Inception

[certainthings]

I watched Inception today. I don't get it.

I mean, it was a good movie ... I guess. And the actors did a good job and the effects/graphics were uh, cool?

But I don't get why people were and maybe still are so flaily over this movie.

Please tell me what I didn't get, what I failed to understand ... what I missed.

Comments

[irishcookie.livejournal.com]

I flail over this movie.

I love many in the cast, I love the director.

And in the end, for me, I think it just struck me as very original in the age of sequels, remakes and rehashed ideas. I enjoyed having my mind screwed with.

[je-suis.livejournal.com]

For me, it was their take on dreaming and the question about reality VS dreaming. I'm huge on dreams and I love the idea that you could be in a dream and never know it, that you could be thinking something is reality and it's actually a dream. Plus the visual aspect of the movie was amazing, when they were building the dream worlds and when things began to crumble. But mostly it was the cast. One of the strongest ensembles I've seen in a long time.

[solookup.livejournal.com]

I'm in the same boat. It's a good movie, but half the time I was ehhh, while the other half I went 'oh cool'.

[lavendergaia]

I agree with you. I wanted to love it, but it was just likeable. Nothing too epic. :\

[spinfrog.livejournal.com]

I suspect most of the people are flailing because they find the cast irresistibly attractive? I haven't seen it (and probably won't) because the trailers annoyed me :|

[stonewallriots.livejournal.com]

I thought it was really predictable? And, I mean, it was good, but it was overrated? People hyped it up too much.

[onelittlesleep.livejournal.com]

I didn't like the movie at ALL. ...But for a while, I REALLY liked Tom Hardy.

[paperscout.livejournal.com]

I agree with you SO MUCH. It's a cool idea, but not so original that it's OMG worthy. I found it all incredibly predictable, but even that can be enjoyable sometimes. However, basically the entire movie was really poorly integrated exposition. It's like, "Let's just spend the whole time telling you what happens...before it happens...as it happens...after it happens..." *yawn* And the only character that was remotely developed was Leo's. And he wasn't that interesting. The others...were paper thin. I was really disappointed by the movie as a whole. That having been said, I'm still glad it's done so well just because it's actually an original movie and not a remake/adaptation/etc.

//rant

[crystalchain.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't really get how this movie's gotten so big either *shrugs* it was good, but yeah.

[hamarakissa.livejournal.com]

I LOVE this movie! Then again - I flail over the cast and how epic they are together <3 I love Ellen Page and Leonardo DiCaprio though - I've followed every movie they've been in - plus MANY others :)

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed it and bought it on Blu-ray, but about a week after I saw it in the theatre, I was over it. Also, I think it loses a lot in the translation from big screen to small. There are just some movies that need to be seen on a big screen.

[goonies-nsd.livejournal.com]

It's been awhile since I saw it & fell in love. It's not perfect, but it's visually stunning and really... with all the actiony-type movies that get overdone with special effects, I've always thought that a dreamworld was a place where too much is not enough.

I didn't think it was perfect... I could've done without the 3rd layer. I, my friend that went with me, and others in the theater started laughing at the van falling scene after about the 3rd time.

I'm not sure if I liked or didn't like that Ellen Page's character could've been replaced by a man. On one hand, it was refreshing to not see a female lead be romanticized, but on the other... she lacked some femininity.

I did a write-up of this defending it to a friend of mine. Unfortunately, it was on Facebook & the comment thread is long gone. :/ and now I can't recall my favorite points. Balls.

I won't try to convince you to like it if you already don't. I think it's just a matter of opinion. Sometimes if something gets built up like that, expectations might be too high at the outset.

[gretazreta.livejournal.com]

I liked it a lot when I saw it at the cinema, I liked how thinky it was and the blur between reality and dreaming. I actually liked it BETTER the second time, because I could appreciate how everything fitted together whereas at the cinema I had anxiety that I wasn't fully getting it.

I think as well that as a writing premise it's really cool. Not only are there lots of interesting, attractive, potentially slashable characters, but the whole concept of the dream layers and architecture and yadda yadda is a real invitation to write fanfiction about it. So not only are people all excited about the film itself, but about its fandom potential. I think it's a stimulus for lots of good writing online, potentially, by all sorts of people. Which I will love to read.

I'm not sure if I will be writing though. But I love the potential in the movie.

[thekatcameback.livejournal.com]

For me, movies are escapist. I normally, have trouble sitting through them, but I saw Inception three times in theatres. money, ugh. Um, and normally I go all out on fantasy and sci fi, but I actually didn't want to see this until my little sister "said, "you have to, you'll love it. It just didn't even feel like I was sitting and watching a movie, every time I finish watching I feel charged and like... the world is bigger than the world I live in. Plus, every time I watch I notice something new, and I LOVE that.

[agt-league.livejournal.com]

I love most Christopher Nolan movies and this movie was such an original concept with a fantastic cast and the ending was amazing.

That's why I liked it. :)

[annapeace.livejournal.com]

The movie had a few plotholey things. But mostly I watched it so many times for the Arthur/Eames because Tom Hardy and JGL, GOD.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

I think the cast yes, but I also think fandom-wise because the canon is so open people have a larger than normal sandbox to play in.

I like that when I saw it with my flatmate she saw an entirely different movie to what I saw and when she explained what she thought was going on I was like, wow, I didn't even see it like that.

Plus, yes, I finally felt like I saw something creative and that had a little... wonder in it.

[heartsonwings.livejournal.com]

Um, I don't know XD
Well I liked it, and it's a brilliant film...not my favourite thing ever though. But then again I say that with an Inception wallpaper on my laptop and an Inception theme on my Firefox so yeah :P I don't know why it's so flail inducing, it's a good movie that a lot of people happen to like and the more people who like it the more you can flail over it with so it stays in people's minds longer? IDK