Inception: Review Rather Late in the Game

By Wreybies · Dec 22, 2010 · ·
  1. So, I broke down and saw it. Actually, I helped my dad set up the new Bluray player he just bought and that was the movie he purchased to christen the device.

    I had stayed away as long as I had because I have a deep dislike for the Leonardo Dicraplio. True to form, just like in every other movie he has ever made, he finds a reason to get up into someone's face at one point with his mug all squinched up and his arm bent into the shape of a Z, finger pointed nanometers away from the victim as he lets him/her have it in all his Leo-fury. Rent ANY of his movies after the age of about 15 or so and you will see what I mean.

    This:
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    Anywho... I actually liked the movie. It was saved by my new reason to want to emigrate to the U.K., Tom Hardy.

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    All I can say is that my hubby has good reason to hate Tom Hardy, and Tom Hardy's wife has good reason to hate me. ;)

    If she let's her guard down for just one second...

Comments

  1. Lavarian
    But I like the squint-point.... :(
  2. Wreybies
    Ah, then you know of that to which I refer. Surprisingly, I could not find a cap on the net. Given that he does it at least once in every movie, one would think that there would be some example to hotlink. I may have to do a screen cap myself and remedy this dearth. ;):D

    EDIT ~ Found one! Included it in the OP.
  3. DaWalrus
    I'm yet to see it, but judging by the photo, the should have used Brad Pit. Maybe, the memory of the Basterds is too fresh in my mind.
  4. Chudz
    I'm not sure why, but "Leo-Fury" cracks me up. :D

    I need to rent this when it hits the Red Box kiosks in my area.
  5. art
    What was the old reason for wanting to emigrate to Britain?
  6. Wreybies
    Russell Tovey ;)
  7. art
    Little fellas with big ears are ten-a-penny over here. You would be in Heaven I tells yer.

    Re Inception: tiresome and complacent. 'Ooh, that really made you think' is the common refrain on leaving the cinema.

    No. No it didn't.
  8. Evil Flamingo
    This is exactly what I've heard, and exactly what I think of this movie.

    And apparently all you need is a set of pipes for this whole thing to work.

    Do have to say I really enjoyed the changing gravity scene, though.
  9. arron89
    I dunno, I think there's a lot to think about. Besides the central puzle, which is much more complex than
    is he dreaming or awake
    if you're willing to think about it, you can consider it from the cinema theory angle and consider the whole film as a statement about cinema as collective dreaming, which poses more questions about the film and how you respond to the film.

    If you watch it expecting it to ask questions of you, then you're not watching it right. The beauty of the film is that when you start to question it, to take it apart and consider the mechanics, you see how complex Nolan's work really is. The ending is just the tip of the iceberg, and if that's as far as you go with your thinking about the film, then you're missing some great stuff...
  10. Evil Flamingo
    Yes, but the problem is that that's what everyone took it as, and it clearly is something they were going for. Being constantly bombarded by hints of his state of being gets a little old, and just led to the same question anytime anyone ever wanted to talk about the movie.

    I was more interested in knowing how all this stuff really works, and I was left out of the mix.

    And in all reality, this really isn't that complex a movie. Yes, it has a few layers, but in no way did it take time to figure out.

    What I like about the movie were concepts. And the sound track. And I suppose the film overall. I just can't find it to be really that complex, just a fun movie to watch.
  11. art
    More concerned about the contents than the vessel.

    I saw nothing that was visually arresting, flat characters and some risible stabs at exploring a troubled mind. That and as Wreybies mentions, Di Caprio never fails to annoy: a leading man without presence or charisma who feels he has both in abundance.
  12. arron89
    You can't be serious...nothing that was visually arresting? The one hallway fight alone (which was done entirely in camera, no special effects) eclipses virtually everything else done this year in terms of cinematography, and the rest of the movie is very nearly as aesthetically stunning. As far as the troubled mind thing goes, this is by far the most innovative treatment of a tired idea in a long, long time. And while it's entirely subjective, I completely disagree about Di Caprio; he's one of the most consistent leading men working today...he has a tendancy to overact sometimes, but he's more than proven his dramatic chops with films like The Aviator, The Departed and Reservation Road. Besides which, the supporting cast (which is probably the best ensemble since Nolan's last film) is flawless.
  13. art
    Deadly serious, baby!

    Besides which, the supporting cast (which is probably the best ensemble since Nolan's last film) is flawless.

    I take it you never got to see Ocean's 13?
  14. arron89
    Ocean's 11/12/13 had really good casting, but I still think Inception's was better. There was a lot of potential for flat characters getting lost in a convoluted story, but because virutally every actor in a speaking role is an A- or B-grade actor, that was never a problem. That's one of the things I really like about Nolan's work--as much as he's interested in the mechanics of film and storytelling, and all the technical details, he never neglects the importance of actors, and as a result he can turn something as overdone as the superhero film into this award-winning dramatic tour de force. And I feel the same way about Inception--what had the potential to be an inaccessible sci-fi heist movie with a pseudopsychological twist always remains grounded bby these amazing performances.
  15. art
    I was joking about Ocean's 13...though that doesn't deprecate your considered reply.:)
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