Inception (with implanted spoilers)

What is it about altering reality that makes one invest in a snappy wardrobe

movie is only 2 minutes 30 sec iirc so probably not

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All-positive reviews freak me out a little.

I'm sure Mr White will be along soon to burst that bubble.

REALLY wanna see what Nolan-naysayer David Thompson thinks of this

Tickets booked formfriday at 4.10pm.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/movies/04inception.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=movies

edelstein not feelin it - http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/67155/

Yay, a pan!

Finally a crack in the facade! I, for one, will be celebrating this film's artistic and hopefully financial failure by purchasing a ticket.

Me too! I just happen to think that if a few crits actually hate it there's a better chance it's actually an interesting movie that takes chances.

I'm serious! I'm actually going to to protest this movie by ironically purchasing a ticket.

I suffer from Meaningless Gesture Syndrome, which affects hundreds across the globe.

In addition to MGS I'm also sadly afflicted with Custosa Nervosa, which causes my eyelids to produce milk-secreting glands.

^

just a flavor of the mind-warping dream imagery you'll be missing out on by going to see the non-milklid-containing Inception. SAY NO TO NEUTERED DREAM MOVIES!

Vote with with your wallet!

Should I burn it, or throw it?

if you burn it, it will move to Miami to form one third of the foundation for a superwallet

went down from a perfect "100" to "77" in Metacritic, mainly because time out (80) and New York Magazine (40).

the trailer looks meh, but if it's fun as Memento was, i'm ok with it.

First time I've actually out and out enjoyed a movie by Chris Nolan, though this is as arrogantly conceived as Memento. Just better.

Is it okay not to dislike Inception?

who refused to accept that a negative view of the movie could be motivated by anything other than a perverse contrarian impulse or a desire to drive up hits on their individual websites.

What might give anyone the idea that Armond White gives negative reviews just to drive up hits on the NY Press website?

grammar problems ahoy in Armond's take

yeah where's the subbing

lol <3 u armond tho u big buffoon

But Nolan never critiques this as Neveldine/taylor did in Gamer.

like Grand Theft Auto’s quasi-cinematic extension of noir and action-flick plots, Inception manipulates the digital audience’s delectation for relentless subterfuge.

what

i know, i know

It isn't so much that he hates so many movies, its the ones he holds up as examples of what is done right. I mean, Gamer? Really?

he is a man of the people

saw it last night at a preview and i liked it.

Gamer is one of the most aggressively unpleasant movies I've ever seen.

sitting through Gamer all i could think was how much academics could and would have a field day with it. awful stuff though.

That blog post Gukbe linked to is way too long but I like what it's saying. I can't stand these whiny fanboys who get pissed off when a critic shits on their latest crush, especially as they appear so dim that they equate a proper, opinionated critic like David Edelstein or Stephanie Zacharek with a contrarian dick like Armond.

and finally A Prequel Comic

Seeing it on Tuesday. Psyched!

I'm glad there's "relentless subterfuge." That sounds like there's a lot of subplot pile-up and "but I knew that you'd see my gun!" "But I knew you'd know I knew!" I love that kinda shit.

now that Slant has given it one and a half stars, I'm starting to think the early critical hype was bullshit. Still interesting that the divide between the positive and the negative seems to be so wide.

Oooh, I'm usually in agreement w/ N. Schager, so I'm actually a bit worried now. (Still, not gonna actually read it until after I see it.)

yeah, i've largely avoided actually reading these reviews (aside from skimming for gems from Armond), but i'm not so sure. thankfully i managed to temper my enthusiasm over past week so i'm not that bothered.

The capitalization in that Armond review is weird.

also, Slant writers have an annoying habit of sneaking spoilers into their reviews. xxp

this is gonna rule who cares what a bunch of writer nerds say

I like the idea that Armond just furiously types out something in about 15 minutes, bypasses the subs, and just hits 'publish post'

I am so not expecting the greatest thing ever or anything, I just want a reasonably good film. If I get that, great, and if it looks fantastic on IMAX, even better, and I have hopes for both.

what did n. schager think about gamer?

I haven't seen it yet but from the reviews I have a feeling it might become rappers' new favourite movie when they want to make "deep" references to the nature of reality, a la The Matrix. Counting down to the first lyric to reference it.

he gave that one and a half star as well, cozen.

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I thought Gamer was awkward enough to provide enough material for a film, but as an enjoyable 90 minutes or so, it wasn't fulfilling. I kept secretly hoping that any of the premises would eventually go overboard and make the whole thing ridiculous, but it was almost too balanced, if that makes any sense.

michael c hall performing a dance routine with his mind controlled cronies at the end wasn't all that balanced tbh

Guess I'm firmly in the not-that-bad/not-that-good camp.

chew on this, Gamer fans

It's worth remembering the crew create the dreams for their targets, so they're not 'real' dreams.

If I'm remembering correctly.

San Te planted it in yr head

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in yr thread

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zombeh zombeh zombie-eh-eh

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Watched this for the first time since I did in the cinema in Beijing in 2010, as my kids were interested in seeing it (though not interested enough to sit still for two hours lol) - I never really get on with trying to make out the muttered dialogue in Nolan films, this is much more of an issue than any confusion in the plot, which is fairly straightforward until we get to the skiing bit where it seemed to break down into action for the sake of action (though the sudden addition of "oh we're sedated so if we die we get stuck in limbo and lose our minds" was a ridiculous tacked-on plot point) - I am not really sure about the "I incepted my wife" in the end either, it just doesn't land the way it should. But idk, didn't hate it, a 6/10.

visually unappealing, bad dialogue, dumb plot, the annoying 3rd rock guy, it really had it all

I couldn't tell if the dialogue was bad or not because I couldn't hear most of it.