Official Thread of Inception: Best summer blockbuster since 2009!

[Cheebs]

Most real critics seem to like it, top critics give it a 74%

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inception/?critic=creamcrop

Though less so than Drag Me To HEll 

[chronovore]

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.

[The Fake Shemp]

Most real critics seem to like it, top critics give it a 74%

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inception/?critic=creamcrop

Though less so than Drag Me To HEll 

Sam Raimi > Nolan

... was there ever any doubt?

[TakingBackSunday]

Sami Raimi made Spider hyphen man 3, he's a fucking cunt.

[Cheebs]

Wait, movies that make you think are Shamamallalaanesque? Those type of movies existed by Shamaallalalaananananda was born.

[Cheebs]

Shutter Island had no crazy mind-fuck twist though. It was obvious from the start. Scorsese himself even said he changed from the book to make the twist more obvious from the get-go because he isn't a fan of out of nowhere twist endings. Memento I can get being shocked by, but Shutter Island, really?

[Flannel Boy]

I had problems with the twists the first time I watched The Prestige, but I was drunk/Polish at the time.

[EvilBoris]

 hm looks like Franco nailed it when he decided on the medieval stoner comedy and guest appearance on General Hospital.

[TakingBackSunday]

The problem I had with the "twist" in The Prestige is that the movie basically was all "WANNA KNOW THAT TWIST?"

[Ichirou]

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

They actually were pretty easy to understand. 

[The Fake Shemp]

Apple fans are easily confused

[TakingBackSunday]

not this one

[Great Rumbler]

Movie sucks, told y'all.

Shutter Island got 67%.

[Great Rumbler]

Wait, did Willco love or hate Shutter Island?

Love.

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As did everyone with a brain.

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[Ichirou]

They actually were pretty easy to understand. 

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I've only watched half of memento and the rest was spoiled for me, and I slept through the first half of Shutter Island, because it was a snoozefest.

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Yeah, I figured you were just trolling.  As much as I enjoy annoying you, I acknowledge you are way too smart not to be able to understand either of those flicks.

[Smooth Groove]

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.

Believe me, I get suckered into watching them. It is by far my least favorite genre.

What genre would you call Shutter Island and Memento?

[Cheebs]

Despite the problems Shutter Island might have Scorsese still is the only director of that new hollywood movement still doing consistently entertaining movies. Coppola, Lucas, and De Palma have entered into that lololol territory and Spielberg is hit or miss.

Scorsese? Still solid 

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assuming his weird fantasy 3D shit he is doing right now won't suck that is

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[Smooth Groove]

It was ok, only someone with half a brain would LOVE it.

67%

Speed Racer: 33%

Guess only someone with quarter a brain would love it.

[Cheebs]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 77%

Rotten Tomatoes

[Great Rumbler]

Revenge of the Sith 80%

[Smooth Groove]

Are those top critics scores?  Both scores seem too high.

[Great Rumbler]

Are those top critics scores?  Both scores seem too high.

Top critic scores are lower, but that's not nearly as much fun.

[Cheebs]

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith top critics 67%

Consensus: This sixth and final installment of George Lucas' epic space opera will please die-hard fanatics and non-believers alike -- largely due to awesome digital effects and the sheer power of the mythology.

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why are we doing this again?

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[Great Rumbler]

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith top critics 67%

Still higher than Shutter Island's top critics percentage.

[Smooth Groove]

Indiana 4's top critics percentage is only 60%. 

[Great Rumbler]

Shutter Island also got 60% from top critics.

[Cheebs]

David Eidelstein's (a top critic) quote on Revenge of the Sith:

What a shock when George Lucas finds his footing and the saga once again takes hold.

His quote on Inception:

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.

and Shutter Island:

Shutter Island is a long slog. The sad thing is that Scorsese could have connected emotionally with Lehane's narrative.

[Joe Molotov]

Top Critics
Cold Mountain = 90%
The English Patient = 88%

Long, boring-ass, romantic dramas =  the height of filmmaking achievements.

[Great Rumbler]

David Eidelstein's (a top critic) quote on Revenge of the Sith:

What a shock when George Lucas finds his footing and the saga once again takes hold.

His quote on Inception:

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.

and Shutter Island:

Shutter Island is a long slog. The sad thing is that Scorsese could have connected emotionally with Lehane's narrative.

[Smooth Groove]

Top Critics
Cold Mountain = 90%
The English Patient = 88%

Long, boring-ass, romantic dramas =  the height of filmmaking achievements.

Or maybe they like the T&A from well respected actresses.  Just look at Ebert and you would understand.  

[Great Rumbler]

Top Critics
Cold Mountain = 90%
The English Patient = 88%

Long, boring-ass, romantic dramas =  the height of filmmaking achievements.

Or maybe they like the T&A from well respected actresses.  Just look at Ebert and you would understand.  

