At one point I got a little confused and thought Lukas Haas was the kid from Dazed & Confused who's in Waking Life (he isn't), and the thing about digital screens / clocks from that struck me as something that would have been awesome if up for investigation in Inception. I was kind of looking for writing or lack of all the way through.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 16 July 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw this this morning. Leo has just about mastered disguising what a bad actor he is. Aside from that, god, so many images from this are playing over in my mind.
Loved the style of it too, though I thought Leo, and some of the others (esp Cillian Murphy) were like Nolan surrogates in how they looked; the hair, the clothing...
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Friday, 16 July 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I've gotta say, having never really liked DiCaprio when he was younger, he's really growing on me as he grows older and more Jack Nicholson-like.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 16 July 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ I hated him in the Basketball Diaries days but have really enjoyed him of late. And his histrionics were well in check in this movie.
― San Te, Friday, 16 July 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
looking forward to seeing this at the IMAX in 2011
gukbe to the left
― hi I'm tyler farrar, quitter of team garmin-transitions (cozen), Friday, 16 July 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Just back from IMAX in m/cr. I thought there were some serious longueurs during the set-up and was actually getting a bit twitchy after an hour, but then the great sprawling finale from when they go "in" on the flight is *stupendous* and redeemed the whole film for me. Loved all the stuff with the team (Tom Hardy in particular is A+++ great) and Nolan's technique in holding the tiers of dream together was stunning.
― Bill A, Friday, 16 July 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Tom Hardy was indeed awesome, his interplay with JGL was first class.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 16 July 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
A couple of real lols from their bickering, but he also seemed very at ease with the serious business of thumping/shooting/blowing people up. Mind you, if you've seen Bronson his dedication to the craft is pretty clear, an absolute brute in that.
― Bill A, Friday, 16 July 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Tom Hardy was indeed awesome
I looked him up on imdb to see why he looked so familiar to me, and it turns out he was that horrible Jean Luc Picard clone in Star Trek Nemesis!
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 16 July 2010 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
He's phenomenal in Bronson. Good actor generally, I first noticed him in the BBC4 remake of A For Andromeda a few years ago. Always notice when he pops up randomly in something - a tiny cameo in Marie Antoiette, supporting role in Guy Ritchie's godawful Rock'n'Rolla. He usually plays nutters/weirdos. Hopefully this will lead to bigger, better roles.
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), Friday, 16 July 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
spoilerspoiler
it was definitely a dream at the end--the kids were wearing the same goddamn clothes theyd been wearing all movie
spoiler
― max, Friday, 16 July 2010 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha, good, simple point. Well noticed / deduced.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 16 July 2010 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
yea when I see it later tonight there's like five items mentioned in this thread alone that I plan on taking a close look at.
― San Te, Friday, 16 July 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i would probably have liked this more when i was 18 and smoked more wed. at that point i hearted the heck out of films about dreams/reality/memory/_____. like 'brazil' and 'existenz' got under my skin in a big way.
liked so much about this, and it's obviously amazing for a blockbuster, but it was never uncanny. (better than 'the matrix' though.)
too much exposition, and a little too little clarity about what was going on from time to time. my fave moment was probably the train coming down the street. but i don't entirely understand the limbo thing. the time differential is an interesting idea and very cinematic in execution, but the limbo idea felt way too far away from anything i've experienced.
lot of it reminded me of the collapsing memories in 'eternal sunshine', but not in a good way.
helped out by pretty amazing cast: hardy and jgl espesh.
maybe as i get older and jaded and lyfe gets more and more real i get less interested in exploring the idea that hey man dreams, reality, what's really real nahmean?
― I’ll put you in a f *ckin Weingarten you c*nt! (history mayne), Friday, 16 July 2010 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
you smoke wed.
― jed_, Friday, 16 July 2010 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i actually dug the amoutn of exposition, i was impressed that it was pretty well thought-out, except for the time disparity between the different levels which they cheated a lot.
mostly i liked this.
when shit gets real though dude just can't direct a fast-paced action sequence to save his life.
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Friday, 16 July 2010 23:49 (thirteen years ago) link
also: shutter island much?
lol'd at max's line that leo shd've kept the accent
but yeah s0 much like 'shutter island'. tragic dead wife and all. liked 'em both.
probably going to see this again as part of 'curb your enthusiasm' type mix-up. might help.
juno's line 'whose subconcious is this' was lol but im kind of like -- that's a fair question? she designs the thing. but why is it only leo's mental artefacts who intrude.
sorta reminded me of that guinness ad with the big beat soundtrack from the 1990s, as well as 'intolerance'.
