Official Thread of Inception: Best summer blockbuster since 2009!

[Joe Molotov]

Willco is turning into Shake

More like Shake is turning into Willco!

Willco IS Shake.  Shake IS Willco.

Wilco is a man!

[Ichirou]

Willco...has a penis?! 

[Joe Molotov]

Willco...has a penis?! 

something something baby mole something shrubbery

[Great Rumbler]

Willco is Einhorn?!

[Diunx]

Willco is a jew?

[Ichirou]

Diunx is reirom!?

[Ichirou]

Jinfash is Wrath2X?!

[BlueTsunami]

Shit thread

Icon Muckhole
Leper Cheebs
Ban Junpei

[Phoenix Dark]

Michael Bay is Armond White?

[Ichirou]

Shit thread

Icon Muckhole
Leper Cheebs
Ban Junpei

LEAVE JUNPEI ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE

[Cheebs]

I'm cool with it. 

[Flannel Boy]

I just watched Following; now I feel like venturing outside to go watch Inception.

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I won't though

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[brawndolicious]

I successfully trolled Avatar long before seeing the film. But yea, once I saw the film I realized while it was alright (and certainly a fun summer movie to see at the theater), it was even easier to lampoon.

Oh wait, is this supposed to be an action movie or what?  I was fine with Avatar until I realized it was mostly story-driven.  If inception allows me to turn off my mind I can forgive it even if I don't end up liking the story.

[Cheebs]

I just watched Following; now I feel like venturing outside to go watch Inception.

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I won't though

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I have the image in my head that you haven't gone to a movie theater since say, 1994.

[Great Rumbler]

I successfully trolled Avatar long before seeing the film. But yea, once I saw the film I realized while it was alright (and certainly a fun summer movie to see at the theater), it was even easier to lampoon.

Oh wait, is this supposed to be an action movie or what?  I was fine with Avatar until I realized it was mostly story-driven.  If inception allows me to turn off my mind I can forgive it even if I don't end up liking the story.

All the reviews of Inception I've read so far say that if you don't pay attention you're going to get lost really easily.

[Ichirou]

Jeffrey Wells' review is up.  He says he didn't understand the movie.

Can't wait to read nintenho's impressions.

[The Fake Shemp]

<am nintenho> this movie was a sequel to the matrix i think it was mostly leo fighting buildings and stuff i think he stole dreams or something i cant tell but its painfully obvious that this kind of stuff can't happen in real life despite its realistic aesthetic so it gets a pretty big F- in my book

[Cheebs]

Jeffrey Wells' review is up.  He says he didn't understand the movie.

Can't wait to read nintenho's impressions.

He didn't understand it but seemed to think "it might be a masterpiece". All his reviews are confusing reads though. He seemed more interested in bragging about the fact his theater has Kathryn Bigelow sitting in it than anything ele.

[The Fake Shemp]

I didn't really understand The Box, so following Wells' logic, it also may or may not be a masterpiece.

[Cheebs]

Wells has the best film blog ever. One of his entries a few weeks ago was just him showing a cellphone picture he took of some totally random girl he thought was hot that he saw standing waiting for the subway in NYC and then a few days later reposting it but in a much higher resolution. 

[BlueTsunami]

"Inception may have been directed by Christopher Nolan, but Nolan's dreams are apparently directed by Michael Bay. "

[The Fake Shemp]

Michael Bay best director ever confirmed

[Ichirou]

Wells has the best film blog ever. One of his entries a few weeks ago was just him showing a cellphone picture he took of some totally random girl he thought was hot that he saw standing waiting for the subway in NYC and then a few days later reposting it but in a much higher resolution. 

Jeffrey Wells

I wonder what his kids think of him.

[Phoenix Dark]

Overheard at work:

"You going to see Inception? I see the commercials all the time"
"Is it like Avatar?"
"No, on the radio the guy said it was a very smart, fine literature film"
"Sounds too confusing then. Want to see the new Predator movie?"
"Ok"

i shit you not 

[Great Rumbler]

"Inception may have been directed by Christopher Nolan, but Nolan's dreams are apparently directed by Michael Bay. "

That got a lol out of me. 

[Cheebs]

Overheard at work:

"You going to see Inception? I see the commercials all the time"
"Is it like Avatar?"
"No, on the radio the guy said it was a very smart, fine literature film"
"Sounds too confusing then. Want to see the new Predator movie?"
"Ok"

i shit you not 

Nolan was talking about in a radio interview today that Inception is his Vertigo. Vertigo bombed lolololol.

[The Fake Shemp]

Jesus, what a pretentious fuck

[Phoenix Dark]

I doubt Nolan has seen Vertigo  /pitchfork writer

[Cheebs]

It was basically a half hour of Elvis Mitchell sucking on Nolan's cock while Nolan ranted about how Pink Floyd's The Wall is the greatest movie of all time.

