INCEPTION Review Thread (SPOILERS!!)

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by SleeperAgent

Best movie of the year by far. Maybe the decade IMO. I loved the ending. The only thing I didn't like about the movie was it felt short to me. I was expecting something closer to 3 hours or more.

Considering this is the first year of the decade, yes it is the best movie of the decade, so far.

[ScarredLungs]

Originally Posted by QuasidodoJr

I have no problem with people disliking this movie, ...

I do

[SleeperAgent]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Considering this is the first year of the decade, yes it is the best movie of the decade, so far.

I mean of the past 10ish years. I.E. pretty much since The Matrix.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by SleeperAgent

I mean of the past 10ish years. I.E. pretty much since The Matrix.

I'd have to disagree, Return of the King was probably the best movie of the last 10 years and it looks like the Academy agrees with me.

[QuasidodoJr]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Considering this is the first year of the decade, yes it is the best movie of the decade, so far.

Technically, this would be the final year of the first decade of the century. But most people look at it the other way around.

[Lepidopterous]

Originally Posted by QuasidodoJr

Technically, this would be the final year of the first decade of the century. But most people look at it the other way around.

Technically, we're in the 2005's. This decade started in 2005 and ends in 2014. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise

[QuasidodoJr]

Originally Posted by DjMethod

Technically, we're in the 2005's. This decade started in 2005 and ends in 2014. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise

If you were being facetious, sure. Fine. Whatever.

But each decade begins with a year ending in a 1 and ends with a year ending in 0. When the calendar began, it didn't start at Year Zero. It started at Year One.

[Hep]

Originally Posted by QuasidodoJr

If you were being facetious, sure. Fine. Whatever.

But each decade begins with a year ending in a 1 and ends with a year ending in 0. When the calendar began, it didn't start at Year Zero. It started at Year One.

Technically our current calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) began in 1582, and the lack of accuracy of year one makes it arbitrary at best anyway .

[Versatil]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

I'd have to disagree, Return of the King was probably the best movie of the last 10 years and it looks like the Academy agrees with me.

Who gives credits to the Academy nowadays?

[Lepidopterous]

Originally Posted by QuasidodoJr

If you were being facetious, sure. Fine. Whatever.

But each decade begins with a year ending in a 1 and ends with a year ending in 0. When the calendar began, it didn't start at Year Zero. It started at Year One.

I was being facetious but actually never knew that. Still, I think historically or not, the year 1990 should not be part of the 80's for example. That should be universally agreed upon by now. But for sake of not derailing the thread, agree to disagree.

[Blu Titan]

80% of the people that have seen it (including myself) rate the movie 5 stars.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

80% of the people that have seen it (including myself) rate the movie 5 stars.

Yes and everyone knows the results of Internet polling are always 100% accurate.

[QuasidodoJr]

Originally Posted by Hep

Technically our current calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) began in 1582, and the lack of accuracy of year one makes it arbitrary at best anyway .

Yes, but the turnover did not result in the start of a new numerical value. It changed from 1581 to 1582. So still, going by the numbered years and system that we chose to follow, actual decades would begin with a 1 and end in a 0. Everyone just refers to decades in the literal sense, though. The 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s etc. I was just saying.

[Paul Kersey]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

I'd have to disagree, Return of the King was probably the best movie of the last 10 years and it looks like the Academy agrees with me.

So, you're saying Crash actually was better than Munich?
Driving Miss Daisy was really better than Born on the 4th of July, Dead Poet's Society or Field of Dreams?
Ordinary People was seriously better than The Elephant Man or Raging Bull?
Rocky was truthfully better than Taxi Driver or Network?
The French Connection was honestly better than A Clockwork Orange or Fiddler on the Roof?
My Fair Lady was better than Dr Strangelove?

Those are just the one's I'm listing that I think popular opinion would agree with. Those aren't even a fraction of the titles I think "The Academy" totally dropped the ball with.