― I’ll put you in a f *ckin Weingarten you c*nt! (history mayne), Friday, 16 July 2010 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
tragic CRAZY dead wife who he couldnt save from her craziness no less
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Friday, 16 July 2010 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
― I’ll put you in a f *ckin Weingarten you c*nt! (history mayne), Friday, July 16, 2010 7:54 PM (31 seconds ago) Bookmark
oh man that is so one for the print campaign
guess i was also a bit disappointed that shit didnt get weirder and cooler the deeper they got. leo & marion really spent 50 years designing a generic-looking city with a bunch of their old houses?? they weren't having magical adventures and flying thru space and shit?
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Friday, 16 July 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
also the way the staircase thing finally got pulled out i really expected j g levitt to actually say "lol"
eternal sunshine handled dreams/memories way more "realistically" and interesting
― max, Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Friday, July 16, 2010 7:56 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i actually did "lol" because what he said was "paradox" and it was really dumb
― max, Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
leo & marion really spent 50 years designing a generic-looking city with a bunch of their old houses?
exackly! it was a really depressing place, and kind of empty of people? i dunno, the dreams that 'get' me are ones involving people i haven't seen in years. probably more like 'land of the lost' than the video game 'civilization' (iirc, i haven't played a video game in a while).
xpost
otm x 2
― I’ll put you in a f *ckin Weingarten you c*nt! (history mayne), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
ken watanabe was pretty great too i thought
he looks kinda like jimmy smits
― max, Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:03 (thirteen years ago) link
aha, not guinness, smirnoff, and directed by michel gondry. and using pre-matrix bullet-time.
boom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vj4jppqwkw
― I’ll put you in a f *ckin Weingarten you c*nt! (history mayne), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.taoistic.com/images/chuangtzu-3.jpg
― Aimless, Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
SPOILET
I kept expecting the kids to have horribly disfigured faces the way that he shied away from looking at them.
― San Te, Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
or clown faces
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
u know i did actually like this and thought the premise was pretty clev, and i give it props for making me give a shit about stuff that happens in a dreamworld - it actually felt like there were things at stake, people in danger, etc
was hoping theyd have lil leo faces
― max, Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the last 20 minutes or so were hella tenssse~
anyone else have trouble making out ken watanabe's mumbling in the first 30 mins or so
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:40 (thirteen years ago) link
fuckin everyone mumbled in this movie
― max, Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:40 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone else have trouble making out ken watanabe's mumbling in the first 30 mins or so― al-goreda (s1ocki), Saturday, July 17, 2010 1:40 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Saturday, July 17, 2010 1:40 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
yes. i was wondering if it was the particular screening i was in. but the dialogue was mixed too low, especially him. and at the end too.
― I’ll put you in a f *ckin Weingarten you c*nt! (history mayne), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
inception: secretly a mumblecore film?
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
not enough sofas
― max, Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
o come one everyone's lying all draped all over the place all the time
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
(come on)
come on come al
― max, Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
max, what adjectives are you warehousing in case any beyond "sweet" are needed for films w/ actual substance?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 July 2010 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
pls 2 use only four syllable words to describe movie
― San Te, Saturday, 17 July 2010 01:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I notice you Millennials love to use both "pretty dumb" and "great" to describe the same film
cuz u know, they're movies, just brain candy
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 July 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
anyways i want to militarize my dreamspace
― rent, Saturday, 17 July 2010 01:35 (thirteen years ago) link
u gonna bother to see this one morbs or just go on auto-complain mode for 400 posts
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 July 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
~~there is no difference between substance and surface~~
― max, Saturday, 17 July 2010 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
hey quick q who were they being chased by in that super-shaky-cam moombassa chase sequence?
― al-goreda (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 July 2010 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
spoilers..
so, if it was all a dream at the end omg THEN his wife was right and she's now awake back in reality which leaves leo, well, where, snoring on the couch somewhere? oh god what.
― rent, Saturday, 17 July 2010 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
the same dudes who the japanese guy gives the polyester architect to when theyre taking off in the heli, so, the powerful forces of the anti-extraction "maybe real world" ppl who have been attacked and robbed by leo et al? dont remember really if they are named...hmmm, good q.
― rent, Saturday, 17 July 2010 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link