Author Topic: Official Thread of Inception: Best summer blockbuster since 2009! (Read 71896 times)

Raban · « **Reply #840 on:** July 31, 2010, 05:55:25 AM »

I just think her face is really cute. Her body is gross. She looks like a swimmer on the men's water polo team. But her face saves the whole thing.

Groogrux · « **Reply #841 on:** July 31, 2010, 11:08:23 AM »

I don't think her body is that bad. I think that she's had to dress too indie in most of the films she's been in. I would say the way she dresses is a big part in that.

Cheebs · « **Reply #842 on:** July 31, 2010, 12:16:54 PM »

Why the fuck are people posting pictures of a boy when this movie has a woman like this:

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #843 on:** July 31, 2010, 12:28:10 PM »

She looks like a crackwhore.

chronovore · « **Reply #844 on:** July 31, 2010, 01:14:16 PM »

Quote from: andrwfields on July 29, 2010, 02:28:31 AM

Quick question: Did anyone forget they were watching a movie at any point during the film? Cause I got sucked into what was going on so much, that I forgot that I was even in a theater. I'm not kidding.

I thought it was pretty great, and I was into it, but never forgot that I was in a theater. Were you alone?

chronovore · « **Reply #845 on:** July 31, 2010, 01:14:50 PM »

Quote from: Rob Thomas on July 30, 2010, 12:10:57 PM

NSFW text?
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Groogrux · « **Reply #846 on:** July 31, 2010, 01:20:11 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on July 31, 2010, 01:14:16 PM

I thought it was pretty great, and I was into it, but never forgot that I was in a theater. Were you alone?

No, I was with my wife. It only happened when they got into the snow dream. I was just too into it.

Groogrux · « **Reply #847 on:** July 31, 2010, 01:21:19 PM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on July 31, 2010, 12:28:10 PM

She looks like a crackwhore.

Confirmed

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #848 on:** July 31, 2010, 01:51:34 PM »

Quote from: startselect on July 30, 2010, 11:43:52 PM

Quote from: Ichirou on July 30, 2010, 10:48:59 PM
Quote from: startselect on July 30, 2010, 04:07:22 PM
I've only read the past couple pages, and if Willco's on the hate train for this movie I don't feel as bad saying this; movie felt way too much like The Matrix with Bourne-esque action in place of wire-fu. The ending was practically ripped straight from Total Recall. Anybody who felt the questions brought up about dreams were super thought-provoking should do themselves a favor and watch Waking Life.

I think Chris Nolan should just remake Heat, because he seems to be really gay for heist films atm. First the opening scene in TDK and practically all of Inception played out like a heist film.

Don't get me wrong, Inception was entertaining, but it didn't feel nearly as fun and new as I thought, going in.

Glad Willco's trolling makes you feel validated.

I agree with you overall, though. Just an okay movie. I can't understand how it's gotten over 20 pages of discussion thus far.

Now I know my taste in films has leveled up. I posted an opinion about a movie and Ichirou AGREED with it?

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on July 30, 2010, 11:42:24 PM
Quote from: The Fake Shemp on July 30, 2010, 11:15:08 PM
I wish I was trolling. People are still talking about this shit movie?

It's the highest grossing movie for adults this year. Grown-ups have spoken with their dollars, Wilco.

The whole world spoke with their dollar already. All hail Avatar
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Avatar came out in 2009

Raban · « **Reply #849 on:** July 31, 2010, 03:20:52 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on July 31, 2010, 01:51:34 PM

Avatar came out in 2009

I'm aware, but if I'm not mistaken, Avatar has made more money than any movie released, EVER. When it comes to people 'speaking with their dollars', I feel it's a worthy example to bring up.

Cheebs · « **Reply #850 on:** July 31, 2010, 05:52:22 PM »

I am not sure the public is a good basis for arguing quality. I can't think of a single year where the highest grossing film was also the best movie.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #851 on:** July 31, 2010, 07:06:21 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on July 31, 2010, 05:52:22 PM

I am not sure the public is a good basis for arguing quality. I can't think of a single year where the highest grossing film was also the best movie.

2008

Solo · « **Reply #852 on:** July 31, 2010, 08:33:44 PM »

Raban · « **Reply #853 on:** August 01, 2010, 12:06:47 AM »

Wait a minute did a post of mine get deleted!?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #854 on:** August 01, 2010, 02:58:10 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 17, 2010, 11:51:31 PM

I predicted Inception would bomb, but I never imagined it would bomb this hard

I'll definitely see it now. I'll be able to praise the film while still laughing at Nolan fans about them supporting a flop. Win win

olololololololol

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #855 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:30:34 PM »

I already read the first one and the second one just kinda retreads the same ground. And I've reviews and people who have said the same thing. I totally understand the criticism, but their disappointments just don't bother me, I guess?

