Thread: Inception - Do you like it? - Post your Review

Saw it tonight and I loved it. Best movie of the year so far. DiCaprio as always was brilliant. As for the 'why didnt he turn into a dinosaur etc.' argument, that would really make a trippy movie and all but the plot and everything with it would just fall away. I think Nolan made like 'dream rules' to have some sort of structure to work within. So no its not like dreams usually are, although some stuff are. There has to be some sort of guideline.

As for the last scene, I honestly think it was a dream. The last we saw the totem it was spinning no problem. The kids were the same age as they were in the whole movie, and wearing the exact same clothes. And I think he wasn't wearing a wedding band in the end because he 'let go' of his wife. Excellent movie.

Originally Posted by ElsiaStar

I saw this movie twice, on the day it came out and today! It was really good. I loved the music, acting, and dream scenes! Even though some of it wasn't quite right.. like in some dream scenes people don't just start attacking you... and if you were being attacked you could just fly away or something, and in the underwater van you could have breathed underwater.. I had to see it twice to fully understand what was going on... But it was still awesome and it's the best movie I have seen in awhile. As for the end, I think the top didn't stop spinning because after he spun it, he went to see his children and like 3 minutes later the thing was still spinning. It was wobbling a little, but I mean come on, it definitely would have fallen earlier if he wasn't dreaming.

I think he wasn't dreaming because for some reason he couldn't see his kids faces in the dream world. But he saw his kids faces so that means he wasn't dreaming.

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

I think he wasn't dreaming because for some reason he couldn't see his kids faces in the dream world. But he saw his kids faces so that means he wasn't dreaming.

Plus, the totem shouldn't even have wobbled if he was still dreaming; it should have stayed completely upright and spinning.

I finally saw it.

It was so amazing. From start to finish I was enjoying it. Unlike most films where there's always "the boring bit". But no, Inception didn't have a boring bit.

And I'm going to go back to that argument about whether or not it's a good representation of Lucid Dreaming.
My thoughts on that are that it is impossible to say "watch this, and you'll understand lucid dreaming", because it has such a focus on shared dreaming, which is a whole other kettle of fish from lucid dreaming on it's own.
However, the fact that they are lucid in the dreams is enough for me to say that it at least has a bit of a representation of lucid dreaming, but certainly not enough to say that it tells you what lucid dreaming is.

But all-in-all I loved it as a film itself. Both plot AND effects were great. Unlike Avatar where the plot was bullshit and the effects were outstanding. Inception has a perfect balance.

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

I think he wasn't dreaming because for some reason he couldn't see his kids faces in the dream world. But he saw his kids faces so that means he wasn't dreaming.

No he could see their faces. Remember in the scene where his 'wife' tells him to look at their faces in the dream world they created? He immediatly looks away, because if he sees them he is gonna think its real. Thats my take on it anyhow.

The point of the end is that you DON'T know what happens.

Just saw it. Amazing. My cousin (who I saw it with) already wants me to help him learn to lucid dream. Plot was different from how I expected it to be, and was excellent. I agree with Slash, in that it had a spot for some great effects, but not at the cost of any quality in the storyline.

I thought Inception was really good, you just gotta not overanalyze it like you would with lucid dreaming business and dreams on these forums.

First let me tell you guys I have read every one of your post because I was kind of curious about the end of that movie. To me at first, it was obvious that he wasn't dreaming or the movie would just be blah. But after reading every replies I am in doubt and will try to watch the movie again to get some answers.

Few good points :

1) How the asian and him got back to the real world
2) The forger was able to create a weapon because hes a forger or because its his dream?

Originally Posted by beenjammin

You've got it, but, it's EVERY scene where he is dreaming he is wearing his wedding ring, as a subconscious link to his wife. Every scene in reality he is not wearing it, including the final scene.

Now this is very interesting also, because before the final scene his subconscious finally "let go" of his wife which means that the ring went away at the same time so maybe he gave inception to himself that his wife was wrong and that he was right...or something like that..follow me?

Such a nice movie.

I felt the movie was a bit too predictable. I also felt that this movie took a lot of ideas from the movie - the 13th floor (and other movies like it) where reality is not really reality, life is a dream within a dream, etc, etc.. I think they did the time dilation well though for the deeper levels of dreams within dreams. As for the "you die - you wake up" ... easily explained as the device was to be used for military applications and once you kill your enemy, you wake up, discuss it, figure out what you did wrong / correct - then do it again - form of practice for real-world training. Overall it was a cool movie. Some very nice visual effects. Story was pretty cool. Good, but not great.

Just back from the cinema after being recommended to see inception by some cool folks on dreamviews IRC. It was absolutely epic! Loved it from start to finish and will definitely get it on DVD when it comes out

loved it, how they manipulated the enviroment, but, well being a dream.. they must have been able to do more cool shit i mean.. it was a dream they could have done whatever shit came to their minds.. but they sticked with the guns n cars n crap.. i still loved it though.

Watched Inception earlier.

Okay guys, you all failed to get the ending. The Asian guy definitely killed DiCaprio, which the Asian guy may also have committed suicide. In doing so, he philosophically speaking, kept his word to DiCaprio, which DiCaprio fell down a dream level. Basically, they got stuck in limbo forever. DiCaprio waking up on the plane was completely made up in his dream world upon arrival from being killed by the Asian guy in the upper dream level.

