Thread: Inception - Do you like it? - Post your Review

I really want to see a director's cut, because clearly this movie is missing a lot of scenes.

I though Inception was one of the best movie's I have ever seen, I saw it twice. The second time around definitely opens your eyes to many things you miss the first time. If you thought this movie was explicitly made to showcase dreaming, it's not. Clearly it's about inception, which seems to be accomplished through dreaming, because one needs to communicate with the sub-conscious in order to do so. I also thought the acting was awesome as well as the humor sprinkled in throughout the movie.

^^I would love a director's cut as well

Why are people basing their claims that "It was all a dream" on Cobb and Mal not being plugged into one of those devices?? They clearly were. It was sitting on the floor just above their heads. Anyway, Inception has definitely rekindled my interest in lucid dreams. It was great to watch it with the sort of insider knowledge that comes with lucid dreaming experience too.

Also, how sweet would it be if an instant dream-inducing sedative like that actually existed! That would save WILDers a lot of time and effort to say the least!

Well... the movies was good, but some parts were really incoherent... I dont think nolan did much research about dreaming, lucid dreaming and all that stuff for the movie.

At one point some guy explains that "one minute of dream time is like a month in real life" (dont remember how much dream time was equal how much real life time) Nolan should have know that while dreaming, the mind doesnt think faster, it just thinks more...

When they say that the brain uses 100% of its functions in a dream, and that in real life we use only 10%, how is it possible that our brain would imagine a seamingly real world, and have time pass a hundred times faster in it, while using its functions to generated complicated stuff like a cubical city, or split its conscience in the minds of thousands of persons... i mean, if the pbrain really uses more of its power in a dream, its because it can create much more complex ideas, and if it imagined those ideas this fast, a dream wouldnt even contain images or sounds, it would just be a stream of thoughts. This makes the whole "ohh no, im stuck in third level complete bullshido"

Beside this nonsense, i loved that movie, di caprio wins oscars for male main role, and Nolan is surely nominated again as best director... plus this will get all the special effects nominations that dark knight got.. music sucked thought... the arrangement sound like they put like two hundred instruments in the brass section... lol that was heavy

I thought it was a great film, and I'm going to start using a totem now. Seems like a much better way of becoming lucid than standard RCs.

Originally Posted by Pensive Patrick

I thought it was a great film, and I'm going to start using a totem now. Seems like a much better way of becoming lucid than standard RCs.

What is your reasoning behind that? I think a simple pinch of the nose would be much more efficient than say, spinning a top. On the subject of totems,

Spoiler for Question regarding totems.:

I don't understand how Ariadne's totem can help her determine if she is dreaming or not... she can't spin it or anything.

Regardless, I loved the movie. You shouldn't be angry that it is not identical to real lucid dreaming - it's a blockbuster. Special effects were amazing, too. DiCaprio and even maybe Cotillard (Dom's wife) could be snagging some awards with their performances.

YOU GUYS ARE RETARDED. Maybe the dreams are realistic because no one would want to watch Leonardo Dicaprio transform into a dinosaur and just DEMOLISH EVERYTHING. Unless you are 12 years old.

Haha. Exactly.

Patrick, what happens if you reach into your pocket in a dream to grab your totem and it's just not there? My pockets are almost always empty in dreams. In waking life I basically always have my keys, phone, and wallet in my pockets, but I've only ever had one lucid dream where I had one of those in my pocket (it was my cell phone). Maybe empty pockets could be a sort of dream sign in itself, although it doesn't really require a totem any more special than your car keys.

Originally Posted by SEJR

On the subject of totems,

Spoiler for Question regarding totems.:

I don't understand how Ariadne's totem can help her determine if she is dreaming or not... she can't spin it or anything.

She carved out some weight, making the chess piece's weight unique, and with her the only one knowing the specific weight she would know whether or not she was in a dream.

