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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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A bit like my Tron Legacy thread, I've just started watching this film and already bored! For me it's DiCaprio, I can not take him serious as a actor. If you ask me he should never have left the Mutant Turtles!!!
So does the film get any better???
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes it does, but you have got to understand the concept of what the film is about in the first half hour, then it gets easier to follow it from that point on. It's a real thinking person's movie and I thoroughly enjoyed it. That's two excellent films in two nights.  |
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over a year ago
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"But DiCaprio as a action hero!!!! Doesn't looks like he is not old enough to shave!"
His role wasn't a Tom Cruise/Miss.Imp. role. He was a team leader of a bunch of crooks. He is starting to mature and I'm in agreement with you as up until this film he's never quite managed to convince me he's now a grown man. I think he did in this film though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"A bit like my Tron Legacy thread, I've just started watching this film and already bored! For me it's DiCaprio, I can not take him serious as a actor. If you ask me he should never have left the Mutant Turtles!!!
So does the film get any better???
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use contrainception, turn it bldy off! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Have to be honest, I have never seen it and no intention of watching it judging by the comments of people I know that have seen it, they all thought it was rubbish  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Now!
i like inception.......i like contreception,,,but which is better?
there's only 1way to find out:
FIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!
cu after the break! lmao  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tron Legacy: lost count how many times I tried to watch it, gave up! Twice tonight tried with Inception: bored to tears and clueless. Batman Begins even with ridiculous casting of Katie Holmes is entertaining me! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Tron Legacy: lost count how many times I tried to watch it, gave up! Twice tonight tried with Inception: bored to tears and clueless. Batman Begins even with ridiculous casting of Katie Holmes is entertaining me! "
You have to understand the concept of a dream within a dream within a dream to plant a seed of thought to get someone to do something they don't want to but make it look like they thought of it. Add to the mix the fact that the 'mark' knows this is possible and has had his mind trained to combat such incursions (using baddies with big guns) and that if you get killed in a dream you simply wake up (you don't die in real life if you die in a dream). Now throw into the mix DiCaprio's troubled mind over the guilt he feels for the death of his wife (which manifests itself in different ways in his dreams).
It is a brilliant idea for a film and the writer deserves an oscar for it. (Did he get one?) |
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"Tron Legacy: lost count how many times I tried to watch it, gave up! Twice tonight tried with Inception: bored to tears and clueless. Batman Begins even with ridiculous casting of Katie Holmes is entertaining me!
You have to understand the concept of a dream within a dream within a dream to plant a seed of thought to get someone to do something they don't want to but make it look like they thought of it. Add to the mix the fact that the 'mark' knows this is possible and has had his mind trained to combat such incursions (using baddies with big guns) and that if you get killed in a dream you simply wake up (you don't die in real life if you die in a dream). Now throw into the mix DiCaprio's troubled mind over the guilt he feels for the death of his wife (which manifests itself in different ways in his dreams).
It is a brilliant idea for a film and the writer deserves an oscar for it. (Did he get one?)"
Wishy if you knew me you'd just say "bless"!  When I mentioned I enjoyed Shutter Island surprise was shown that I understood it. My kids often say about films "dont bother you'll get confused"...and they're not lying!
I might give it another go at 10.00 but Tuxedo is on, a nice simple film for a simple mind! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I will watch this film........my son tells me I really do need to concentrate on it though 
As for Leonardo,Hubby never took him seriously and refused to watch any film with him in it,but then watched catch me if you can because the story interested him then changed his opinion and thinks hes grown up now |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
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We enjoyed this film but it's one that needs your full concentration especailly the first 30/40 mins.
But I still needed to ask Mr a few times what was happening as I got a bit lost.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Tron Legacy: lost count how many times I tried to watch it, gave up! Twice tonight tried with Inception: bored to tears and clueless. Batman Begins even with ridiculous casting of Katie Holmes is entertaining me!
