[Movie] Inception

I want to talk to someone about this motherfuckin movie.

If you haven't seen it, you should. I'm certainly not saying it's the greatest movie ever, but I do think it's the most enjoyable and inventive movie so far this year (I haven't seen Toy Story 3 yet though.) I don't want to say much -- I went in pretty much blind and loved watching the movie unfold -- but it really is a treat.

If you have seen it: How'd you feel? Do you disagree/agree about how fucking awesome this movie is?

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And I know you've discussed this with everyone who's seen it -- IS HE DREAMING?? I think so. Remember when Alfred said, near the beginning of the film before introducing Juno, "come back to reality?" Yeah. Also, we can talk about the hallway fight because that was real cool too.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Encephalon

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The ending with his "totem" spinning and straddling the line between balance and falling left that pretty much up to the viewer, I think.

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Oh that's definitely true. The whole movie is peppered with evidence for both arguments, so essentially people can essentially debate and discuss different takes on the film. I think that the last shot of Cobb simply not caring to look at the top lends itself to a version of the film where he's dreaming. The fact that he is ignoring the top seems kind of 'meh' to me if he's in the real world anyway. Other things, like the Micahel Caine line I mentioned, imply to me that a team (including perhaps Ariadne) are trying to inceive Cobb to wake up.

I agree with the points about linearity. To place a set of rigid, structured rules like that to something as chaotic as dreams is really amazing, especially since Nolan really pulled it off. I thought it might have been one of those films where you have to really bend your mind backwards to even know what is going on in the plot, but it really isn't.

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About my only gripe with the movie isn't really a gripe so much as it was me leaving the theater baffled at how they're keeping time in each dream level. Is the time, like, exponentially multiplied or what?

Yeah I think this is the case. So, if you're saying one real life minute = 12 dream minutes, then you'd do (number of real time minutes) = 12 ^(dream layer) dream minutes

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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That's true, but it didn't bother me at all because it was a heist movie. People aren't going to be expounded upon much more than their function in the group. So yeah if Cobb doesn't do anything for you then there's not much else. But I thought Leo played the role well.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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I wouldn't say I was moved by that story, but I was intrigued. I liked the idea of some bitch haunting his dreams, and the explanation of how he fucked up her life was very satisfying. Stubbornly taking things into his own hands, and then stubbornly telling his wife (unsuccessfully) to calm the fuck down -- and at the end he still is stubborn in his belief that he was right all along. It just tells us a bit more about how the guy is really like, and that's always good.

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