MOVIES: Inception

[TheLizardKing]

All I know is…

Leo needs to stop making movies that make me wonder whether or not I exist lol!

 

[Binary]

Contrary to the plot of the movie, you’re claiming the human shaped “projections” of a character’s subconscious are actually people. Can you give any rationale for that claim?

Yeah, I didn’t think so. Geremia was just trolling.

 

[Fone_Bone_2001]

Hmm, maybe. I heard it second hand from someone. I’ve been trying to check online, but I can’t seem to get anything conclusive. There’s a second rumour that at the end of the credits you hear the top fall, but obviously we can’t confirm that. I’ll have to see it again, which I was planning to do because the movie is so good.

I heard that you hear the top fall after the blackout (but before the credits). I’m going to see it again, too, and I’ll also check on these things.

I suspect it won’t be there, though. I mean, why would the movie have that blackout before the top falls, if it was just going to show us definitively that it falls anyway?

Although something conclusive I have heard that makes a lot more sense is that at the end, Leo is not wearing a wedding ring. Apparently (again, I can’t confirm from here) he always wears a wedding ring in “dreamland” and never in the real world.

Yes, excellent point. I think it’s pretty clear he’s in reality, especially in light of the fact that - as another poster pointed out - the kids are older; they were played by different child actors at the end.

It just doesn’t fit with the rest of the story either. If he was in “dreamland”, then he has the ability to shape his world, but the scene before he lets go of the memory of his long dead wife and she is completely absent at the end. It’s a bit contradictory to say that he accepts the reality that is wife is dead, but still chooses to live in a fantasy. Like, if you’re going to live in a fantasy world, why not go all the way?

Exactly. He already rejected the possibility of living in a solipsistic illusion.

Besides, even if he were dreaming, he’d wake up eventually anyway. The sedative will wear off, and he’ll have to leave the airplane eventually. And when he does… he’ll be back with his kids in reality anyway, since that was the deal.

Therefore, there’s only one way you can say that it truly ends with him in a dream:

The only way you really could argue it is if you say that the whole thing is a dream. Which would require ignoring the fact that it doesn’t follow the established rules of dreaming. Unless you want to argue that the rules are different, but at that point you’ve pretty much usurped the entire movie as it is (and that is best left to badly written fan fiction).

Precisely.

Yeah, I didn’t think so. Geremia was just trolling.

I hope so. If he were serious, my faith in humanity would have been shaken.

 

[curlycool89]

I suspect it won’t be there, though. I mean, why would the movie have that blackout before the top falls, if it was just going to show us definitively that it falls anyway?

Marketing ploy. Most people don’t hear it (if it’s there), and go on to talk about it with each other, their friends, then to their friends, ect. Never underestimate the power of word of mouth marketing, it’s the best kind. People market the movie themselves, turning it into sort of an “event” (for example, I don’t remember seeing a lot of Avatar ads, but by the time it came out I really wanted to see it just from what I’d heard about it. It had become a major event).

Remember, movie studios want to make money too. Nothing says money like “return customer + 5 of their friends”. The movie market is fairly saturated, so people need a way to get themselves known. That’s why I said the scene is for the audience and not for Leo.

It’s actually sort of a reverse to the ending of The Dark Knight (the last Nolan movie) where the audience knows that Batman is the good guy but the people in the movie don’t. Maybe it’s a coincidence, maybe it’s not.

 

[Flame4]

I’m thinking of watching the movie Inception. I have heard high praise for it from critics and friends alike. Has anyone seen this?

How was it as a movie? How was it in terms of morality/Church teachings?

Thanks for your (name removed by moderator)ut! God Bless

 

[coolduude]

I’m thinking of watching the movie Inception. I have heard high praise for it from critics and friends alike. Has anyone seen this?

How was it as a movie? How was it in terms of morality/Church teachings?

Thanks for your (name removed by moderator)ut! God Bless

Movie= Amazing.

Morality= Well… It’s a 95% moral movie I think I say that because, well, I can’t say unless you want a spolier or two
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops:

The film contains much action violence, some of it bloody, several uses of profanity and a few crude and crass terms. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III – adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 – parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Movies have been evaluated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop’s Office for Film and Broadcasting according to artistic merit and moral suitability. The reviews include the USCCB rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

* A-I -- general patronage;
* A-II -- adults and adolescents;
* A-III -- adults;
* A-IV**
* L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
* O -- morally offensive.

** Discontinued classification. All archived movies that were originally in the A-IV category are now classified as L.

 

[Flame4]

Thanks. I’m not worried about profanity really. More if the main story is immoral or not (if it is justified.) Thank you, I think I’ll be seeing it! .

 

[tjm190]

I don’t know what movie you were watching! It was SO much more complex than ESotSM (and I really like that movie). Did you not realize HIGHLIGHT FOR SPOILER: that the whole movie was about Cobb trying to perform inception on himself? to make himself believe that the final scene with his children was real? because that’s what I got from it. all of the characters and everything that happened were projections. why else would the kids be the same age/wearing the same clothes as his last memory of them? AWESOME MOVIE!

Spoiler- Kinda
This occurred to me after my first viewing, and in my second I watched for it- their clothes actually do change, particularly their shoes.

 

[tjm190]

If it’s not Catholic, it’s anti-Catholic.[BIBLEDRB]Matthew 12:30[/BIBLEDRB]

Reversing that, I did not see any overt anti-Catholicism, so it’s not anti-Catholic. So, by the same line of reasoning, it MUST be Catholic!