I definitely enjoyed the movie and was left in an expansive state of mind, but I wouldn't rate it above The Matrix or Fight Club, or even Memento: in the same league, maybe, but toward the bottom of the roster. I don't have a problem with the absence of dream powers for a couple of reasons:

1) They're dream sharing through technology, which may well require more agreed-upon conventions than a natural lucid dream (this also goes for the fixed time dilations, though the ratios do seem extreme).

2) It's not just a matter of "the projections will get 'em!" The projections turning on them is a manifestation of the target rejecting the dream reality, and keeping the mark in the dark is the name of the game.

Originally Posted by Black_Eagle

Yeah, but the point is that nothing inside the dream would have the power to stop them if they did turn into giant mecha.

Yes, it would. The DCs would just keep coming and their Ultralisk would get zerg rushed, which would not be conducive to establishing a foothold from which to go deeper.

Originally Posted by SEJR

What is your reasoning behind that? I think a simple pinch of the nose would be much more efficient than say, spinning a top. On the subject of totems,

Because, as said in the movie, a totem is very unique, personal, and preferably has a complex behaviour (like spinning, which could be messed up by the dream). Pinching your nose or checking the time isn't very personal or complex. I just would feel much more motivated to check my totem often in real life, as I find I often forget to check my watch/pinch my nose. I don't really see how a totem is not better than standard RCs.

Originally Posted by DuB

Patrick, what happens if you reach into your pocket in a dream to grab your totem and it's just not there? My pockets are almost always empty in dreams. In waking life I basically always have my keys, phone, and wallet in my pockets, but I've only ever had one lucid dream where I had one of those in my pocket (it was my cell phone). Maybe empty pockets could be a sort of dream sign in itself, although it doesn't really require a totem any more special than your car keys.

Well in RL my totem will be small enough to keep in my pocket at all times, and if its not there I can deduce that I'm dreaming.

You guys missed the point of the totem's lol. He explained that it was just to see if it was YOUR dream scape or another persons. Because if it was another persons, your totem would be different to RL. Whereas if it was your dream you'd obviously know what it felt like and how much it weighed etc. That's why they can't let anybody else touch their totem.

Also you guys a fucking idiots lol I knew I didn't want to view this thread before I watched it. I'm glad my instincts were right. The first post says NO SPOILERS UNLESS IN SPOILER TAGS. and the first god damned fucking page has about 20 spoilers regarding THE END OF THE FUCKING MOVIE.

Anyway, sorry but spoilers really piss me off no end. More than anything.

Um Yeah I thought the movie was absolutely awesome. There were no plot holes that I could discern which is great for such a complex movie.
I did think it was going to be more about lucid dreaming than it was. Really the only part was the beginning where he's teaching her. Which was good though, it might get some people interested, but hopefully not a spam fest of noobs on these boards.

I also found it stupid that they didn't have any of the illusion things that are impossible IRL in the dreams. The Escher staircase was the only thing in there. Which was lame because they showed that at the start too.
When they showed that I was thinking there was going to be clever little things like that throughout the entire movie. But that didn't happen and it left me a bit disappointed but the movie was just so well done besides that.

Oh and the special effects were also awesome even though it was simple things, like the walking on to the vertical road thing. It was just done so well.

And taosaur - You definitely got the projections attacking thing correct. And that explains the lack of powers thing.
People are just pissed off that it wasn't a lucid dream in movie format lol

I also though that the movie could have gone WAY more in depth and gone way longer than it did.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

I found the time expansion thing a little flimsy. Especially how Dom knew when everyone was going to wake up etc. He was like "they've only got a couple minuted left, we've got about 15" or something. I'm not sure why.
....Maybe now that I think about it, it was because of the different sections of the bus. Some hit the water first. Maybe, but the jolt still would have been at the same time.
Anyway....

Also, the best RC is contained within this movie. It is:
- Do you remember how you got here?

I saw the movie the day it came out with my brother. We both thought the movie was awesome. I really can't think of anything that I really didn't like. If I had the money I would definitely see it again.

There were some things that were inaccurate about the dreams, but nothing that made me think less of the movie. Most of the things like that were to help make a better movie, like move the story along, make a good story etc.

