Inception - How freakin weird and secretive is this movie

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I bet half the people who saw this thread title thought WHAT THE HELL IS INCEPTION

Basically its a film by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Memento) and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, Ellen Paige.

Not many people know what this film is even about as it is being kept so secret the only things that have been released is a weird trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DwuVKfjctk

an even weirder website (which was recently updated it used to be just a spinning top that followed the cursor)

http://inceptionmovie.warnerbros.com/ (something eventually happens after a bit just keep watching)

and a weird looking poster

http://www.fusedfilm.com/2009/12/chris-nolans-inception-movie-poster-revealed/

like i said this film has been kept extremely secret
 
At least elaborate on that post (irrefutable facts would help as opposed to vague hints), otherwise you just look like a paranoid conspiracy nutjob, no offense.

You may call it "naivety", but sometimes a story is just a story, and a film is just a film. 'Inception' is no different, and Nolan himself admits that the film is merely based on a cool idea he had whilst dreaming. As a film studies student, i actually find it irritating when people try and convince me that a film has extremely obscure hidden meanings beyond what the writer/director intended (i remember one of my uni lecturers trying to convince us of the very thin theory that just because the two main characters in the film 'Double Indemnity' frequently lit each others ciggarettes, this meant that they were secretly homosexual:rolleyes:). A popular director/writer who was accused of having deeper meanings in some of his films once said something along the lines of "i filmed/wrote it that way because it looked good and entertaining, not because it had any subversive political meanings" (i forget who it was that actually said that, but i definitely remember seeing the documentary extract).

Obviously i agree that some films do indeed have these subversive themes that are there for the viewer to find (hell, even Avatar was critiquing the Iraq conflict), but most of the time a film is just designed to be entertaining and original.

I've had odd sci-fi screenplay ideas before, but it doesn't mean that i'm privy to some futuristic technological concept that NASA is withholding from the public for the next 50 years..
 
I'd agree Cilian Murphy was excellent in his role but as you say, it was more down to his skills as an actor more than the writing. He had a few key dialogue scenes to help him find the character and he certainly fared better than the Cobb's support team who were written very flat and played flat as well.
 
I am not sure that is true - I presume by the top level you mean the first dream - the dreamer there was Yusuf the chemist because they remarked about it raining because he needed to go to the toilet having drunk too much champagne. Fisher was the mark and only sharing the dream with the others.
 
Lukey, I'm thinking about going to see this, but given the 2 1/2 hour running time, I'm thinking it's more one for Blu-ray. Also have a very long drive to my nearest cinema.

Does the film drag at all? I usually need a stretch, yawn and toilet stop not long after 2 hours. :D
 
Well, I have to admit that I went back and saw it again - couldn't resist. I've never returned to the cinema to see a film for a second time and to be honest I would happily watch it for a third as it was just as good (and I understood it all properly this time!).
 
The scene with Saito as an old man, at the beginning and at the end, was in limbo, not in reality. Cob had to find Saito in limbo so that he could be reminded of his promise.

After that we see them on the plane with Saito doing that phone call so that Cob could get into the US without being arrested.

I had to see the film twice. At the first time I did not understand that at all.
 
I got to see this at the Imax in London on Saturday night and I was absolutely blown away, and not just because it was my first time experiencing an Imax screening but because the film was absolutely amazing, with an incredible cast, great writing, mindblowing special effects...it really had everything! I've rarely been so impressed and I really want to see it again because I know I'd enjoy it even more the second time, when I don't have to worry so much about taking everything in. I'm not obsessed with special effects but in this case they fit perfectly with the story, rather than overshawed it. The music by Hans Zimmer was also fantastic...one of the best scores ever!

I do feel it's a cinema movie, though. I can't imagine enjoying it nearly as much on DVD because it was clearly made for the big screen.
 
Apparently Inception will be released in Imax screens next Summer as Chris Nolan has shot several specific scenes with Imax cameras for the film.

Rumours abound if you see Avatar at an Imax cinema you will also see a trailer for Inception. Those who do see Avatar at an Imax cinema please let us know if this is true or not.
 
I thought the soundtrack to Inception was superb. First thing I did was go home and download it! Maybe the chord sequence just appeals to me or something but it makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.
 
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