The comments in the second are more interesting than the post.

chronovore · « **Reply #856 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:32:00 PM »

Anyone who is surprised at Cillian Murphy being good, good enough to redeem a movie on his own, hasn't been paying enough attention. I'd watch him read selections from the phonebook.

I'm not saying Inception needed to be redeemed, because I loved it, but Murphy shines in anything.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #857 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:59:15 PM »

Well, the thing about dreams in Inception is that they aren't normal dreams. They're carefully constructed mazes built to serve a very specific purpose, which is to fool the sleeper and allow the extractor to obtain some piece of information hiding in the sleeper's mind. If the dreams constantly shifted and strange things happened, then it would more easily clue the sleeper into the fact that it's all a dream. BUT it would also make the extractor's job that much harder, because they're constantly having to deal with changes in location, characters, rules, and so on. Essentially, the whole thing would be rather useless.

cool breeze · « **Reply #858 on:** August 01, 2010, 06:59:25 PM »

yeah, most people have already pointed at Cillian Murphy being the best in the movie (save for Tom Hardy).

I still don't understand the dream complaints, though. It always sound like people are too stuck on that. Between someone designing the maze, someone dreaming that maze, and keeping the mark from knowing it is a dream, I felt like it made sense not to be as crazy as eternal sunshine.

Not that I mind if people don't like the movie because there are problems. That complaint just seems weird given the context.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #859 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:04:34 PM »

movie is shit, jarosh agrees. cajole annihilated.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #860 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:09:40 PM »

$193 million domestically
$170 million internationally

$363 million worldwide after 17 days

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #861 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:14:27 PM »

Realistically, probably $140 million of that domestic gross goes back into the studio coffers. Way, way less internationally, depending on the agreements signed. Chris Nolan is en route to make Inception a wash. Great job, bro. Way to spend hundreds of millions on a flick so the studio can make back what it spend. Sound business.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #862 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:16:50 PM »

It's not like it's done making money yet, dude.

cool breeze · « **Reply #863 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:28:03 PM »

Quote from: jarosh on August 01, 2010, 07:00:48 PM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on August 01, 2010, 06:30:34 PM
I already read the first one and the second one just kinda retreads the same ground. And I've reviews and people who have said the same thing. I totally understand the criticism, but their disappointments just don't bother me, I guess?
well, i hope they don't! i enjoy the well written positive reviews as well and they don't bother me. all of this was more supposed to be food for thought than anything else (for myself and others). maybe i WAS a bit overeager to post these here. i'm realizing now that plenty of reviews indeed do seem to cover the same ground. in my defense i can only say that i was truly not aware of that. i guess i hadn't realized that the movie wasn't as universally praised as i had originally thought. but then again, maybe that speaks for me? my ignorance at least goes to show that i didn't build my opinion based on hype or anti-hype or because i wanted to prove something or belong to a camp or that i have any sort of agenda. i'm just geniunely surprised and somewhat baffled to find that quite a few critics seem to agree with me on so many very specific points, which i've only discovered now that i've finally decided to read up on some of the reviews. my criticism (as sincere as i claim it to be) sometimes appears suspect even to myself and i do occasionally wonder if i'm not merely talking out of my ass. so i've been enjoying the write-ups of people who are able to put the things that i have felt and experienced into better words.

Personally I'd like to read reviews that have a middle ground. The ones you posted seem a bit spiteful, while most are sickeningly positive (this is coming from someone who did really like the movie). Either way it is hard to take seriously. As you said before the quite from the second link, it is one of the few nice things the guy wrote about the movie. I mean, really? that is the only positive thing to say about the movie? ok, sure. I'm not saying it can't be a sincere sentiment, only that it doesn't come off like it.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #864 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:28:52 PM »

Quote from: jarosh on August 01, 2010, 07:00:48 PM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on August 01, 2010, 06:30:34 PM
I already read the first one and the second one just kinda retreads the same ground. And I've reviews and people who have said the same thing. I totally understand the criticism, but their disappointments just don't bother me, I guess?
well, i hope they don't! i enjoy the well written positive reviews as well and they don't bother me. all of this was more supposed to be food for thought than anything else (for myself and others). maybe i WAS a bit overeager to post these here. i'm realizing now that plenty of reviews indeed do seem to cover the same ground. in my defense i can only say that i was truly not aware of that. i guess i hadn't realized that the movie wasn't as universally praised as i had originally thought. but then again, maybe that speaks for me? my ignorance at least goes to show that i didn't build my opinion based on hype or anti-hype or because i wanted to prove something or belong to a camp or that i have any sort of agenda. i'm just geniunely surprised and somewhat baffled to find that quite a few critics seem to agree with me on so many very specific points, which i've only discovered now that i've finally decided to read up on some of the reviews. my criticism (as sincere as i claim it to be) sometimes appears suspect even to myself and i do occasionally wonder if i'm not merely talking out of my ass. so i've been enjoying the write-ups of people who are able to put the things that i have felt and experienced into better words.

