Inception (with implanted spoilers)

I should just clarify that vie seen this twice now, each time accompanied, for a grand total of 75p for all 4 tickets. Thanks to a combination of Nectar points and Twitter.

When talking about the constant seriousness of Nolan's movies, it's worth noting that he cites Michael Mann as a big influence, Heat in particular on The Dark Knight.

ok - they were *modern* looking office buildings when not in disrepair - but still, who would want to be surrounded by that for 50 years?! i don't remember seeing a single tree in any of that!

i'd put my head down infront of a train too!

trees are mad overrated

I spent 16 years living in the middle of the woods off of a gravel road and it sucked so much, I can't even begin to tell you

Another random thing: in the way that Mies van der Rohe is all over The Dark Knight, Frank Lloyd Wright is all over this one with the wood, squares, rectangles, etc.

I should just clarify that vie seen this twice now, each time accompanied, for a grand total of 75p for all 4 tickets

You thrifty swine. With Odeon's visa card booking fee it cost me and Mrs A £14 EACH for IMAX.

like, it was fun when I was 8 and "climb a tree" was my idea of a good time, but once I hit 12 and my idea of a good time turned into "see a movie" or "see a concert" or "join a performance group" it basically was the worst possible place to live in the universe

And yeah Eazy, that's a good point, when they were in the hallway of Leo's house I actually thought they'd used a location in one of FLW's Oak Park houses.

xp

ya - i'm not saying that they should have put them in the shire. but spending decades in a gigantic business district sounds more like a nightmare to me.

whereas I kind of would be more than happy to never set foot in the countryside ever again

xp, you should see shutter island. it is the fever ray of 2010's movies.
― caek, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:03 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wait - what does this mean?

i also lived in, literally, a cottage in the middle of alberta briefly and it was no blast. but even living downtown in a somewhat green city - i still pine for a cottage once in a while. to each their own i guess - but that huge skyscraper city just seemed very unlikely to me.

xposts - so does this mean you won't be joining me in Muskoka this summer, Dan?! ;)

depends on how much alcohol you are bringing!

(in fairness I am being hyperbolic but in general I like my wilderness in places far away that are fun to travel to, like the Caribbean, rather than around my house)

I think most of us can agree that both city and country are awesome. Yay planet earth and the follies of mankind!!!

Owen Glieberman: confused.

xp, you should see shutter island. it is the fever ray of 2010's movies.
― caek, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:03 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wait - what does this mean?

it will explode dan's brain

that's not very nice

lol, from the article:

it’s a cinematic videogame that keeps making up its rules as it goes along.

guys all actors have hueg heads, everyone know this

xxpost -- Scanner Island

not all actors have scrunchyfaces though.

trees are mad overrated

^ board description

not all actors have scrunchyfaces though.

― Would love to hear Bam babble about this (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:05 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

all actors have 'a scrunchyface' whether they choose to use it

Leo's a pretty scruncher though. One of a kind.

he is the most boring guy to have to look at on a screen though

*pretty intense, I meant to write.

No, Leo is not pretty at all.

someone choose one of the below for me:

a. drive 20 miles and pay $13 to see this in IMAX

b. drive 5 miles and pay $6 to see this at a regular theater

leos pretty good, hes in pretty good movies, i have no argument w/him

B. Seeing it in IMAX was fun and all but not necessary.

leo is a fine actor who is in good movies who i have no desire to ever be looking at him, or listening to him

paradox

no way, i heard you had an argument with leo, jh0

ok fine, i did

thanks Ned, I'm gonna see this tomorrow so I can join this clusterfuck

man oh man did this thread get shitted up by retards over the last few days

And you're the Pepto.

da croop is generally not retarded but wtf at this:

less fun than A-Team, Twilight, Knight And Day, MacGruber...basically every movie I saw that WASN'T set in the subconscious

― da croupier, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:42 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

because obviously being fun is the main criterion, right? idk if this is even true anyway. macgruber had about three lols in it. it was shit.

because obviously being fun is the main criterion, right?

In an action movie? Well, yeah.

u guys r too conceptual, need to chill into dreamscape more

nolan needed to chill into dreamscape more and i hope you told him so during your argument

calling it 'an action movie' is just obtuse

Okay I loved loved TDK and mostly liked Inception, but certainly don't out Nolan in the "auteur" category. He just makes summer blockbusters I happen to enjoy.

― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 1:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

not really sure when we're meant to use 'auteur'. kind of feel it's actually meant for directors of mainstream movies? so nolan does get to be one (like hawks, hitchcock, sirk).

because obviously being fun is the main criterion, right?

I never said fun was the main criteria, but with Hi Dere pushing that the film is just "entertainment" and few people arguing the film rewards on an emotional level, I think it's not wtf to note I found it less entertaining than all the summer mainstream stuff I bothered to see that wasn't set in DREAMS.

Lots of guns, shoot'em ups, quick editing, pulpy dialogue = action movie.

Also – he can't stage or edit an action scene. He's like Michael Bay with Godard on the brain.

― Would love to hear Bam babble about this (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 2:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

true of batman begins, but you have no idea what you're talking about here

xpost

again you just sound dim. there's a lot more going on than that. plus, the dialogue wasn't remotely pulpy (it was over-expository).

Aside from the Dream Math and the moral that Leonardo DiCaprio still needs to let go if his guilt, I have to ask...

http://aarkangel.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/b00007fomp09lzzzzzzz.jpg

shitted up by retards

macgruber rocked

Retards who can't understand the complexity of Christopher Nolan's vision.

that auteur -- like Hawks and Hitchcock are auteurs.