Azure Kite
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Hey guys, I felt like I needed to top my 'The Last Airbender' thread with a positive one. That bad movie left me needing a pick me up, and Inception did the trick. And no, I'm not going to post regular movie reviews on the 'gym. (Unless of course you people beg me, which I'm almost certain you won't) I just wanted to top my previous movie topic with a positive one.
I'd like to hear your opinions on this movie, and what you thought of it. I'll be giving mine first though. Cuz that's just how I roll. (I'll try to keep it short, but no promises)
My Microscopic Premise
First off, I'll say that my opinion is very positive, so don't freak out and expect more rage from me over a crappy movie. This one was certainly not in anyway crappy. So, Inception is about a guy with a troubled past, who does jobs for people which involves stealing memories and information via the subconscious mind, or 'dream world'. And that's all the premise you'll get from me. Go see the movie if you want to fully appreciate my opinion.
Intro and overall Opinion
Now, you've probably heard good things about it. I know I did. Just from the trailer, I was decided about going to see it. Producer Christopher Nolan had already made his mark with other great movies, one of the latest being the amazing Dark Knight. Obviously his named attached to the movie made it a must see, and gave everyone high hopes. Needless to say, he delivered. I'll just say this now. Inception is everything you've heard and a bag of chips. But not any bag of chips. No, this was all that and a 6 pack of family sized, 'Spicy Nacho' Doritos. This movie started off like others such as the Illusionist or The Blind Side, which opened with a scene which was unexplainable unless you already knew what happened. The movie then proceeds, and towards the middle or end of the movie, the scene is shown again and completed, and everyone is like 'ooooh so that's what that means'. The movie also has a good number of fine actors, including Leonardo D'whateverthecrapriohisnamehis, Ellen Page, And Joseph Gordon-Levitt. (I think that was his name)
The Acting
Not much can be said about the acting when it comes to my reviews. If the acting is good, you won't notice it. You'll be too much into the fake reality that the movie gives you. Unlike The Last Airbender, where my mind just got a headache from the awkwardness of the dialog, everything in this movie seemed real and genuine. That's the way you want it. The only criticism I would have is that some sentences seemed rushed and mumbled, and I had a hard time understand somethings. But the sincerity of the scene was still retained, which is the main job of the actor/actress, so not much to complain about there. I guess this criticism would fall more to the editors, and not balancing the diolog and the background noise better. But hey, it's overshadowed by the rest of the epicness of the movie, like the rest of my complaints.
The Epic Timing/Brilliant concepts
Every movie needs it. Though every movie we see is fiction(excluding documentaries, of course) , the brilliance of the overall movie construction is still something I marvel at, and something I believe takes real skill and ingenuity. That's what the writers and creators of this movie had. The team eventually assembled ultimately delves deep into 3 dreams. A dream inside a dream inside a dream. It's a big adventure, made perilous by the fact that if anyone dies, unlike a normal dream, (where if you die, you wake up) they go into a state of mental limbo, where they can be stuck for ages, or forever. Apparently, if they can make it back, it will drive them insane and make impossible to distinguish the real from dream worlds. (this is further detailed in the movie, so don't take my amateur description for fact)There are also factors such as the way to bring someone out of the dream, known as a 'kick'. (The idea that tipping someone backwards, or the feeling of falling, will instantly bring someone back to reality) And finally, the idea that inside each dream, an hour is 5 minutes in the real world. Obviously then, if the loop continues, a dream within a dream within a dream can go for a very long time, though short in real life. (it's hard to understand, I know) All these brilliant factors thought and put together in the fast paced action just works brilliantly. And at the climax of the movie, it all comes together and the timing just works. No better way to describe it.
