"Inception" Review
My thoughts on "Inception."
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I went looking for the soundtrack on CD on opening weekend, and it was sold out everywhere I went. Great score by Zimmer. It reminds me a lot of some of the great very emotive scores from the 80s.
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Never taken a film class b4 in yo' life? then what about that video of worst movies ever you said "Gerry was like a movie i saw in a film class about a guy drinking water"
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Didn't he do that video as The Cinema Snob though?
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That was a 2 week video editing class I took back in 2000 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Was wondering howcome you haven't reviewed this already. Totally agree with what you're saying.
Oh and thanks for reminding me about Existenz. I saw it when it came out on vhs and I didn't like it, but I guess it had something to do with me being 15 at the time
Gotta rewatch it asap.
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It looks a bit like you're auditioning to be Holly from Red Dwarf
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lul, "totally agree with what you're saying" this was uploaded, maybe...40 secondes ago. Unless you have a super computer mind and magic, I doubt you watched the whole review. And sorry if I sound a bit...snobbish.
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dude, the numbers after : are minutes, not seconds
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Cillian Murphy looks so much like the scarecrow that in tribute, they placed a bag over his head when he is bundled into the van.
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Love how you did this, and as for the snob videos take your time I don't want you rushed. Then again you're a workaholic so you're never rushed.
As far as this movie, I agree with you, and even though I've never seen a movie completely like this yes it was a predictable mind-fuck of an ending. I will go on record as saying that this is by far one of Nolan's best, and the best I've seen so far this year(not like anyone cares about my opinion i mean this is your site).
I need to find this soundtrack, hell I want to find all of Zimmerman's soundtracks I loved his work in The Dark Knight, and this work just tops that.
As far as the ending goes, well I'm still not sure, I need to see it again there were some minor edits that lend to it all being a dream, but at the same time I don't know, and i think it's best left that way. It's best left up to the viewer to decide and analyze
Anyway, great review; I also wonder what the hell you're talking about not taking a film class I remember the "Gerry was like a movie I saw in a film class about a guy drinking water" comment too.
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You know what my favorite Leonardo Dicaprio film is? "Critters 3." Ha ha!
Regarding "Inception", I thought the premise was very intriguing and some of the ideas it presented were really cool but I've seen films like this handle these subjects better before; "The Matrix" and "Existenz" being a few of them. Also, that whole dream within a dream scenario can become a little irritating and confusing when done too much. I did think the visuals were really beautiful though!
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I wanted to like Inception more than I did. The visual are great, the actors are good and the idea is really interesting.
But I don't know? There's loads of yakking and the dreams were Salvador Dali "art" dreams rather than actual dreams. Given all the dreamers involved someone should have at least dreamed they were walking around in their underpants or that they were abducted inexplicably Norwegian aliens for their breeding program or something. And there should have been talking dogs, a pointless scene of slow-motion toast making and random nonsensical conversations.
The action scenes are good and it's a decent film, but strangely familiar. And way too long. I liked it but wasn't blown away. Existenz is good.
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Hey Brad, I know you wouldn't be exactly inclided to watch this movie, but I'm wondering if you've senn Toy Story 3 and if you haven't, maybe give it a look. I haven't seen any other reviewers talk about it yet, but I can honestly say it's the best movie I've seen all year, as silly as that sounds.
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2 Snob videos? This week is looking better already!
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Love Inception too
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Okay I hate being a pedantic arsehole about this, but Cillian Murphy's first name is pronounced with a hard C like it's Kill-ian. There's no K in the Irish language soIrish names that start with C are almost always pronounced that (Cormac, Conor etc). Now that pathetic rant is out of the way, I agree wholeheartedly about Inception, it's a great movie & probably the best so far this year, though the ending did seem a little unnecessary.
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Maybe I'll watch it again in IMAX if I can for the full experience.
