Official Thread of Inception: Best summer blockbuster since 2009!

[Great Rumbler]

Inception is a masterpiece. Making a huge film with big ambitions, Christopher Nolan never missteps and manages to create a movie that, at times, feels like a miracle.

a stunning achievement and the most completely entertaining film I've seen in years.

Inception is an exhilarating cinematic experience that suggests there is still room, even in the blockbuster world, for big ideas and dangerous emotions, and that may be the single most thrilling thing about it.

A devilishly complicated, fiendishly enjoyable sci-fi voyage across a dreamscape that is thoroughly compelling.

If movies are shared dreams, then Christopher Nolan is surely one of Hollywood's most inventive dreamers, given the evidence of his commandingly clever Inception.

A wildly entertaining and dazzling mind-trip not to be missed. Kubrick would have been proud.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1217219-inception/

Based on 6 reviews: 100% and an average of 8.3.

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[BlueTsunami]

Unnnffffffffffffff... UNFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. This movie is gonna make me blow a load into the back of someones head.

Fortunately this movie doesn't have Bale to shit it up

[Great Rumbler]

Fortunately this movie doesn't have Bale to shit it up

Leo

[CajoleJuice]

[Ichirou]

M. Night Shyamalan suiciding.

[The Fake Shemp]

I want it to be good. I want a major tentpole film to defy expectations. I want a studio blockbuster to tell me I'm jaded and there's still room for proper storytelling. I want a filmmaker to tell me there is still a reason to struggle; that there are folks inside the system that are willing to make more than toy commercials. I want a great white hope.

[BlueTsunami]

I want it to be good. I want a major tentpole film to defy expectations. I want a studio blockbuster to tell me I'm jaded and there's still room for proper storytelling. I want a filmmaker to tell me there is still a reason to struggle; that there are folks inside the system that are willing to make more than toy commercials. I want a great white hope.

I GOT THIS

[Ichirou]

Insomnia sucked, though.

[The Fake Shemp]

Insomnia was just mediocre. And as a director, if that's your worst film, you have had a great career.

[Ichirou]

Sounds like you're discarding Joe Dante in favor of Nolan for Gremlins 3-D.  Where's the loyalty, Willco? smh

[Great Rumbler]

Insomnia sucked, though.

I thought it was pretty good, not nearly as ambiguous and impenetrable as the original but a pretty good thriller. And the cinematography was great, all bow to Wally Pfister.

[The Fake Shemp]

Sounds like you're discarding Joe Dante in favor of Nolan for Gremlins 3-D.  Where's the loyalty, Willco? smh

Hey, I love Dante. I think he's criminally underrated, but I always love the unheralded genre greats. Where's the love for Fred Dekker?

... but Nolan is gunning for the crown that everyone handed to M. Night prematurely, that of Speilberg's successor.

I will also chime in for some much needed Wally Pfister love. He has leapfrogged over Bill Pope as my favorite American cinematographer working the studio system nowadays.

[Ichirou]

Cinematography was beautiful, especially that opening where they're flying to Alaska.  I thought Pacino actually gave a pretty good performance, but Williams was way too hammy and I didn't like Hilary Swank in it at all.  It was a pretty big disappointment.

[Ichirou]

Sounds like you're discarding Joe Dante in favor of Nolan for Gremlins 3-D.  Where's the loyalty, Willco? smh

Hey, I love Dante. I think he's criminally underrated, but I always love the unheralded genre greats. Where's the love for Fred Dekker?

... but Nolan is gunning for the crown that everyone handed to M. Night prematurely, that of Speilberg's successor.

I will also chime in for some much needed Wally Pfister love. He has leapfrogged over Bill Pope as my favorite American cinematographer working the studio system nowadays.

None of Nolan's movies are emotionally sappy enough to qualify him as Spielberg's successor, unless you're talking purely in terms of box office.  Shyamalan was pretty vocal about trying to be a filmmaker in the Spielberg mode, especially during his publicity tour for Signs, but I don't think they're in the same mold either.

[The Fake Shemp]

For you, maybe. It was not a bad film, by any stretch of the imagination. Again, if it Insomnia is the worst film of your career, you have had a pretty great career. I'm still skeptical of Inception, but I want to believe. I really, really do.

None of Nolan's movies are emotionally sappy enough to qualify him as Spielberg's successor, unless you're talking purely in terms of box office.

