Inception (with implanted spoilers)

you know, I was kind of young at the time so parts of it appealed to me, but in retrospect I can say that I really am pissed off by vanilla sky

it really helps going in to vanilla sky expecting it to be kind of crappy before realizing it is kind of crappy

maybe I'll finally be able to watch all of Eternal Sunshine of Long Names are Shitty because I know I hate every part of the movie up to when I stopped watching it

serious question for serious people, has anyone seen Abre los Ojos and is it >>>>>> Vanilla Sky?

although, y'know, a movie with tom cruise in a phantom of the opera mask running round a giant deserted office lobby yelling "TECH SUPPORT!!!", it can't be all bad.

From what I've heard and the bits I've seen Abre los Ojos is pretty close story-wise to Vanilla Sky (and Penelope Cruz is in both!)

Yeah, one is basically a slightly-more fleshed-out take on the other, only with Cameron Crowe's musical sensibilities blaring over the plot and Tom Cruise being Tom Cruise.

i was otm in this thread

I remember liking Abre los Ojos a lot but I saw it pre-Vanilla Sky.

Tape Store offtm in this thread

i was otm in this thread

― caek, Wednesday, 22 December 2010 01:01 (1 hour ago)

he really was, you know

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^^^ OTM

Karina Longworth OTM:
However, I do sort of wonder if the massive success of Inception is a sign that we're getting stupider. Sold — and bought — as the year's most "intelligent" blockbuster while actually baldly insulting its audience's intelligence (to quote Andrew O'Hehir's Salon.com review, "Every time the story gets puzzling the characters call a time-out and explain it"), Inception both conquered the 2010 zeitgeist and helped define it.

That's actually not very otm, what an interesting thing... have i just been inceptioned

ITM

it can be easy to ignore handyholdy stuff though. i've ignored instructions countless times for example

can you tell me how to do that?

what

lol

Dude, it's a Nolan film, his general way of doing things is to have plots that *could* be puzzling but are easily unraveled. Meanwhile, there are neat visuals or novel plot devices. See Memento, Insomnia, The Prestige. No one is saying "whoa, I didn't get the plot!" unless they're napping and can't understand any movie.

I honestly avoided reading about this for half a year. And the lady I just rented the DVD from told me the ending. WTF

Karina Longworth OTM:
However, I do sort of wonder if the massive success of Inception is a sign that we're getting stupider. Sold — and bought — as the year's most "intelligent" blockbuster while actually baldly insulting its audience's intelligence (to quote Andrew O'Hehir's Salon.com review, "Every time the story gets puzzling the characters call a time-out and explain it"), Inception both conquered the 2010 zeitgeist and helped define it.

― ok (Tape Store), Thursday, December 23, 2010 9:02 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

so otm, this film blew my mind in that i couldn't believe how 90% of what i was told was a clever movie actually turned out to be characters who might as well have been looking right at the camera explaining 'dream rules'

it was just setting that shit up for inception 2: mnemonic boogaloo

lol at "requires multiple viewings"

if some movie is going to play by like 100,000 made up rules, you have to tell the audience about them somehow. Would rather sit through a DiCaprio lesson to Ellen Page than make it something I'd have to "infer" in a four-hour movie

It's like watching a Fellini movie and complaining we're such stupid idiot americans because we need to see subtitles in English

if the dialog was all about things to consider while reading the upcoming subtitles and then there was 15 minutes of movie and it was over i probably would complain. about something.

i dunno, i always seem to feel the need to vent about this movie because i thought it was a very cool premise that was 100% wasted. but that's just me. i think it would have worked better as a tv series.

I'm with Whiney. Having a few exposition-heavy scenes took nothing away from the excitement of the film for me. In fact, in a way, they contributed to it -- I felt like, "Oooh, now we get to find out the rules!"

think it would have worked better as a tv series.

"Hoping each time that his next inception ... will be the inception home!"

I'm with Whiney. Having a few exposition-heavy scenes took nothing away from the excitement of the film for me. In fact, in a way, they contributed to it -- I felt like, "Oooh, now we get to find out the rules!"

― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Sunday, December 26, 2010 5:55 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

yeah, exactly... those scenes laying down the ground rules were fun!

Glad to know that the fact that I like this movie means I'm a dumb retard, and complicit in the downfall of western civilization. ILX is always so classy.

So you were our representative who —- bought -- it as the year's intellectual blockbuster? b/c I was wondering who signed us up for that.

vast majority of ilx opinion itt is favourable iirc, i wouldn't sweat it either way

So you were our representative who —- bought -- it as the year's intellectual blockbuster?

Nah, but it was fun to watch both times I saw it.

Karina Longworth OTM:

However, I do sort of wonder if the massive success of Inception is a sign that we're getting stupider. Sold — and bought — as the year's most "intelligent" blockbuster while actually baldly insulting its audience's intelligence (to quote Andrew O'Hehir's Salon.com review, "Every time the story gets puzzling the characters call a time-out and explain it"), Inception both conquered the 2010 zeitgeist and helped define it.

― ok (Tape Store), Thursday, December 23, 2010 9:02 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark

congratulations

Tape Store, do you enjoy being completely po-faced and precious about movies?

Tape Store gets a commission for every person at Borders who puts down a copy of Inception and picks up Battle of Algiers instead....

also, food for thought, a movie can be smart without being intellectual.

also- hates fun, for free xp

speculation as to which movie Tape Store will endorse to hate in 2011?

I hear it's a strong ticket

need to see which harmless yet snappy yet dumb movie is beloved by enough people first imo

TS bitching about Inception >>>> TS endorsing Paper Heart

Glad to know that the fact that I like this movie means I'm a dumb retard, and complicit in the downfall of western civilization. ILX is always so classy.

Don't worry I actually, and quite literally, bought this movie on Blu-Ray. So I'm a dumb fucking retard that is too stupid to watch movies right with you.

Solidarity, dumb-bro!

lol

I got this on blu-ray for Christmas and watched it a couple days ago at high volume. I still liked it quite a bit.

I also was eating pizza at the bar last night with a friend and chatted with a young guy who seemed fairly on top of things who was waiting to pick up a to-go order. He thought it had merited some thought and could use a second watching. So, average guy in the bar finds it comprehensible but worthy of rewatch.

think it would have worked better as a tv series.

"Hoping each time that his next inception ... will be the inception home!"

― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Sunday, 26 December 2010 22:56 (2 days ago) Permalink

I lol'd at this one

I saw this twice in the cinema and once on the DVD I bought the day it came out. Colour me retarded.