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**CT GAMER**

Kilkrazy wrote:Saw it today. Good start, then it got so tedious that I nearly walked out after about 20 minutes.

I stayed when I saw Michael Cain is in it (though he has been in plenty of bad films.)

Anyway I was glad because it picks up again and the last hour is practically a continuous action sequence.

It combines elements of a heist movie, a spy movie, and The Matrix.

i fell asleep during it, which is ironic...

Tried too hard to be better than the Matrix, but instead it felt really forced.

**Anung Un Rama**

Best movie of the year (so far of course). But I have trouble putting in words why people need to see this.

**warpcrafter**

I've seen Inception three times now, and I am convinced that it's quite a bit more linear and un-mysterious than people give it credit for. Still an awesome movie, though. Christopher Nolan is now my favorite directed. (Sorry, Kubrick.)

**Phryxis**

I agree warp, it's not nearly as confusing as people suggest. The only issue is understanding the "rules" of the nested dream worlds, and while you think you're confused when they explain it, as you watch it it turns out to be pretty much what one would assume, and fairly straightforward.

**Anung Un Rama**

What I didn't get is why they just didn't use the "dream bigger" concept. When they were trying to get inside the vault, couldn't they just have, I dunno, imagined RPGs or Jetpacks or something like that?

**Kilkrazy**

The dream has to seem plausible to the people within it, so you can't just imagine stuff out of nowhere. Particularly when the target must reveal his own secret subconsciously.

**SagesStone**

Yep they had to be subtle rather than blunt, I guess.

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**Kilkrazy**

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**Anung Un Rama**

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**SagesStone**

True, but I guess it was an attempt to make it more grounded and realistic. If they made whatever they wanted whenever they need it there wouldn't really be as much suspense as there wouldn't really be any challenges for them.

Also spoilers show in the preview when you leave your pointer over the link to the thread, so I guess if we want to use spoilers and stop it from showing up, do an extra line or two of non-spoilers before it.

**Golden Eyed Scout**

Awesome movie, but very, very loud. (My parents could hear it outside in the street.)
That's pretty much my only complaint.

I thought the zero gravity fight scenes were awesome, especially when Arthur uses the arm triangle to choke the one guy out.

**Kilkrazy**

Anung am Rama wrote:

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I get that they needed Fisher to open the vault door, but therer were a few moments were a little more firepower would've solved the problem, or did I miss something there?

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**Phryxis**

I thought the zero gravity fight scenes were awesome, especially when Arthur uses the arm triangle to choke the one guy out.

I was particularly impressed with Gordon-Levitt's stunt work in those scenes. He really pulled it off cleanly. Apparently it was all done with mobile sets and wires.

**Karon**

Kilkrazy wrote:
Anung am Rama wrote:

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I get that they needed Fisher to open the vault door, but therer were a few moments were a little more firepower would've solved the problem, or did I miss something there?

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What they failed to realise was that Fisher as a major international executive would have had anti-dream-extraction training. That is why they were almost hit by a train at the start of the first level -- Fisher's own subconscious defences were much stronger than expected.

However, as the dream team had to work within the parameters of the scenario their architect constructed IRL, they were unable to conjure up more help inside the dream.

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**Anung Un Rama**

@Killkrazy

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**Flashman**

Saw it a few days ago and I'm going to side with the "it was amazing!" crowd. Ok, it boils down to The Matrix with dreams meets Mission: Impossible, but it has a stronger story than either of those films.

To talk about the film is to just spoil it for those who haven't seen it (hence the large number of hide spoiler boxes in this thread), but I would say that one of the film's plus points is the exceptional ensemble cast. Yes, Dicaprio is the nominal 'star' of the film, but everyone gets a opportunity to shine (particularly liked Levitt, made fighting in a waistcoat look cooler than the leather and pvc of The Matrix). Nolan is often credited for delivering intriguing complex plots, but one of his true talents is achieving balance with a large number of characters. See also the Batman films.

**Kilkrazy**

Anung Un Rama wrote:@Killkrazy

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Then why even bother showing us that they can create Grenade Launchers out of thin air

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**sebster**

warpcrafter wrote:I've seen Inception three times now, and I am convinced that it's quite a bit more linear and un-mysterious than people give it credit for. Still an awesome movie, though. Christopher Nolan is now my favorite directed. (Sorry, Kubrick.)

There's a lot of detail in the movie, and a final resolution that is deliberately unclear. I think a lot of people go looking for a final answer and get hung up on a lot of that detail. But I agree, taken straight the movie is fairly clear.

If you want an idea of how many clever ideas are thrown into this movie, check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVkQ0C4qDvM

Incredible.

Anung Un Rama wrote:What I didn't get is why they just didn't use the "dream bigger" concept. When they were trying to get inside the vault, couldn't they just have, I dunno, imagined RPGs or Jetpacks or something like that?

They weren't trying to get into the vault. They were trying to get Fischer into the vault. He had to enter the vault to and talk to his Dad to gain catharsis from his Dad's death.

Kilkrazy wrote:

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What they failed to realise was that Fisher as a major international executive would have had anti-dream-extraction training. That is why they were almost hit by a train at the start of the first level -- Fisher's own subconscious defences were much stronger than expected.

However, as the dream team had to work within the parameters of the scenario their architect constructed IRL, they were unable to conjure up more help inside the dream.

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