Inception

Fantastic movie. I actually had the pleasure of seeing it in IMAX. So awesome.

I've honestly never been in a film where the entire audience was completely engrossed during the entire thing. I wound up sitting right near the door. Not a single person got up to leave or go to the bathroom the entire time. No one was talking or blabbing. Everyone was completely enveloped in the story.

Brilliant sound, editing, and cinematography.

Oh, and the hotel fight scene blew my mind.

Friggin' cool.
 
Blaine said:
I don't know. My dreams present themselves in a wide variety of aspect ratios. Lately, they have been remarkably lucid, too. I often dream and am fully aware that I am dreaming. It make it much for much more enjoyable dreaming, even during nightmares....
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I had a good dream inside a dream the other night. I found some quarters on the ground and went to pick them up, and then found more quarters, and more, and more. I started thinking, "wait this only happens in dreams" and tried to wake myself up, but couldn't at first. it made me then think "well, maybe not a dream, maybe i just found a bunch of money...nope it's a dream" and i snapped out of it--but into another dream. don't remember what happened in that one though. crazy stuff. i also don't have nightmares. haven't had one in probably 20 years
 
capitalP said:
One thing I'm surprise no one mentions is the actual creation of that dream machine. Not anyone is curious about who created that machine? I would of loved to get maybe a 5minute moment of the story dedicated to the creation of that machine, but you know what it works without it, because right when the movie starts it heads straight into the meat and potatoes. But I would of love to see even a whole separate movie about how that machine came into creation.
10/10.
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Arthur and Cobb explain to Ariadne during her introduction to dream architecture that Inception was developed (to their knowledge) by the military to train soldiers on warfare in dreams and actually feel everything up to death.
I still agree with you though, and this movie leaves the option open to continue in many different directions. We could see in the sequel that we are in fact watching a prequel, where we are introduced to the developmental stages of Inception before Cobb and Arthur are even born - but we see something trippy towards the end of it with Ariadne being the same age as we knew her in the future and it becomes like a hot tub time machine thing...yeah...no...
But seriously, the military aspect will have to be covered. Michael Cane's character will most likely be in there, but about 40 years younger. It could be while Cobb and Arthur are training in the military and fit a unique psych profile to get introduced into an experimental program? Or while one was in the military and the other from private sector?
Maybe they didn't enter the picture until a corporation licensed it from the military and hired them from completely different backgrounds. I don't know, but lots of different ways it could go just from the beginning and I already know I'm going to see it.
 
I may be wrong but I feel like I remember reading that Nolan is not a fan of sequels at all. Dark Knight is the closest he's ever been to one but his career isn't as long lived, so.

I personally hope to never see a sequel or a prequel. I do hope that the directors cut is like 3 hours long.
 
Digigenic said:
Arthur and Cobb explain to Ariadne during her introduction to dream architecture that Inception was developed (to their knowledge) by the military to train soldiers on warfare in dreams and actually feel everything up to death.
I still agree with you though, and this movie leaves the option open to continue in many different directions. We could see in the sequel that we are in fact watching a prequel, where we are introduced to the developmental stages of Inception before Cobb and Arthur are even born - but we see something trippy towards the end of it with Ariadne being the same age as we knew her in the future and it becomes like a hot tub time machine thing...yeah...no...
But seriously, the military aspect will have to be covered. Michael Cane's character will most likely be in there, but about 40 years younger. It could be while Cobb and Arthur are training in the military and fit a unique psych profile to get introduced into an experimental program? Or while one was in the military and the other from private sector?
Maybe they didn't enter the picture until a corporation licensed it from the military and hired them from completely different backgrounds. I don't know, but lots of different ways it could go just from the beginning and I already know I'm going to see it.
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I hope Nolan does what the Matrix idiots never could... just let a good story be. Nolan did it. He made an amazing film. No need to make two or three more that don't live up to the first. The other matrix films never did the first one justice. Nolan is likely smart enough to stop while ahead. If he does do another film in the Inception universe, I would be surprised... but very interested.
Kholi said:
I may be wrong but I feel like I remember reading that Nolan is not a fan of sequels at all. Dark Knight is the closest he's ever been to one but his career isn't as long lived, so.

