OT-Inception (No Spoilers)
Go see this movie now.
I just got back from seeing it, and it is one of the most amazing movies i have seen in the past few years. Most original movie concept i've seen probably ever. This is what movies should be, not crap like twilight and transformers.
Go see it
Edit: As requested further down the thread, I ask that no direct spoilers be talked about, as not to ruin the experience for those who haven't seen it yet
2nd best of the year behind Toy Story
Ah, haven't seen that yet. Need to, but haven't gotten around to it
I'm looking forward to a merger between the movies, to be played out on a grass(ish) stage this fall:
Troy Story: INterCEPTION
I want to see this movie so bad. Hearing that is all the confidence and backing I need now. The minute I get some free time I'm hitting the movie theatre up. From the previews it looked real good.
I saw it last night, too. It blew my effing mind. If it weren't so far away from the Academy Awards, I'd say it would easily be movie of the year. Unfortunately...voters will probably have forgotten about it by then.
now that they have 10 films in the best picture category. Also last year there were three films that ran earlier in the year that were nominated.
I thought the movie was excellent, but I'm not sure exactly what happened.
Toy Story 3 was excellent as well, and probably will be a classic.
But for a pure adult film, this was brilliant.
I didn't realize Inception is a Jack Horner production. I will now definitely be seeing this one in the theaters.
Ohio State alums can't read what Buzz is saying either.
Damnit I want to see both of those. I was gonna wait to see toy story at home by renting it because its not an epic or action movie so you dont necessarily need the movie theatre experience. Or am I wrong?
Thanks for the recommendation though, I will definitly go see Inception hopefully this weekend.
I liked it a lot. Definitely will see it again when it comes out on video.
It's insane. Nolan did a great job directing, and all the actors were great. My mind is still blown from last night.
What's crazy to me is how DiCaprio could transition from one of my least favorite actors of all time to one of the top badasses in Hollywood. He's got the "DiCaprio is in it, so it must be good" thing going for him...
I've always had a lot of respect for Leonardo DiCaprio. He's had a couple iffy movies, but he's also been in some awesome ones:
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape
- The Departed
- Gangs of New York
- Inception
- Shutter Island
- Blood Diamond
- Titanic
Things like The Beach and The Man in the Iron Mask weren't very good, and Titanic and Romeo + Juliet were sappy/cheesy, but hey, what can you expect from baby-faced 20-something actors? And those last two movies made a ton of money (Titanic was #1 all time until Avatar), so he must have been doing something right...
And you gotta add Catch Me If You Can!
He did a pretty amazing job with a tough, gritty role in The Basketball Diaries early in his career. I also thought Catch Me If You Can was a pretty fun movie.
Ever since blood diamond and the departed, he has been probably the top actor for me since Tom Hanks basically doesnt do much anymore. I think Will Smith gets a lot of hype but his movies aren't near as good as Dicaprio's, in my opinion.
He's definitely one of the best, if not the best, actors right now. What makes him so good is that he can do a lot of different roles very well.
He’s also helped by his ability to pick great roles and work with great directors. The list of directors is a who's who of directing right now
- Chris Nolan
- Scorsese
- Sam Mendes
- Ridley Scott
- Edward Zwick
- Spielberg
- Danny Boyle
- Woody Allen
- James Cameron
Leo has been extremely smart in the roles he picks lately and the directors he works with. His next film, Hoover, is directed by Clint Eastwood and is going to be Oscar bound. The man is on an amazing role right now and is going about it the best way possible. Plus he wears Michigan hats...
Just finished reading the review in the NY Times - unusually flattering - they are typically the toughest. I will be going to see it. Okay to read - they don't spoil without warning.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/movies/16inception.html
It was really really good. I even had a dream about it last night - woke up this morning and couldn't tell if I was still in my dream or in the real world...had to pinch myself. ha ha...j/k, of course.
Great movie!
When it says "No Spoilers" even insinuating where a twist is involved is kinda shitty of you.
Wow. A Christopher Nolan movie with a twist at the end. Who'da thunk?
Of course there is going to be a twist, he didn't have to say WHO it involved though.
He really didn't give away the ending that much. The ending has more to do with the mysterious goat you see half way through the movie...
But really, he didn't give anything away to ruin it
Bruce Willis is actually dead throughout the whole movie. No one else can see him except the little boy and maybe the other ghosts.
