Inception

[Teuthida]

Hard to say since I don't rewatch or own any movies. Hmm, off the top of my head I guess Pulp Fiction, The Machinist, American Psycho, The Matrix, Infernal Affairs (what The Departed is based off of), Save The Green Planet, Mind Game. Oh and um, Happy Gilmore...for some reason that's the only movie I can watch over and over again.

Not a huge fan of standard action movies unless there's something really unique about them or they make you think. And I hold Batman to a higher standard. Wish there was some actual detecting going on instead of Bond-like gadgets and lots of explosions. And Bale's Batman was just sooo bad. And not bad like powerglove bad either.

[Acebot44]

Just came back from the midnight screening.....

All I have to say is HOLY SHIT, this movie ravaged me, and in an oh sooooo good way.

Teuth, not like anything I've ever seen before. Me thinks you'll enjoy it.

[ridkidjory]

THIS MOVIE IS FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC!! GET OFF YOUR ASS AND GO SEE IT NOW!!!!

[Vampyr]

I saw it a second time last night.




* SPOILER ALERT*





I'm pretty sure that he -wasn't- dreaming there at the end. During every dream sequence he was wearing his wedding band. Some people on the internet have been saying that it "clearly shows his hand" at the end, in his house...but that's his right hand, and he wore his ring on his left. However, it briefly showed his left hand on the plane, and I don't -think- there was a wedding ring on it.

However, I did notice that when they first visit the chemist, and he tests the sedative on him, he wakes up kind of freaked out, and goes into the bathroom. He starts to spin his totem, but then (Saito I think) walks in, and he knocks it on the floor. Unless I missed something, he never spins it again throughout the movie until the very end, in his house, and we never see what happens at that point.

In that case, it could be that the rest of the movie after him being sedated at the chemist's is a dream.

[Fox 6]

I saw it a second time as well. Still just as enjoyable as the first time.

[Vampyr]

Interesting easter egg in the music:

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

Not a huge fan of standard action movies unless there's something really unique about them or they make you think. And I hold Batman to a higher standard. Wish there was some actual detecting going on instead of Bond-like gadgets and lots of explosions. And Bale's Batman was just sooo bad. And not bad like powerglove bad either.

In my mind The Dark Knight wasn't really about Batman, but instead it was study on the natures of "good" and "evil", which is really what all comic books boil down to. Instead of putting the study into a light-hearted pseudo-reality/fantasy environment... he put it in Chicago and used modern themes (like the threat of terrorism) to tell the story, and then examined how far would we have to go to stop it, perhaps making the argument that you couldn't stop it because the tool Batman used to win is probably the only truly unbelievable part of the movie.

This is what made the movie arresting for me. The illustrated, in very stark terms, that if someone truly wanted to create chaos with no real motivation other than to see what happens, there would be almost no way to stop them. That we literally all live at the mercy, reason, and kindness of those around us.

But I will agree, if you went into that movie looking for a character driven story, you would be sorely disappointed. IMO Nolan used the character development from the first film as a vehicle to allow himself to spend time n the plot and message of the second. Also, not unlike Kubrick, I think Nolan tends to treat his characters as means to an end (vessels to whom you insert yourself), and that end is the story/message. Scorsese has been movie in this direction lately, too (ever since Kubrick's death, I think) And like Kubrick, I think Nolan will remain a divisive director for the entirety of his career.