You have to understand the concept of a dream within a dream within a dream to plant a seed of thought to get someone to do something they don't want to but make it look like they thought of it. Add to the mix the fact that the 'mark' knows this is possible and has had his mind trained to combat such incursions (using baddies with big guns) and that if you get killed in a dream you simply wake up (you don't die in real life if you die in a dream). Now throw into the mix DiCaprio's troubled mind over the guilt he feels for the death of his wife (which manifests itself in different ways in his dreams).
It is a brilliant idea for a film and the writer deserves an oscar for it. (Did he get one?)
Wishy if you knew me you'd just say "bless"! When I mentioned I enjoyed Shutter Island surprise was shown that I understood it. My kids often say about films "dont bother you'll get confused"...and they're not lying!
I might give it another go at 10.00 but Tuxedo is on, a nice simple film for a simple mind! "
You have far from a simple mind. Inception is just one of those films, like typical mafia films, where if you don't grasp what's going on in the first 15 mins or so you feel completely lost throughout the rest of it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Di Caprio never died in Titanic, The end scene of Titanic is of him going underwater. The beginning scene of Inception is him waking up on a beach.
Its like a movie within a movie. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Thanks everyone who posted an opinion, seems like a Marmite movie!!!
Have to be honest and gave up after 20mins, but will try again when I can give the film my full concentration!!
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"Tron Legacy: lost count how many times I tried to watch it, gave up! Twice tonight tried with Inception: bored to tears and clueless. Batman Begins even with ridiculous casting of Katie Holmes is entertaining me!
You have to understand the concept of a dream within a dream within a dream to plant a seed of thought to get someone to do something they don't want to but make it look like they thought of it. Add to the mix the fact that the 'mark' knows this is possible and has had his mind trained to combat such incursions (using baddies with big guns) and that if you get killed in a dream you simply wake up (you don't die in real life if you die in a dream). Now throw into the mix DiCaprio's troubled mind over the guilt he feels for the death of his wife (which manifests itself in different ways in his dreams).
It is a brilliant idea for a film and the writer deserves an oscar for it. (Did he get one?)"
No he did not, it was way too complicated. But I did enjoy it, got into it the 1st 10 minutes, then wham, I was on the edge of my seat. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It is a great film BUT it depends on how intelligent you are, who you are watching it with and the environment. The ending fried my brain though, as it's one of those where you have to come to your own conclusion. I think he invented it all right from the beginning, and was just playing it out but the director isn't telling and everything else is just guess work. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Di Caprio never died in Titanic, The end scene of Titanic is of him going underwater. The beginning scene of Inception is him waking up on a beach.
Its like a movie within a movie."
Now that made me laugh, good wit, I like it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Rightie ho, gonna watch this film again and see if I see anything I missed last night. Siren's buggered off to bed cos she all preggy icky so I can concentrate on the film undisturbed. |
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"Have to be honest, I have never seen it and no intention of watching it judging by the comments of people I know that have seen it, they all thought it was rubbish "
If they thought it was rubbish then they didn't understand the film. For the people who do get it I recommend watching memento & sucker punch |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Absolutely quality film. You *do* have to be paying serious attention though- it's not the sort of film that you can just mong with in a d*unken haze...
and even you need more than one viewing to catch what you missed before |
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By *unPeteMan
over a year ago
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If they thought it was rubbish then they didn't understand the film. For the people who do get it I recommend watching memento & sucker punch "
Heard elsewhere that Sucker Punch is a good one so I'm going to watch it.
Thought Inception and Memento were 2 quality films. Those who gave up, I recommend giving it another go. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Right...gave it another go...my attention waivered but I stuck with it. I'm not a stupid person...tried to not think of Leonardo in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"...focused...propped my eyelids open with match sticks...lord knows I tried...but nope...don't get it.
The spinning thingy at the end...was he dreaming or not? You know what...I don't want to know, I admit defeat! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Right...gave it another go...my attention waivered but I stuck with it. I'm not a stupid person...tried to not think of Leonardo in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"...focused...propped my eyelids open with match sticks...lord knows I tried...but nope...don't get it.
The spinning thingy at the end...was he dreaming or not? You know what...I don't want to know, I admit defeat! "
In early dream scenes Di Caprio is wearing a wedding ring that doesn’t appear in the “real world” scenes or the end scenes in the airport
So the ending is reality...maybe?
