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Inception
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Rimbaud
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Re: Inception
Basically the MacGuffin was about as effective as...well....something completely ineffective. So that's what, 90% of the movie? It was a fun ride, but there was almost zero tension built during the film.
Bring up the holes...let the whiners deal with it
Basically the MacGuffin was about as effective as...well....something completely ineffective. So that's what, 90% of the movie? It was a fun ride, but there was almost zero tension built during the film.
GreatLakerMohawk
Mushroom Cloud-Laying Mofo
Re: Inception
Enjoy this. Or be like Rimmy and say, "Pshaw."
Enjoy this. Or be like Rimmy and say, "Pshaw."
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: Inception
I also enjoyed how much Tom Hardy stole the show. I knew I recognized him from something, turns out it is from a couple of appearances in a few Band of Brothers episodes.
I also enjoyed how much Tom Hardy stole the show. I knew I recognized him from something, turns out it is from a couple of appearances in a few Band of Brothers episodes.
Rimbaud
New member
Re: Inception
I enjoyed the visual ride the movie put us through, but the emotional arc was lacking. Give me the reason you cared about the heist or why Leo deserved sympathy for killing his wife? Who did you actually care about in the movie?
And what had tension? You knew from the beginning that the guy who 'died' wasn't dead and that Leo made it all the way to the end to save him. And the cliffhanger of an ending was ineffective because, again, there was no reason to care about Leo. He was selfish, lied to his team, killed his wife (she was right), and put everyone he was with in danger...of course, that's if those people even existed in the first place, which again means, who the hell was the audience suppose to care about?
It sucks because it sounds like I hate the movie, but I really want to know what parts people latched onto that I didn't.
Enjoy this. Or be like Rimmy and say, "Pshaw."
I enjoyed the visual ride the movie put us through, but the emotional arc was lacking. Give me the reason you cared about the heist or why Leo deserved sympathy for killing his wife? Who did you actually care about in the movie?
And what had tension? You knew from the beginning that the guy who 'died' wasn't dead and that Leo made it all the way to the end to save him. And the cliffhanger of an ending was ineffective because, again, there was no reason to care about Leo. He was selfish, lied to his team, killed his wife (she was right), and put everyone he was with in danger...of course, that's if those people even existed in the first place, which again means, who the hell was the audience suppose to care about?
It sucks because it sounds like I hate the movie, but I really want to know what parts people latched onto that I didn't.
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
Re: Inception
See, that is where thinking about it a couple days ruined it for me too. I mean the cliffhanger ending I loved at first, but then if you accept that perhaps it was all just a dream anyways (like I did since it worked out way too well at the end) you begin to realize that it is quite possible none of it exists or even matters. They are straddling the line between going too far and just enough with the high brow dream within a dream stuff.
My big problem when I walked out though was that they accomplished their goal so (relatively) easy. I mean all we heard about what how hard Inception was, how it couldn't be done and yet in the course of like 10 minutes they had hatched the perfect plan with some random woman who had, before meeting them, never done anything like this before. That is like me being in an architecture class and some guy asking me to design a new style of building from scratch...just does not compute. Then, they finish the job and walk off the plane and Michael Caine is there waiting for him, to bring him back to his house to see his kids who havent aged a day since he left? Something smells fishy...
The visuals rock and the ride is fun so the movie is still awesome, but it is not the life altering event a lot of people have made it out to be. Someone earlier said A-, that is about what I would give it, and btw an A- is a fantastic grade for a movie that attempts to do all the things this movie attempts to. All movies are graded on a curve based on what they try and accomplish and this one definitely raised the bar about 20%.
See, that is where thinking about it a couple days ruined it for me too. I mean the cliffhanger ending I loved at first, but then if you accept that perhaps it was all just a dream anyways (like I did since it worked out way too well at the end) you begin to realize that it is quite possible none of it exists or even matters. They are straddling the line between going too far and just enough with the high brow dream within a dream stuff.
My big problem when I walked out though was that they accomplished their goal so (relatively) easy. I mean all we heard about what how hard Inception was, how it couldn't be done and yet in the course of like 10 minutes they had hatched the perfect plan with some random woman who had, before meeting them, never done anything like this before. That is like me being in an architecture class and some guy asking me to design a new style of building from scratch...just does not compute. Then, they finish the job and walk off the plane and Michael Caine is there waiting for him, to bring him back to his house to see his kids who havent aged a day since he left? Something smells fishy...
The visuals rock and the ride is fun so the movie is still awesome, but it is not the life altering event a lot of people have made it out to be. Someone earlier said A-, that is about what I would give it, and btw an A- is a fantastic grade for a movie that attempts to do all the things this movie attempts to. All movies are graded on a curve based on what they try and accomplish and this one definitely raised the bar about 20%.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: Inception
I think everyone is thinking too hard. When I left the theater I just wanted to give someone a thumbs up after I tossed them a grenade from a snowmobile.
I think everyone is thinking too hard. When I left the theater I just wanted to give someone a thumbs up after I tossed them a grenade from a snowmobile.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: Inception
I didn't say anything in that post about despair.
I thought that was you natural state of mind. {sigh}
I didn't say anything in that post about despair.
Handyman
Hug someone you care about...
GreatLakerMohawk
Mushroom Cloud-Laying Mofo
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: Inception
If Eames wasn't your favorite, you did something wrong.
That was hilarious
If Eames wasn't your favorite, you did something wrong.
Rimbaud
New member
Re: Inception
Because everyone's talking about how heady and smart the film is, when it clearly isn't.
Because everyone's talking about how heady and smart the film is, when it clearly isn't.
GreatLakerMohawk
Mushroom Cloud-Laying Mofo
Re: Inception
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Because everyone's talking about how heady and smart the film is, when it clearly isn't.
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Rimbaud
New member
Re: Inception
So, what you're saying is....I'm right. Thanks.
I really want to know what I was asking, but you're fanboying it up and can't answer really basic questions.
So, what you're saying is....I'm right. Thanks.
I really want to know what I was asking, but you're fanboying it up and can't answer really basic questions.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: Inception
Bingo.
I knew what was happening, and saw the holes. But, it is a summer action flick, and one much better than most. I enjoyed it.
It was original as far as recent movies go. A few years down the road there will be another one and it will be even more awesome.
Some people dont get you can really like a movie and still wonder aloud what the hell was going on at points
Bingo.
I knew what was happening, and saw the holes. But, it is a summer action flick, and one much better than most. I enjoyed it.
It was original as far as recent movies go. A few years down the road there will be another one and it will be even more awesome.
GreatLakerMohawk
Mushroom Cloud-Laying Mofo
Re: Inception
I have no issues with anything you're saying at all, it is your opinion after all. If it's more fun for you to get defensive from the start, well... Like I said, you're no fun anymore.
So, what you're saying is....I'm right. Thanks.
I really want to know what I was asking, but you're fanboying it up and can't answer really basic questions.
I have no issues with anything you're saying at all, it is your opinion after all. If it's more fun for you to get defensive from the start, well... Like I said, you're no fun anymore.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: Inception
I see what you did there, Hans Zimmer.
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I see what you did there, Hans Zimmer.
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