INCEPTION Review Thread (SPOILERS!!)

[radagast]

Considering the arguments people here made about whether or not Tesla's machine really made duplicates or not, in The Prestige, it's not surprising that there are disagreements about the ending of Inception.

However, considering what happened earlier in the film, I am absolutely convinced that

[Show spoiler]Cobb DID make it back to reality. The dreams levels were all different, so if he was lost in limbo, it doesn't make sense that the "dream" changes from Cobb at the table with the old man, to what happened after, with Cobb and everyone else waking up on the plane. That completes Cobb's "healing of his memories". Cobb went into the old man's dream to get him. It wasn't Cobb's dream.

[SleeperAgent]

Originally Posted by Jwilly019

That would make no sense because

[Show spoiler]Browning wasn't in the warehouse with the team. Only Eames (disguised as Browning was). They go straight from the warehouse, to the van, and eventually, off the bridge. They didn't stop anywhere to pick up (the actual) Browning, so where did he come from?

Justin

That's exactly my point.

[Show spoiler]Tom Hardy (the actor who played Eames) is sitting right next to 2 men with bags over their heads. One we know is Fischer because he takes it off and grabs the other guy. It makes absolutely no sense for Tom Hardy to be in that shot. He is supposed to be the guy with a bag over his head next to Fischer. Watch it again and you will see it.

In no way does this detract from the story or greatness of the film. Its just something that should have been caught.

[Saturnas]

This is very good movie, I watched it 2nd time, but still I'm not sure about the ending.

[Show spoiler]Is the ending real or a dream? The totem was spining, his children was the same age and the same clothes, and in the beginning he said that he and his wife was going deeper and deeper, and they were lost. So I guess all movie was just a dream?

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Saturnas

This is very good movie, I watched it 2nd time, but still I'm not sure about the ending.

[Show spoiler]Is the ending real or a dream? The totem was spining, his children was the same age and the same clothes, and in the beginning he said that he and his wife was going deeper and deeper, and they were lost. So I guess all movie was just a dream?

[Show spoiler]Actually, IMDb has 2 different sets of actors listed for the children, ages listed at about 2 years apart. Also if you noticed, the totem wobbled twice and looked like it was about to fall right before the camera faded to black.

[DarchAmonNagar]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

[Show spoiler]Actually, IMDb has 2 different sets of actors listed for the children, ages listed at about 2 years apart. Also if you noticed, the totem wobbled twice and looked like it was about to fall right before the camera faded to black.

[Show spoiler]That was my thinking about the totem, it was starting to slow down and getting ready to fall over, but when you seen it spinning in a dream it never slowed down.

[Blu-Curry]

Originally Posted by DarchAmonNagar

[Show spoiler]That was my thinking about the totem, it was starting to slow down and getting ready to fall over, but when you seen it spinning in a dream it never slowed down.

I agree with this as well and this is what i've been telling my friends lol. It wouldn't make sense if it was wrong.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Buddy Christ

This just in...

[Show spoiler] I noticed the first couple of viewings but did not put it together until now. I am pretty sure Nolan used a different lens for "dream" scenes and "real' scenes. I first noticed in the hotel bathroom scene where the outside edges of the picture are curved, the stall should have been straight bit it was bowed. Then in almost all of the outdoor dream scenes it happens only on the outside edges, something straight is curved like buildings and pillars. Then I checked a few times today and it does not happen in real life scenes. Check it out for yourself

Definitely something to watch for but not sure if I'll notice it since I didn't catch it the first two times I saw it.

[nathanp]

Quite impressive and I enjoyed it, but Memento is still Nolan's best.

[radagast]

The musical score was great as well.

[Saturnas]

Originally Posted by radagast

The musical score was great as well.

Yes, but they could use more of those "BRRR" which were in the trailer.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by radagast

Considering the arguments people here made about whether or not Tesla's machine really made duplicates or not, in The Prestige, it's not surprising that there are disagreements about the ending of Inception.

However, considering what happened earlier in the film, I am absolutely convinced that

[Show spoiler]Cobb DID make it back to reality. The dreams levels were all different, so if he was lost in limbo, it doesn't make sense that the "dream" changes from Cobb at the table with the old man, to what happened after, with Cobb and everyone else waking up on the plane. That completes Cobb's "healing of his memories". Cobb went into the old man's dream to get him. It wasn't Cobb's dream.

I agree with your spoiler. Thats 100% correct. If you pay attention to the movie you dont need to

[Show spoiler]See the totem at the end, That was Strictly for entertainment purposes.

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by DarchAmonNagar

[Show spoiler]That was my thinking about the totem, it was starting to slow down and getting ready to fall over, but when you seen it spinning in a dream it never slowed down.

It's deliberately inconclusive. Don't try to guess

[Show spoiler]if it falls or not.

Originally Posted by Saturnas

Yes, but they could use more of those "BRRR" which were in the trailer.

That's the "tolling of the bell", I think they used it at the appropriate times. A good musician never overuses a good device.

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And now, on to some more of my pompous blather: if you were hoping for a pointless flood of dystopian surrealism, that movie is called 'Brazil'. Since that movie was already made 25 years ago, there would be no purpose in re-making it and calling it 'Inception'. Gilliam and Lynch pretty much own the corner on that weird surreal stuff, it would be inauthentic for Nolan to attempt to imitate that idiom. 'Inception' is a classically "Nolan" film, in the style of 'The Prestige' or 'Memento', but it takes that style a step further into a more mature mode of storytelling: whereas in those movies the mystery was the whole purpose of the film, with 'Inception' that mystery is used to serve the greater purpose of telling the story of

[Show spoiler]one man's journey home, in a sense more figurative and moral, rather than literal.

