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In Reply to: RE: Inception... posted by slapshot on July 17, 2010 at 13:45:31
I just didn't care whether or not DiCaprio's character got to see his kids again.A convoluted fantastic story like this needed a stronger emotional core or all the twists and complexities of the subplots are worthless. So at the end DiCaprio spins the top and doesn't watch to see what happens. Neither did I. Dream or reality - same difference as far as I was concerned. I was not once on the edge of my seat worrying about the fate of these characters. Alternatively, as some sort of "intelligence test" for the viewer, the story was so opened-ended, obtuse, and pointless that "solving" it would be roughly akin to solving a Rubik's cube with all the sides the same color.
How many different ways can I say it? The movie bored the crap out of me.
I blame DiCrapio. Yep, once again DiCrapio failed me. I swear I will never see one of his movies ever again.
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Nolan's use of symbols and imagery always hits home with me. In Prestige and Dark Knight it was the coin. In Inception it was the spinning top. Powerful symbolism. The brightness of the kids' faces was very powerful too, as was the image of the old couple holding hands.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
territory far better, clearer, and you very much care about the central characters. Carrey is surprisingly good and Winslet is her usual superb self.
...we'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I felt nothing for Carey or Winslet character's in Eternal Sunshine...I had wished they would both just shoot each other! That being said, didn't care a great deal for DiCaprio's plight in Inception either. Speaks to the importance of our idiosyncratic view of the actor, I suppose.
Moreover, didn't feel one way or the other about whether their mission of "inception" succeeded or not--what would have happened if they had failed? Not clear.
The financier would have lost his business due to the massive energy monopoly the target had.
We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
...I understand that, but, do I really care? I cared somewhat whether DiCaprio got to see his children again, but I didn't really care about the business and the actual inception and the consequences of the inception.
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