ambient Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Possible spoiler below. Adamantium dude - thanks for agreeing with me. I also enjoyed the movie, but was just really disappointed with how the dreams turned out. they rarely felt like actual dreams, and the city-bending stuff that happened early on never really came full circle despite the fact that it had huge potential Event the promo posters suggest that this is what was going to happen. Alas... LAOS - you don't need go all out Paprika or Dr. Parnassus to make it feel dreamlike - just add lots of little details. Just make normal things seem off, just a little bit, where it becomes weird. I am sorry, but all we get a closed loop and slightly altered physics? Whoopie! Oh, and the movie concept is not new by any means. Have you guys not seen The Cell with J-Lo? At least that movie got trippy visuals right, even if the acting and the plot were lacking. This movie had a budget of like $200m? I am sure Aronofsky could have done it for twenty... EDIT: Sorry for bringing Aronofsky into this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Spoilers: The whole point was to keep the dreamers from figuring out it was dream. So the whole city bending thing was a no no for that reason. Also, like LAOS said, this movie was sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Never heard of it. And I'm not a big enough fanboy of Batman to think a christopher nolan movie is a big deal, but I'll look it up on imdb and see if it's something I'd like. EDIT: Looked it up, sounded a lot like Dreamscape. I'm gonna watch that on netflix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporknight Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Spoilers:The whole point was to keep the dreamers from figuring out it was dream. So the whole city bending thing was a no no for that reason. Also, like LAOS said, this movie was sex. This. Plus, I think they met their 'trippy visuals' quota during the spinning hotel fight scene. You guys do realize that they actually built a spinning hotel hallway with a mounted camera and had the actors running around it to film that fight? Totally win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonectric Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Spoilers:The whole point was to keep the dreamers from figuring out it was dream. So the whole city bending thing was a no no for that reason. Yeah...not to mention the fact that (more spoilers) the Fischer guy had pretty much been trained to keep out dream invaders. I wouldn't notice if a building suddenly turned into the moon during a dream. He might. This. Plus, I think they met their 'trippy visuals' quota during the spinning hotel fight scene. You guys do realize that they actually built a spinning hotel hallway with a mounted camera and had the actors running around it to film that fight? Totally win. I heard about that. I want that hallway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeklan Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 So guys... The thing at the end? Up or down? I'd say down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyse of Arcadia Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 So guys...The thing at the end? Up or down? I'd say down. I prefer not to speculate. Decent movie, but I saw most of it coming. They gave away too much towards the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 So guys...The thing at the end? Up or down? I'd say down. SPOILERZ Down. Saw it coming a mile away and it felt like a cop-out. (Though I'm sure if it fell people would have said it was cliche as well, but hey, what's wrong with a happy ending?) Overall, the film still gets 5/5 stars from me, but I did think the ending felt more like a "it doesn't fall" rather than "what do you think?" type thing. Besides, if it doesn't fall, that raises a few questions that make certain things not make sense for me, so I'm going to have to go back and watch it again and see if I missed any important details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Womb Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 SPOILERZ Does the fact that Leonardo remembers where he came from (waking up in the airplane) not tell us that he's not in a dreamworld? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Just saw it today : it's a great movie, I liked it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Sounds Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 I was pleasantly surprised that there was a rationale for the occasional topsy-turvy gravity and weightless scenes. These made no sense to me when I saw them in ads prior to watching the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Mage Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 This had better win an Academy Award or two. It's like Ocean's 11 (or Lupin III) meets The Matrix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Off of your recommendation I went out to watch it. It was pretty darn good. Ending - should've left it in the air, no camera toward the... For those that haven't seen it, I'm not revealing more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunther Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 By Christopher Nolan? I'm curious now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monobrow Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Wanna see this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Syne Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Just saw this today shows how much thought nolan and zimmer actually put into the film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zergonaleash Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Saw it the first time in a regular theater. Went to see it in an IMAX last night. That is definitely the way to see it. And I'm in the 'it falls' camp. edit: that youtube soundtrack comparison is pretty interesting. the soundtrack really stuck out to me in the IMAX, I remember thinking it was good the first time I saw the film, but I just realized how spectacular it is. I need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPanther Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Sorry to bump this, but I wanted to be part of the group that saw this and I have to say, I loved it. I definitely recommend everyone seein this of course that's been said already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeCrusher Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Finally got my free passes in from a local radio station to go see this. Only good on monday through thursday though. Can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathtank Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 bah! too complex! Didnt like it. And on top of that, I fell asleep many times during the movie (but that might be becuz I was very tired when I was watching it Yes, I know, I wasted my money.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Hunter Dan Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 As much as there are so many dozens/hundreds of movies I adore, in my mind, they all seem so trivial now after viewing this monolith of effects, storytelling, and just general sight and sound. I'll truly never be the same, and might actually go out of my way just to see this in IMAX (extremely atypical of me). Just..wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeCrusher Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Luckily my passes worked for the IMAX version. My god that movie was great. I'll definitely pick this up on blu ray later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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