Inception

[LK]

The theory only works if the I.P. was self-contained, and even then it increases the chance of its possibility. The prequel comic brings about more of a "this is how the world is" theory.

In all honesty, there isn't a correct answer. It is a template by which multiple answers are correct without further evidence. It was designed that way on purpose.

[K9]

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[lamaros]

I finally saw this on the plane just now. It was about as good as I thought it would be.

I can understand why some of the people here liked it, but for me it was a bit boring and pointless. I didn't think the special effects had much novelty and I cared more about the rich kid, the asian ceo dude, and that guy from 500 days of Summer than any of the other characters.. which still wasn't that much.

Stalker (the russian one) is a much better movie for me, in a somewhat similar vein.

[schild]

Just saw this. I put it on the same level as Pan's Labyrinth.

Something a shitload of people loved, something that looked cool in the trailers, and something that was boring as hell when I finally saw it. Nothing was spoiled as all the memes about it made no goddamn sense without seeing the movie. (The rest of the post has nothing to do with Del Toro, who I love outside of Pan's Labyrinth)

Just regular old Christopher Nolan doing regular old Christopher Nolan bullshit.

He's the M. Night Shyamalackadingdong of action.

Both wander aimlessly through a desert trying to recreate their first meaningful movie, being Sixth Sense and Memento. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice? You can't, you half-baked, over-hyped, under-qualified uncreative jackasses.

PS The movie was absolutely gorgeous. But if I want something absolutely gorgeous AND good, I'll just go watch some Kurosawa or something. Or hell, Stalker, as mentioned in the post above this one.

PPS Ellen Page is kinda adorable.

[Trippy]

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[schild]

Had some edits to make. I hadn't insulted Nolan enough.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Needs more turtlenecks and berets

[HaemishM]

No surprise, but I disagree with what you said. Especially the part about Momento being Nolan's best work.

[schild]

Fine, his Batman stuff is his best work but I don't really consider it his work. Much like I don't consider Spiderman 1 and 2 (THERE WAS NO 3) to be Sam Raimi movies.

[HaemishM]

I would argue that I think some writers/directors/artists can take a character/setting they did not create and put so much of their own stamp on it that it could definitely be considered their work. Just the Batman mythos, I could say that Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams as well as Frank Miller took something from other creators and made wholly original works that could stand on their own (except for Dark Knight Strikes Back - that was fucking godawful).

[Sand]

Fine, his Batman stuff is his best work but I don't really consider it his work. Much like I don't consider Spiderman 1 and 2 (THERE WAS NO 3) to be Sam Raimi movies.

Agree with this. Also didnt see what the big deal was about Inception. It was like a bad boring Bond movie with parts of The Italian Job added in.

[Prospero]

I can't think of any Bond movie that is as boring as Inception.

[Tannhauser]

Nolan's movies are good, not great.  They all seem to make me not want to re-watch them. 

But you have to give the guy credit for his ambition.  Memento, a movie told backwards and Inception, a dream within a dream within a dream. 

[schild]

Inception wasn't a dream within a dream within a dream.

It was just a poorly edited action movie that happened to be gorgeous.

Silent Hill's ending did the same thing, but better. Yea, I went there, choke that down.

[Surlyboi]

Ellen page is cute as fuck.

That said, I dug it more for the beauty of it as well. The story was bog standard though. The biggest kick I got was just noticing that their city of dreams was partially shot in my old neighborhood in Tokyo.

[trias_e]

 The dream-within-a-dream bit isn't really interesting in terms of overarching plot.  However, it allows Inception's action scenes to correlate with subconscious states, identity construction/deconstruction, and meaning/purpose.  Placing action scenes inside the realm of the subconscious allows for alot of play regarding those themes. That fucking hit the spot for me.  Memento and The Prestige explore those themes as well, but I think Inception does it best.  Simply a fantastic, A+ movie, despite it being kind of pigeonholed into a 'summer action blockbuster' kind of deal.

[Ratman_tf]

Saw this a couple weeks ago. It was aight.
I tried putting it on during Xmas holiday, and my mom was all "So far, not interesting!" before they even finished up the first dream thing. So I turned it off and put in the WB animated Wonder Woman movie. 