As for the ending, I see it as either just taking place in reality, or Nolan wants us to believe that he'll make a sequel to this. Either way, talking about it makes it the cherry on top of this already big delicious cake!
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Sorry for a second post so soon.
But if you were going to connect people's dreams the obvious connection point is raunch not surrealist action sequences. Paul Verhoeven would have sent gangs of sex vixen to bang the info out of Cillian Murphy and then unleashed an orgy of grotesque violence at the end. And although ludicrous it would be more realistic.
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Yes the movie is a masterpiece but I'm calling it now: it will get probably one Oscar or none. The Oscar's did it to Inglorious Basterds in 2009, did it to The Dark Knight in 2008 and that's what they do every year. This time the movie doesn't even have a stand out Best Supporting Actor like Heath Ledger or Cristopher Waltz so it's pretty clear they won't give that Award just for the sake of it.
They even snubbed Hans Zimmer in 2008 for The Dark Knight for I don't care what reason so the soundtrack again is out of the question. Leonardo DiCaprio will probably be nominated for Shutter Island since I don't think he can get 2 Best Actor Nominations.
Oh well, at least I think the movie was a success at the box office. At first it seemed it flopped but I'm seeing it did pretty good. Probably people don't like that much intelligent movies with action but to be sincere I didn't even feel the hype for this one as I did to The Dark Knight, Inglorious Basterds or even Avatar.
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I feel your pain Brad, Montreal is more often than not a Humid Hell for alot of the summer.
Also, you would have made an awesome Holly from Red Dwarf. Your suit jacket gave you the perfect floating head look.
Thanks for the review. I pretty much base all my movie goings on you and Spoony's opinions.
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I loved this film and I thiought it reminded me of existenz as well. I love this film it hung togeth as a piece of work. Personally I dont think thuis year has been a good year for film personally. Inception was well shot by ex softcore cinematography wally pfeister who at one time sight and sound said theres a man who knows how to shoot underwear. hans zimmer is a good composer and nolan knows how to direct unfortunately i think this will be seen like the presrige as a stop gag between batman films.
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Now this was a good review, best i've seen by far, from the fanboy review of the Distressed Watcher to the borefest of Spoony. Keep up the great work.
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I have two things to say:
1.I like open endings that secretly have a solution, such as the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey. There are many details littered throughout the film that leads the ending to what the ending is supposed to be. If Inception gives clues, no matter how obscure, to the "open ending", then it would be a great film if it had a conclusion about what it was supposed to be. Another example is Full Metal Jacket. It doesn't even seem like there is anything involving dreams, but it turns out that the scene with Pyle being beaten with soap and the scene where Pyle commits suicide are both dream sequences.
2.I never change my style either. In fact, I don't even change the look of my pants. I always wear slacks (never jeans, I hate them), Reebok shoes and a band shirt. Even when it's raining, even when it's super hot out, I always wear exactly that, except also underwear and socks.
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I can't believe Brad didn't mention the references to On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
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Hey, I like the look of this review. You should do all your new movie reviews like this. Call it "Snob Head Reviews." Doesn't have to be in the car, but should be dark enough that all we can see is your head and maybe your hand if it gets in the way.
Seriously. This has a nice mod look. I dig it.
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Eh, saw it last week. Pretty much what I expected; just another generic Hollywood action movie with very little resonance. It was also a complete ripoff of "The Matrix," I'm sorry to say. Some of the stuff about dream-psychology at the beginning was interesting, but that's pretty quickly sidelined in favor of car-chases, running around, firing machine guns, explosions, etc. Not to mention, there was nothing even remotely dreamlike about the world inside Cillian Murphy's head (the Ellen Page dream/Limbo settings were well-done, though). Had the same script been directed by a less popular director, nobody would've cared.
Of course, the music was really cool, that I agree with. It wasn't terrible but it was pretty much just "meh." The especially-strange thing about this movie was that it actually seemed like it would have been appropriate to make it in 3-D (unlike all the other trashy 3D movies that have been coming out), yet it was seemingly the first 2010 Summer Blockbuster to come out in 2D.