The Unrealisticity (my made up word)
Now, WHENEVER I call something unrealistic in a movie, please understand that I mean it in the most relative sense possible. Obviously, almost all movies we see had things that could never be genuinely replicated IRL. (in real life, DUH)
Now I will say that these are my lone criticisms, so bear with them. It is very unclear throughout the movie how known this concept of dream entering and engineering is. One of the individuals in the movie that joins the team specialized in sedatives, which he gives to people who want to escape real life, and have made their dream reality. Obviously, they know of it. Also, one person in the movie has apparently had himself trained to have his mind protected against people who could enter his dreams. Obviously he knows of it. On the flip side, Ellen Page's character Ariadne, who is an architecture student, has never really heard of it. So it does leave the viewer wondering. In addition, she initially turns down the idea as crazy and a bit disturbing, though she returns. It's the reaction any normal person would have to something like that, if it were real.
I was also slightly frustrated/intrigued by the fact that the movie really wasn't about stealing dreams at all. It talks of it, but really the idea is planting a false idea. Making the subject believe something else than what's truth, which is revealed in the dream. (this is known as Inception, the movie's title) Not once do we see how the extractors simply steal information via the dream world.
Summation
Throughout all the brilliantness that this movie is, I think the ending is my favorite. It leaves everyone happy. I can't go into how it all works out, so you'll just have to go see it for yourself. The Wikipedia page also helps understanding it better, so I'd recommend checking that out. This is the kind of movie that might just bring you to tears at the end. Just slightly. I didn't cry, but it was one where I felt like I could've. And few movies can do that. At the very end, Dom (the main character) is re-united with his children which he hasn't seen in a long time. Before he goes to see them, he spins a top/gyro type toy on the table, an item which had been prevalent throughout the movie. The idea was that if the top stopped spinning, it meant you weren't in a dream. If it kept spinning, and never stopped, you were dreaming. As he's with his kids, the camera goes to the top, which starts to wobble, but the screen goes to black before it stops, which begs the question of whether or not he's still dreaming. It's that kind of cliffhanger-yet-still-satisfying ending which myself and many others love, and I'm sure you will to. Overall, I'd say that you really must see this movie. Some have called it the best movie they've ever seen, and I don't blame them. I'd have to watch it again before I choose, but I will have to say it's right up there in the top 5 list.
Go see this movie, give your opinion of it, give your opinion of my opinion of it, and I'll give my opinion of your opinion of it, or my opinion of your opinion of my opinion of it. I may just give an opinion of my own opinion of it. OR, I might even give my opinion of my opinion of your opinion of my opin- *is shot*
And with that, I'll leave you with a little article on Wikipedia which talks about Christopher Nolan's ideas when making this outstanding film. Adios, Pokegym'ers.
Inception was first developed by Christopher Nolan, based on the notion of "exploring the idea of people sharing a dream space—entering a dream space and sharing a dream. That gives you the ability to access somebody’s unconscious mind. What would that be used and abused for?" Furthermore, he thought "being able to extract information from somebody’s brain would be the obvious use of that because obviously any other system where it’s computers or physical media, whatever—things that exist outside the mind—they can all be stolen ... up until this point, or up until this movie I should say, the idea that you could actually steal something from somebody’s head was impossible. So that, to me, seemed a fascinating abuse or misuse of that kind of technology".
He had thought about these ideas on and off since he was 16 years old, intrigued by how he would wake up and then, while falling back into a lighter sleep, hold on to the awareness that he was dreaming, a lucid dream. He also became aware of the feeling that he could study the place and alter the events of the dream. He said, "I tried to work that idea of manipulation and management of a conscious dream being a skill that these people have. Really the script is based on those common, very basic experiences and concepts, and where can those take you? And the only outlandish idea that the film presents, really, is the existence of a technology that allows you to enter and share the same dream as someone else". Harvard University dream researcher Deirdre Barrett points out that Nolan did not get every detail accurate to real dreams, but that films which really do that "... tend to have illogical, rambling, disjointed plots which wouldn’t make for a great thriller. But he did get many aspects right", she said, citing the scene in which a sleeping DiCaprio is shoved into a full bath and water starts gushing into the windows of the building he is dreaming, waking him up. "That's very much how real stimuli get incorporated, and you very often wake up right after that intrusion."