I think we're talking about the best blockbuster filmmaker working within the Hollywood system, which Spielberg certainly was, regardless of his emotionally sappy material. You cannot deny his impact. That title was prematurely handed to M. Night following Unbreakable and Signs, but hopefully Nolan can display the kind of range and consistency that Golden Age Spielberg used to flaunt.

[Cormacaroni]

The trailer was fan-fucking-tastic, can't wait for it to open here. July 23!

[Ichirou]

Who's denying Spielberg's impact?  What I'm saying is that the types of movies Spielberg and Nolan make, while they both make a lot of money, couldn't be more different.

[Smooth Groove]

Nolan's films are generally more cerebral than Spielberg.  Compared to Spielberg's supermarket novel storytelling, Nolan's is practically Pynchon. 

[Ichirou]

Nolan's films are generally more cerebral than Spielberg.  Compared to Spielberg's supermarket novel storytelling, Nolan's is practically Pynchon. 

Nailed it.

[Ichirou]

The book was pretty awesome.

[Cheebs]

Willco isn't comparing the type of blockbusters Nolan and Spielberg make. But in the fact Nolan like Spielberg was for a good period of 15+ years making big budget studio blockbusters that both the critics and the masses heralded and made tons of $$$.

Nolan is gunning for that title. It has nothing to do with the type of blockbusters he is making. But that he and Spielberg in the past made blockbusters in the studio system that were both praised for their cinematic quality and their ability to make a ton of money.

Spielberg worked within the studio system to make personal movies/movies that strive to be more than empty popcorn entertainment that made tons and tons of money and were praised as quality films. Nolan is doing the same thing. The movies themselves are VERY different but their place in the hollywood system is very similar.

Shaamamalalan failed to do that.

[Mr. Gundam]

Insomnia sucked cause it was based on Stephen King shit.

lol wut

[GilloD]

I fell asleep during Insomina.

[Cheebs]

Oh and Joe Dante is the man. The trailer for his new movie looks HORRIBLE though. Like made for tv by some 20 year old kid. Holes 3D or something like that.

Matinee >>>>> Avatar

[The Fake Shemp]

Cheebs nailed it.

Off-Topic: The Stephen King novel is largely a piece of garbage, despite its ties to The Dark Tower series (and It!), because it's King-caliber bloat at its worst. It takes a couple of hundred pages or so to get to the fucking point.

[Human Snorenado]

Yeah, even I'm gonna get off my ass and see this in the theater.

[Phoenix Dark]

Nolan makes one smash hit blockbuster and we're comparing him to Spielberg?

[Cheebs]

Nolan makes one smash hit blockbuster and we're comparing him to Spielberg?

Saying he is striving to be the next Spielberg is not the same as claiming he is already the next Spielberg.

[Human Snorenado]

You're right.

He's better than Spielberg.  Even in his later years, I couldn't see Nolan directing a shitheap equivalent to the last Indiana Jones flick.

[Phoenix Dark]

Who says he's striving to be Spielberg?

[Great Rumbler]

Who says he's striving to be Spielberg?

Nolan is gunning for that title. It has nothing to do with the type of blockbusters he is making. But that he and Spielberg in the past made blockbusters in the studio system that were both praised for their cinematic quality and their ability to make a ton of money.

[Phoenix Dark]

based on one film. talk about a reach

Inception is going to bomb

[Cheebs]

Who says he's striving to be Spielberg?

Willco made that point and I agreed with him. He isn't making sentimental Spielbergy movies.

Inception is going to bomb

You said the same thing about Avatar and Star Trek.

[Phoenix Dark]

I was wrong about Avatar because I miscalculated the stupidity of Americans. I won't make the same mistake again: Inception is a smart sci-fi flick with no furries. Therefore it will bomb.

[Great Rumbler]

I was wrong about Avatar because I miscalculated the stupidity of Americans. I won't make the same mistake again: Inception is a smart sci-fi flick with no furries. Therefore it will bomb.

Like The Matrix and its sequels?

[Phoenix Dark]

I was wrong about Avatar because I miscalculated the stupidity of Americans. I won't make the same mistake again: Inception is a smart sci-fi flick with no furries. Therefore it will bomb.

Like The Matrix and its sequels?

Did you just call the Matrix and its sequels smart sci-fi?

[Cheebs]

I am far from being good at predicting box office but if history is any indication the opposite of what PD predicts usually is the case.



Oh and lololol Matrix sequels.

