Inception

"Layfield wrote:

Sooo good. I need to see it again

Edit: Does anyone know anyone who DIDNT like it?

No one I've talked to didn't like it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Only real negative that I've seen that I've agreed with was that there wasn't enough character development, but at 2.5 hours already, I don't really know that solution for that.

maybe less van free fall cuts? :lol:

"Layfield wrote:

Sooo good. I need to see it again

Edit: Does anyone know anyone who DIDNT like it?

I was entertained by it so I won't say I didn't like it. I don't usually enjoy really extensive plots in movies b/c I usually am just there to burn a few hours away and have fun. This movie plus LOST have totally mind****ed me.

For some reason I can't really stand Ellen Page. I didn't mind her in Whip It but I loathed her in Juno. Her needing to have everything explained to her by Leo the whole movie made me feel like that was Nolan's way of giving us insight into WTF we were witnessing. That isn't necessarily a bad thing say if Brooklyn Decker was playing the character.

Page just might need to get naked in a few years for me to enjoy her on screen.

Just saw it and was blown away. I have to see it again. Chris Nolan can pretty much do no wrong. It's in my top 5 without a doubt.

best movie I've seen since the dark knight. coincidence? i think not. this movie represents everything i love in movies! great action. interesting plot. creative concepts. boundless visual effects. this movie begs to be seen two, three, maybe four dozen times. excellent ending. couldnt have done it better.

"SpurzN703 wrote:

I was entertained by it so I won't say I didn't like it. I don't usually enjoy really extensive plots in movies b/c I usually am just there to burn a few hours away and have fun. This movie plus LOST have totally mind****ed me.

For some reason I can't really stand Ellen Page. I didn't mind her in Whip It but I loathed her in Juno. Her needing to have everything explained to her by Leo the whole movie made me feel like that was Nolan's way of giving us insight into WTF we were witnessing. That isn't necessarily a bad thing say if Brooklyn Decker was playing the character.

Page just might need to get naked in a few years for me to enjoy her on screen.

i thought she did a great job

"King Felix wrote:

i thought she did a great job

all she had to do was look cute and not screw up her lines. its not like she was actually building ****.

I saw the film last night and loved it. It was really creative, fresh, different- all in good ways. It took Nolan over 8 years between writing to getting it finished and out there for people to see and it didn't disappoint. Nolan is definitely the best director working today. And I thought the ending was great.

Anyway my take on the ending:

When I first saw it I thought everything we were seeing after he woke up on the plane was in fact real and he still wasn't in limbo. However after reading some of these comments such as his kids wearing the same clothes and haven't aged I'm starting to wonder now. Damn you people, jk. Another thing was that they never showed Saito or Cobb kill themselves in limbo so that could be another tip off. The ONLY thing that makes me wonder if Cobb is still dreaming is how he was with Saito, then the plane, then at his home. We never saw a jump of change in location in any of the previous dreams unless he was dreaming of seeing Saito in his 'dream' on the plane. Confusing huh? I will definitely pay attention to the airport scene to see if there are any clues the next time I watch it. Something like this would usually really bug me not knowing if it was true or not however for some reason it really doesn't matter to me whether or not it's real. Maybe it's because I enjoyed the movie so much.

Well, it was an excellent movie, saw it last night... it's not normal to see great visual effects coupled with an amazing story that has you thinking the whole time. It was a bit of smoke and mirrors to cover up certain elements.

I heard that if you stay thru the credits you see Leo's spinning top fall at the end, confirming it was real... anybody else see that? We left prior to that like most normal people :lol: I do think the final scene was real... but perhaps not...

"GISH wrote:

all she had to do was look cute and not screw up her lines. its not like she was actually building ****.

page is a good actress. She was good in hard candy and juno, it's not like shes some airhead model trying to act., she has been an actress first and foremost.

"Paul 13 wrote:

Well, it was an excellent movie, saw it last night... it's not normal to see great visual effects coupled with an amazing story that has you thinking the whole time. It was a bit of smoke and mirrors to cover up certain elements.

I heard that if you stay thru the credits you see Leo's spinning top fall at the end, confirming it was real... anybody else see that? We left prior to that like most normal people :lol: I do think the final scene was real... but perhaps not...

Wow I haven't heard that and I even read a lot of articles on the movie between yesterday and today. I would tend to doubt that's the case as Nolan likes to leave things up in the air for the viewer to make up their own mind about it.

Saw it for the second time on IMAX. Amazing! I have every one of Nolan's movies except The Prestige, which will be one of my next purchases. Even his first, low-budget flick, Following, is quite good.

I was in the same boat as Muck. My buddy asked me to go see it and I heard such great things about it so I went. Had no idea what it was about or who was in it. It wasn't until Ellen Page showed up that I remembered seeing the commercials. I love that girl.

Anyway, phenomenal movie that had it all. It was very confusing at some parts which made it kind of frustrating. Like Ray Finkle said...

I also thought the ending was reality, but now I'm not so sure with some of these other comments. I guess that's the point though. You never really know for sure.

Overall, it was a great, great movie and I will definitely see it again.

"GISH wrote:

all she had to do was look cute and not screw up her lines. its not like she was actually building ****.