I personally hope to never see a sequel or a prequel. I do hope that the directors cut is like 3 hours long.
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That's an added 20 minutes of more slow motion 'van-falling-toward-water' shots!!
 
djbobbyrhodes said:
I've honestly never been in a film where the entire audience was completely engrossed during the entire thing. I wound up sitting right near the door. Not a single person got up to leave or go to the bathroom the entire time. No one was talking or blabbing. Everyone was completely enveloped in the story.
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Same here, I thought it was astounding how everyone got into it. First time I've noticed this. And the large "gasp" at the ending filled the theater, followed by a disappointing "aww".



Some people complain about the exposition. First, I can't see how a film like this can be done without exposition. So much to understand with so little time, no matter how you 'show' it. It doesn't bug me so much, simply because he's trying to make a very complex storyline for what we could call a 'general audience'. Maybe we film buffs understand intelligent thought provoking films, but the GA doesn't. I don't care who you are and how smart your friends and colleagues and work buddies are, a lot of people out there are just plain idiots and need everything explained to them. I think it's just an attempt to meet as large an audience as possible. This is why I appreciate what Nolan does. He's able to feed intelligent films to the typical hollywood blockbuster audience.
 
capitalP said:
One thing I'm surprise no one mentions is the actual creation of that dream machine...
10/10.
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Actually one of my favorite things. Goes along with the restraint I mentioned earlier. It's just there, and not belabored or overworked. Love that.
 
Everts said:
I don't need a sequel for this !
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I wouldn't mind a sequel, but I too am horrified when I think what the second an third Matrix ended up being.

I mean, I'd hate to find out that the chemist was actually injecting Midi-Chlorian into them and they wake up in an underground city called Zion. :)
 
if so and Neo, Keanu Reeves, is reborn yeah a crossover sequel !

That might explain the 1920 ish hairdo's of Inception.
 
I say let them bring in Highlander as well.

Random person "Are you the one Neo?"

Conner MacLeod "There can be only one!"

Jet Li "Wait, I thought I was The One!"

Aunty Entity "Let's put them in the cage!"

:)
 
Kholi said:
I personally hope to never see a sequel or a prequel.
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I am so with you on this. No matter how much the studio begs him or the fans, I hope he doesn't do one. I've only seen like a .001% of sequels do the original justice. Let's just hope he leaves it as is.
 
I can actually see a sequel but with a completely different setting. No, Cobb. Entirely different set of circumstances. Starring Johnny Depp.
 
Yeah the only way I could see a sequel work is from a completely different perspective with different characters. Maybe based around the guy's who train the elite's minds to fight off people trying to get into their dreams.
 
Maybe get Christopher Walken in it

"Man, when I was younger, we just recorded dreams and played them back, now we go into them in groups?"
 
Nolan always says he doesn't like making sequels. I remember after BB he said he wasn't going to make a sequel unless he comes up with an amazing story first. Then after TDK he said the same thing.

Although, I remember hearing that in order for Nolan to sign on to do a 3rd batman film (with the overwhelming success of TDK) the studio agreed to give him 100% creative control over Inception.
 
Haven't read every page of this thread, but has anyone figured out why Cobb and his wife didn't starve to death in the real world while they lived their lifetime together in the dream?

If 5 minutes in the real world = 1 hour in the dream, then 40 years in the dream would be a bit over 3 years in the real world... so there's not much hope of the machine being able to provide them fluids and liquid nutrition for that long given its size.
 
TwistedLincoln said:
Haven't read every page of this thread, but has anyone figured out why Cobb and his wife didn't starve to death in the real world while they lived their lifetime together in the dream?

If 5 minutes in the real world = 1 hour in the dream, then 40 years in the dream would be a bit over 3 years in the real world... so there's not much hope of the machine being able to provide them fluids and liquid nutrition for that long given its size.
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They state in the film: as you go into a dream within a dream, time slows down even further.

40 years in limbo
= 3.3 years in 3rd dream level
= 101 days in the 2nd dream level
= 8.5 days in the first dream level
= 17 hours in the real world

...or something like that.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
 
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