Inception

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Have you watched Inception? If not I recommend to do so.

I'm not a fan of Leonardo Di Caprio but he played very well. Interestingly enough, unlike other movies he starred in he's not the only one to focus on - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, and Tom Hardy are also especially good in their roles. The story is coherent which is rare nowadays, is extremely well told and in spite of many twists and turns and quite good special effects still the story is most important and director never lost his focus telling it. Special effects very good although simplistic but I think good ones should only complement the story not be the prime target and this is the case. Again story grasps attention without using extraordinary things - the scene with a spinning top holds your attention in a way you would never predict. Surprisingly the story is quite complicated and there is still much room for further watching as i haven't grasped everything which was showed. Complexity of the action highlights the perfect way of story telling - it's not an incoherent mash full of explosions where audience is treated like a teen moron but an intriguing, demanding and meaningful plot.

[Phoenix]

Thanks Spacer - I am no Leonardo fan either so I was kind of avoiding this one. I have reconsidered though!

[Bartwald]

I liked the movie a lot even if DiCaprio had a very similar role here to his recent turn in Scorsese's Shutter Island. This is quite simply one of those movies you can't stop thinking about when you leave cinema. It wasn't perfect in my opinion - I found al the "shooting in the snow" scenes unnecessary and I think at least one of the twists in the middle was redundant - but it's still one of my favourite films this year.

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Oct 19, 2010 9:07:51 GMT -5 Bartwald said:

It wasn't perfect in my opinion - I found al the "shooting in the snow" scenes unnecessary and I think at least one of the twists in the middle was redundant - but it's still one of my favourite films this year.

Agreed, it wasn't flawless, but there is even bigger controversy - the ending - Some consider it brilliant, others consider it to be an utter failure and a nasty compromise forced by producers.
Orson Scott Card is among those who feel repugnant.

[Bartwald]

SPOILER ALERT!

For me the last scene was simply touching - I was really moved by it and you can't argue with emotions, so in a way it did work pretty well. That said, this final twist kind of makes most of the movie meaningless, doesn't it?

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Oct 19, 2010 14:35:55 GMT -5 Bartwald said:

That said, this final twist kind of makes most of the movie meaningless, doesn't it?

Well, It can be understood in two ways. Either it's just pure emotion and suspense or it's an elegant technique to create an opportunity for a sequel - since going in this direction the action is still on, the dream hasn't been stopped yet.
In other words, director either magnanimously leaves the choice how to understand the end to the audience or just uses this method as a cunning cloak under which sequel's hiding.

[Bartwald]

SPOILER ALERT!

Well, yeah, we're still in a dream - and a dream dreamt by Leo's wife (who's apparently in limbo). Hence, the whole movie was a figment of her imagination, so Leo & co's going deeper and deeper in the dream of Cillian Murphy didn't really happen, right? That's why I'm saying most of the plot - and our worrying whether they will manage to do the job or not - seem rather redundant in the end.

And honestly - I hope they won't make a sequel, that'd be just silly.