I really liked it! I thought it was amazing how they were able to keep you going through the entire movie without getting totally lost. There was a lot going on! I was a little disappointed because I was expecting a total mindfuck at the end of the movie (The Prestige style), but even though there wasn't any HUGE twist at the end, it still kept me very entertained. My friend and I were having a conversation last night about the ending, and we talked about a bunch of the theories behind it.
I kind of want to see it again to catch the little details that leave you wondering where they all are. For instance, apparently Cobb is wearing a wedding band whenever he's dreaming and he isn't when he's awake. I never noticed that, so it'd be neat to try to look for more little details.
but even though there wasn't any HUGE twist at the end, it still kept me very entertained.
The huge twist at the end is that there isn't a huge twist at the end?
On topic, I haven't actually seen this movie (or heard about it actually, I never watch TV so I never see commercials for anything), I'll be sure to see if I can find it.
Edit: After about 2 seconds of research I have deduced that I HAVE to watch this movie... I might not be able to till it comes out of DVD though.
1. I've never heard of it.
2. All-star cast, including Praetor Shinzon.
3. Already #3 on IMDB 250, beating out Toy Story 3, despite Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page.
Guess I have to see it. I think this is one my best friend came to me saying "OMG Joseph Gordon-Levitt we have to see this have you seen 500 days of summer *sigh* best movie ever, so romantic" ..
Christopher Nolan was my favorite director BEFORE this movie. Now no one else even has a shot anymore. I went and got the soundtrack after seeing it because it was awesome. I'm considering using the title song as my alarm clock.
HONG KONG — Christopher Nolan's "Inception" will be released in China, the country's film importer said Tuesday, giving a lucrative foreign market to a sci-fi thriller that already has become a global sensation.
China Film Group will give the Warner Bros. production one of its coveted 20 annual slots for revenue-sharing imports, Yuan Wenqiang, an executive who oversees imports for the state-owned company, told The Associated Press in a phone interview. The 148-minute film has already cleared Chinese censors, he said.
China splits revenues with foreign studios on 20 of their movies every year — a rule that effectively limits the country to 20 foreign blockbusters a year. It buys the rights to other lesser-known foreign films at flat rates.
Yuan said he didn't know the release date. China Film Group's distribution department couldn't immediately be reached for comment. Calls to the company went unanswered. Warner Bros. didn't immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
Chinese media reports gave conflicting dates. The news website Sina.com said Sept. 21 in a report last week, but another website, Sohu.com, said Wednesday the date had been advanced to Sept. 2.
"Inception," which is also being released in IMAX format, will face off against a slew of Chinese-language blockbusters in September — Zhang Yimou's "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" (Sept. 16), Andrew Lau's "The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen" (Sept. 21) and the John Woo-produced "Reign of Assassins" (Sept. 28), both kung fu thrillers, as well as Tsui Hark's "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame," Sina.com reported.
Despite the rapid growth of the Chinese box office, it still lags behind American ticket revenues. But the recent success of James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar" proved that Hollywood blockbusters can generate earnings on the same scale in China as they do domestically. The global box office champion of all-time raked in a massive $204 million in the country earlier this year, compared with nearly $750 million in the United States.
Hollywood's leading trade association has lobbied Beijing for better access for years, but the Chinese government hasn't budged. A World Trade Organization ruling in December urged China to let foreign movie studios distribute their movies in the country on their own — but didn't address the annual import quota. Beijing has promised to comply by March 2011.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page, "Inception" follows a team of brain-tapping experts who are hired by a Japanese businessman to influence the thinking of the heir to an energy conglomerate. It has made $193 million in the U.S. and $171.5 million overseas as of Sunday, according to the box office tracking website Box Office Mojo.
The film was released in the semiautonomous southern Chinese territory Hong Kong on Thursday, earning $2 million as of Monday in the former British colony, said Ponnie Leung, a Hong Kong-based publicist for Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. decided not to release Nolan's last blockbuster, "The Dark Knight" in China in 2008, citing "cultural sensitivities" to the movie. Studio executives were likely worried that its plot of Batman capturing an ethnic Chinese criminal in Hong Kong would offend Chinese censors.
The opening scene picked up where Titanic left off. Jack washes up on a tropical beach, wondering where he is.
but I don't think the force of sinking is going to wake Jack up in time to fight to the surface. FIVE DEEP
I thought the use of random suit-guys with guns was a bit of a cop out. It was just layer after layer of action movie, not dream. If it was dream, you'd be in a car without brakes, or hiding in the bathroom being chased by a bear, or lost in a labyrinthine shopping mall, or legs like lead trying to run, car coming at you, then suddenly flying way above what you are supposed to be doing, can't get down. Instead of the well-trained mark's subconscious trying to kill you, it should just fuck with you and get you lost, trapped, or scare you, maybe make you wet the bed (just to show you who is boss).
I think they didn't have any of those because they had an architect build the dream. If you're making a place to carry out an important mission you don't want to put a bunch of floating sharks everywhere. The guys in suits were just what was available being put to use defending the dream.
Welllll, you can't have anything too bizarre. If it gets too weird and the person is totally confused by what's going on, they're going to become aware that it's actually a dream and then wake up.
That's the problem I have with any of my coolest dreams-- if they get too crazy, I think to myself "Wait wat" and instantly wake up. As soon as I do, I usually think, "DAMN I wish I hadn't woken myself up, that dream was awesome!"
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I kind of want to see it again to catch the little details that leave you wondering where they all are. For instance, apparently Cobb is wearing a wedding band whenever he's dreaming and he isn't when he's awake. I never noticed that, so it'd be neat to try to look for more little details.
The huge twist at the end is that there isn't a huge twist at the end?
On topic, I haven't actually seen this movie (or heard about it actually, I never watch TV so I never see commercials for anything), I'll be sure to see if I can find it.
Edit: After about 2 seconds of research I have deduced that I HAVE to watch this movie... I might not be able to till it comes out of DVD though.
2. All-star cast, including Praetor Shinzon.
3. Already #3 on IMDB 250, beating out Toy Story 3, despite Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page.
Guess I have to see it. I think this is one my best friend came to me saying "OMG Joseph Gordon-Levitt we have to see this have you seen 500 days of summer *sigh* best movie ever, so romantic" ..
.... So what's up with Toy Story 3?
I found mine...
The most amazing review ever.
China to import hit sci-fi thriller 'Inception'
The opening scene picked up where Titanic left off. Jack washes up on a tropical beach, wondering where he is.
but I don't think the force of sinking is going to wake Jack up in time to fight to the surface. FIVE DEEP
I thought the use of random suit-guys with guns was a bit of a cop out. It was just layer after layer of action movie, not dream. If it was dream, you'd be in a car without brakes, or hiding in the bathroom being chased by a bear, or lost in a labyrinthine shopping mall, or legs like lead trying to run, car coming at you, then suddenly flying way above what you are supposed to be doing, can't get down. Instead of the well-trained mark's subconscious trying to kill you, it should just fuck with you and get you lost, trapped, or scare you, maybe make you wet the bed (just to show you who is boss).
DREAMS PEOPLE
That's the problem I have with any of my coolest dreams-- if they get too crazy, I think to myself "Wait wat" and instantly wake up. As soon as I do, I usually think, "DAMN I wish I hadn't woken myself up, that dream was awesome!"
All I have to say is that it's TRULY epically amazing. And it ends on the PERFECT frame.
It was a lot of work blocking out all spoilers for this long. But I enjoyed it. So... yeah.