movies

[cpebbles]

I haven't seen Paprika since it was new, but it was pretty close to unwatchable, as 90% of anime that takes off in this country is. Calling it a movie that Inception ripped off is an enormous stretch, if my recollection of the movie is accurate.

Wiki says Inception was #1 on 55 critics' top ten lists for 2010, so I'd say some people who count took it seriously. I'm not sure what was "clunky" about it either, and don't see how it makes a fun, great popcorn movie if it's botched in execution. I know it alienated people who don't like to think and people who overthought it to the point of trying to make it scientifically accurate, but it's a visual spectacle, it has a strong emotional motive to the story, the performances are flawless, and it's got a smart story and themes. Movies that succeed on all those levels are rare, and they have staying value.

[ghostrunner]

My problem with Inception is similar to my problem with Memento. If you strip away the cool storytelling gimmick - which I really enjoyed in both cases - I just didn't give that much of a [expletive] about what was happening to these people. The only character in Inception that stood out to me was Joseph Gordon Levitt's. I suppose Marion Cotillard's too. The rest of them are just kind of there. I liked it a lot, just didn't think it was great. It's weird, but I think both of Nolan's Batman movies are his most successful work. They set a lower bar, but do a better job of meeting it.

[Maclowery]

Alright I made this other post about Inception and Memento, both good times, but I deleted it to instead make you watch Ridley Scott's Prometheus, the first full trailer.

It's pretty [expletive] awesome looking. Holy crap. Watch in HD or die.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR8oR304 ... r_embedded][/youtube]

[The Third Man]

The characters' emotional motives in Inception may have been strong, but I didn't particularly care about any of them.

[MrSaigon]

Black Swan was highly inspirational as well. It's Oscar-worthy to know that I'm halfway to creating something beautiful. I've got the masturbation part down. I just need to make out with Mila Kunis and I'll unlock brilliance.

[cpebbles]

I think you have to seduce and make out with Vincent Cassel first.

[MrSaigon]

I think you have to seduce and make out with Vincent Cassel first.

That will just help prepare me for Mila morphing into myself as we're getting into it.

[jim]

Saw Tinker Taylor Solider Spy over the weekend ... wow. Holy [expletive] could anyone follow that story line? I have no [expletive] what happened. Most confusing (and bad) spy movie I have ever seen.

[stlouie_lipp]

Alright I made this other post about Inception and Memento, both good times, but I deleted it to instead make you watch Ridley Scott's Prometheus, the first full trailer.

It's pretty [expletive] awesome looking. Holy crap. Watch in HD or die.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR8oR304 ... r_embedded][/youtube]

That looks awesome.

[TimeForGuinness]

Inception was fun, and a really great popcorn movie. It was also horribly inefficient in telling its story. It was a great concept executed in the most clunky way imaginable. Net it out and it was a good movie that doesn't even sniff great. There's a reason nobody that matters took it seriously as an Oscar winner.

Black Swan was a great movie and it would have won the Oscar if not for the Academy's notorious safe side. There's not even a contest between the two.

This.

Inception was cool, but Black Swan was amazing (in my opinion).