Inception (with implanted spoilers)

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

um

dude should write about britney

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

Yup, this was the only scene that really *pushed* at the boundaries, but for some reason, it wasn't off into the utterly ridiculous realm. Probably just me thinking that, though.

we ah doolee appointed dream thieves

I'm going to c/p a bit of that rant at random here:

an oppressive virtual reality, within which an ultra-macho protagonist has to fight his way out of a situation in which everything has been rigged against him. The working-out of this plot is entirely formulaic and as-expected, up to and including the requisite happy ending and triumph of the macho figure. However, the movie’s adherence to these genre norms is so perfunctory as almost to be sarcastic. The macho action protagonist, Kable, is played by action star Gerard Butler (best known for his starring role as Leonidas in 300). But in Gamer, Kable is sketched out so minimally that Butler can barely be bothered to go through the motions required for the part; he is so inexpressive as to make Clint Eastwood look like a wild overactor in comparison. (Or perhaps I should say, to make Jean-Claude Van Damme look like a miracle of thespian subtlety in comparison; except that we now know that Van Damme really is such a miracle). Gamer‘s adherence to genre norms, both in terms of the plot and in terms of the requisite displays of jiggling breasts, loud explosions, and hyped up macho insults (such as those that one crazed killer — who of course is black — addresses to the white Kable at one point), seem to be little more than a framework upon which Neveldine and Taylor are able to hang their delirious inventions. Or better, it is as if the film’s genre normativity (in terms of plot, character, gender, etc.) expresses and exposes the way that neoliberal ideology explicitly forecloses any possibility of social change. As the neoliberal mantra puts it, “There Is No Alternative”; any alteration of social arrangements is literally unthinkable. Gamer’s strict adherence to

yeah, I probably ruined my ability to have an opinion on the film by skimming a little bit of Shaviro's blog before viewing.

this is the DREAMSCAPE remake, yes?

http://wherethelongtailends.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ds2.jpg

is this even on at IMAX in the UK?

gamer would have ruled if gerard butler played a stathamy bad-ass instead of a sulky family man

ok I'll bite, what was arrogant about Memento? (the only thing I've seen by him I could stand)

yeah I don't really understand how a movie can be "arrogant"

it's on at the real imaxes coz: bfi, manchester, etc.

wot u mean real?

http://forum.videohelp.com/images/guides/p2035529/imax.jpg

i mean it's not on at the big mulitplexes that have been rebranded as imax for the post-avatar era even though they are not using imax projectors and the screens are much smaller

no imax in scotland btw

or not being called "imax" at the multiplexes for some reason

ellen page is my new obsession - after seeing juno again (and warming to it) and also whip it (which was pretty good for a barrymore movie). also she's doing a film on knitting (based on the classic stitch 'n' bitch book). so anyway yeah i gotta see it

imax glasgow 25m x 19m fwiw

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.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 July 2010 17:54 (3 hours ago) Bookmark

this is what i look for in a film, too.

yeah so ner

xp

also: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100714/REVIEWS/100719997

lol sorry scotland.

going to see this at 9.30am sunday screening o_O : (

So far the only thing I'm mildly bummed about is Hans Zimmer replacing David Julyan to score Nolan's movies since Batman.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/inception,43128/

AV Club gives this an A-.

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

― orakle-krake (Gukbe), Wednesday, July 14, 2010 4:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=830

going for midnight tonight, on not-IMAX. Stoked.

this is raadddddddd

there are a couple things that dont work and a huge (i think) plot hole but d-d-d-d-damn mostly it is just sweet

Watched Gamer and Law Abiding Citizen back to back with a friend one night. Incredibly masochistic, but pretty glad I did it. I thought the one thing Gamer did get right was the internet - an amalgamation of facebook, counter-strike and porn.

Actually also watched the opening sequence at uni - for a Sound Design class.

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still dont "get" the whole "limbo" thing? if you can just get out of it by killing yourself, why did leo and marion stay there for like 50 years? or did they never leave????????????

just got back. this was awesome. amazed I followed so well at this early in the a.m. and already being exhausted. loved the surreal nature of it...must see this again as I think it'll uncover more things.

dude help me figure out the limbo thing

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@max -- I think the concept behind "limbo" was that it was raw mental activity, and you don't necessarily know right away that you're in it. Which makes sense as to why Leo's character had to 'plant' the thought in his wife's mind that the world wasn't real.

My interpretation is that Marion and Leo did leave. but, the Japanese guy was then in limbo since he then died before the "kick". they never showed him offing Leo, so whether they actually woke up at the end is debatable, as evidenced by them not showing whether the top stopped spinning.

Good lord I'm going crosseyed.

yeah i think that's where im at too--it was confusing as to whether or not ppl understood they were in limbo. and yeah the sense i got was the leo didnt leave at the end, cf the whole "you never know how you got to the place where you are in dreams" thing

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Agreed. It took me thinking for a full half hour on this, but I interpreted that they didn't know they were in limbo, or they did know, but limbo was so "blissful" in comparison to regular dreams, that nobody dared want to return. I'm leaning towards the latter now.

Just wow though.

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this film was fuckin nuts

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Yea. I'm glad I had a 40 something ounce soda to pump caffeine into me, because once ounce of fatigue, and I would have fallen too far behind to catch up.

Man that kid that used to be on Third Rock from the Sun was pretty awesome too

gf was swooning over him the whole movie