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Old 07-11-2010, 11:01 PM  
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Consensus: Smart, innovative, and thrilling, Inception is that rare summer blockbuster that succeeds viscerally as well as intellectually.
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Old 07-29-2010, 11:02 AM   #331
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Old 07-29-2010, 03:48 PM   #333
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Seriously though, I like Inception because I like clever movies made by smart people for smart people. I think Inception is one of the most elegant and original movies ever built, and it oozes with intelligence. I can't remember a movie that has infected not only me, but popular culture in the same way that this one has - and for all the right reasons. Inception isn't just a movie - it's an event... an experience.

Truth be known, I like all of Nolan's work. Momento is a good movie, but I don't personally think it reached the level that Inception did. I didn't spend any time after Momento trying to dissect the story. It didn't capture my imagination. It was just a movie that I found enjoyable, not necessarily an experience.

I put Batman Begins at the bottom because that's where I think it belongs. I enjoyed it, to be sure, but of all of his films, it is the one that I think the least of. Not that I won't watch it again - I surely will. But there's not much to it once you've seen it once.
I actually did miss this post. Very nice. Memento captured me the first time I saw it the same way that Inception captured you. But I can see where you're coming from, for the most part. Inception is really an amazing piece of work. I do wish it had a little more heart - or at least a little more to offer on the emotional side of things. Because the intellectual stuff is there. In spades. I can't wait to see it again.

I'm not sure if I would put Batman Begins at the bottom or not. But it would certainly be closer to the bottom than the top.

Thanks for the response, TJ.
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I actually did miss this post. Very nice. Memento captured me the first time I saw it the same way that Inception captured you. But I can see where you're coming from, for the most part. Inception is really an amazing piece of work. I do wish it had a little more heart - or at least a little more to offer on the emotional side of things. Because the intellectual stuff is there. In spades. I can't wait to see it again.

I'm not sure if I would put Batman Begins at the bottom or not. But it would certainly be closer to the bottom than the top.

Thanks for the response, TJ.

I'm guessing that the people who didn't get any emotion (or "heart") out of it probably are people who don't have kids (maybe not even wife - ie. they don't know what it feels like to be half of a whole) and no frame of reference to understand the emotion that is pretty well established in the film. I suppose Nolan could have done a better job, but I personally thought it had plenty of heart. I fully felt how Cobb was broken in the "real" world and had hoped it was all a bad dream. Without a frame of reference for these things, I could see how some might miss that they're even there.

I guess they didn't explore the relationship that he had with his children. They possibly could have done that. Personally, I think that in the context of this movie and what Nolan was trying to accomplish, it might have felt a little forced and been a little trite. As far as I'm concerned, the children were used as symbolism to connect the audience with their own emotions. I made the connection. Someone without children might not.
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I don't mean to say that it had no heart. Far from. I just didn't feel as strong of an emotional connection to it as I have other Nolan films. I still adore the movie, and I'd say my criticism is a pretty thin one. For me, the emotional connection is the only thing keeping it from being better than Memento.
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Excellent. Superb. Finally, a good summer flick.

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I just didn't feel as strong of an emotional connection to it as I have other Nolan films.
Thats pretty much how i feel.
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That list looks a little more like mine. May I ask about Batman Begins? Why at the bottom? And what puts Inception so far and away above Memento for you?
I watched Memento again last night, and still came away with the same answer. The reason is, I felt like I had to suspend disbelief more times during Memento than I did for Inception. During Inception, once you accept that the machine did the dream networking, the rest was all downhill. But during Memento, I felt like so much that was happening was so over the top and a bit forced for the sake of the story. Plus, so much of it was so conveniently coincidental. And that's not even mentioning the over-the-top politics of it.

This all said, it was a good story, and I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. It's a very original, very fresh movie. I'd even call it the "Pulp Fiction" of this decade. That's high praise.
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I just saw it yesterday. Immediately after the first scene with the Old Asian Guy, I realized that it was the young asian guy and that something happened to him in a dream and we'd be getting back to him at the end.

Also that top spun for a long damn time even though it started wobbling. I'm not even going to guess whether it was real or a dream.
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Just got back from seeing it on IMAX.


Inception is a fun film. Pretty breezy and weightless, actually. But certainly fun. It isn't hard to follow at all, not for me anyway. It isn't "complex" as some people have been saying; certainly not intellectually complex. I mean, there is a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream with stuff happening in reality too, all at the same time, but you'd be surprised how simple it is to keep track of it all.

The direction is superb. The cast is packed with quality (DiCaprio! Marion Cotillard! Joseph Gordon-Levitt! Ken Watanabe! Ellen Page! Cillian Murphy! Tom Hardy! Tom Berenger! a Michael Cane cameo!), though only Leo, Cotillard and Murphy get to portray characters of any nuance.

If only all Summer blockbusters were as fun, visually imaginative and well-directed as Inception is.
I think Tom Hardy's character was the coolest one in the film, but you are right about those 3 being the only one's whose backstories you get.
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Why didn't Michael Caine just fly DiCaprio's kids out of the U.S. so they could be with their dad?
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Why didn't Michael Caine just fly DiCaprio's kids out of the U.S. so they could be with their dad?
Because that would have been kidnapping??
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I am finally seeing the movie this afternoon.

I mostly ignored this thread as i didn't want any insight on what i would be seeing. Thankfully also the spoilers were properly placed where they need to be so i couldn't accidently read them.

I will weigh in later with my thoughts though i doubt if i would give any new or revolutionary ideas or reactions about it.
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Because that would have been kidnapping??
Also temporary. The point wasn't just to see the kids, it was to return home to his kids.
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Plus i can peek at the spoilers later.
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