saw it...but i still prefer Dark City than this one...but it's still one cool movie though...

try watching Dark City too bro...it's a 12year+ old film but you might get the same effect, maybe more

this film is in the same realm as Dark City...but i really 'fe;t' and got 'connected' to Dark City more than this one...dunoo why...maybe i'm just into all the gothic realm of Dark City while Inception is kinda 'bright' for me...or maybe the i didn't feel the casts' emotions there...hmm

anyone prefers Dark City more than Inception here?

for the record, for Nolan's creation - i dig The Prestige very much, like Momento... but didn't really like The Dark Knight...

we can't please 'em all..can we?

not sure why, but i still 'feel' more for Dark City (film was released 1998) than Inception ... maybe coz the alternate universe is darker there, and i love goth-esque stuff more... i think even The Matrix was so much influence by Dark City

and Leo's Titanic-ish jumping balcony scene turned me off so much...lol

but great discussion about Inception here...at least it's no "Transformers 2' - lol

the whole feel of an alternate universe is still there bro, i think...but Dark City just grabbed my attention more...maybe i'm just a sucker for gothic-noir dark films. And Dark City was directed by the director of The Crow - hence the gothic feeling....

Imho, Inception is just too 'bright' for me and the corporate plot and trying-to--be-action-packed movie just turned me off a lil bit. Just didn't buy the whole 'wanna-plant-the-idea-into-this-corporate-dude' by getting into his dream....and then when it's in his dreams, there's guns and all?? Hmm...don't think it's that cool...

and the total turn-off was when there were Titanic-ish moments like 'you jump, i jump' and with Leo...gosh, i hated Titanic...so i guess the hatred spread into this film as well...haha

comparing Inception to The Matrix - at least The Matrix poked some sarcasm into our daily lives by saying that whatever we're doing now isn't real...and what's real is actually us being in dark leather and doing kungfu and gun-battles...that itself is great philosophy to me. Makes you think differently about the world

I think Dark City actually started this 'poking into your real life' philosophy...and that's why there were 'aliens' and 'building shifts' etc

Also - I never liked Dark Knight...thought it was just too much hoo-haa but no real depth...i feel Batman Begins was wayy better since there was more 'character'...

but that's just me...

anyways...i might try to watch Inception again to try to like it...Still I do like that dude playing Arthur...he's got some bright future ahead...3rd Rock From The Sun rocked...so i'm sure he'll rock the big screen too soon enough ...

Go Nolan!

This post has been edited by silbii: Jul 24 2010, 11:53 AM

another film suddenly comes to mind now...

The Thirteenth Floor

imho

'Inception' is 'dark city' + 'the thirteenth floor' + 'titanic'

It's a rehashed original...but not too bad a job



ps: the ending for 'thirteenth floor' was freakinly awesome...sadly it was just a small film back in the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkEHcB4y7R8



This post has been edited by silbii: Jul 25 2010, 07:30 PM

i dont really like the dark knight...it's just too overrated

yupp..sadly it was just a small release...if they had Leo or Brad Pitt in there...they would have been huge...

i really like the ending of 13th floor a lot better than Inception...the ending just makes you go 'wow'...

Dark City also gave that 'wow' effect to me....

was really hoping Inception could give the same effect but sadly, no effect whatsoever...but maybe that's just me

This post has been edited by silbii: Aug 2 2010, 01:32 PM

i just like the fact that in the end, it's quite unexpected ...for Inception i just didn't care....lol...but i saw 13th floor 10 years ago...maybe the ending effect is wayy different if i see it again nwow

i'm sure inception is a better executed movie coz of the budget, and using all the influences from toher earlier movies...but with all that, i still find it's just too draggy at times...maybe i'm not sold to the whole 'plot' of the movie...change the idea of a corporate strategy? meeting your children? hmm...not that intriguing to me...and when somebody dies in a dream actually means that he's gonna be awake in real life...that sealed the deal...where's the drama in that?

but Inception it's still a good movie nonetheless in terms of production etc...but as far as the storyline goes, i just don't really 'feel' it...and i didnt' 'feel' TDK too...so maybe i'm just the odd one here...

reverse? should try to watch Irreversible bro ...

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Added on August 2, 2010, 9:58 pmoh...i got gang now...lol...i guess we're the odd ones eh?

This post has been edited by silbii: Aug 2 2010, 09:58 PM

kinda agree with u...imho Inception's just not 'deep' enough...not sure how to explain...but hey, nothing's perfect.

and i think Dark City and 13th Floor snowballed the genre...Matrix perfected it (well, it has a major studio releasing it!)...then Inception took it in a whole new direction, but it's not really for everybody...still good film though...no doubt about that.

i guess without Dark City, 13th Floor and The Matrix or some other earlier alternate-universe-ish themes like Space Odyssey etc - Nolan would have not come up with Inception...

i'm waiting for the next film around this genre...hope that'd be the perfect one



This post has been edited by silbii: Aug 4 2010, 02:49 PM

After watching Source Code, I thought of Inception - and to compare, I really feel Source Code is way way better in every angle. Mainly coz of the points that this reviewer has pointed out here...

from imdb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/usercomments?start=10


275 out of 426 people found the following review useful:
Insipid – The pointless film., 26 July 2010

Author: RIK-22 from Brussels, Belgium
*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I have to say to make such an impressive trailer and such an uninteresting film, takes some doing.

Here you have most of the elements that would make a very good film. You have great special effects, a sci-fi conundrum, beautiful visuals and good sound. Yet the most important part of the film is missing. There is no plot, character or soul to this film. It's like having a beautiful building on the outside with no paint or decoration on the inside.

It's an empty shell of a film. There is no tension; you couldn't care less about any of the characters, why were they even motivated to do what they did. Helping a corporation get "one over" on another corporation is hardly saving the human race.

When you operate in a dream environment, where you can't die or be injured really it means there is nothing to worry about, who cares what happens. All the explosions and actions sequences are just meaningless. By the way, why does Hollywood still keep filming action scene's an inch away from every characters nose? It's impossible to see what's going on, so many films are ruined by this. Watch and learn from the Matrix, take the camera backwards a couple of feet and we can actually work out what's going on.

So 2 and half hours of looking at my watch waiting for the very predictable ending, is a million miles from being a good film. How anyone in their right mind can give this 10/10, it's boring and pointless. A film has stir the soul, has to grab you, you need to feel for the characters. Can anyone, honestly say, they cared about anyone on show here.

By the way, here's an idea, why don't you bring the children (who haven't aged a minutes since you last saw them) to you, if you can't go to the US.

I know the end scene was trying to be ambiguous, but the fact his father, who lives in Paris, is bizarrely there in the US to meet him (how did he know) and the children look identical to every dream sequence they appeared in, means there wasn't much doubt.

In the end there is nothing at stake for anyone, so a pointless movie. I suspect Nolan will continue to get praise, but I can't really say I've got excited about any of his movies. They all leave me cold. They are not terrible, just there's nothing really there, no substance.

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so yeah...if nobody really dies in the movie, there's no real threat to any of the characters, so what's the point?

just my 2 sen ...

I prefer Hostel

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Added on July 21, 2011, 1:26 amfangbangers rule!


This post has been edited by silbii: Jul 21 2011, 01:26 AM