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[BigDMcGee]

CaneBrain, on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, 10:13 AM, said:

I'm glad I am not the only one who thought Dark City was amazing.Still, there is a different between thoughtful criticism and what the douche-clown in BigD's link wrote.

wasn't my link.

[JubilantLankyLad]

NO SPOILERS, PROMISEI saw Inception last night. I like to go into movies completely cold - the less I know about them the better. In this case I knew it was directed by Nolan and starred Leo, that's it. I suspected I was going to love the movie once we got about 5 minutes in, because it was explaining itself wonderfully without narration or explicit exposition. By the end, I was still smiling ear to ear; even though I knew how it was going to end, I loved watching it happen. I really think this was one of the best movies I've ever seen. Visually it was outstanding. Logically it was fantastic (one smallish quibble about the van but otherwise it all makes great sense from multiple perspectives). Pacing was perfect - 2.5 hrs went by in about 20 minutes as far as I was concerned (and that's TOTALLY a metaphor for the movie imo). And the acting was strong across the board (the weakest performance was still better than the strongest in many movies). It all came together so well that I was delighted. I was laughing in delight as the credits rolled and applauded for the first time in years at the movies. I was delighted in a way that I can really only remember having been after some Pixar movies. This is not a simple movie, but it's not overly confusing either. It just doesn't shy away from presenting you with a detailed and complex storyline, a complicated world that you need to think about and pay attention to in order to understand. And the more you put into understanding it, the more you get out.Just a great, great movie.

[looshle]

BigDMcGee, on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010, 12:58 AM, said:

unless you count children of men as an action movie, which I don't

Either this movie had the best last 1/3 of a movie ever or I'm completely retarded bc I didn't make it that far. I remember it being completely uninteresting but always hear about how good it was.

[brvheart]

looshle, on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, 9:05 PM, said:

Either this movie had the best last 1/3 of a movie ever or I'm completely retarded bc I didn't make it that far. I remember it being completely uninteresting but always hear about how good it was.

Really?I don't understand how that's possible.

[looshle]

brvheart, on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, 10:44 PM, said:

Really?I don't understand how that's possible.

i believe i DID say that i could be completely retarded

[Poppy_Hillis]

Overrated. Didn't draw me in emotionally. Did not care about any character, which is a yuuuuge drawback. Could not have been more indifferent as to how it was going to end. Definitely interesting, however.

[mk]

I keep thinking about Joseph Gordon-Levitt flying around in the hotel level, tying everyone up, fighting projections, rigging the elevator, etc., and it makes me shake my head in disbelief at how unbelievably fucking awesome the last half of this movie was. Y like Senor JLL, even in parts where I knew what I was about to see, I was still motherfucking THRILLED to watch it actually unfold on screen. I can't wait to see this again.

[Dubey]

brvheart, on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, 10:44 PM, said:

Really?I don't understand how that's possible.

This.Children of Men is an outstanding movie. So many really powerful scenes. the scene where

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they walk down the stairs with the crying baby and the whole war litereally comes to a stand still

is one of my favourite scenes of all time.

[BigDMcGee]

Dubey, on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010, 2:19 PM, said:

This.Children of Men is an outstanding movie. So many really powerful scenes. the scene where

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they walk down the stairs with the crying baby and the whole war litereally comes to a stand still

is one of my favourite scenes of all time.

That scene and two others were literally jaw dropping to me. They at the time appeared to be one shot, and I thought it was the most spectacular thing I'd ever seen in movie making. Then I did some research, and they just appear to be one shot/no cut. They actually were several different shots, but edited digitally to look like a continuous shot, which I think is almost cooler. The effect is just magnificent.

[Voldemort]

I am also a big Children of Men fan. Remember seeing it the first time and loving it.

[JubilantLankyLad]

neat review of Inception, with spoilers: http://www.theawl.co...t-making-moviesI think it may go a bit far at times but the premise is interesting. It certainly explains why Leo looks so much like Nolan in this film. I definitely agree that Inception is one of the most self-referential movies I've seen.

[SuitedAces21]

saw it again. truly amazing.

