up as a hero and Batman lived long enough to become the villain in the eyes of Gotham.

7 Amelia On Love In Interstellar

“Love Is The One Thing We’re Capable Of Perceiving That Transcends Dimensions Of Time And Space.”

In Interstellar, the crew of a spaceship searches for planets for human colonies. At one point, Amelia Brand wants to go to the planet found by Wolf Edmunds, a man she loved. Another planet was found by Dr. Mann, who is telling them to come there. Joseph Cooper thinks Dr. Mann’s planet is the better choice, and that Brand’s choice may be clouded by love. Brand argues that love doesn’t make her choice wrong, saying, “Love is the one thing we’re capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space.”

Brand’s words foreshadow Cooper’s eventual journey through time and space that allows him to communicate with his daughter in the past. At that moment, love is actually transcending time and space, and the skeptical Cooper witnessed it firsthand. It’s a complex story some fans like even more than Inception.

6 Mal’s Ominous Words In Inception

“You’re Waiting On A Train. A Train That Will Take You Far Away.”

In Inception, Dom Cobb and his wife Mal work within the field of dreams, and after being deep within a dream for too long, Cobb plants an idea in Mal’s head to make her want to wake up. Having to die in the dream to wake up, they lay their heads on train tracks. Cobb tells Mal, “You’re waiting on a train. A train that will take you far away.”

In the real world, Mal eventually kills herself believing the real world is a dream. In Cobb’s subconscious, a projection of Mal tries to get to him and she repeats this line. The significance of it is that Cobb used these words to try and get Mal to return to the real world, and then the Mal projection uses them to try to get Cobb to stay in the dream. It’s the perfect display of the movie’s themes; what is real, which world is better, and where would you rather be?

5 Cutter Explains Magic In The Prestige

“You Don’t Really Want To Work It Out. You Want To Be Fooled.”

The Prestige is a thrilling story of two rival magicians in the late 1800s, Borden and Angier. At the beginning of the film, the character Cutter explains the three parts of a magic trick, and his explanation is repeated at the end. He says, “You don’t really want to work it out. You want to be fooled.”

This simple description of how a person reacts to a magic trick is also telling the viewer how they’re reacting to the movie. The Prestige itself has the three parts of a magic trick. After the twist has been revealed, Cutter’s words come in to make the viewer question everything one more time.

4 Bruce Lets Rachel Know The Truth In Batman Begins

“It’s Not Who I Am Underneath, But What I Do That Defines Me.”

The Dark Knight Trilogy began with Batman Begins, which solidified Nolan as one of the best comic book movie directors. In the middle of the movie, Rachel Dawes tells Bruce what it is that defines him. Later, when she asks Batman his name, he responds with a version of her words, saying, “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.”

This line serves three roles. First, it’s Bruce’s way of telling Rachel he’s Batman. Second, it’s a moment for Batman to say what he’s about. And third, Bruce is able to show Rachel that he’s a good person, which she questioned earlier when he put on his carefree playboy routine.

3 The Charismatic Eames In Inception

“You Mustn’t Be Afraid To Dream A Little Bigger, Darling.”

Arthur and Eames are at odds a few times throughout Inception. When fighting Robert Fischer’s subconscious, Arthur is firing back at the projections with a gun but failing, so Eames steps up and says, “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.” He then takes out a much bigger gun.

This moment is a humorous one, but it also serves purposes in the story. While the film firmly establishes the dream world, events happening there can seem like real life. But a fun moment with Eames “dreaming up” a bigger gun reminds the viewers that it’s still the dream world.

2 The Iconic Joker Line In The Dark Knight

“Why So Serious?”

Heath Ledger was perfectly cast in the role of the Joker in The Dark Knight. Joker tells two completely different stories about how he got his scars. When explaining a version where his father cut his face, he says his father asked him, “Why so serious?”

The Joker wants to make people laugh, but he does it with insanity and cruelty. A clown may indeed ask someone why they’re so serious, suggesting that their being a clown can fix that. But when the Joker asks this, it’s his brand of humor, which is more serious than anything he could be asking about.

1 Borden Does A Magic Trick In The Prestige

“Are You Watching Closely?”

As mentioned before, The Prestige itself plays out like a magic trick. There is a lot for viewers to find, especially on repeat viewings. Alfred Borden’s opening line is “Are you watching closely?” and it gets repeated throughout the film.

When this line opens the film, Borden isn’t saying it to another character, he’s saying it to the viewer. He’s inviting the audience to pay attention and try to figure out the magic trick of the movie. It sets the tone for the entire film.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/christopher-nolan-films-best-quotes/

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