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Hey bro, great review-- long time watcher, first time commenter. Just to let you know though, "Cillian" is pronounced "Killian" not "Sillian"-- it's a Gaelic thing... Anyway, keep on trucking
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I can't imagine how happy you would've been if pierre kirby and/or george lazenby was in it...
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SPOILER ON ENDING WARNING:
I happen to think it was not a dream at the end due to one particular thing I noticed. In the first scene when Cobb sees the aged Saito, there's a shot where Cobb has his hands folded and you see his golden wedding ring. When he is in reality talking to Michael Kane for example, he does not have the wedding ring on. I noticed he only wears the ring in the dream worlds and at the end scene he wasn't wearing the ring. I don't trust the top because it wasn't a totem he himself created, but was something he wife owned. Just my take on it.
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Cillian Murphy's name is actually pronounced as if it were spelled with a K, being Celtic.
It's his berserk button.
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This has been for future reference and totally not a Douche bag correction dealy.
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Nice review in the car... you look like Holly from Red Dwarf
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Hey Brad, what do you think of Zardoz? Is it a good movie?
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I know exactly what you're talking about with humidity and worse. I live in (semi) rural Australia, which is borderline uninhabitable in some places during Summer.
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Okey..i think i will now to try and vent my thoughts...
First off,i have some kind of bitterness toward movies,that are hyped as hell,for giving thoughts and being movies that some "better than you" film critic snobs are then talking and praising to the roof...But after i talk with my friend about this i have to say that this movie has it all to all.Those,who are studied and who know movie history/meanings etc better can amaze that aspect on this movie and those who just enjoy a cool effects and action,can enjoy that.
I really liked Characters on this movie,specially on Eames(i think that was his name),he was da man.I didnt follow the entire way on this movie,and i guess its not a mortal sin or anything..i dont care that and if some Snobby Movie Know-it-all starts to rant me on it,i tell him to go Fuck himself.But i Also liked Effects,They were awesome and Music was as good as in The Dark Knight.Also Humor and whole dreaming-concept was cool.
Still i guess,that those who Get these movies better,like some academic peoples will rant about this movie more and more until they buy it on DVD or Blue Ray and then rant more and more.I guess in the future Peoples will add on their will to be buried with this movie or cremate them self with this movie,because it is SOOOO Cleaver.
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Am I the only one who hated the music for this? The credit of "composer" for Hans Zimmer is rather misleading due to the massive team of editors and arrangers he has behind him. Academically I would say the music was mediocre; loud, yes but, not "fantastic". However, sticking with sound, I think the unsung heroes of this film are the sound designers. They've created a soundscape so detailed and vast that it makes a lot of other current films look lazy in comparison.
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If the plot was so simple, how did you get it so wrong? They weren't trying to steal anything from Cillian Murphy at all. They try to implant the idea for him to break up his company. No theft involved.
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He does say it's about implanting an idea. He merely compared the approach the film takes to that of heist films.
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At least to me the end was clear. Not saying it is the end like it maybe was meant, but as i see it like you said there was no reason it to be dream.
It was more about this world being all that real not about if he was still in the dream world.
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THANK YOU! The ending was pointless. Everything else was awesome. They hit the climax, the movie comes full circle, gets back to where it starts from....and suddenly the scene cuts abruptly and we're given that "ending" that just made me feel like they didn't feel like finishing the damn story. It was really awesome aside from that though.
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I fucking hated the score... so dull and unmelodic. OOhhh you slowed down an Edith Piaf song! OSCAR GOLD!
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I liked that the film was essentially a heist but with ideas and thought over money. I am in the camp that things its a dream because Cain says get back to reality and eveyone is looking at him in the end.
I thought you lived in Missouri and that is south from Chicago where we get more humidity.