PS: I just realized that this wasn't very short. Oopsies. Whatever. lol
I'd like to hear your opinions on this movie, and what you thought of it. I'll be giving mine first though. Cuz that's just how I roll. (I'll try to keep it short, but no promises)
My Microscopic Premise
First off, I'll say that my opinion is very positive, so don't freak out and expect more rage from me over a crappy movie. This one was certainly not in anyway crappy. So, Inception is about a guy with a troubled past, who does jobs for people which involves stealing memories and information via the subconscious mind, or 'dream world'. And that's all the premise you'll get from me. Go see the movie if you want to fully appreciate my opinion.
Intro and overall Opinion
Now, you've probably heard good things about it. I know I did. Just from the trailer, I was decided about going to see it. Producer Christopher Nolan had already made his mark with other great movies, one of the latest being the amazing Dark Knight. Obviously his named attached to the movie made it a must see, and gave everyone high hopes. Needless to say, he delivered. I'll just say this now. Inception is everything you've heard and a bag of chips. But not any bag of chips. No, this was all that and a 6 pack of family sized, 'Spicy Nacho' Doritos. This movie started off like others such as the Illusionist or The Blind Side, which opened with a scene which was unexplainable unless you already knew what happened. The movie then proceeds, and towards the middle or end of the movie, the scene is shown again and completed, and everyone is like 'ooooh so that's what that means'. The movie also has a good number of fine actors, including Leonardo D'whateverthecrapriohisnamehis, Ellen Page, And Joseph Gordon-Levitt. (I think that was his name)
The Acting
Not much can be said about the acting when it comes to my reviews. If the acting is good, you won't notice it. You'll be too much into the fake reality that the movie gives you. Unlike The Last Airbender, where my mind just got a headache from the awkwardness of the dialog, everything in this movie seemed real and genuine. That's the way you want it. The only criticism I would have is that some sentences seemed rushed and mumbled, and I had a hard time understand somethings. But the sincerity of the scene was still retained, which is the main job of the actor/actress, so not much to complain about there. I guess this criticism would fall more to the editors, and not balancing the diolog and the background noise better. But hey, it's overshadowed by the rest of the epicness of the movie, like the rest of my complaints.
The Epic Timing/Brilliant concepts
Every movie needs it. Though every movie we see is fiction(excluding documentaries, of course) , the brilliance of the overall movie construction is still something I marvel at, and something I believe takes real skill and ingenuity. That's what the writers and creators of this movie had. The team eventually assembled ultimately delves deep into 3 dreams. A dream inside a dream inside a dream. It's a big adventure, made perilous by the fact that if anyone dies, unlike a normal dream, (where if you die, you wake up) they go into a state of mental limbo, where they can be stuck for ages, or forever. Apparently, if they can make it back, it will drive them insane and make impossible to distinguish the real from dream worlds. (this is further detailed in the movie, so don't take my amateur description for fact)There are also factors such as the way to bring someone out of the dream, known as a 'kick'. (The idea that tipping someone backwards, or the feeling of falling, will instantly bring someone back to reality) And finally, the idea that inside each dream, an hour is 5 minutes in the real world. Obviously then, if the loop continues, a dream within a dream within a dream can go for a very long time, though short in real life. (it's hard to understand, I know) All these brilliant factors thought and put together in the fast paced action just works brilliantly. And at the climax of the movie, it all comes together and the timing just works. No better way to describe it.
