Complicated, very intense, reasonably long, lots of good actors and a great ending. Leo continues to choose really cool scripts. Not sure what else I would want in a summer movie.
Minding Fucking, Check.
Shooting and action, Check.
Great special effects, Check.
8.5/10 from me. If it had boobies, it would have been a 9.
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Inception
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DoctorChaos
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A hell of a premise for a flick, but the plot & writing was boring as all fuck considering what shit they invented. The realities created were pathetically tame and cliched ... and they had the ultimate excuse to do some insanely fucked up things. And they did about 5% of them.
They needed to outsource the screenplay to someone with a knack for creating warped visuals. John Carpenter during his "The Thing" period would've been perfect. A semi-interesting ending doesn't make up for a 2.5 hour movie with no real antagonist.
5/10 ... A fun concept fucked by a half-assed story and lazy writing.
They needed to outsource the screenplay to someone with a knack for creating warped visuals. John Carpenter during his "The Thing" period would've been perfect. A semi-interesting ending doesn't make up for a 2.5 hour movie with no real antagonist.
5/10 ... A fun concept fucked by a half-assed story and lazy writing.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
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Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I thought this movie was awesome. I agree that they could have been a lot more creative with the chosen settings. The acting was good, the story was well plotted, and the world in which it all takes place has a pleasing logical consistency. It did feel like they cut the ending very short, especially with only showing a couple of minutes of the decades of time Leo & Asian Dude spent in Limbo. Not that we needed to see much more, but something beyond Leo's grey hair and Asian Dude's wrinkled face to intimate how much time had passed down there would have been nice.
I don't get how so many people were confused by it. It all made perfect sense to me.
I don't get how so many people were confused by it. It all made perfect sense to me.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
I was actually expecting the very last shot from early on in the film.
As far as I am concerned..................
Spoiler........
Leo was in a dream the entire time. His wife was trying to get him out the entire time. When she jumped off the ledge she really was fully waking up.
As far as I am concerned..................
Spoiler........
Leo was in a dream the entire time. His wife was trying to get him out the entire time. When she jumped off the ledge she really was fully waking up.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I don't get how so many people were confused by it. It all made perfect sense to me.
I have yet to see this film, but I remember a lot of people complaining about how confused they were by Mission: Impossible. I was in the theater thinking, "What nimrod can't follow this plot?"
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I remember a lot of people complaining about how confused they were by Mission: Impossible.
Only movie I've ever gone to that had a cheat sheet handed to audience members prior to the flick starting.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Agreed. I was expecting more ambiguity based on what people had said.Leisher wrote:I have yet to see this film, but I remember a lot of people complaining about how confused they were by Mission: Impossible. I was in the theater thinking, "What nimrod can't follow this plot?"I don't get how so many people were confused by it. It all made perfect sense to me.
It's not me, it's someone else.
What? They handed out fliers for Mission: Impossible? What did they say?Malcolm wrote:Only movie I've ever gone to that had a cheat sheet handed to audience members prior to the flick starting.I remember a lot of people complaining about how confused they were by Mission: Impossible.
And FYI: I saw Dune in the theaters, and they handed out info sheets for that.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
I don't remember. It was some background bullshit about the characters and their history. I don't remember specifics, I just remember thinking, "Should ... should I be taking notes on this or something? Is this some kind of advanced screening you're going to want feedback on later?"Leisher wrote:What? They handed out fliers for Mission: Impossible? What did they say?
And FYI: I saw Dune in the theaters, and they handed out info sheets for that.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Watched this with my 9-year-old.
I was a little worried he wasn't getting all the nuance.... he was awfully quiet through the movie... then we get to the end, and the camera goes back to the still-spinning top, and my kid says, "Oh no..."
Yeah, he gets it.
I was a little worried he wasn't getting all the nuance.... he was awfully quiet through the movie... then we get to the end, and the camera goes back to the still-spinning top, and my kid says, "Oh no..."
Yeah, he gets it.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."