Overall I give it a 10/10

Good movie.

As a lot of people pointed out already, lots of illogical stuff when it came to dream control.

Spoiler for question:

Couldn't Cobb just kill Mel to get her out of the limbo? Instead of using inception on her? Am I missing something here?

i just got back from seeing it, i think it's absolutely amazing, one of the most entertaining films i've seen in cinemas in a looong time. as it happens it brought me back to these forums - i was very interested in lucid dreaming several years ago but the first time i posted i got a sarcastic and rude response back, and decided that if these forums weren't particularly friendly then there was no point contributing. (i think it was just a one-off, from what i've seen you're all very nice ) i didn't have the time to record my dreams once school went back and eventually my lucid dreams faded away, apart from the natural ones i have occasionally.
anyway, long story short, inception was good enough to give me back my interest in lucid dreaming, and i recommend it to everyone!

I thought it was a good movie, although it was very complex and difficult to understand completely. Some things I would like to point out: they didn't explain how they were able to go into someone elses dream, what that machine was, or how they got lucid once in the dream. They could have just manifested all the things they needed, or used some kind of ability/power to help them, for example a telekinetic blast on the enemy, or make their car blow up. The totem thing is totally stupid because we all know the best RC is to double-check the time. I'm also sure there are easier ways to break up an empire than what they did.

Some things I really liked about the movie: the concept of a dream within a dream, the concept of dream time being longer than real time, the idea of having an army that protects you subconsciously from any invaders.

Anyone notice when Eames says "You've got to dream a little bigger darling" he pulls a grenade launcher out of nowhere?

Originally Posted by wiz1

Anyone notice when Eames says "You've got to dream a little bigger darling" he pulls a grenade launcher out of nowhere?

I loved that.

Originally Posted by Eonnn

The totem thing is totally stupid because we all know the best RC is to double-check the time.

As I just said.... The totems were NOT for reality checking. They were to see if it was your own dream scape or somebody else's.

I didn't quite understand the extent to which dreamers could manipulate an architect's dream. I mean the totem thing... Let's say an architect created a dream, and then the dreamer went into it, reached into his pocket for his totem, and found that it was there and felt just like it should because he expected it to.

That one guy toward the end manifested a huge gun/bazooka thing out of nowhere, even though HE was the dreamer, NOT the architect.

Who's to say that each dreamer couldn't just manifest their own totems regardless of whose dream it was?

I have to say I was a little disappointed.

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

I didn't quite understand the extent to which dreamers could manipulate an architect's dream. I mean the totem thing... Let's say an architect created a dream, and then the dreamer went into it, reached into his pocket for his totem, and found that it was there and felt just like it should because he expected it to.

That one guy toward the end manifested a huge gun/bazooka thing out of nowhere, even though HE was the dreamer, NOT the architect.

Who's to say that each dreamer couldn't just manifest their own totems regardless of whose dream it was?

in the movie they talk about how each totem is unique, and the weight and functions of each of the totems is unique, and only the person holding the totem knows exactly how they feel.
this is one reason why people are seeing some sort of plot hole in the whole thing.

I'd be very interested to hear the totem fall at the end. it sounds like something that should have been noticed by more people.

Originally Posted by no-Name

great acting. beautifully made. very entrancing. I'll have to see it again, eventually.

I enjoyed every part of this film, DiCaprio was fantastic and, no, I do not think he was dreaming at the end. Earlier in the film, when dreaming of that room and scene, he is wearing a wedding band. At the end, the wedding band is gone.

Originally Posted by sign543

I enjoyed every part of this film, DiCaprio was fantastic and, no, I do not think he was dreaming at the end. Earlier in the film, when dreaming of that room and scene, he is wearing a wedding band. At the end, the wedding band is gone.

You've got it, but, it's EVERY scene where he is dreaming he is wearing his wedding ring, as a subconscious link to his wife. Every scene in reality he is not wearing it, including the final scene.