Oh no, I meant that the problems they had aren't problems for me, really. The one thing I definitely agree with when people bring it up is the action, particularly in the snow level. Still loved the stuff that happened on the hotel level, though.

And you don't need to apologize for posting the reviews! I was just pointing out that I had read similar opinions and they didn't change my opinion of the film. I would never expect you to have an agenda, unlike someone here (who's not even serious).

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #865 on:** August 01, 2010, 07:29:30 PM »

Quote from: Wrath2X on August 01, 2010, 07:24:51 PM

Willco's trolling skills have really faltered.

Maybe...they were never really that good to begin with.

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EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #866 on:** August 03, 2010, 09:17:16 PM »

Posted?

http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=1&loc=D2002-033&s=date

Its an old ducktales comic with some coincidental parallels. At least read to page 7.

drew · « **Reply #867 on:** August 03, 2010, 10:22:52 PM »

goin to see this tomorrow night with my dad

allow me to brush all the cunty nerds itt off my shouldas

Raban · « **Reply #868 on:** August 04, 2010, 02:52:25 AM »

Quote from: EmCeeGrammar on August 03, 2010, 09:17:16 PM

Posted?

http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=1&loc=D2002-033&s=date

Its an old ducktales comic with some coincidental parallels. At least read to page 7.

That's too eerie. Chris Nolan steals from Disney confirmed.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #869 on:** August 04, 2010, 03:07:49 AM »

Quote from: startselect on August 04, 2010, 02:52:25 AM

Quote from: EmCeeGrammar on August 03, 2010, 09:17:16 PM
Posted?

http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=1&loc=D2002-033&s=date

Its an old ducktales comic with some coincidental parallels. At least read to page 7.

That's too eerie. Chris Nolan steals from Disney confirmed.

Disney probably stole it from some superior Nihon source anyway. [/weeaboo]

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #870 on:** August 04, 2010, 10:00:02 AM »

Quote from: startselect on August 04, 2010, 02:52:25 AM

Quote from: EmCeeGrammar on August 03, 2010, 09:17:16 PM
Posted?

http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=1&loc=D2002-033&s=date

Its an old ducktales comic with some coincidental parallels. At least read to page 7.

That's too eerie. Chris Nolan steals from Disney confirmed.

The comic's actually from 2004, Nolan first pitched Inception to Warner Bros. in 2001.

Raban · « **Reply #871 on:** August 04, 2010, 02:01:28 PM »

Yeah, but we're not sure how much detail he went into when he pitched that story. A lot of the imagery, like the machine and the frame of a whole bunch of people sleeping in a room, is very similar to scenes in Inception. Either way I don't care

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #872 on:** August 04, 2010, 02:15:42 PM »

Quote from: startselect on August 04, 2010, 02:01:28 PM

Yeah, but we're not sure how much detail he went into when he pitched that story. A lot of the imagery, like the machine and the frame of a whole bunch of people sleeping in a room, is very similar to scenes in Inception. Either way I don't care

Nolan invented the "bed room," before Inception we should just sleep where the fuck ever!

Mandark · « **Reply #873 on:** August 04, 2010, 02:44:48 PM »

"He should have made those dreams more like real dreams" is the kind of criticism that a good creative writing prof would teach their freshman to avoid during peer review sessions.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #874 on:** August 04, 2010, 02:46:08 PM »

In that case let's go with, "He should have made those dreams more like dreams that didn't suck ass."

Mupepe · « **Reply #875 on:** August 04, 2010, 02:48:16 PM »

so the dreams should have been wackier... like the matrix!

chronovore · « **Reply #876 on:** August 05, 2010, 11:24:12 AM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on August 04, 2010, 02:46:08 PM

In that case let's go with, "He should have made those dreams more like dreams that didn't suck ass."

So you didn't like it? I am saddened. Real talk.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #877 on:** August 05, 2010, 12:07:22 PM »

Patel

jarosh

the masses

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #878 on:** August 05, 2010, 12:08:29 PM »

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Mal sublot was totally unnecessary. Forced love story that simply put broke the movie, ugh. Cut all the Mal scenes from the picture and it would be so much better

wut

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- the second asian guy, not Saito, the one that did all the tricks in the hotel's elevator was AMAZING. Stole the movie for me, much better creation than Di Caprio.