[runthemover]

JubilantLankyLad, on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, 4:28 PM, said:

NO SPOILERS, PROMISEI saw Inception last night. I like to go into movies completely cold - the less I know about them the better. In this case I knew it was directed by Nolan and starred Leo, that's it. I suspected I was going to love the movie once we got about 5 minutes in, because it was explaining itself wonderfully without narration or explicit exposition. By the end, I was still smiling ear to ear; even though I knew how it was going to end, I loved watching it happen. I really think this was one of the best movies I've ever seen. Visually it was outstanding. Logically it was fantastic (one smallish quibble about the

Spoiler

van

but otherwise it all makes great sense from multiple perspectives). Pacing was perfect - 2.5 hrs went by in about 20 minutes as far as I was concerned

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(and that's TOTALLY a metaphor for the movie imo)

. And the acting was strong across the board (the weakest performance was still better than the strongest in many movies). It all came together so well that I was delighted. I was laughing in delight as the credits rolled and applauded for the first time in years at the movies. I was delighted in a way that I can really only remember having been after some Pixar movies. This is not a simple movie, but it's not overly confusing either. It just doesn't shy away from presenting you with a detailed and complex storyline, a complicated world that you need to think about and pay attention to in order to understand. And the more you put into understanding it, the more you get out.Just a great, great movie.

ohhhh yea.

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some of the best parts were definitely when the people were by themselves whilst others were down below

[speedz99]

I'm having a very minor procedure done on Wednesday morning, and I'm staying at my parents' place that night. I've convinced my dad that it'll be a good idea for us to go see Inception that night while I'm in my post-surgical vicoden-induced haze. I'm pretty excited about it.

[digitalmonkey]

speedz99, on Saturday, July 24th, 2010, 7:17 PM, said:

I'm having a very minor procedure done on Wednesday morning, and I'm staying at my parents' place that night. I've convinced my dad that it'll be a good idea for us to go see Inception that night while I'm in my post-surgical vicoden-induced haze. I'm pretty excited about it.

I've never had vicoden...will you be able to follow the movie?

[speedz99]

digitalmonkey, on Saturday, July 24th, 2010, 5:21 PM, said:

I've never had vicoden...will you be able to follow the movie?

Yeah, it shouldn't be a problem.

[CobaltBlue]

Saw it last night and looking forward to further viewings.This is a really good spoiler-heavy allegorical article:http://chud.com/arti...TION/Page1.html(Taken from another article that someone posted.)

[vbnautilus]

YonYonson, on Friday, July 16th, 2010, 9:05 PM, said:

there are no words to describe how amazing it was.

SuitedAces21, on Friday, July 16th, 2010, 11:17 PM, said:

i mean it was just out-fuckin-standing.

I just saw it, and this is pretty much how I felt about it ^^.

frautotenkinder, on Saturday, July 17th, 2010, 9:06 AM, said:

Okay, now I've more time to think about it.Stuff that I didn't like:

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I think Ellen Page was the weak link to the movie. I didn't believe she was a legendary student of some mysterious discipline.

Huh?

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I thought she was just supposed to be a student of architecture. She didn't even know about the dream stuff until Leo told her about it.

[speedz99]

Liked it a lot, didn't love it.

frautotenkinder, on Saturday, July 17th, 2010, 9:06 AM, said:

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When Cobb (Leo) is first describing the dream process to Ariadne (Ellen Page) in the cafe in Paris, I really liked how blowing up the street didn't look real. I thought it was a great example of using cg clean look and using it to move the story forward. Relatedly, I liked the practical effects as well--the rotating hallway, the wire work before the sleeping characters get into the elevator, and unless I'm mistaken, a bunch of the car chases looked real, too.

I'm pretty sure I read that the Paris scene was mostly practical effects as well...maybe I'm wrong.

frautotenkinder, on Saturday, July 17th, 2010, 9:06 AM, said:

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I think Ellen Page was the weak link to the movie. I didn't believe she was a legendary student of some mysterious discipline. She doesn't give me the impression of the necessary intelligence or charisma that her role requires.

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I agree that her character was a bit weak in that I didn't really understand why she was doing what she was doing most of the time, but I'm not sure it was Page's fault. I don't think the character was written all that well.

[El Guapo]

Not sure if I commented on this yet or not (don't think so, since I just saw it on Saturday night). I really liked the movie. I don't remember who said it, but it made me think of Dark City a lot as well, and I really liked that movie.I thought they did a fantastic job of making the unbelievable, believable.

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What were everyone's thoughts at the end? Did someone, himself maybe, put him way under so he could enjoy his children? Or did he really make it back?