Christopher Nolan Inception

[Voorhees27]

Totally, but only because they look so similar!

Really glad Gordon-Levitt got it though, he rocked and is coming a long way from 3rd Rock. He'd be my vote for a new Joker.

You know I knew nothing about this kid coming in but DAMN did he own his role. I love the guy, I hope to see him more. Plus its nice to see someone that looks like Heath ............... kinda like having that presence around. If that even makes any sense.

 

[uscmhicks]

Gordon-Levitt is very talented. The whole cast was great in this.
If any of you thought Tom Hardy was good in this and haven't seen Bronson be sure to check that out. His best performance imo.

 

[Voorhees27]

Gordon-Levitt is very talented. The whole cast was great in this.
If any of you thought Tom Hardy was good in this and haven't seen Bronson be sure to check that out. His best performance imo.

Yeah the entire cast was extremely likeable too. Its either the reflection on the director or casting director. Either way this film was solid on all counts.

 

[tomandshell]

So as I have been thinking about the ending, this is where I get stuck:

Spoiler:

If I understood things correctly, death in limbo should kick you up to level three (snow). That's what happened to Ariadne and Fischer. From level three, everybody who is alive and conscious gets kicked to level two (hotel) and from there to level one (van).

I assume that we are supposed to believe that "old man" Saito shoots Cobb and then himself--but how could that knock them straight back to reality? They would get kicked up to level three where they are buried in snow and rubble, then to the hotel and then to the submerged van holding their drowned bodies. If they were supposed to be able to get kicked directly from limbo to reality, then I don't know that it made sense based on everything else I saw in the movie.

As much as I want to see a happy ending, it seems more likely (based on the evidence) that the ending is a dream--but a dream that can be enjoyed because Ariadne helped Cobb get over the death of his wife and he will live out his days in limbo free of her projection.

But I also like the idea that:

Spoiler:

The entire movie was a dream. "Reality" on the plane, etc. was really level one of Cobb's dream. The agents that chased Cobb around after he met Eames were projections, trying to keep him from working with the others. Mal's death in "reality" actually returned her to the real world, and from there she had been working (maybe with Michael Caine) to tap into his dreams and try to get him to take his own life in the dream world and so return to reality. So "Crazy Mal" was actually telling him the truth but he wouldn't accept it.

It seems like you could come up with several theories about the meaning of the film--I need to see it again.

 

[Maglor]

^^^

You actually sold me on the

Spoiler:

"dream ending" and "it's all a dream"

theories better than anyone else yet,

Still not convinced, but I am thinking about it...



P.S There is a spoiler thread for this now.

 

[Bannister]

So as I have been thinking about the ending, this is where I get stuck:

Spoiler:

If I understood things correctly, death in limbo should kick you up to level three (snow). That's what happened to Ariadne and Fischer. From level three, everybody who is alive and conscious gets kicked to level two (hotel) and from there to level one (van).

I assume that we are supposed to believe that "old man" Saito shoots Cobb and then himself--but how could that knock them straight back to reality? They would get kicked up to level three where they are buried in snow and rubble, then to the hotel and then to the submerged van holding their drowned bodies. If they were supposed to be able to get kicked directly from limbo to reality, then I don't know that it made sense based on everything else I saw in the movie.

As much as I want to see a happy ending, it seems more likely (based on the evidence) that the ending is a dream--but a dream that can be enjoyed because Ariadne helped Cobb get over the death of his wife and he will live out his days in limbo free of her projection.

Spoiler:

I believe it is because they are already dead on the other levels. That is why it would kick them back to reality.

 

[LChinoz]

Spoiler:

The ending was real I think for two main reasons 1. We see how he got home. 2. His totem was always his children's faces. He could never make them out until reality. This is all my opinion.

 

[Devil_666]

Spoiler:

I still need to see this movie.

 

[EVILFACE]

The main thing I liked about Inception as well as Nolans past films is how lean they are. His movies are all meat.

Could you imagine how much better say the Pirates of the Caribbean series would have been if all the bloated junk was cut out?

 

[tomandshell]

The main thing I liked about Inception as well as Nolans past films is how lean they are. His movies are all meat.

Could you imagine how much better say the Pirates of the Caribbean series would have been if all the bloated junk was cut out?

I usually like deleted scenes on DVDs, but you just don't get much of that with Christopher Nolan. He seems extremely prepared and I imagine that he doesn't waste time shooting material that he doesn't need. He doesn't strike me as a director who shoots everything and the kitchen sink and then puts the movie together in the editing room--the right time to figure out what scenes belong in the movie is in the scripting stage, and if the screenplay works as it should then you don't waste time and money filming parts of the story that don't belong and won't end up in the finished film anyway. His films are long, but there are very few scenes (if any) that I would cut out. Compare that to your average Michael Bay film!

 

[Maglor]

Spoiler:

I still need to see this movie.

Spoiler:

You should see it.

 

[CelticPredator]

your average Michael Bay film!

Michael Bay's films are never average!!!! They are always..AWESOME.

 

[blakus939]

Just saw this, loved it, very refreshing. Not the best movie I've ever seen but a great original concept.
Leonardo, I mean damn, is that guy ever in a bad movie. Fantastic actor
I think 3D really would've pushed it over the edge though and it makes the special effects feel incomplete without it.

 

[meth head]

Just saw this, loved it, very refreshing. Not the best movie I've ever seen but a great original concept.
Leonardo, I mean damn, is that guy ever in a bad movie. Fantastic actorI think 3D really would've pushed it over the edge though and it makes the special effects feel incomplete without it.

Easily the best actor of our generation in my opinion, i think he is going to get stronger and stronger, hes going to be a Hollywood Legend

 

[blakus939]

He already is, without a doubt! He puts soo much of himself into each and every role. I don't particularly think he gets better (or a little) but rather, he has always been that good and continually is, he never get's any worse. He's one of the most reliable actors I've ever seen. From the first moment I saw him, to this very movie, he's been just as fantastic in every movie that I've seen him in, even from his very young days. He's so engaging which personally I always think is odd because he has such a strange voice. Like Tom Hanks.
But it works, he's just brilliant

I usually like deleted scenes on DVDs, but you just don't get much of that with Christopher Nolan. He seems extremely prepared and I imagine that he doesn't waste time shooting material that he doesn't need. He doesn't strike me as a director who shoots everything and the kitchen sink and then puts the movie together in the editing room--the right time to figure out what scenes belong in the movie is in the scripting stage, and if the screenplay works as it should then you don't waste time and money filming parts of the story that don't belong and won't end up in the finished film anyway. His films are long, but there are very few scenes (if any) that I would cut out. Compare that to your average Michael Bay film!

Very very good point