 

[tjm190]

Thank you. :clapping:

This always happens whenever one good (not excellent and outstanding, but merely good) movie shows up alongside the terribly and trashy ones: people go out of their way to praise and over-hype it. It was absurd, and you’re right: How can someone be woken up with a “kick,” but not by a car chase or gunfire? Um…hello? Wouldn’t the latter be a wee bit more threatening to the psyche than a nudge?

There are multiple mechanisms by which the brain can be brought out of a state of sleep- it was stated that the majority were disabled by the sedative that was being used, whilst inner ear function (that which we experience during a fall) was left unimpaired.

 

[Ann1231]

within 30 minutes (if that long) I leaned over and told my husband exactly how the movie was going to play out and how it would end. He laughed. Quite a few people walked out mid-movie. Movie ended. Most of the remaining people complained. Husband laughed again because I nailed every “plot line” and the ending, exactly.

very predictable. long and tedious.

 

[Flame4]

I watched it. I enjoyed it, but I think it was too complicated. Complicated, not complex. They broke rules a of their own a lot too. As well, a few things could have been developped to be more intresting- such as the reason for the inception (to crumble a business? Come on!) I liked the idea of the story very much, and how his wife was essentially haunting his subconcious. Those ideas thrilled me (kind of ironic I guess .)
I didn’t like the ending, but thats just me (I’m not one for ambigous endings I guess.) Overall, I really liked it, but not my favorite ever (LOTR: Two Towers has that place in my heart forever.)

 

[CHRISTINE77]

I really liked it. I was riveted to my seat the whole movie. I loved the dream within a dream within a dream structure. And the idea of an architect of dreams who designs the settings. Awesome special effects. It makes you really think about how strange dreams are. When I came out of the theatre I kind of felt like I was coming out of a dream.

I read an article that said most older people do not like the movie, but most younger people do. I am an older person, so I guess I’m not the norm. I wonder if this is true? How many here over 40 did not like the movie or did not “get” the movie, and vice versa?

 

[colmcille1]

I really liked it. I was riveted to my seat the whole movie. I loved the dream within a dream within a dream structure. And the idea of an architect of dreams who designs the settings. Awesome special effects. It makes you really think about how strange dreams are. When I came out of the theatre I kind of felt like I was coming out of a dream.

I read an article that said most older people do not like the movie, but most younger people do. I am an older person, so I guess I’m not the norm. I wonder if this is true? How many here over 40 did not like the movie or did not “get” the movie, and vice versa?

Interesting question, Christine. My 23 year old nephew insisted I come along with him to see it. His second time, my first. It didn’t do a whole lot for me. I loved the special effects and" got" the entire movie but wasn’t blown away by it. Btw, my 18 year old nephew came along too and he loved it. I must be an old fogey!

God Bless,

Colmcille1

 

[system]

Probably the best role of Leonardo DiCaprio… I watched in the cinema, the movie “Inception” I really liked, and even more I liked the soundtrack of the movie by composer Hans Zimmer. Songs “Old Souls” and “Mombasa” just cool. Who needs the music, you can download below



Composer: Hans Zimmer
Album: Inception Soundtracks
Size: 108 Mb
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Genre: Soundtracks, Instrumental, Classic
Year: 2010
Quantity: 12 tracks

Track List Inception OST

1. Half Remembered Dream (1:12)
2. We Built Our Own World (1:55)
3. Dream Is Collapsing (2:23)
4. Radical Notion (3:43)
5. Old Souls (7:44)
6. 528491 (2:23)
7. Mombasa (4:54)
8. One Simple Idea (2:28)
9. Dream Within A Dream (5:04)
10. Waiting For A Train (9:30)
11. Paradox (3:25)
12. Time (4:35)

Download Inception OST

 

[YinYangMom]

I really liked it. I was riveted to my seat the whole movie. I loved the dream within a dream within a dream structure. And the idea of an architect of dreams who designs the settings. Awesome special effects. It makes you really think about how strange dreams are. When I came out of the theatre I kind of felt like I was coming out of a dream.

I read an article that said most older people do not like the movie, but most younger people do. I am an older person, so I guess I’m not the norm. I wonder if this is true? How many here over 40 did not like the movie or did not “get” the movie, and vice versa?

Over 40 here and I enjoyed it, definitely ‘got’ it and appreciated the acting, the choreography, the cinematography.

 

[shanas]

Its the interesting movie …
I watched the Trailer of this Film "Inception " in this site mtjunkie.org/ then i watched it in theater …
The story sounds very interesting & cinematography is cool and pleasant…
Director has took fantastic film & i felt happy to watch it …
He has given a movie that has his stamp in the form of an Thrilling and engrossing screenplay …
Its the best movie that ever i watched …

 

[NewsTheMan]

It’s definitely a subtle movie. I didn’t come out of the theatre going “woah best movie ever!”. But I was interested, confused and intrigued. Of course, technically the movie is great. But the story is what makes it. It’s not immediately as impressionable as say, The Prestige.

This website explains it well, and if you scroll down to the comments people present a handful of theories, all of which are plausilbe to be honest.

chud.com/articles/articles/24477/1/NEVER-WAKE-UP-THE-MEANING-AND-SECRET-OF-INCEPTION/Page1.html