Inception - How freakin weird and secretive is this movie

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A really good summer movie, the best summer blockbuster since...The Dark Knight :P

It got me thinking, but not in the way that Moon or Blade Runner did. I don't think a movie has tried to be so clever as Inception has tried for a while. Which is a shame really, more projects like this need to be greenlighted, as let's face it i doubt it would have received the budget if not for Nolan directing TDK.

Also I think us geeks have found a rival to the argument of ''Deckard is/isn't a replicant'' in the ending. ;)
 
Press release will be released next year supporting my statement. I can't give you a source but i have it on very good authority this is the case. If i'm wrong i'll put my hanRAB up.
 
Totally agree. They were both brilliant.

I didn't think the ending was a cop out at all. It was the type of ending that has you thinking about it for hours afterwarRAB. I love that despite the film ending we were tortured by not being shown whether the spinning top stopped spinning or not. Brilliant :D
 
Just got back from seeing it.

Excellent...it's certainly going to get a few more viewings from me, that's for sure. Just sooooooo much going on, hard to take it all in on one viewing.

Spoilers ahead...

It took me a little while to get into it. You really need to keep your wits about you to follow what is going on, especially the opening sequence which sets up the whole concept of how and why peoples dreams are invaded.

Then there are the issues with Cobb and his late wife. It takes a while for that plot strand to become clear, so you feel somewhat confused as to what is going on there...but then confusion and disorientation are integral to the plot of the movie.

I found that once the main 'caper' kicked off (and it is essentially a 'Mission Impossible' style caper), the film kicks into gear big-time!

The combination of the different time-zones, different levels of conciousness, the tension arising from the concept of having to 'jolt' to the next level by a certain tome so as not to end up a vegetable really keeps the whole thing moving at a cracking pace.

And the set pieces are tremendous...the locomotive thundering down a busy city street...the whole 'zero-gravity' sequence with Joseph Gordon-Levitt...the Bond-style assault on the snowbound fortress...buildings, environments and whole cityscapes transforming, plus other various shootouts and chases.

Plus the 'wild-card' element of Cobb's extracuricular activities with the memory of his dead wife, which start to have an effect on the mission itself.

And I love the ending...just perfect.
 
I hate people who hate people for little things. Lateness could be caused by any reason outside the control of the poster. Chill out a bit.
 
Dont let anyone put you off, the film is awesome. the soundtrack matches is perfectly as well. I not seen a film this good in a long time and im very fussy :)
 
*Ahem* Can I have my epic slice of humble pie with lashings of fail sauce now? :o

Saw it again over the weekend with a friend. When does the DVD/Blu ray come out?
 
Furthermore, on reflection it seems very likely that Cobbs totem was not the spinning top, but instead his children's faces, again making the scene pivital as well as poignant. He presses the point throughout the movie of how it's important that nobody else is familiar with the workings on your totem and yet and that it's yours and yours only. However, he admits that his totem belonged to his wife and was not his. Furthermore he notes that he can never see his childrens faces within his dreams. Nobody knew that was in fact his totem. When he saw his children's faces at the end, he knew that he wasn't dreaming, and so the spinning top was irrelevant.

Of course this is just another take, but the ideas are intentionally set within the film. It's certainly more intelligent than you give it credit for, as you do not appear to have thought about the possibile implications of the ending, and instead just saw it as a cliche. There's more depth to it than that.. There's certainly substance to it.
 
this film borrows ideas and conclusions from several other films. the matrix is the obvious one, while sunshine of the spotless mind and solaris are the notable others. i personally felt nolan used the atomspheric noises one might associate with terminator 2. the sound of metal on metal for all the dramatic scenes. not in homage to that film, but through the realisation it worked so well for cameron.
having so many visceral influences made it slightly difficult to appreciate the film in the way, i knew i should.
the story unfolRAB at a good pace and the various complexities between realities (at first viewing) seemed straightforward enough, except, you're always left questioning the primary reality.

the action sequences are pretty tame. the shootout in the street (heat), lacked any real intensity, neither was it realistic enough (in terms of the outcome) to give the audience the impression the events which took place, actually happened.

surprisingly this film threatened on several occasions to unravel completely and it's a testament to the ability of the cast, this film makes it through those turbulent moments.

having said all this, i did enjoy inception. though i wish i had enjoyed it more.
 
It has enough themes though, what is it you are looking for in this film that in your opinion will make it perfect? You could say any film in the history of cinema could have been perfect if it wasn
 
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