Has she ever looked cute? :shifty:

"Paul 13 wrote:

Well, it was an excellent movie, saw it last night... it's not normal to see great visual effects coupled with an amazing story that has you thinking the whole time. It was a bit of smoke and mirrors to cover up certain elements.

I heard that if you stay thru the credits you see Leo's spinning top fall at the end, confirming it was real... anybody else see that? We left prior to that like most normal people :lol: I do think the final scene was real... but perhaps not...

Untrue. There is no actual scenes in or after the credits. Trust me...we stayed till the end ;p

Saw it this weekend. Clearly the best picture of the year.

a complete movie. Acting, writing, action, story.

Another thing not getting much attention was the score. The action sequence music was phenomenal, adding yet another layer of suspense onto what was already a multi-layer nail-biter. I thought my dad was going to have a heart attack.

And the semi-trippy music as they walk through an empty limbo was just downright haunting!

And the final piece was just . . . happy. It set exactly the right mood, an enormous gasp of relief coupled with an amazing sense of victory and achievement.

I have found the music randomly stuck in my head for days after seeing it.

Saw it twice.

I think it was real. In the very beginning of the movie, when Cobb is explaining about his "totem" I believe he said it spins perfectly, without shaking or moving (he didin't use those exact words, but you get the point) So I believe it was real.

great movie. try explaining the plot to someone in under a minute lol

whether you can "figure out" the movie is less important than the experience and its themes. lots of people can boast that they know everything about movies like this, but they arent meant to be completely understood. nolan withholds bits of information that leaves it incomplete.

"maynard wrote:

great movie. try explaining the plot to someone in under a minute lol

I tried to explan it to my wife last night and after I told her it was about dreams, I just kind of trailed off and left so she wouldn't think I was an idiot. :lol:

"Frayser wrote:

Another thing not getting much attention was the score. The action sequence music was phenomenal, adding yet another layer of suspense onto what was already a multi-layer nail-biter. I thought my dad was going to have a heart attack.

And the semi-trippy music as they walk through an empty limbo was just downright haunting!

And the final piece was just . . . happy. It set exactly the right mood, an enormous gasp of relief coupled with an amazing sense of victory and achievement.

I have found the music randomly stuck in my head for days after seeing it.

The score was excellent yes, definitely added a lot to the movie.

Well I know one person that didn't like it.. my boss...

After telling her it was a great movie she went to see it... not her type of movie. Now she is approaching 60 so of course people at that age MAY not be interested in this type of movie. However, she does like a good action movie from time to time (she liked Avatar to a degree). She felt they didn't do enough to explain the type of technology involved, for example when Leo met up with the architect at that school thru his father. She said there wasn't enough storyline behind that. And every time they went down a level she rolled her eyes and lost interest.... These people do exist, personally I think she's insane...

"Paul 13 wrote:

Well I know one person that didn't like it.. my boss...

After telling her it was a great movie she went to see it... not her type of movie. Now she is approaching 60 so of course people at that age MAY not be interested in this type of movie. However, she does like a good action movie from time to time (she liked Avatar to a degree). She felt they didn't do enough to explain the type of technology involved, for example when Leo met up with the architect at that school thru his father. She said there wasn't enough storyline behind that. And every time they went down a level she rolled her eyes and lost interest.... These people do exist, personally I think she's insane...

seriously, if you're nitpicking technology in a movie there is possibly something wrong with you....

"Paul 13 wrote:

Well I know one person that didn't like it.. my boss...

After telling her it was a great movie she went to see it... not her type of movie. Now she is approaching 60 so of course people at that age MAY not be interested in this type of movie. However, she does like a good action movie from time to time (she liked Avatar to a degree). She felt they didn't do enough to explain the type of technology involved, for example when Leo met up with the architect at that school thru his father. She said there wasn't enough storyline behind that. And every time they went down a level she rolled her eyes and lost interest.... These people do exist, personally I think she's insane...

In regards to your post Paul

My father in law is 70 and he saw the movie in an IMAX theater last week. We were talking about the movie earlier and the problem he had with it was that Ellen Page just seemed to pick up all of the info she needed rather quickly. He felt it was a little too convenient for her to be as knowledgeable as she was in such a small amount of time. He also felt she looked/acted as if she was too young for the role (yes she was a college student).

I guess he felt she didn't really fit in with the rest of the cast. I've also heard that a lot of people had trouble understanding what Ken Watanabe was saying b/c of the music and how loud it was. I know we had that problem in our theater. Half of what he said we had no clue of.

"AbideN703 wrote:

In regards to your post Paul

My father in law is 70 and he saw the movie in an IMAX theater last week. We were talking about the movie earlier and the problem he had with it was that Ellen Page just seemed to pick up all of the info she needed rather quickly. He felt it was a little too convenient for her to be as knowledgeable as she was in such a small amount of time. He also felt she looked/acted as if she was too young for the role (yes she was a college student).

I guess he felt she didn't really fit in with the rest of the cast. I've also heard that a lot of people had trouble understanding what Ken Watanabe was saying b/c of the music and how loud it was. I know we had that problem in our theater. Half of what he said we had no clue of.

I've read that one of the main purposes of Ellen Page's character was to help the viewer better understand what was going on, so it was important for things to get explained to her and for her character to pick them up and further develop it for the audience to see. I know a lot of people didn't like her but I really didn't have any problems with her or her character.