[CajoleJuice]

I had two chicks tell me that Inception looks totally badass. $300 million confirmed.

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[Great Rumbler]

I was wrong about Avatar because I miscalculated the stupidity of Americans. I won't make the same mistake again: Inception is a smart sci-fi flick with no furries. Therefore it will bomb.

Like The Matrix and its sequels?

Did you just call the Matrix and its sequels smart sci-fi?

I'd argue that the first movie was, the sequels crumbled under the weight of nonsense, but that's another story.

[Himu]

Why the comparisons to Kubrick?

[Great Rumbler]

Why the comparisons to Kubrick?

I don't know, that's just what one of the reviewers said.

[Cheebs]

Nolan's movies feel more like a mix of Ridley Scott and Michael Mann (when they were both making good movies still) than Kubrick to me.

[Himu]

Yeah, he reminds me more of michael mann. Mix of drama and thriller with action thrown in. His style is nothing like kubrick's.

[Himu]

Why the comparisons to Kubrick?

I don't know, that's just what one of the reviewers said.

Oh I know, I'm just saying the comparison in the review makes no sense!

[Phoenix Dark]

Spielberg is pretty shitty today, I kinda doubt he'll ever recovery. He could basically release any sappy piece of shit and still win awards.

Lets see where Nolan's career goes before crowing him. TDK was a great movie, but it's success was boosted by Ledger's death.

[Cheebs]

Anne Thompson who wrote that is pretty solid, not some Ain't It Cool News type she used to write for Variety iirc. Although that statement does feel a bit off.

Spielberg is pretty shitty today, I kinda doubt he'll ever recovery. He could basically release any sappy piece of shit and still win awards.

Most directors would have loved to have a decade in which they directed Munich, Catch Me If You Can, & Minority Report. He is nowhere near the level he once was and is all over the map but he still every once in a while pops out something solid. I don't think he has completely fallen off the cliff in a way like Robert Zemeckis or Shaamamamallanan have.

[Himu]

I agree with cheebs. Spielberg isn't what he used to be, but I just can't hate on him because of Catch Me If You Can and Munich.

[Smooth Groove]

BTW, who was it that compared Cheebs to Drinky Crow?

His posts feel more like a mix of Phoenix Dark and The Dark Shake (when they were both making bad posts still) than Drinky to me.   :kylielaff

[Phoenix Dark]

I agree with cheebs. Spielberg isn't what he used to be, but I just can't hate on him because of Catch Me If You Can and Munich.

true...but Indiana Jones pretty much negates all that awesome stuff

[Cheebs]

I agree with cheebs. Spielberg isn't what he used to be, but I just can't hate on him because of Catch Me If You Can and Munich.

true...but Indiana Jones pretty much negates all that awesome stuff

Not saying his 00's filmography is nearly as good as what he did elsewhere but Always was in the 80's and just as shitty as Indiana Jones 4.

[Himu]

But most of the stupid shit in Indy 4 was all Lucas. The aliens? Lucas. Shia might not have been the best role for Mutt, but I'm not going to place all the blame on Spielberg when Lucas was a co-producer.

[Cheebs]

Lucas wrote and produced it but a good director could still pull off something more watchable. Spielberg's direction on Indiana Jones 4 was just plain lazy. His heart didn't feel in it in a way it did in say Munich.

[Phoenix Dark]

Blaming Lucas is fanboy bullshit. Spielberg still brought that piece of shit to life instead of telling Lucas to go fuck himself. Even Shia has said the film sucked. Spielberg should just admit he knew it was a pos too.

[Himu]

Man, Munich had such good direction and editing

[Smooth Groove]

Didn't the ending sequence In Munich have some distinguished mentally-challenged sex scene?  I think I just fast forwarded that shit since the wife wasn't even hot. 

[Human Snorenado]

I agree with cheebs. Spielberg isn't what he used to be, but I just can't hate on him because of Catch Me If You Can and Munich.

true...but Indiana Jones pretty much negates all that awesome stuff

Now now, no reason to go easy on him and leave out the absolutely awful War of the Worlds from the list.

[Himu]

war of he worlds

[Smooth Groove]

WOTW at least had some nice visuals for its time.  Can't say the same about Indy 4. 

[Cheebs]

Yeah WOTW actually had some decent action sequences unlike Indiana Jones.

[Phoenix Dark]

True but it was still a POS. God I hated the ending