The Unrealisticity (my made up word)
Now, WHENEVER I call something unrealistic in a movie, please understand that I mean it in the most relative sense possible. Obviously, almost all movies we see had things that could never be genuinely replicated IRL. (in real life, DUH)
Now I will say that these are my lone criticisms, so bear with them. It is very unclear throughout the movie how known this concept of dream entering and engineering is. One of the individuals in the movie that joins the team specialized in sedatives, which he gives to people who want to escape real life, and have made their dream reality. Obviously, they know of it. Also, one person in the movie has apparently had himself trained to have his mind protected against people who could enter his dreams. Obviously he knows of it. On the flip side, Ellen Page's character Ariadne, who is an architecture student, has never really heard of it. So it does leave the viewer wondering. In addition, she initially turns down the idea as crazy and a bit disturbing, though she returns. It's the reaction any normal person would have to something like that, if it were real.
I was also slightly frustrated/intrigued by the fact that the movie really wasn't about stealing dreams at all. It talks of it, but really the idea is planting a false idea. Making the subject believe something else than what's truth, which is revealed in the dream. (this is known as Inception, the movie's title) Not once do we see how the extractors simply steal information via the dream world.
Summation
Throughout all the brilliantness that this movie is, I think the ending is my favorite. It leaves everyone happy. I can't go into how it all works out, so you'll just have to go see it for yourself. The Wikipedia page also helps understanding it better, so I'd recommend checking that out. This is the kind of movie that might just bring you to tears at the end. Just slightly. I didn't cry, but it was one where I felt like I could've. And few movies can do that. At the very end, Dom (the main character) is re-united with his children which he hasn't seen in a long time. Before he goes to see them, he spins a top/gyro type toy on the table, an item which had been prevalent throughout the movie. The idea was that if the top stopped spinning, it meant you weren't in a dream. If it kept spinning, and never stopped, you were dreaming. As he's with his kids, the camera goes to the top, which starts to wobble, but the screen goes to black before it stops, which begs the question of whether or not he's still dreaming. It's that kind of cliffhanger-yet-still-satisfying ending which myself and many others love, and I'm sure you will to. Overall, I'd say that you really must see this movie. Some have called it the best movie they've ever seen, and I don't blame them. I'd have to watch it again before I choose, but I will have to say it's right up there in the top 5 list.
Go see this movie, give your opinion of it, give your opinion of my opinion of it, and I'll give my opinion of your opinion of it, or my opinion of your opinion of my opinion of it. I may just give an opinion of my own opinion of it. OR, I might even give my opinion of my opinion of your opinion of my opin- *is shot*
And with that, I'll leave you with a little article on Wikipedia which talks about Christopher Nolan's ideas when making this outstanding film. Adios, Pokegym'ers.
Inception was first developed by Christopher Nolan, based on the notion of "exploring the idea of people sharing a dream space—entering a dream space and sharing a dream. That gives you the ability to access somebody’s unconscious mind. What would that be used and abused for?" Furthermore, he thought "being able to extract information from somebody’s brain would be the obvious use of that because obviously any other system where it’s computers or physical media, whatever—things that exist outside the mind—they can all be stolen ... up until this point, or up until this movie I should say, the idea that you could actually steal something from somebody’s head was impossible. So that, to me, seemed a fascinating abuse or misuse of that kind of technology".
He had thought about these ideas on and off since he was 16 years old, intrigued by how he would wake up and then, while falling back into a lighter sleep, hold on to the awareness that he was dreaming, a lucid dream. He also became aware of the feeling that he could study the place and alter the events of the dream. He said, "I tried to work that idea of manipulation and management of a conscious dream being a skill that these people have. Really the script is based on those common, very basic experiences and concepts, and where can those take you? And the only outlandish idea that the film presents, really, is the existence of a technology that allows you to enter and share the same dream as someone else". Harvard University dream researcher Deirdre Barrett points out that Nolan did not get every detail accurate to real dreams, but that films which really do that "... tend to have illogical, rambling, disjointed plots which wouldn’t make for a great thriller. But he did get many aspects right", she said, citing the scene in which a sleeping DiCaprio is shoved into a full bath and water starts gushing into the windows of the building he is dreaming, waking him up. "That's very much how real stimuli get incorporated, and you very often wake up right after that intrusion."
PS: I just realized that this wasn't very short. Oopsies. Whatever. lol