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"Right...gave it another go...my attention waivered but I stuck with it. I'm not a stupid person...tried to not think of Leonardo in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"...focused...propped my eyelids open with match sticks...lord knows I tried...but nope...don't get it.
The spinning thingy at the end...was he dreaming or not? You know what...I don't want to know, I admit defeat!
In early dream scenes Di Caprio is wearing a wedding ring that doesn’t appear in the “real world” scenes or the end scenes in the airport
So the ending is reality...maybe?
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I don't get the beginning at all. Why was the japanese character an old man while DiCaprio was still young? And then seconds later they're both young and there's no sight of the old fella again??? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The spinning thingy at the end...was he dreaming or not? You know what...I don't want to know, I admit defeat! "
The last shot isn’t directed at Cobb. It’s directed at us. Cobb isn’t watching the top. He spins it and leaves it behind. If this is a dream, he doesn’t want to know. The decision of whether he finally finds happiness or whether he has merely retreated once and for all into his own memories is ours to make. |
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same here, I watched first 20 minutes and was bored out of my skull. DiCaprio, Jonnhy Depp, and actors like these, never grabbed my attention.
It's almost as bad as '300'....overrated, bad movies,
Classic Hollywood commercial cinema crap for the mindless crowd. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A rare sign of Intelligent cinema,one of the great films of the last 5 years in my opinion,the dream within a dream element is old news but its pacing is still flawless,reminded me on first viewing of the very much underated vanilla sky |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I thought the movie was over hyped, i didnt mind the actual story that much, however the corny lines really grated on me too much.. and the fact each character was like a cog in a computer game. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Right...gave it another go...my attention waivered but I stuck with it. I'm not a stupid person...tried to not think of Leonardo in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"...focused...propped my eyelids open with match sticks...lord knows I tried...but nope...don't get it.
The spinning thingy at the end...was he dreaming or not? You know what...I don't want to know, I admit defeat!
In early dream scenes Di Caprio is wearing a wedding ring that doesn’t appear in the “real world” scenes or the end scenes in the airport
So the ending is reality...maybe?
I don't get the beginning at all. Why was the japanese character an old man while DiCaprio was still young? And then seconds later they're both young and there's no sight of the old fella again???"
The same scene is played out near the end.Saito was in limbo. Cobb had said that if you died in the 4th level you wouldn't experience a kick but would be trapped in limbo,perhaps for years. not our conventional years of course as it is still a dream. Saito died in the arctic hospital and went to limbo. Cobb and Ariadne had to go into limbo to get Fisher from Mal and then Cobb went to find Saito. The old man is Saito and Cobb brought him back from limbo..If that makes sense..
Noticed something else last night..In the last scene Cobb's kids have different shoes on,so the last scene is 'reality' |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Flipping eck, I struggled with the storyline but people are posting changed shoes and missing wedding rings. OMG, I'm sticking to cartoons, you lot are too observative and switched on for my liking. I never watched porn in that much detail, lol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Whats not to get?
The concept is brilliant, not a big dicaprio fan either, but I think he convinced me in this role!
And the ending is great!
Can't fault it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Here's a question for the movie buffs.
If it was raining in the first level dream of the finale, because the chemist had drank too much champagne then on the flight, why in the third level dream was it snowing ?
Did he have an 'ice cold beer' lol ? |
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"Have to be honest, I have never seen it and no intention of watching it judging by the comments of people I know that have seen it, they all thought it was rubbish
If they thought it was rubbish then they didn't understand the film. For the people who do get it I recommend watching memento & sucker punch "
I thought Inception was excellent and enjoyed the concept of Memento... Sucker Punch on the other hand... well I didn't regret watching it is about the best I cxan say, but I can see how guys would get something from watching it. |
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"Yes it does, but you have got to understand the concept of what the film is about in the first half hour, then it gets easier to follow it from that point on. It's a real thinking person's movie and I thoroughly enjoyed it. That's two excellent films in two nights. "
Ditto! Fantastic film, as are most of Dicaprios - Blood Diamond and Shutter Island are another two of my favourites His acting is outstanding in all of them. |
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