The ending reminds me of "The Great Dream(?)" described by Buddhism(?) or something like that. It isn't complicated, which the ending was very predictable. The object at the end wobbled initially, then it straightened up and kept spinning to show that he was dreaming. The implication is that everyone is in a dream, within a dream, within a dream, infinite. That would also mean everyone is immortal etc..

Think about it backwards.

Oh yeah, how did they manage to synchronize all the jumps perfectly? Well, its a movie.

Why do you guys think that they direct our attention to the impossible staircase?
Ok not that much, but enough to make me think that it represent Cobb's situation here. He just dream and dream and dream the same thing over and over again just like in this video except that he knows that he are in a loop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr2Doj3GwxA
And also, the movie starts as it ends like a loop.
It's like Cobb explained himself:

Cobb: "You never really remember THE BEGINNING of a dream do you? You allways wind up right in the middle of what's going on"
Andrea: "I guess, yeah"
Cobb: "So how did we end up here?"

And for all those who didn't like that they did not fly or transformed into godzilla or something, come man then it wouldn't be a movie.

And for time dilation, I don't know, there are people who claim that they were in the dream for hours, days, weeks and even years, of course that is impossible, but it's not impossible to experience. If they are telling the truth it have atleast felt like it were hours, days etc and that's the important. Telekinesis and flying like superman is also impossible, but it's the feeling that matters.

This is just my opinion, and sorry if my english is bad x/
Anyway Inception was awesome!

WHAT I DON"T GET is if they're were lucid and in lucids you can do pretty much anything why didn't they heal the dying guy at the begining!? I totally understand, you know, for all those other peoples watching it out there who don't fully understand lding and woouldn't have picked up on this, and ALSO because they didn't heal him or whatever it kept up the suspense and like 'oh, is he gonna die. oo noo!' but is there a logical reason behind why they didn't fix him or.. what?

sorrrry if someone has already blabbered out this thought before.

Thats like the number one contradiction in the movie to me because they think sumoning gernade launchers is worth the risk of being detected but they dont heal the guy that is dieing. Anyways its an important part of the plot of the movie so its not really a big deal no one but onieronauts will notice it.

I've had lots of lucid dreams but I never see any guys in tuxedos with guns. Inception totally lacked any mystery, depth or subtlety. It was all just loud, in-your-face testosterone. But I guess that's the point.

Inception is an insanely good movie, it's probably the best of this year and it explores some really awesome concepts.

ehh, it was alright. I mean it did get pretty predictable at times, but it held my attention for the whole time. The standout of the film for me was that fight scene when the room was spinning all over the place. As soon as he "woke" up on the plane I just knew that he was still in the dream. Which led to the predictable ending of the film, where he spins the top again. I've heard a lot of speculation about whether he was still dreaming or not, but I don't really see the point. An argument can be made for many different sides, and I didn't like the film enough to really care. Leo gives his usual serious and brooding performance. Ken Wantanabe basically plays a parody of himself. Michael Cain plays his type casted self. Oh yeah, I didn't really like how much it dumbed down the "dream mechanics" for the audience. I mean, some of the things like the "kick" and the music were repeated several times by the characters to remind the dumb viewers. The whole concept of the movie was very interesting, I just wish it had a more interesting storyline. I never gave a shit about whether or not Cobb could see his family again, as he was never a very likable character.

I kind of agree with that last part. There was no way near enough character development. That and the lack of illusions like the never ending staircase, which was played up so much at the start like she was going to create all these awesome tricks coz she's so smart kind of ruined it a bit. I still like it though and it would be good to see the director's cut. Maybe there would be more of this stuff in there.

Originally Posted by ArcanumNoctis

Watched Inception earlier.

Okay guys, you all failed to get the ending. The Asian guy definitely killed DiCaprio, which the Asian guy may also have committed suicide. In doing so, he philosophically speaking, kept his word to DiCaprio, which DiCaprio fell down a dream level. Basically, they got stuck in limbo forever. DiCaprio waking up on the plane was completely made up in his dream world upon arrival from being killed by the Asian guy in the upper dream level.

The ending reminds me of "The Great Dream(?)" described by Buddhism(?) or something like that. It isn't complicated, which the ending was very predictable. The object at the end wobbled initially, then it straightened up and kept spinning to show that he was dreaming. The implication is that everyone is in a dream, within a dream, within a dream, infinite. That would also mean everyone is immortal etc..

Think about it backwards.

Oh yeah, how did they manage to synchronize all the jumps perfectly? Well, its a movie.

Yeah, but when DiCaprio and his wife killed themselves in limbo they woke up, thus it follows that if the asian guy shot DiCaprio and himself they both woke up on the plane.

And the top at the enging, it wobbled a couple times as it does, then in the last split second it started shaking like it was going to fall. They didn't really show enough to prove it either way, but I think the evidence is leaning towards him being awake.

Just saw it for the second time last night BTW. Still amazing.

It was a total mind fuck.
Although thats probably because I was blitzed out of my skull :L

Every time I saw it (three times so far) I was covered in goosebumps and totally out of breath at the end of the movie. What. A. Ride.

Best movie ever made. Now I'm freaking out because it doesn't come out on DVD in the US until December!

I know; I can't wait for it to come out and I only got to watch it once