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Consensus: Smart, innovative, and thrilling, Inception is that rare summer blockbuster that succeeds viscerally as well as intellectually. Last edited by Tribal Warfare; 07-13-2010 at 05:55 PM.. |
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07-27-2010, 09:33 AM | #301 | |
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I would think so. Especially if you are sharing their memories, and experiences. Maybe I'm wrong. |
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07-27-2010, 10:20 AM | #302 |
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07-27-2010, 12:27 PM | #303 |
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But to what end? I don't see any stakes in the choice one way or the other. I generally love it when films mess with the audience but in the case of Inception it feels empty, and clever for the sake of being clever.
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07-27-2010, 03:11 PM | #304 | |
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I don't know how many theory courses you've taken, but an analogy may be the importance of speech acts. The final scene would represent a illocutionary act.
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07-27-2010, 03:20 PM | #305 | |
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I just think people experience things differently and it would be pretty damn impossible to make a movie that everyone watches and has the same experience. I have seen it twice now, and had two different experiences, and made a slightly different choice at the end the second time around. I don't second guess myself, however, and think I was wrong the first time. I just think I watched it differently, and was in a different setting with a much larger audience the first time drawing on group reactions, too. Both were very satisfying experiences. |
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07-27-2010, 03:39 PM | #306 | |
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I, myself, am going to go see it for the 2nd time tonight. This time in IMAX.
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07-27-2010, 08:21 PM | #307 |
You think you can get by this?
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How long is this movie? Thinking about going to go see it at 10pm.
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07-27-2010, 08:34 PM | #308 |
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That was a good post. That was along the lines of what I was going to say... if it is up to the audience, that really might be the most meaningful ending of all. Kinda means the world is what you make of it. Which will seem deceptively simple but that's kind of the point. You can't really win.
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07-27-2010, 08:35 PM | #309 |
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07-27-2010, 08:35 PM | #310 |
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07-27-2010, 08:48 PM | #311 |
You think you can get by this?
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07-27-2010, 11:51 PM | #312 |
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I enjoyed it. It wasn't hard to keep track. I only have one question about the ending, but I may just have to watch it again to get my answer.
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07-28-2010, 12:26 AM | #313 |
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07-28-2010, 12:28 AM | #314 |
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Well, the one certainty is that this movie, like it, love it, or feel cheated by it, has brought on a ton of discussion about it, and I think that's the goal of most movies, especially of this genre.
However, I truly, truly hope Nolan and cast don't get sucked into doing some half assed sequel just for the sake of doing a sequel. |
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07-28-2010, 01:31 AM | #315 | |
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This was just a one-off project. They want Nolan focused on wrapping up Batman now, and also on breathing life back into the Superman franchise. Plus, if the studio wants a sequel to Inception, they'll have to go to Nolan and ask him for it - and that's going to cost them. I would be suprised if Nolan took the bait. By then he'll have another side project ready to turn heads.
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