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I think you brought up a valid point about the ending not being a deal-breaker but not being up to snuff with the rest of the film. A also am not a JGL fan and I can't explain why either. Overall I loved the film and think Nolan has the Oscar wrapped up so far.
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But come on, INCEPTION IS A BIT BORING. Yes it's visually impressive, but so is a tree. Every second scene is yak, blah, yak.
Here's my theory. It doesn't mean anything. Ambiguous endings used to serve a narrative purpose, now they just mean some insecure writer or director is refusing to commit to an idea because they're scared of disappointing people or hearing a collective groan. This is what shot LOST in the end. It's ambiguity as a narrative cliche. It's rapidly becoming the norm, like the way modern horror films can't let hero's escape without adding a "shocking" coda. The only thing I thought about the ending of Inception was, they're setting up a sequel. All Nolan's films have a slightly retarded mentality, which basically amounts to "this film is dark" so it can't feature humour, because being funny is silly and I want my films to be taken seriously, even if they feature a man running around in rubber fetish gear. If Nolan was a girl he would be a Twilight fan.
If you're going to make a film featuring interconnected dreams put some sex, proper violence and jokes in there.
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Mere days after this review goes up the expected availability of eXistenZ on Netflix goes from 'now' to 'long wait' Coincidence? I think not.
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Thank you! Brad, you had the first review I've see that compared Inception to Existenz, and that was the very first movie that popped into my mind when thinking similar movies. And again, agreed, Existenz=most excellent movie (jude law is made of win) Btw.. NY=disgusting humidity. I feel your pain.
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iirc I don't remember paprika having a "you don't know if it's still a dream" ending.
still, you make me wanna see the movie xD.
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I gota say i believe that at least in the end he was still in limbo. If you watch closely everyones always watching him when he gets off the plane and stuff. my bro already said that he was acting suspicous so that i believe dont count. but in the end when you see his kids they havnt aged at all. im not sure how long he was away but it sounded to me that he was gone a long enough while when he was talking to his kids on the phone. just tossing in my 2 cents hope maybe at least 1 other person out there thaught same thing. i honestly havnt looked at any of the stuff people say about the ending but if someone else said this sorrys ^^;; love the reviews man keep it up
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It was a very good movie for sure, but it did have a few gaping plot holes that i had a hard time ignoring. It's the kind of subject matter that's very hard to make a full fledged story about, while at the same time making total sense and keeping it completely logical. But despite a few plot holes, it came together pretty well in the end.
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"Inception" was decent, but Christopher Nolan didn't get dreams right - not in the same way David Lynch can. The internal logic he develops is not accurate, because in dreams, people don't always speak and behave in the same way as they do in reality, things don't always make sense, and often there is, in the end, no point whatsoever to a dream. So his logic is too safe and too reliable for it to seem accurate.
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Great movie, although your comment on the effects of 2012 made me angry. I agree Inception had amazing effects, but 2012's were just as good.
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2012 I remember well because it was the only movie I watched while living for 5 months in Sweden and it was horrible (Acting, Effects, Story...)
Inception is way better. Big Christopher Nolan Fan (even The Following) except for Insomnia.
But Inception has some weak points. Neither the story nor the characters were "outdeveloped". I mean they show this scene with Ellen Page moving the street around 180 degrees, but this "trick" never comes up again.
I am waiting for a sequel that more uses the possibilities of this dream scenario regarding the graphics and pictures (didn't like the limbo scene with the falling cliffs). And also developes further the characters.
BTW: Di Caprio. Absolutely. You know it's gonna be a good movie. Never would have thought about this ten years ago
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The thing about the ending, I saw it as Cobb not really caring any longer if it was real or not; or I guess another way you could look at it would be that he finally saw their faces and believed it to be real.
My own interpretation is that he wasn't dreaming.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks like Shia Ladouche
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I would just like to point out that, years later, holy crap, you were spot-on about the trailer music.
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