Inception

I've seen it; very good film if not entirely original. I'd say it was like a cross between The Matrix and Eternal Sunshine, which isn't a bad thing at all, both are groundbreaking works.

DeCaprio was brilliant, to be honest I forgot that he was an actor and just accepted his character, whereas Marion Cotillard was just Marion Cotillard and I couldn't help being reminded of other films where she's given the exact same performance.

I like the way that there was no attempt to justify the existence of technology allowing people to share dreams. When you're making a film that explores an idea that isn't possible, I think it's better to avoid crappy movie science where someone in big glasses uses a stream of long words that don't actually make any sense. I think it's better to just say that the technology exists and leave it at that.

A suggestion for anyone who really liked Inception: try watching the anime film Paprika. It's in some ways very different but it has a similar theme of diving into other people's dreams. Watching some of the dream sequences in it actually gave a a weird feeling of deja vu where it reminded me of my own dreams.

Quote: Annie, Jul 2010

I've seen it; very good film if not entirely original. I'd say it was like a cross between The Matrix and Eternal Sunshine, which isn't a bad thing at all, both are groundbreaking works.

Nolan was actually shopping the idea around in 2002 so it's probably more original than you'd think, though I agree not as original as some would have you believe. It's always nice to see an original (i.e. not based on an existing work) film that attempts to create a world, not just a contained film.

I think I'll look into Paprika, heard about it before and been interested. Though anime is generally not my thing at all.

ahhh... that's what i was supposed to do last night.

pictures. oh well... might explain why the anus isn;t talking to me any more >_>

my contribution to this is that the film looks good... i plan to see it at soem point...

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Quote: Annie, Jul 2010

I'd say it was like a cross between The Matrix and Eternal Sunshine

I thought the exact same thing, except I didn't like the film. 1/10.

Really? That bad? Why?

Anthony Quinn of the Independent gave it one star.

I have yet to see it, but I otherwise hear good things.

I've just seen it today myself and I have to say that while I found it a little hard to follow in the beginning, I really enjoyed it once it got started. Despite my irrational hatred of Leonardo DiCaprio

Off topic but I also saw Predators last week and while it has the odd stupid moment it is at least a thousand times better than the AVP movies, which I did not enjoy at all. I personally think that Laurence Fishburne steals the show in this