One Inception review actually complained that there wasn't any sex. 

[Smooth Groove]

Link?   

Ebert's review of that POS "Blood: The Last Vampire" gave me the creeps.  He basically gave it a decent review because he thought the chick was bangable.

[EvilBoris]

great rumbler it has more to do with this deficiency in Nolan's filmmaking.

 

At one point, two of the supporting characters share a spontaneous kiss — a funny, touching moment — and it's genuinely startling, because it's the first (and only) time that either one of them even momentarily behaves like an autonomous person rather than a narrative cog

from a mixed review by a pretty hardcore Nolan fan

http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/a-brilliant-misfire-or-a-masterpiece-too-convoluted-to-absorb-on-one-viewing-either-way-christopher-nolans-inception-is-the-hollywood-spec/Content?oid=1656517]

[TakingBackSunday]

Nashville Scene

love that mag

[brawndolicious]

Okay, on one hand the reviews are bringing up some pretty big genuine concerns that I had with a lot of Nolan's movies but in reality, that would make it much more satisfying to troll it.  I think I'll settle for a matinee.

[Cheebs]

I get the impression that if you love Nolan movies you will love it and if you don't this won't be changing your mind.

[Great Rumbler]

I get the impression that if you love Nolan movies you will love it and if you don't this won't be changing your mind.

Yeah, that's what I get from it. There also seems to be a sharp divide, people either really like or find it really boring. Not much middle ground.

[ManaByte]

Did the people praising this see Shutter Island earlier this year? Just curious.

[Great Rumbler]

Did the people praising this see Shutter Island earlier this year? Just curious.

I looked at some of the reviewers that really liked Inception and most of them had one thing in common: high praise for Shutter Island.

And, on the other hand, those that disliked Inception were more likely to be negative towards Shutter Island.

Something to think about.

[ManaByte]

That really wasn't the point I was trying to make.

[Great Rumbler]

That really wasn't the point I was trying to make.

What point ARE you trying to make?

Anyway, to answer you initial question, yes, it does appear as though the people praising Inception did, in fact, see Shutter Island.

[ManaByte]

The movie is basically what The Matrix was to Dark City.

Nolan fans are spooging over how original it is as if they didn't see Shutter Island or Total Recall.

Philip K. Dick should get a Harlan Ellison Terminator style credit on it.

[CajoleJuice]

Movie is awesome.

Manabyte is a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow.

[The Fake Shemp]

Movie sucked.

[CajoleJuice]

Movie sucked.

[The Fake Shemp]

 

[EvilBoris]

what a grotesque party at neogaf now. there is even some guy raiding the twitter search engine to feed the frenzy.

[CajoleJuice]

what a grotesque party at neogaf now. there is even some guy raiding the twitter search engine to feed the frenzy.

The dude has been raiding the entire internet for months.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

It's not the best movie ever made but it was damn good imo.  I'm not sure if it tops Nolan's Memento, but it's certainly up there.  Definitely one of the better movies I've seen in a while.

[Great Rumbler]

Movie sucked.

Empirical evidence proves that you're trolling, Willco.

The movie is basically what The Matrix was to Dark City.

Nolan fans are spooging over how original it is as if they didn't see Shutter Island or Total Recall.

Philip K. Dick should get a Harlan Ellison Terminator style credit on it.

What in the WORLD are you talking about?

[Cheebs]

Apparently a thriller about a guy who killed his family and thus went insane is  the exact same as a sci-fi film about breaking into peoples dreams. Especially when Nolan pitched Inception to Warner Bros. in 2002 (he said he pitched it to WB when Insomnia first came out) and Shutter Island the novel came out in 2003. The Total Recall thing is just....I can't even try to figure out how his mind is working on that one.

ManaByte's strange hatred of Nolan has always confused me, he seems like the type of director a guy who is obsessed with Lucas/Spielberg/Comic Book/etc blockbusters would normally be obsessed with.

[ManaByte]

The ending was

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the Total Recall ending.

Only thing that would've made it better was Patrick Duffy stepping out of a shower.

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[Robo]

Well, I'm glad you're in this thread telling everyone what the ending was.  I definitely had no plans to see it or anything.

[Great Rumbler]

Ban Manabyte.

[Barry Egan]

ban manabyte but not before he blows me.

[Great Rumbler]

Seriously, spoiling the ending of movie that's barely even a few hours old? Good jon, Manabyte. Now go die in a fire.

[Barry Egan]

GR - you should edit the thread title so that people don't come in to thread until the mods clean up.

[Bloodwake]

Fuck you Manabyte. I'm seeing it at 1:30. TODAY

I MISSED ONE FUCKING SHOWING OF A MOVIE AND I GET SPOILED. NEW WORLD RECORD.

[Great Rumbler]

Good Lord, Manabyte is such a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow. Don't you have any sense at all?

[The Fake Shemp]

He didn't really spoil the ending.