To be fair. It didn't say "No Spoilers" until well after that dude's post. It was edited later to say "No Spoilers" it started as a conversation between people who had seen the film.
And great visual effects that don't take over the movie and distract you. I had the weirdest dreams last night b/c of this film.
I saw it last night and liked it a lot. It wasn't perfect, and had some possible plot holes (kind of hard to tell sometimes if they were actual plotholes on a first viewing), but at times it seemed that maybe Nolan also didn't fully understand it (because, well, he made it up and it's not exactly real science... or is it...), but I think it is very interesting, and most importantly, very entertaining. Anyone who says they understood everything is also either lying to themselves of clearly didn't understand that there was much more to the movie then the shallow aspects.
A little uneven, and perhaps the plot, which is multi-layered, but very linear, may make it tough for it to pull off the best picture victory. The ending was the best, and really only ending, that would suffice. Some may see it coming, it doesn't matter, I saw it coming and still thought it was perfect (I'm really not trying to toot my own horn, just pointing out to others that tend to be good at guessing the end of the movie, it doesn't matter in this case). Still, I think by the end of July, we will have seen 4 out of the 10 top picture nominations (Shutter Island, Toy Story 3, Inception, Get Low).
FWIW, 'Get Low' is a very limited movie coming out later this July with Robert Duval and Bill Murray that I think is going to surprise people. Other best picture nominations to look for include: The American (9/1; Starring: George Clooney), Jack Goes Boating (9/17; Dir Debut: Philip Seymour Hoffman; Starring: PSH, Amy Ryan), Hereafter (10/22; Dir: Clint Eastwood, Starring: Matt Damon), Morning Glory (11/12; Starring: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton), The Fighter (12/10; Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale), True Grit (12/25; Dir: Coen Brothers; Starring: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin) Blue Valentine (12/31; Starring Ryan Gosling)
Sorry I just went all crazy movie talk on everyone, it's kind of my second thing besides Michigan sports.
Also, as you can see by my list of top movies and potential top movies, Matt Damon and Leo are the top two actors in Hollywood at the moment IME, though my personal favorite is PSH (which, if he didn't do so much stage work would easily make that list)
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Jack Goes Boating looked kind of dumb to me.
And it's gotten really good reviews so far. That being said, it looks more like a film festival type film, not that there is anything wrong with those films, but sometimes they aren't "academy" material. I will say, I think Jack Goes Boating and Get Low are my hopeful movies probably more so than legit contenders.
PS. I was also going to edit my original post, just to ask if the OP could put (No Spoilers) in the title and maybe ask that people don't spoil it. I'm guessing some people on the board are just looking to see if others would recommend it but are worried they will see spoilers. Just a suggestion
Took care of it
Im seeing it tomorrow. Christopher Nolan flat out makes great movies. Id reccomend Memento to anyone who has not seen it.
Memento is one of my favorite movies. Nolan has a knack for making movies about the mind
This is a movie that you are going to want to see in theaters multiple times.
For those of you who have seen it, I highly recommend watching it a second time after a few days. The opening 15-30 minutes will come together soooooo nicely once you've watched the whole thing.
This flick had better bring home a few Oscars.
I'm planning on seeing it again this weekend. I love doing that with movies like this, i get so much more out of it the second time around
I loved basically the whole movie. It was just fascinating. My only complaint was that towards the end they dragged it out a little more than they needed to; however it is very complex so maybe they indeed need this. I love the way the movie ends with the totem. It keeps you guessing.
INCEPTION
So, I just saw Inception. It was amazing. I don't want to give anything away, but because of the comment above (which is now removed) I was able to anticipate a big question in the movie (those who saw it likely know what I'm talking about).
Did it dimish the experience? I don't know. I feel very confident in my interpretation of the film, however I may have been more "wowed" had I not read that comment.
Long story short: STFU about movies when there's any possibility of giving any unwanted insight about anything!
about Inception - WITH SPOILERS for those of us who have seen the movie and would like to discuss specific details of the movie?
I have seen discussions about Inception elsewhere on the interwebs, but naturally, the level of discourse and points made are far worse than what the MGoCommunity is capable of.
At the same time, I don't want to inadvertently spoil the movie for anyone who simply can't control their clicking.
And I don't want to spend the time creating a thread if it will be immediately be deleted for redundancy.
I think it'd fly. It is the off-season. I'll take the bullet if not...
Just saw it at the Henry Ford IMAX. Boom.