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(+) Yeah! (+)

Cillian Murphy was amazing. How was he not Oscar nominated?

*Looks up*

Yeah, he should have been.

Pete Postelwaite made me sad :(

Movie was okay, I guess.
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I found it long and confusing

Very pretty though
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GoodOlJr posted...

I found it long and confusing

Very pretty though

Yeah, sort of. I don't think it was confusing, but it was kind of up its own ass.

A pretty spectacle for sure.
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Murphy always looks like he's on drugs with those puffy raccoon eyes
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inception took me 2/3 watches to fully get.

first was in theatre and you miss a lot of nuance

So...

Was Cobb still dreaming or not?

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I always lol when people say inception is complicated or took multiple watches. It just shows you weren't paying attention.

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I actually saw it in theaters. Cinemas opened up here a few weeks ago and they're having trouble filling slots, so this one is running a bunch of old Nolan movies and I'd never seen this one and thought sure why not.

Big IMAX cinema with like 600 seats. Me and two other random people sitting a row away.

It was great.
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LanHikari10 posted...

So...

Was Cobb still dreaming or not?

no

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LanHikari10 posted...

So...

Was Cobb still dreaming or not?

I'd say obviously, but my friend I talked to afterwards said that the top wobbles a bit before it cut to black, which I must have missed, so I guess it's "unknown". I'd still say he obviously was. Ending was stupidly happy otherwise.
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DeadBankerDream posted...

but it was kind of up its own ass.

so uh... new to nolan movies i take it?

xd

i mean i look forward to tenet but his pretentiousness is probably gonna shine through like "i created such a fucking masterpiece and don't i fucking know it" type attitude that'll permeate throughout the movie.

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AsucaHayashi posted...

so uh... new to nolan movies i take it?

No, but he can be good. Prestige is a masterpiece, IMO.

And while I had some issues with Inception, it certainly wasn't near as far up its own ass as Interstellar.

Also, I want to say that the use of La vie en rose in the movie was immersion breaking, but I guess technically it just kicked me into another layer of understanding. Woooooooooooooooah!
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DeadBankerDream posted...

Cillian Murphy was amazing.

you should also watch Red Eye, if you haven't already.

it's a good thriller.

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You mustnt be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling- Tom Hardy

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boxington posted...

you should also watch Red Eye, if you haven't already.

it's a good thriller.

I watched it like... a long time ago. Literally the only thing I remember is that he is great, Rachel McAdams is in it I think, and he gets stabbed in the throat with a pen.
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Cillian Murphy is like 90% of why I like Peaky Blinders.

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it's been years since I've seen it, but yea, I think that I remember that happening

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Cillian Murphy is so underrated.

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boxington posted...

you should also watch Red Eye, if you haven't already.

it's a good thriller.

Airplane thrillers are the best

So dumb but so good every time
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I watched it once and didn't find it nearly as confusing as people said it was. I also didn't find it as good as people said it was either. This was years ago though.

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GoodOlJr posted...

Airplane thrillers are the best

So dumb but so good every time

I should watch more of these

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Slaya4 posted...

I watched it once and didn't find it nearly as confusing as people said it was. I also didn't find it as good as people said it was either. This was years ago though.

That's because way more people than you think don't pay attention to like 30% of movie dialogue.

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NightMarishPie posted...

I always lol when people say inception is complicated or took multiple watches. It just shows you weren't paying attention.

yes yes sure with your faux high iq

i think i got it when i read into it. i rewatched it a few weeks ago and i literally had to listen to every single word + detail to pick it up. i didn't since i was drinking lol

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Jabodie posted...

That's because way more people than you think don't pay attention to like 30% of movie dialogue.

Imma visualll guy okay, less dialogue the better
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I actually had an issue with the dialogue because I wasn't aware it was a showing without subtitles and English isn't my first language.

I got into the rhyhm of it after the first 15 minutes or so, though. I still dont understand what Ken Watanabe's character's name was.

Also, holy shit his old man make-up was comical.
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I enjoyed it a lot for what it was. It's a lot like a video game, the dream rules are basically game mechanics and the enjoyment of the movie comes from watching it use those mechanics in an interesting way (e.g. the tumbling van causing the rotating hallway, the differences in passage of time between dream levels, etc). I also thought it was a really well-written screenplay from a structural standpoint (even if the dialogue is unsophisticated), it clearly establishes its rules and ratchets up tension really well in the second half.

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LanHikari10 posted...

So...

Was Cobb still dreaming or not?

No. There's a SFX of the top falling over during the credits.

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jeffhardyb0yz posted...

Any movie that has to state its rules over and over again isn't well written. That was Nolan trying to overcomplicate something that didn't need to be that complicated. Took me 3 or 4 tries to watch it and tried to re-watch but was annoyed. Cool visuals. I don't get the love.

Clarity is the most important thing for effective drama/suspense. You have to know the stakes and rules of the world at every single step in order for any story to be effective. Nolan probably did go overboard given that it was a big budget movie that had to work effectively for the masses, but in an alternate universe there's a version of this movie that's more "artsy" and vague that is also a lot less appealing. IMO the appeal of the movie is as an almost exclusively left-brain experience: you learn the rules like you'd learn game mechanics and then watch the movie use those rules in interesting ways.

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One of my favorite movies along with Interstellar.

https://youtu.be/RxabLA7UQ9k

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DeadBankerDream posted...

I actually had an issue with the dialogue because I wasn't aware it was a showing without subtitles and English isn't my first language.

what's your first language?

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I loved Inception, it was very well put together despite how intricate the story was, while also being a great action spectacle.

LanHikari10 posted...

So...

Was Cobb still dreaming or not?

The correct answer is it doesn't matter, Cobb has accepted that reality and stopped caring whether he is dreaming or not, which is why he just walked away to join his kids rather than look at the top.

But still the top was definitely wobbling, that was not a dream

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Parappa09 posted...

what's your first language?

Danish.

I do fine with English, but watching movies without subtitles, even if it's just English subtitles, can be hard to pay attention for meaning while keeping an eye on the visual happening.
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DeadBankerDream posted...

Danish.

I do fine with English, but watching movies without subtitles, even if it's just English subtitles, can be hard to pay attention for meaning while keeping an eye on the visual happening.

ahhhh and then you thought i might have been swedish ja

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Yes. I dunno why. Apologies if offense was taken.
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DeadBankerDream posted...

Yes. I dunno why. Apologies if offense was taken.

why would that be offensive? its a compliment if anything lol

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DuranOfForcena posted...

it's always hilarious to me how buttflustered some people get when they hear that someone enjoyed Inception or thought it was anything but entirely straightforward and simple

Imo how confused people are at Inception is a litmus test for how closely people pay attention to movies. Watching movies is a very casual experience for many, so it's not surprising plenty of viewers don't hang on to every word and scene.

Now some people's brains may just be wired in a way that they won't get it even with a careful viewing, but I think that's the minority.

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anyway, I really enjoyed Inception.

the only thing that I think I didn't get at first was how Cobb's ring was his totem

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the entire movie is a dream