#1 22-07-10 08:05:45

funtime2111

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Inception (warning: possible spoilers in this thread)

Just curious what those who have seen Inception have thought so far.  I generally love the exploration of the distinction between reality and dreaming, and from a first viewing, I think this movie does a really impressive job delving into it.

Don't want to give spoilers in the first post, but basically I'm planning on watching it a second time to try to formulate an alternate interpretation that Nolan strongly hints at in the final scene.  But would love to hear theories, interpretations, etc. from people who watched it and found it compelling.  Of course, criticism and complaints about the movie are also welcome.

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Re: Inception (warning: possible spoilers in this thread)

Haven't seen the movie but the trailers look really good. Dreams are periods of being awake while our senses are lightly rewired to our subconscious. My dreams are a mishmash of stuff I've been thinking about and memories stored in my subconscious.

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thorcher

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Re: Inception (warning: possible spoilers in this thread)

All things considered, I found the movie much less imaginative than I would have expected. Gunfire as the persistent means of conflict?  Bleh.  There was indeed much to like, but the script seemed very rushed and high-end hackjob to me.  Far too many missed opportunities (not least of which Ariadne's so-called phenomenal imagination, which never really panned out in the narrative).

For what it's worth, I found much of Sandman's use of the dreaming to be rather unimaginative as well, though it vindicated itself in The Kindly Ones.  Generally, if someone "writes dreams" in a linear and real world causality fashion, I'm not at all impressed. Cause I don't think any of us really dream like that.

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Re: Inception (warning: possible spoilers in this thread)

That movie gave me a headache.  That is the biggest thing I took away from the cinema.

ngaio

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Re: Inception (warning: possible spoilers in this thread)

I had high hopes after Memento and I did enjoy Inception, but not nearly as much as I'd hoped to. I found the storyline less challenging than I'd hoped for, I agree with Thorcer about the missed opportunity regarding Adriadne's imagination, also the really bad makeup on the old guy... I've forgotten his name... at the end really threw me off track!

I also found the ending kind of annoying... the spinning top was kind of like ending a movie with "The end... OR IS IT?", I found it kinda cheap.

But that's obviously just my opinion. As a movie in its own right, I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's just Memento set me up for some really high expectations, but then, Memento is up there on my list of all time favourite movies so kinda hard to beat that one.

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Re: Inception (warning: possible spoilers in this thread)

ditto nio. this was no memento, and given the decent idea (nested dreamscapes) and the budget to pull it off (fold a city in half?) - with a little less pandering to the matrix audience could have been something magical and special, deeply psychological at least. instead it was like a cardboard cutout of what it could have been with a whole lot of telling instead of showing plus like some chases and explosions and whatever.

Socrates505

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Re: Inception (warning: possible spoilers in this thread)

I did not care for that movie at all. I am excited though because I am tired of having to use the example of the Matrix when talking about Descartes.

thorcher

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Re: Inception (warning: possible spoilers in this thread)

For you Memento fans, I would highly recommend Nolan's The Prestige.  It's not Memento (nor should it be), but it is a rather impeccable thriller.  I had one minor beef with it for some time, but have gradually realized that it's not something wrong, but actually something very right, on an excrutiatingly subtle level.  It definitely lives up to "watch it over and over" standard established by Memento, and has great performances (Jackman, Bale, Johannsen, and Bowie as Tesla!) and scenery (Victorian).

ngaio

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Re: Inception (warning: possible spoilers in this thread)

Oh yeah I've been meaning to watch that for ages!