Inception (with implanted spoilers)

You think he's kind?

stupid iPhone typo

this thread should end with Ned waking up next to Suzanne Pleshette's corpse

I would fear the reaction of Tom Poston's zombie.

Shifting gears to another complaint: I enjoyed the action sequences FWIW (though certainly the hotel hallway sequence was a cut above). I did, though, come to it from a different context that others seem to be -- all the video game comparisons, for instance, as I'm just not a gamer and aside from a scattered few slower-paced games haven't been since the 1980s, honestly. Nolan's my age and I have no idea what does or doesn't interest him (wouldn't surprise me if he does play a lot), but I didn't feel any sense of suffering by comparison to MW2 or whatever -- and I admit I had to think a bit before I realized that that stood for Modern Warfare 2. A different audience doubtless has a much different sense of it.

Looking back on my experience of watching the film I remember being very engaged with how it all unfolded and feeling pretty tightly wound up as a result. It worked, what can I say?

xpost - rather that than be a pompous dickweed who can only explain why this is a good film by regurgitating the narrative over and over.

'oh i can regurgitate the narrative. i UNDERSTAND this film'

anyway im done with posting in this thread. have nothing more to add and exchanging posts like this is a waste of time.

SUCCESS

movie is at #3 on the IMDB top 200 right now, right between the Godfathers.

ha, I liked it and all but that's kind of crazy

that's fanboys stuffing the ballot box, sure it will even out.

also I agree that "Knight and Day" was more fun; the difference is that I found both movies equally enjoyable

well maybe not "equally"; I wouldn't interchangeably recommend them to people but I did enjoy the hell out of both of them (both probably are magnified in perceived quality due to comparison with the other movie I've seen this summer: "The Last Airbender" aka "The Last M. Night Shyamalan Movie I Will Intentionally See")

When is someone going to make an actual fun-all-the-way-through blockbuster again?

Like maybe The Dark Knights or the good X-Men movies?

Or Kung-Fu Hustle.

Or the Die Hard movies.

Like those

I nominate admrl to make this film.

You didn't like the Iron Man movies?

Haha, no wai

xp - haven't seen those, actually. So I should? I don't like RDJ or Gwyneth

I should see those.

Errr...How many are there?

I guess I worried that they would be long and full of annoying dialogue scenes

see the first one, certainly

OK!

They're fun as hell. The last one was way better than Ocean's Eleven: a bunch of smart-ass actors exchanging wisecracks.

First Iron Man was fantastic, and more a drama than a superhero movie in many places.

Iron Man 2 was less fantastic. It was a bit messier and didn't satisfy me in the dramatic or action elements enough, but still something to see.

I also like a nice tight genre "exercise" (horrible phrase) like The Descent. What more movies are there like that?

"sweet and lowdown"

The first "Iron Man" is 126 minutes long, the second is 125 minutes long. There's some dialogue in there but most of the protracted scenes are "I am Tony Stark and I am INVENTING" scenes.

first movie carries 125 mins far far better than the second tbh

adamrl do you like the nu bond movies?

I liked the first Daniel Craig Bond, yes. that was great

The other one not so much. I like the Bourne movies of course

also the second "Iron Man" features a good amount of Scarlett Johansson kicking dudes' asses while wearing a leather catsuit, so basically A+

That does sound good.

I honestly didn't know there was a second Iron Man yet! I don't keep up with this stuff much

ah i'll still rep for watchmen, btw.

Yes I watched that on DVD. I like the first half but the second half was, like, INTERMINABLE

Nude Billy Crudup in blue body paint flirting with RDJ in Iron Man = best movie ever.

Someone should make an actual GOOD Punisher movie. I know they keep trying but third time's a charm, surely.

They should make a Lobo movie, but make it good. Why hasn't anyone done this?

Oh wait I did sort of like the Hellboy movies. So I'm not a total snob

Are they making more of those?

Punisher: War Zone is utterly batshit. In a great way!

They should make a Lobo movie, but make it good. Why hasn't anyone done this?

because it would be kind of impossible to make a good Lobo movie...?

Ugh I googled and Guy Ritchie is/was making a Lobo movie. Horrible!

oh did you see "Crank" or the first 2 "Transporter" movies?

CRANK

OTM

No! I heard Crank was funny. I will look for those. Cool, I have some fun to look forward to I hope

transporter 2 just rocked the whole way through, top notch suggestion

I will report back on the Iron Men, Transporters and Crank

Thanks gais, c u l8r!!

"Crank" is fucking ridiculous in all of the best possible ways.