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RichC2

I actually do like this movie more the day after. Heh, still think the Bond/snow sequence should have been shortened, tho.

Boba Fett

For all the complaints about the "Bond" sequence, it does want to make me see a Nolan helmed "Bond."

Anubis2005X

Anybody think that Mal was actually right? That her jumping off the ledge brought her back to reality and Cobb is still stuck in the dreamworld? I'm not sure how this meshes with the train killing them and all the rules and such...

bunkaroo

I'm not tagging because this is a review thread - be warned.

Thanks for articulating this. Their faces being shown had a big impact IMO, and seeing them for the first time makes me believe you are correct.

And Goat, I do believe he spun the top after seeing their faces.

Boba Fett

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Kal-El

Saw it last night and absolutely loved it. Had me riveted from beginning to end.

I'm with the
camp. The final shot really forces each person to have their own interpretation though.

As for why Fischer didn't recognize them at baggage claim,

mdc3000

All of these points are moot - you don't need to protect your totem IN THE DREAM WORLD. You could let anyone analyze it, touch it all they want in the DREAM WORLD - it's your tie to reality so only you can know the exact feel/weight etc. of the ACTUAL object... so unless Saito had access to Cobb's actual totem IN REALITY, would it matter later - but presumably he didn't. Access to the totem in the dream means fuck all.

T-bone22

Why was the 3rd dream not affected with gravity?

hapgilmore

Just saw it and WOW, what a great fucking movie. I want to see it again, and will be buying the blu-ray, enough said.

boredsilly

I have two problems with Nolan's movies

1. They often times feel like they're just plot plot plot, more plot, with a side order of plot. Not very much in the way of character moments, or at least not the type that I enjoy.

2. Because of how he uses music, mainly in Dark Knight and Inception, the movie feels like a constant sprint to the end. I told a friend that I've felt exhausted after every Nolan movie I've seen. Also, maybe it's the Hans Zimmer scores that feel like they're just on the edge of a razor for the duration of the movies, so the tension never lets up?

Still, for what he delivers, Nolan makes some really excellent movies. Inception wasn't as trippy as I thought it was going to be, but it was fun following along with the plot. The characters were a bit thin, but that was fine with me, as I still liked them all. The "rules" of inceptions and extractions, and the dream world at large, were really dense, but I found them to all be communicated clearly. I was never lost, just thoroughly engrossed in the movie. I wasn't alone, as the audience I saw it in was dead silent for the majority of the film.

The only real complaint I have, which is minor, is the third level stuff. To be a world made of dreams, I sort of wish the third level could have been a bit more imaginative. As it stands, that whole bit was kind of boring. That's funny, because it was surely meant to be the big action set piece, yet I found the fight with Arthur and the guard in no gravity to be the most thrilling sequence of the movie. After they were done fighting (Arthur is a bit of a badass) someone in the audience said "That was cool!" I couldn't have agreed more.

Really good movie. I would give it a B++, but would give the movie going experience an A.

Solid Snake

....he's a wealthy businessman. I'm pretty sure it could easily be done at his rank of wealth.

maxfisher

I'm definitely leaning towards this. I had seen the exploding street scene with Leo and Page before going to the movie last night, so I was extremely mindful of the whole 'in a dream, you never really know how you got somewhere.' From the beginning, I thought everything being shown was in a layer of a dream. Maybe I was reading too much into it, but it felt like any scene with Leo where he was in a new location, he seemed briefly out of sorts, as if he'd just arrived there. Same for some of the other characters. I kept waiting for a moment that felt like someone was truly awake and one never came. I'll have to see it again, but I think he's stuck in a dream his wife woke up from.

Boba Fett

One thing we can all universally agree on: Ken Watanabe needs to stick with his native language. Seven years since he made his English language debut and he's still nearly unintelligible.

Solid Snake

I understood everything he said EXCEPT for one thing. And I blame the people laughing right before that. What did he say about buying a 747 or whatever plane it was?

Blu Man

He said he bought the airline.

Solid Snake

Oh so he bought the airline for the inception?

Blu Man

Yeah. It was a little comic relief and stressed how powerful and rich Saito is being able to buy an airline with out a second thought.

Solid Snake

see that was one of my conclusions as what I thought it may have been. Also adding that if Saito can buy an airline...it's easy for Saito to fix Cobb's issues.

Supermallet

Because...um...stop asking questions, that's why.

Hokeyboy

Still formulating my thoughts about the movie. Right now we're looking at 4 / 5. Maybe a little higher, but I think that's an accurate rating for the most part. Any film that makes one think and analyze while still being entertained that much is always worthwhile in a popular culture filled with disposable junk. I'll admit the movie engaged me intellectually/philosophically more than it did dramatically, but what a brilliant execution of ideas.

Hokeyboy

My ranking of the Nolan films would be as follows:

5 -STAR
The Dark Knight
Memento

4.5 STAR
The Prestige
Batman Begins

4 STAR
Inception
Insomnia

I've never seen "The Following". But every Nolan film I've seen would rate 8 or higher on a 10 scale. The man has consistently been one of the smartest and most creative directors over the past decade.

Supermallet

I'd rank them this way:

5 Stars
The Dark Knight
Memento

4.5 Stars
The Prestige

4 Stars
Batman Begins

3.5 Stars
Inception
Insomnia

Boba Fett

Yeah, I'd agree and that's why I probably nitpicked "Inception" so heavily. For me he's been a filmmaker who has always delivered an A-level movie, so "Inception" to me feels like a moderate disappointment, even though it's a solid B-movie.

My rankings for anyone who cares:

Following: Haven't seen.
Memento: 4.0/5.0 (A)
Insomnia: 3.5/5.0 (A-)
Batman Begins: 4.0/5.0 (A)
The Prestige: 5.0/5.0 (A+)
The Dark Knight: 5.0/5.0 (A+)
Inception: 3.0/5.0 (B)