Christopher Nolan Director's Collection (Memento / Insomnia / Batman Begins / The Dark Knight / Inception) [Blu-ray]

Released a month before his latest film, "The Dark Knight Rises", the Christopher Nolan Director's collection is a great way to witness the visual style of one of the foremost modern visionaries of film. The collection includes the single disc Blu Ray versions of Momento, Insomnia, and Batman Begins, the two disc versions of The Dark Knight and Inception, a set of 10 photo print cards containing the director's favorite shots of his films, and a book summarizing each film with pictures of the best moments in action and directing. Overall, the choices show the talent of Nolan in captiavating films. If you don't already have 2 or more of these films on Blu Ray, it's an easy choice to pick up this set. Getting an $8 coupon towards The Dark Knight Rises to see in theaters was a nice bonus. Sure, it's capitalizing off of the hype of Nolan's most anticipated film yet, but what you get and the price you pay for it is well worth it.

Christopher Nolan is, by far, the greatest director of all time in my opinion. I love all of his movies but because my brother is moving out and taking all of these with him I was looking for a chance to buy them for myself. This box set is a great start to get back all my treasured Nolan films. But let's give a quick rundown. Memento- My favorite movie of all time. Most unique directing ever. 10/10 Inception- 2nd favorite movie of all time. One of the best concepts of all time. 9.5/10 Batman Begins- Great movie. Love Cillian Murphy as scarecrow. Very well done. 8/10 The Dark Knight- Best Batman flick ever. Joker is fantastic and so is the rest of the movie. 9/10 Insomnia- Not written by Nolan, just directed, and it shows. But who doesn't love Robin Williams as a killer? 7.5/10 All this for $25? I'm in. The only gripe about this box set is no Prestige! I would have much rather of had that then Insomnia. Also need to get Following and Dark Knight Rises. But, like I said, this is a great start. UPDATE: Just got in in and thought I would review the packaging. It is a hardcover box and the front flips open to the left which reveals screenshots from the inside. All the movies are individually packed with their own bluray cases on the right inside (Dark Knight and Inception come with an extra disc of bonus features). They slide out along with a art book with summary's of the movies a a few quotes from the cast and lines from the movies as well as a collection of screenshot cards from the movies (some really cool ones in there such as a closeup of scarecrow). I would say it has some pretty awesome packaging.

The important thing here to me is the movies. They all have their own separate case, but come in a cardboard holder grouping together. Personally I pitched it. Takes up space and is unnecessary. That and I'm weird and have my movie collection alphabetized. The set also comes with a little booklet with stills from the movies. They are about postcard size and honestly, it's nothing special. All five films are worth owning and all look excellent on bluray. Even better is that they all have decent extras with them. I don't know whether some individual special additions have some extras that these are missing (I know Memento does at least), but these are not stripped down versions. I was fortunate to grab this when it was on sale and was only like $20. Even at the price now, for these five films it is definitely a great set.

Absolutely Great buy for those who already do not posses any of these 5 great films. But Keep in mind that this set on Amazon.com does not include $8.00 coupon value as other retailers include in to this package. I've been reading some reviews for his product and people mention that they got bonus coupon of value $8.00 to see Dark knight Rises in Theaters. When I place an order and got my stuff I didn't find that coupon to be anywhere in box, or on plastic cover sticker like it supposed to be. So I contacted Amazon.com stuff to get more detail on it, and see why I did't get what some people claim to get from exactly same buy. The answer I got was that Amazon does not have nor ever had any promotional bonuses such as $8.00 coupon vouchers for Dark Knight Rises. Buyers who looking to buy this product with $8.00 coupon don't buy it from Amazon, find some other retailer and do some research to make sure that package includes cash value ticket.

It's been all said already before me. But I just can't help writing about this great collector's edition. Christopher Nolan it not only one of the best Hollywood directors these days but for some people he is actually a Messiah of Hollywood. I've just received my package and can honestly say that it's not only worth $30 but makes it a symbolic price. You get these 5 incredible movies almost for free! Apparently the best deal ever on Amazon. Buy it before they run out!

Well, I have to say that I'm happy with this collection. I mean, isn't a COMPLETE collection but that was set very clear in the product description, so no complains about that. The discs for every movie is apparently the same edition if you buy it separately and they're pretty good with the features and quality, especially those with big special effects and action sequences. It really takes the advantage of blu-ray. And cost less than buy it one per one, so I think is a pretty good bargain. Also, the special content of the collection is acceptable. I was expecting a little more, we're talking about Nolan, right? So, I expected a photo book with more information and insights like little secrets about the filming of this movies, but all you got is little phrases, and the pictures isn't very interesting either. I was expecting more a behind the scenes vibe, but you obtain regular photos found easily in google and the quality of the print is poor, also with the photo cards. I expected shiny, brilliant photos but this are far from shiny and full of noise, so about this part I'm very disappointed. In short, is a really good bargain for all this incredible movies and the blu-ray editions are pretty good but definitely isn't a collective type of collection.

The movies themselves are fantastic. If you're familiar with Nolan's work, you know it. If you aren't, you'll be impressed. When I bought the item, it was sold by Amazon and I paid $24.99 for it, a complete bargain. In the back of "The Dark Knight" blu-ray disc cover, where the movie info is displayed, there's a great artwork: some words look as if they were scratched by the Joker, changing the meaning with the phrases, so it looks like Batman is the villain. It's a tiny detail, but so fun to notice and have it. The stock photos are good. I'd choose different movie frames to print, but these ones are OK. There's two tiny things I didn't like: the disc covers are thinner, about 80% of the size of a regular DVD/Blu-ray disc cover. Of course, this is so you can have 5 discs + stock photos + booklet inside one box and save space, but, personally, I didn't like it. And the booklet with photos actually come inside the box, making it much smaller than I thought it was. These two things, I think, are so personal I couldn't lower the rate objectively. It is a 5-star product. The good stuff absolutely outweight these tiny details. I ordered it from Brazil, and it arrived in less than 2 weeks. For portuguese-speakers: all the movies have portuguese subtitles, except for Memento. None of them are dubbed in portuguese (thank God).

Many film directors want to be the next Stanley Kubrick, but Nolan may be well on his way to creating his own legacy. Innovative, visionary, a storyteller with a keen sense of the medium Nolan has established himself as a sharp intellectual risk taker, be that small budget (Memento) or big (The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception). This is a fine collection of most of his films, and a terrific gift for any one who doesn't own these movies already. It also comes with 36 page photo book and 10 collectible photo cards.

Quite a bit of custom duties to pay if buying form the UK and missing one Following and Prestige ( although not mentioned on the box) still you cant call it a Director's Collection without those can you?

Como indica la publicación, la edición tiene 5 películas, 2 de ellas tienen el segundo disco donde viene contenido extra. Me sorprende la calidad del libro de arte y las fotografías, es muy buena edición a un excelente precio. El paquete llegó en buena condiciones a pesar de que venía en bolsa.

A bundle of movies worth adding to your collection. Some nice extras for the devoted fan of Chhristopher Nolan. Enjoyed immensely