[Riggswolfe]

You people are broken. I've known this for awhile but some of your reactions to Inception only confirms it. It was a damn good, smart sci-fi movie.

[Mrbloodworth]

ITT: Posters compare good, decent, even awesome movies to movies that never existed, yet were infinitely better and changed the world, or somthing.

[Velorath]

You people are broken. I've known this for awhile but some of your reactions to Inception only confirms it. It was a damn good, smart sci-fi movie.

Yes, this is a late reply...

Don't look at me.  I loved Inception.  Nolan for me is one of the top 5 directors working today.  In fact, I feel particularly blessed that even though most of 2010's movies sucked, I got new movies from Nolan, Aronofsky, the Coens, Danny Boyle, and to a lesser extent, David Fincher.  On average, 2010 wasn't really a great year for film, but I think the high points were really fucking strong.

[Furiously]

The wife liked it a lot.

I just have a hard time admitting to myself the Leo somehow became a decent actor. (Or someone who has an amazing ability to pick roles.)

And I totally agree Ellen Page is cute.

Boring but visually interesting is a great way to describe the film.

[Merusk]

Leo was always an OK actor, most of my hate was directed at the phenomenon that turned women into gibbering teenage masses over him.  Much like my hate for Twilight. (well, that and fucking sparkly emo vampires.)

[Sand]

Same reason guys hated Duran Duran in the 80's, because the girls liked them.

[Typhon]

I hated their music.  AND the videos made me want to smack them and MTV. 

Come home from a night out at least half in the bag, grab something to eat, hoping to stare at Pat Benetar's ass while she sings whatever in that black jump suit or Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love girls and have to endure Duran Duran being... well, Duran Duran.   Like a hot needle in the eye.  Yeah, I guess I hate them.  And girls definitely had something to do with it, but not in the way that you implied.

Somehow now I'm remember the Safety Dance assholes as well.  REALLY hate them.

[Slyfeind]

Safety Dance is like some weird-ass nightmare. I want to see a video of it slowed down to half speed, with Marilyn Manson's "Sweet Dreams" playing under it.

[Surlyboi]

I loved Duran Duran.

At least 'til the album after Notorious.

And as other people have said, Leo has always been a decent actor. Partially because of the roles he's chosen and partially just because, yeah he can actually act. Basketball Diaries was the shit.

[Slyfeind]

First thing I saw Leo in was Romeo + Juliet by Baz Luhrman, an otherwise solid flick. But based on his performance in that, I didn't think he'd ever act again. I'm glad to see his career went forward.

[Sand]

I think his best has been "Catch Me If You Can" from 2002 with Tom Hanks.

[Rendakor]

The Departed gets a close second.

[Korachia]

His performance in Shutter Island was also quite good.

[K9]

He's quite interesting, he really doesn't make that many films, but where he does he makes great films in which he is the star, He has only made 17 films since the basketball diaries in 1995. Compared to actors of a similar age who have made more films (I generally used 1995 as the benchmark or nearest to): Ben Affleck (33), Matt Damon (~43), Mark Walhberg (24 since Basketball Diaries), Ethan Suplee (~37), Christian Bale (~26), Edward Norton (22). The actor who has done the closest number of films is Orlando Bloom (18), although the quality if his films, and the significance of his part in them does not compare to Leo.

[LK]

He took a break from acting, I thought, to get away from the Titanic craze, then slowly reinserted himself into quality pieces. Also, probably can afford to be picky because of the money he made off Titanic?

[K9]

He did Man in the Iron Mask and some other film I have never heard of (Celebrity) in 98, the year after Titanic. Man in the Iron Mask is a decent film and he's good in it. I'd say it's more the latter, he can pick and chose and given how highly he is regarded I'm guessing he tends to get the best scripts going. His track record suggests quality rather than quantity; he hasn't done any voiceover work for animation or video games (which I believe is more of money thing than artistic quality thing?).

[UnSub]

He was also a big party guy in his youth, but I think he's slowed that side down and now considers what he wants to act in, rather than picking a film based on its shooting location.