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Just came back from watching it and it was pretty damn good. I like how it leaves it open for interpretation at the end though.

One of the theories I've seen:
That the whole thing is a dream. And that Cobb chooses to live in it. And the girl Ariadne (the Architect) and Cobb's father [inlaw?] are actually from reality trying to save Cobb from his dream? Because I feel like they tried to hint at it a few times in the movie. And the whole movie is about Inception, but its his own. He convinced himself that he was living in reality. I don't really know if that makes sense haha. I'm rather simple and I would like to believe that the top stopped spinning..
 
Incredible? No. Good? Yes. It had the potential to be incredible, but the overwhelming action sequences take away from the concept. It will be hugely more popular with the action and conformity to summer blockbuster norm, but it would have been a much better film if it had focused more on the concept and less on the action.
 
Logan 5 said:
Incredible? No. Good? Yes. It had the potential to be incredible, but the overwhelming action sequences take away from the concept. It will be hugely more popular with the action and conformity to summer blockbuster norm, but it would have been a much better film if it had focused more on the concept and less on the action.
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While that may be true, but to the most of the population this movie would then become a snooze fest. Chris Nolan is the ultimate business man for making a long but continuously rolling film which grabs the attention of an average Joe. The movie is VERY open to view interpretation which will have the audience talk about this film for a long time making it another form of advertisement, thus bringing in more cash.
 
oh yeah the film will make hundreds of millions more $$$ this way, and i'd prefer to have the plot than to be straight up action. Just saying that it's a brilliant concept and COULD have been an incredible film, but it probably would have lost money if they didn't make it easier for everyone to watch. Take the film Primer for example, it is virtually unkown, but if it had more action sequences and big names it could have made as much $$$ as Inception, but instead they focused on the concept and the film is brilliant but probably lost $$$ in the end.
 
Read the review on IGN and it said this was better than Nolan's last flick, The Dark Knight (and The Dark Knight is one of the highest rated movies of all time). I really need to see it with some of my movie buff friends.

Not gonna bother reading here until I see the movie though
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While the top did falter, i just chalk up the ending to be a "make the audience hold their breath to see if that two and a half hours was worth it and then piss them off. Other than that, make you think, like Sterl500's gf and come up with your own ideas.

The movie suggests that hes in "our" (as in us like you and me) reality. there is nothing saying that he didnt make it back. He gets to the states, and sees his children, and forgets Maul.
 
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While the top did falter, i just chalk up the ending to be a "make the audience hold their breath to see if that two and a half hours was worth it and then piss them off. Other than that, make you think, like Sterl500's gf and come up with your own ideas.

The movie suggests that hes in "our" (as in us like you and me) reality. there is nothing saying that he didnt make it back. He gets to the states, and sees his children, and forgets Maul.
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What makes you think that? I don't know if this is a goof or not, but the top starts off with a really bad spin that wouldn't last and in the cut that followed it, the top turns into something that spins flawlessly. The movie cuts off not showing that it continues or not. The fact that his children are wearing the exact same clothing as all his dreams are also another sign.
 
Movie was meh to me. I can't be the only one who thinks like this. Donnie Darko was a much better mindfuck.
 
The only problem was while the top started to falter, if you look back at Mrs Kobb's safe you'll see that it falters before going into perma spin. SO we really don't know if it was still a dream. This is why the movie is so damn interesting.
Though the action scenes were a big part of the movie, it did show what was happening during the dream. Van flips, gravity shifts, etc. You wouldn't be able to have this stuff without action scenes. Besides what better way to show someone has been trained for an extractor than a freight train barreling down a busy city street?
 
Logan 5 said:
The frieght train was manifested by DiCaprio's mind not the subconscious security or whatever.
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Oh yea... I remember that. Though the guys with guns were part of the subject's subconscious. What better way to show someone has been trained for an extractor than guys with guns?
 
Westside said:
BortzANATOR said:
While the top did falter, i just chalk up the ending to be a "make the audience hold their breath to see if that two and a half hours was worth it and then piss them off. Other than that, make you think, like Sterl500's gf and come up with your own ideas.

The movie suggests that hes in "our" (as in us like you and me) reality. there is nothing saying that he didnt make it back. He gets to the states, and sees his children, and forgets Maul.
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What makes you think that? I don't know if this is a goof or not, but the top starts off with a really bad spin that wouldn't last and in the cut that followed it, the top turns into something that spins flawlessly. The movie cuts off not showing that it continues or not. The fact that his children are wearing the exact same clothing as all his dreams are also another sign.
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hmmmm...
Well number one, i guess i just want to put this one to rest in my mind. I thought that the top falters alot when he started spinning it anyways. Um and i didnt realize the kids we wearing all the same clothes... shit.

Dang it westside it feels good, man.
 
The movie had many miscues and stuff so so what if the top didn't stop spinning when Mr.S dies his eyes open acouple times.I liked the movie what if were in a dream and when we we dream were dreaming in thousands of dreams crazy.
 
I think the point was that he doesn't care if he's in a dream or not - hence why he walked off before seeing it =) All he wanted was his kids - dream or not.
 
Just got back from watching this in IMAX format, its amazing, and thats being modest about it, 2 or 3 weeks later and the theaters are still packed!

Christopher Nolan is an exceptional film maker. My mind was blown, and it wasn't that complicated, just enough to keep you interested from beginning to end.
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A modest 9 out of 10 for me.
 
I saw it the opening week
The top starts wobbling right at the end so I'm pretty sure it was reality
EDIT : I didn't get the entire movie until the dream within a dream part started I fail
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