If you like it, fine.
Don't bring the Oscars into it.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Paul Kersey

So, you're saying Crash actually was better than Munich?
Driving Miss Daisy was really better than Born on the 4th of July, Dead Poet's Society or Field of Dreams?
Ordinary People was seriously better than The Elephant Man or Raging Bull?
Rocky was truthfully better than Taxi Driver or Network?
The French Connection was honestly better than A Clockwork Orange or Fiddler on the Roof?
My Fair Lady was better than Dr Strangelove?

Those are just the one's I'm listing that I think popular opinion would agree with. Those aren't even a fraction of the titles I think "The Academy" totally dropped the ball with.

If you like it, fine.
Don't bring the Oscars into it.

I really don't care. Return of the King is one of the top 5 films of all-time and while I generally disagree with and flat-out ridicule the Academy, I thought they got it right with RoTK.

[csdot]

Originally Posted by QuasidodoJr

If you were being facetious, sure. Fine. Whatever.

But each decade begins with a year ending in a 1 and ends with a year ending in 0. When the calendar began, it didn't start at Year Zero. It started at Year One.

so you consider 1990 the 80s?

[QuasidodoJr]

Originally Posted by Paul Kersey

The French Connection was honestly better than A Clockwork Orange or Fiddler on the Roof?
My Fair Lady was better than Dr Strangelove?

Yes.

But we can leave out Oscar talk until the nominations are announced - NEXT YEAR.

Originally Posted by csdot

so you consider 1990 the 80s?

No. Society has changed that notion. Which is what I said earlier. We now refer to decades in the literal sense.

[Paul Kersey]

So, I just got back from seeing the movie a few hours ago.
I don't know what people were talking about when they said the movie was "a mind f***". It wasn't hard to follow at all. It didn't make me question reality, when it was over.
It made me wish it was true, but all great movies kind of do that.
I didn't think there was a twist, either. I thought it was perfect storytelling without any of the typical gimmicks.
It feels like Phillip K Dick wrote it, honestly. It's his style of science fiction. His kind of paranoia-infused storytelling.
Something for almost anybody who likes excellent movies.
The first new movie I've given five stars in a long while.
You can recommend it to anybody.
"Hey, you like Heat? Watch Inception."
"You like Total Recall? Watch Inception."
"You like Dark City? Watch Inception"
"You like Memento? Watch Inception."
bla, bla, bla.

It's a great movie and I think this might be another case of Christopher Nolan stealing a lot of my money. I almost never go to see movies more than once in the theater. I almost never-ever go and see IMAX movies.
But, I did with Dark Knight. I saw it, maybe, eight times in the theater and at least one of those viewings was on and IMAX screen.
I have the feeling this might be the same.
I don't even like DiCaprio or Page.
What's wrong with me?

All I can say is that, as somebody who aspires to write something that will end up being enjoyed by more people than just myself, I am envious of this movie. I think anybody who writes, especially those who tend toward sci-fi, should be envious of this story.
One of very few movies that sequeling wouldn't be too difficult, but it's too good to do anything but stand alone and leave as it is. A franchise unto itself. Nolan's best movie.

[Paul Kersey]

Originally Posted by QuasidodoJr

No. Society has changed that notion. Which is what I said earlier. We now refer to decades in the literal sense.

The same society that has made taking "literally" and "ironic" totally out of context acceptable. The same society that thinks "irregardless" is an actual word (it just happens to be a word whose definition is "see regardless")?

No thanks. I'll let the people who have ruined language leave math alone.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Seeing as how Inception is the closest thing to a perfect film that I will be able to experience in my lifetime, the Academy should give it 1 Oscar for every year that the Oscars have existed, as well as 1 Oscar for every year that they will ever exist.

YES! It deserves THAT many awards in my eyes. It is THAT good of a film. I think that I may be on the verge of being able to say that it is my quintessential favourite film of all time. That is something that I have never been able to classify before. having seen MANY films, I've never been able to even list my top 20. Inception is on the verge of planting itself firmly and undeniably in the #1 spot. I need a 3rd viewing to be certain.