I'm not a religious man in any way, not even remotely, but I've tried to be a student of religion as best as I can, and I admire and appreciate the deep humanity found in religious philosophy. I think the themes of 'Inception' are largely moral, spiritual, and religious, even Catholic, to some extent; they are not sci-fi, or any other such strictly materialistic concern... and Nolan is definitely playing coy when he says it's "just a heist caper". I've seen people complain that they couldn't ethically identify with the cause, of

[Show spoiler]breaking up one corporate empire to favor another,

and those people really do not get it. That is the driving action, but it has nothing to do with the purpose of the story. I think 'Inception' represents a major evolution in the storytelling power of Nolan and his team, ('The Dark Knight' was a nice intermediate step in this direction), he's actually a relatively young director (only 40), I think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg with him. I think we are going to be blown away by what he does with Batman 3.

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by radagast

Considering the arguments people here made about whether or not Tesla's machine really made duplicates or not, in The Prestige, it's not surprising that there are disagreements about the ending of Inception.

However, considering what happened earlier in the film, I am absolutely convinced that

[Show spoiler]Cobb DID make it back to reality. The dreams levels were all different, so if he was lost in limbo, it doesn't make sense that the "dream" changes from Cobb at the table with the old man, to what happened after, with Cobb and everyone else waking up on the plane. That completes Cobb's "healing of his memories". Cobb went into the old man's dream to get him. It wasn't Cobb's dream.

[Show spoiler]The Limbo space is nobody's dream... it is everybody's. All the "lost" dreamers end up in the same place. It's called "Limbo" for a reason, that's a specific reference.

[Blu Titan]

We could see a sequel . Inception's total box office after 10 days is
$143,663,000 (estimate) and it has been holding very well. This weekend the movie only suffered a 30.7% decline from its initial weekend.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

We could see a sequel . Inception's total box office after 10 days is
$143,663,000 (estimate) and it has been holding very well. This weekend the movie only suffered a 30.7% decline from its initial weekend.

I don't want a sequel, to me this saw the story of the first one through all the way to the end, besides I think a sequel would probably diminish the quality of the first movie.

[Marcus Wright]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

I don't want a sequel, to me this saw the story of the first one through all the way to the end, besides I think a sequel would probably diminish the quality of the first movie.

Sequel doesnt make sense in the context of what happened in the end.

[Show spoiler]Others woke up, so for them it would take seconds until Decabrio died, which means they dont have time to connect back to him. I dont see Decabrio getting out of the Inception alone.

[SkillzthatKillz]

Saw the movie in IMAX and loved it. My only complaint (and it has nothing to do with the movie) was that absolutely NONE of the sequences were shot using IMAX cameras. I didn't notice the shift in Aspect Ratio or Picture Quality a single time. I always thought that Nolan was a huge proponent of IMAX and that he loved shooting with it for The Dark Knight so I was expecting to see some sweet IMAX shots for this film.

Oh well, rant over

P.S. I rated the movie a 5/5

[TraumaCaspian]

Like most I saw this movie again today, regarding the wedding ring which may have already been brought up....

[Show spoiler]It was pointed out that Cobb was wearing the Wedding Ring only when he was in a dream state. This is may be true for all but two scenes, the first is one Mal is showing signs of wanting to take her life when she is seen putting her finger on the blade of the knife. Cobb goes to grab the knife and you can clearly see he is wearing the wedding ring, and from what we are told they are in reality at that moment. The second part where Cobb is wearing his wedding ring is when he shows up to the hotel and Mal is about to kill herself on the ledge. I was a firm believer in that the ring did point to being in a dream however now seeing those scenes made me question it again

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by SkillzthatKillz

Saw the movie in IMAX and loved it. My only complaint (and it has nothing to do with the movie) was that absolutely NONE of the sequences were shot using IMAX cameras. I didn't notice the shift in Aspect Ratio or Picture Quality a single time. I always thought that Nolan was a huge proponent of IMAX and that he loved shooting with it for The Dark Knight so I was expecting to see some sweet IMAX shots for this film.

Oh well, rant over

P.S. I rated the movie a 5/5

There was some nice 65mm, at least.

[ScarredLungs]

Originally Posted by TraumaCaspian

Like most I saw this movie again today, regarding the wedding ring which may have already been brought up....

[Show spoiler]It was pointed out that Cobb was wearing the Wedding Ring only when he was in a dream state. This is may be true for all but two scenes, the first is one Mal is showing signs of wanting to take her life when she is seen putting her finger on the blade of the knife. Cobb goes to grab the knife and you can clearly see he is wearing the wedding ring, and from what we are told they are in reality at that moment. The second part where Cobb is wearing his wedding ring is when he shows up to the hotel and Mal is about to kill herself on the ledge. I was a firm believer in that the ring did point to being in a dream however now seeing those scenes made me question it again

If I recall those are all flashbacks of reality when Mal was still alive. During the current time (No flashbacks) of the movie, I believe that what you said it correct; that Cobb only wears the Wedding Ring in his dreams.