[TakingBackSunday]

Isn't Vertigo like Nolan's favorite movie, too?  That and From Russia With Love. 

[Cheebs]

Isn't Vertigo like Nolan's favorite movie, too?  That and From Russia With Love. 

On Her Majesty's Secret Service not FRWL but yeah. He also made it pretty clear how he doesn't like how digital cinematography looks. Really really doesn't like it.  Poor Cameron

[Smooth Groove]

Did Nolan explain why he's crap at directing action scenes?

[Cheebs]

Are you saying Sir Michael Caine didn't bring you to tears in The Prestige? 

[TakingBackSunday]

when was caine in an action sequence 

and yeah, I meant OHMSS, I'm dumb

[Smooth Groove]

Are you saying Sir Michael Caine didn't bring you to tears in The Prestige? 

I felt sorry for his career.  

Seriously though, has anyone watched Harry Brown?  While the film's thinly veiled far-right ideals are almost despicable, Sir Caine was pretty awesome in it.  It's a shame that Sir Caine is stuck with feeble old men roles when he could still kick some ass.  

[brawndolicious]

I successfully trolled Avatar long before seeing the film. But yea, once I saw the film I realized while it was alright (and certainly a fun summer movie to see at the theater), it was even easier to lampoon.

Oh wait, is this supposed to be an action movie or what?  I was fine with Avatar until I realized it was mostly story-driven.  If inception allows me to turn off my mind I can forgive it even if I don't end up liking the story.

All the reviews of Inception I've read so far say that if you don't pay attention you're going to get lost really easily.

I don't mean that I'm going to fall asleep.  If the story bores me, I'll probably be making fun of it to my friends like we did for most of Avatar.  But I'm just asking what the ratio of action to exposition is in this movie.

[Cheebs]

I successfully trolled Avatar long before seeing the film. But yea, once I saw the film I realized while it was alright (and certainly a fun summer movie to see at the theater), it was even easier to lampoon.

Oh wait, is this supposed to be an action movie or what?  I was fine with Avatar until I realized it was mostly story-driven.  If inception allows me to turn off my mind I can forgive it even if I don't end up liking the story.

All the reviews of Inception I've read so far say that if you don't pay attention you're going to get lost really easily.

I don't mean that I'm going to fall asleep.  If the story bores me, I'll probably be making fun of it to my friends like we did for most of Avatar.  But I'm just asking what the ratio of action to exposition is in this movie.

All indications is it's more of a sci-fi drama than a action movie.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

We're going tonight.  Can't freakin' wait. 

And if this is Nolan's best film to date, then that would have to make this one better than Memento.  That's a pretty tall order, imo.  Certainly sounds promising though.

[Mupepe]

i'm going tomorrow and fat chicks are going to be fucking with strap ons while i see it! 

[Great Rumbler]

I'll go tomorrow if I can round a few people up. If not, I'll wait until Saturday.

[Diunx]

More than a month :'( I'll probably end up pirating it as soon as TS comes out I'm weak like that.

[CajoleJuice]

85%?

THE DREAM'S COLLAPSING

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Still going tonight

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[Ichirou]

Wells' theory is that print critics are pissed off that Internet critics/bloggers got to see the movie first and so now they're taking out their long knives.

[The Fake Shemp]

Movie sucks, told y'all.

[Ichirou]

That sounds like a Cheebs^tm theory

It's a Jeffrey Wells^TM theory, bitch!

[The Fake Shemp]

The reviews are in!

The dream logic of Inception -- which deals, like Nolan's far more intriguing Memento, with the architecture of memory and the nature of reality -- is stymied by a clunking script, crammed with expository exchanges and urgent blather.

Inception delivers dazzling special effects and a boatload of stars, but it sags and eventually buckles under the weight of its complicated premise.

None of this prattling drivel adds up to one iota of cogent or convincing logic. You never know who anyone is, what their goals are, who they work for or what they're doing.

It's obvious that Nolan either can't articulate or doesn't believe in a distinction between living feelings and dreams -- and his barren Inception doesn't capture much of either.

I wanted to surrender to this dream; I didn’t want to be out in the cold, alone. But I truly have no idea what so many people are raving about.

Nolan.

[The Fake Shemp]

INCEPTION: This year's AVATAR?

[Barry Egan]

I'm about 85% sure this movie is going to be complete garbage.

[Joe Molotov]

The reviews are in!

The dream logic of Inception -- which deals, like Nolan's far more intriguing Memento, with the architecture of memory and the nature of reality -- is stymied by a clunking script, crammed with expository exchanges and urgent blather.

