INCEPTION Review Thread (SPOILERS!!)

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by csdot

i dont understand people arguing about

[Show spoiler]the top spinning at the end, its clearly meant to be ambiguous. Nolan is a very deliberate director. if he wanted us to think it was reality hed show the top fall over and if he wanted us to think he was still dreaming he wouldnt have shown it wobbling.

You are correct my friend!

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

"Ideal?"

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

An idea is like a virus and a belief is like a permanent ailment, which is exactly the direction I see them going in if they do a sequel. Not sure it's possible to alter someone's beliefs though.

Come on bro's im screaming TYPO LOL

[vegeta88]

[Show spoiler]I think it was one last suspense he wanted to give the audience; sort of like one last scare at a horror movie. It also very much so reminds me of the ending of X-Men 3 (which Nolan clearly took a lot of pointers on )

I have a question about one line:

[Show spoiler]When Cobb says "Thanks... for not asking if I did [kill my wife]". Was he genuinely grateful or was he upset?

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by GreenScar

Unless

[Show spoiler]it fell in the moments that Cobb believed he was in the real world so his subconscious mind made it fall in those moments. I seem to remember Cobb saying that the totem was something he came up with.

That's the beauty of Nolan's stories. There's so much open for interpretation.

Nope.

[Show spoiler]Mal had come up with the concept of the totem. Not Cobb. As for whether he was in the dream world the whole time? His projections would have always attacked Mal since, by your theory, she would be the real person trying to get Cobb to come home. She was always pretty outward about making her presence known. The projections would have turned on her quite quickly. Instead, she is always part of the mob... usually leading. Plus, that would also mean that his whole team were projections and they would have all turned on her as well. Most of the time, you just see them let her do her thing. That doesn't make any sense to me within the conceptualization of your theory.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by vegeta88

[Show spoiler]I think it was one last suspense he wanted to give the audience; sort of like one last scare at a horror movie. It also very much so reminds me of the ending of X-Men 3 (which Nolan clearly took a lot of pointers on )

I have a question about one line:

[Show spoiler]When Cobb says "Thanks... for not asking if I did [kill my wife]". Was he genuinely grateful or was he upset?

i think at that point of the movie, he seemed grateful, then after the fact you know he was upset.

[Show spoiler]Knowing the truth to her death.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by vegeta88

[SPOILER]I have a question about one line:

[Show spoiler]When Cobb says "Thanks... for not asking if I did [kill my wife]". Was he genuinely grateful or was he upset?

I believe that he is sincere about being grateful she didn't ask. He is still in the emotional state of being upset, but it was probably the first time that the person hearing the story didn't ask that question.

[vegeta88]

Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

i think at that point of the movie, he seemed grateful, then after the fact you know he was upset.

[Show spoiler]Knowing the truth to her death.

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

I believe that he is sincere about being grateful she didn't ask. He is still in the emotional state of being upset, but it was probably the first time that the person hearing the story didn't ask that question.

Cool, thanks! I thought it was that, but the subtly of the delivery made it hard for me to tell. There was definitely power in the line, just not overtly clear what he meant.

I want to see it again already

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

I believe that he is sincere about being grateful she didn't ask. He is still in the emotional state of being upset, but it was probably the first time that the person hearing the story didn't ask that question.

[Show spoiler]He did kill his wife, probably a result of spending 50 years in limbo with her and realizing she never really left. Should he have done it? No. Do I really blame him for doing what he thought was the right thing to do? No.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

Nope.

[Show spoiler]Mal had come up with the concept of the totem. Not Cobb. As for whether he was in the dream world the whole time? His projections would have always attacked Mal since, by your theory, she would be the real person trying to get Cobb to come home. She was always pretty outward about making her presence known. The projections would have turned on her quite quickly. Instead, she is always part of the mob... usually leading. Plus, that would also mean that his whole team were projections and they would have all turned on her as well. Most of the time, you just see them let her do her thing. That doesn't make any sense to me within the conceptualization of your theory.

Not my theory, I'm just talking about the

[Show spoiler]totem.

I didn't say anything about Mal.

Edit: As far as

[Show spoiler]Mal leading the Mob, I think she was only part of the Mob once

although I could be mistaken. I need to see the film again obviously.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by vegeta88

Cool, thanks! I thought it was that, but the subtly of the delivery made it hard for me to tell. There was definitely power in the line, just not overtly clear what he meant.

I want to see it again already

You and me both brother!!!!!

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

[Show spoiler]He did kill his wife, probably a result of spending 50 years in limbo with her and realizing she never really left. Should he have done it? No. Do I really blame him for doing what he thought was the right thing to do? No.

But that is the beauty of it all.

[Show spoiler]He subconsciously feels guilty about planting the idea that led to her death. HOWEVER, he doesn't believe that he actually killed her. Again, another example of what the film is really about. It's not about getting home to his kids. It's about coming to terms with that guilt that is conflicting his entire being.

[lDlisturb3d]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

[Show spoiler]He did kill his wife, probably a result of spending 50 years in limbo with her and realizing she never really left. Should he have done it? No. Do I really blame him for doing what he thought was the right thing to do? No.

[Show spoiler]Dude he deceived her, tricked her mind into believing something that wasnt real. Thats ****3d up bro.

[Jumpman]

God willing, I'll be seeing it a third time tomorrow afternoon.

My beloved Dark Knight has been replaced.

What's even more odd is that within the span of two years, Nolan will have completed two trilogies: Memento, The Prestige, and Inception. Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and Batman 3.

This guy is making my entire Blu Ray collection look obsolete with this films. I'm damn serious when I say that.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Jumpman

God willing, I'll be seeing it a third time tomorrow afternoon.

My beloved Dark Knight has been replaced.

What's even more odd is that within the span of two years, Nolan will have completed two trilogies: Memento, The Prestige, and Inception. Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and Batman 3.

This guy is making my entire Blu Ray collection look obsolete with this films. I'm damn serious when I say that.

Not really sure how Memento, Prestige and Inception are a trilogy in the traditional sense?

[tau31]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Or once ppl realize that as great as it may be, it's not one of the greatest films of all-time, nor is TDK.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Not really sure how Memento, Prestige and Inception are a trilogy in the traditional sense?

It's like The Red Curtain Trilogy by Baz Lurhman.

[tommyboy81]

DANG! Wish this movie made 64M instead of 60M. Could have won me a copy of this movie from Moviestop.

[Mike53421]

Originally Posted by sheeraz

I thought it was somewhere between decent and average. Nice to see so many people here enjoyed it though.

Also, at the IMAX screening here in Austin, a person had a seizure in the middle of the movie and had to be carried away. Really horrifying. Did anyone else witness this?

During the midnight screening of The Dark Knight, which was my second viewing. Was pretty creepy and not during an action scene but one of the slower moments too.

I saw the movie again last night but am on page 45 of this thread working my way forward so, I'm trying not to repeat comments. The soundtrack is great by the way, as per the postings earlier I have acquired it and certainly recommend it.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

DANG! Wish this movie made 64M instead of 60M. Could have won me a copy of this movie from Moviestop.

Please, like you're not going to get a steelbook instead of the standard release.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Please, like you're not going to get a steelbook instead of the standard release.

lol. Might have bought me a copy along with the free copy. Maybe there will be a Steelbook. Or a box set? With a Spinning top and????