I haven't even seen that movie, but just judging from the trailer... he ends up really being an inmate, or, it's up in the air if he is actually crazy or not.
Obvious Hollywood ending is obvious.
Inception - Complete mindfuck of a film
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I haven't even seen that movie, but just judging from the trailer... he ends up really being an inmate, or, it's up in the air if he is actually crazy or not.
Obvious Hollywood ending is obvious.
I thought it was good.
However, I was dissapointed the movie did not seem to be the movie advertised in the trailer. I wanted a movie about theft and such. This disparity between expectation and the reality of the movie really bothered me.
I need to see it again without the trailer fucking me up.
However, I was dissapointed the movie did not seem to be the movie advertised in the trailer. I wanted a movie about theft and such. This disparity between expectation and the reality of the movie really bothered me.
I need to see it again without the trailer fucking me up.
Friend had a seizure right at the beginning of the film (just as DiCaprio is trying to wake up). Had to stop the film (he was puking and convulsing) and ruined it for everyone; paramedics came and everything.. then we went and saw it again the next day (he closed his eyes during the scene in question). Yes, it's THAT good.
saw it last night, was a pretty epic movie still, not gonna spoil it for you guys, just go see it!
The title confused me since I was thinking bout that old ass programming language:
(I'm old enough to remember people using it (and when people were making 300$ an hour because of Y2K patching code) but young enough to have not needed to use it myself)
It is a superb mind & brain provoking shit piece of movie.
Darn worthwhile to watch it... climaxes from beginning to end... your mind just won't stop working while watching the movie...
Nolan is piece of genious... His movie "Prestige" is fantastic too
Darn worthwhile to watch it... climaxes from beginning to end... your mind just won't stop working while watching the movie...
Nolan is piece of genious... His movie "Prestige" is fantastic too
If you're reading this far I assume you couldn't give a shit about spoilers but for the record, spoiler alert.
First, anyone looking for the "right" interpretation is going to be looking for a long time. There is no right answer. Just like a dream, the movie means what you want it to mean. Like an MC Escher picture, it's a never ending mind fuck that has no answer. Reality is what the viewer wants it to be.
My interpretation is that Cobb is a man flying home from a trip and has fallen asleep and dreaming. He's missed his kids. He's a single father who's lost his wife. His misses her.
All of the characters in the movie (his dream) are people he's seen on his flight or people in his life. His flight lands, he wakes up. He walks through baggage claim and we notice that all of the characters in the movie we just watched are nothing more than passengers on his flight getting their luggage.
He goes home, spins a top on the table and sees his kids. The top is just a top. Maybe one his kids' toys he keeps as a memento while he's away. Maybe one of the kids put it in his luggage before he left.
As Freud said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". It's fun to dig deep and analyze the simplest of things for deeper meaning but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sometimes a top is just a top.
First, anyone looking for the "right" interpretation is going to be looking for a long time. There is no right answer. Just like a dream, the movie means what you want it to mean. Like an MC Escher picture, it's a never ending mind fuck that has no answer. Reality is what the viewer wants it to be.
My interpretation is that Cobb is a man flying home from a trip and has fallen asleep and dreaming. He's missed his kids. He's a single father who's lost his wife. His misses her.
All of the characters in the movie (his dream) are people he's seen on his flight or people in his life. His flight lands, he wakes up. He walks through baggage claim and we notice that all of the characters in the movie we just watched are nothing more than passengers on his flight getting their luggage.
He goes home, spins a top on the table and sees his kids. The top is just a top. Maybe one his kids' toys he keeps as a memento while he's away. Maybe one of the kids put it in his luggage before he left.
As Freud said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". It's fun to dig deep and analyze the simplest of things for deeper meaning but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sometimes a top is just a top.
Best interpretation I've read so far. I couldn't help but get the feeling that the elder Saito represented a fragment of DiCaprio's psyche, as though that was a part of himself he was negotiating with.
F*#! the interpretations I have questions!
- How about when the van went over the side of the bridge and the guy asks 'if that was the kick why aren't we waking up?' And Cobb says "that was just the first kick, we'll wake up when we hit the water." HTF did he know there was any water coming up?? That was in a different level and he was out cold...
- If the [SIZE=-1]Robert Fischer, Jr. (the kidnapped dude) accepted the story about Cobb being there to help him prevent attack & his subconscious mind accepted him at that level.... why didn't his subconscious accept the intrusion at all levels and continued to attack?
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- How about when the van went over the side of the bridge and the guy asks 'if that was the kick why aren't we waking up?' And Cobb says "that was just the first kick, we'll wake up when we hit the water." HTF did he know there was any water coming up?? That was in a different level and he was out cold...
- If the [SIZE=-1]Robert Fischer, Jr. (the kidnapped dude) accepted the story about Cobb being there to help him prevent attack & his subconscious mind accepted him at that level.... why didn't his subconscious accept the intrusion at all levels and continued to attack?
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Just saw it last night and I thought it was a good movie. Was it great though? Better than Matrix? No I don't think so...it's just a big mind fuck and I find it doesn't give you enough time to process things at times and moves too quickly. It's like they take all this time to explain everything but then do something that makes you go wait what??
It's one of those movies where you need to watch it at home and just rewind once in a while and in the end enjoy it for what it is. HardSale nailed it.
It's one of those movies where you need to watch it at home and just rewind once in a while and in the end enjoy it for what it is. HardSale nailed it.
I think the thought process here is that your subconscious operates separately from your "conscious" state, even though it was a dream state. Kind of like Cobb projects a freight train or his wife without actually wanting to do that.
So your sub is kind of on to what's going on and puts up a big defense without you actually being aware of the big picture. Also correct me if I'm wrong but I believe they say that Fischer had military training on how to defend against something like this that's why it becomes a huge cluster fuck as soon as they enter.
If you want to take a real world example think of someone being hypnotized. They will be receptive to positive affirmations, etc but as soon as you try to get them to harm themselves or plant a post hypnotic suggestions that goes against their will the subc will refuse to do it. They actually tested this on Mythbusters it was pretty cool.
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