Inception delivers dazzling special effects and a boatload of stars, but it sags and eventually buckles under the weight of its complicated premise.

None of this prattling drivel adds up to one iota of cogent or convincing logic. You never know who anyone is, what their goals are, who they work for or what they're doing.

It's obvious that Nolan either can't articulate or doesn't believe in a distinction between living feelings and dreams -- and his barren Inception doesn't capture much of either.

I wanted to surrender to this dream; I didn’t want to be out in the cold, alone. But I truly have no idea what so many people are raving about.

Nolan.

Inception is this year's Speed Racer, underappreciated by critics and the masses, only the cineaste elites "get it".

Here's my review:

With conspiracy-addled claustrophobic images swathing the cinematic hooks throughout, Nolan has the intoxicating assuredness of a director who sought the spotlight in order to barrage it with glitter and shrapnel.

[TakingBackSunday]

Is the story more complicated/confusing than Memento and Shutter Island? If so then: Pass, otherwise I'll watch it.

Neither were overly complicated OR confusing. 

[The Fake Shemp]

Go easy on Jinfash, he's an iPhone 4 owner.

[Smooth Groove]

The reviews are in!

The dream logic of Inception -- which deals, like Nolan's far more intriguing Memento, with the architecture of memory and the nature of reality -- is stymied by a clunking script, crammed with expository exchanges and urgent blather.

Inception delivers dazzling special effects and a boatload of stars, but it sags and eventually buckles under the weight of its complicated premise.

None of this prattling drivel adds up to one iota of cogent or convincing logic. You never know who anyone is, what their goals are, who they work for or what they're doing.

It's obvious that Nolan either can't articulate or doesn't believe in a distinction between living feelings and dreams -- and his barren Inception doesn't capture much of either.

I wanted to surrender to this dream; I didn’t want to be out in the cold, alone. But I truly have no idea what so many people are raving about.

Nolan.

Inception is this year's Speed Racer, underappreciated by critics and the masses, only the cineaste elites "get it".

Here's my review:

With conspiracy-addled claustrophobic images swathing the cinematic hooks throughout, Nolan has the intoxicating assuredness of a director who sought the spotlight in order to barrage it with glitter and shrapnel.

In English please.

[Diunx]

The reviews are in!

The dream logic of Inception -- which deals, like Nolan's far more intriguing Memento, with the architecture of memory and the nature of reality -- is stymied by a clunking script, crammed with expository exchanges and urgent blather.

Inception delivers dazzling special effects and a boatload of stars, but it sags and eventually buckles under the weight of its complicated premise.

None of this prattling drivel adds up to one iota of cogent or convincing logic. You never know who anyone is, what their goals are, who they work for or what they're doing.

It's obvious that Nolan either can't articulate or doesn't believe in a distinction between living feelings and dreams -- and his barren Inception doesn't capture much of either.

I wanted to surrender to this dream; I didn’t want to be out in the cold, alone. But I truly have no idea what so many people are raving about.

Nolan.

Inception is this year's Speed Racer, underappreciated by critics and the masses, only the cineaste elites "get it".

Here's my review:

With conspiracy-addled claustrophobic images swathing the cinematic hooks throughout, Nolan has the intoxicating assuredness of a director who sought the spotlight in order to barrage it with glitter and shrapnel.

Please don't compare Nolan to those hacks.

[Smooth Groove]

The Speed Racer comparison makes no sense.  Inception's RT score is still more than twice as high.  Critics by a huge margin agreed that Speed Racer was crap and they were right.  

[TakingBackSunday]

Is the story more complicated/confusing than Memento and Shutter Island? If so then: Pass, otherwise I'll watch it.

Neither were overly complicated OR confusing. 

Sure, they were pretty straight forward

Memento is challenging but pretty straight forward once you realize the editing and structure of the film.  And if you didn't follow Shutter Island all that well, that's your fault.  It was right in front of you the entire fucking time .

[Barry Egan]

Please don't compare Nolan to those hacks.

Those hacks are the inspiration for Inception. 

[The Fake Shemp]

It's sad to see fanboys try to justify the wankery at this point, now that real critics have piped in.

[TakingBackSunday]

Still looks good.  I shall know tomorrow when I see it at 7.

oh come on jin, why are you looking for films to "turn off" during?  They're not meant for that kind of faux entertainment.  Watch Speed Racer if you want that.

[The Fake Shemp]

I'm not saying I didn't get both movies, just that they didn't allow me to turn off my brains and enjoy the "thrilling" part. In certain parts, they felt Shayamalanlanesque.

Oh, Jin.

[Barry Egan]

It's okay Jin, this is a Nolan film, so you know the action won't be enjoyable regardless of the adorning plot.