Err...you mean Joseph Gordon-Levitt?

Mupepe · « **Reply #879 on:** August 05, 2010, 12:08:46 PM »

Did Borys just call JGL asian? O.o

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #880 on:** August 05, 2010, 12:11:21 PM »

To be fair, he probably had a hard time paying attention considering how boring the film is.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #881 on:** August 05, 2010, 12:12:38 PM »

I think I've lost my bet. It's been, what?, more than two weeks now? Yet Willco continues to troll.

drew · « **Reply #882 on:** August 05, 2010, 12:44:46 PM »

there seems to be two lulls where you check your watch to see how far along you are - 1 hour in and 2 hours in - i did it when i first saw it and my dad did it last night

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #883 on:** August 05, 2010, 01:06:21 PM »

there seemed to be two lulz in Borys' synopsis

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #884 on:** August 05, 2010, 01:15:08 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on August 05, 2010, 12:12:38 PM

I think I've lost my bet. It's been, what?, more than two weeks now? Yet Willco continues to troll.

How is it trolling when I have Patel and jarosh on my side? Answer: it's not, this film sucks.

drew · « **Reply #885 on:** August 05, 2010, 01:37:31 PM »

patel knows about gay shit and jarosh (who also knows about gay shit) knows about photoshop, hardly a bastion of movie critique

Cheebs · « **Reply #886 on:** August 05, 2010, 01:59:48 PM »

Quote from: Borys on August 05, 2010, 12:04:15 PM

Also how did Nolan film the 0-gravity stuff in the hotel? Fucking awesome. CG?

It wasn't cgi. They showed them filming that in the hbo behind the scenes thing. that was all done in camera. They had a rotating set built that spun.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #887 on:** August 05, 2010, 03:43:59 PM »

Inception's domestic box office take passed Batman Begins today.

Mupepe · « **Reply #888 on:** August 05, 2010, 03:45:30 PM »

Thank god. BB is a steaming pile of shit.

Cheebs · « **Reply #889 on:** August 05, 2010, 04:46:29 PM »

Quote from: Rob Thomas on August 05, 2010, 03:45:30 PM

Thank god. BB is a steaming pile of shit.

Then what do you call Wolverine, X-Men 3, Fantastic 4, Spider-Man 3, etc?

Mupepe · « **Reply #890 on:** August 05, 2010, 04:52:56 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on August 05, 2010, 04:46:29 PM

Quote from: Rob Thomas on August 05, 2010, 03:45:30 PM
Thank god. BB is a steaming pile of shit.
Then what do you call Wolverine, X-Men 3, Fantastic 4, Spider-Man 3, etc?

Even bigger steaming piles of shit?

The 2nd half of BB is boring, the action is incredibly dull, the villain is :yawn and there is no goddamn suspense because I don't give a shit. The movie starts out great but falls apart really quickly.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #891 on:** August 05, 2010, 06:31:50 PM »

"The dreams should've been more like real dreams" is near the dumbest, sloppiest critique ever. The point was that they were creating a controlled environment so they could that they could create scenarios to manipulate Cillian Murphy to meet certain objectives. Maximizing the randomness and unnoticed incoherence of dreams would've been pointless.

Yeah, there should've been a scene with Cillian giving a boardroom speech in his underwear CUZ THAT'S WHAT DREAMS ARE LIKE. Duuuuuummmb.

chronovore · « **Reply #892 on:** August 07, 2010, 07:23:00 PM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on August 05, 2010, 01:06:21 PM

there seemed to be two lulz in Borys' synopsis

You just made me bray like a donkey in the middle of a really crowded Starbucks, you weenie.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #893 on:** August 07, 2010, 10:38:55 PM »

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #894 on:** August 08, 2010, 12:58:56 AM »

Saw it for the third time today. I have never done that before.

Of course, that is because I wanted to kill a few hours in NYC and I was near Ziegfeld Theater. Inception

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #895 on:** August 08, 2010, 03:38:49 PM »

$477 million worldwide after this weekend, foreign total finally caught up with and passed the domestic total.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #896 on:** August 08, 2010, 07:21:36 PM »

it doesn't deserve it because just so bad

disappointing, just so disappointing

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #897 on:** August 08, 2010, 07:43:44 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on August 08, 2010, 07:21:36 PM

it doesn't deserve it because just so bad

disappointing, just so disappointing

This thread? Yeah, pretty much. Everybody stop posting in here, okay?

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #898 on:** August 08, 2010, 07:45:51 PM »

I actually loved the movie

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #899 on:** August 08, 2010, 08:03:13 PM »

still haven't seen it

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