What if Inception were a total mindbender?
My girlfriend and I watched it together. She liked it, I loved it, but we both came up with the same conclusion: Nolan compromised the intellectual integrity of the movie to appeal to a broader audience.
DiCaprio and Page weren't amazing in their roles, but they were safe popular choices that people would go to see. 20 minutes of gratuitous skiing action wasn't necessary, but hey, it's the climax, Hollywood movies, at some point, need to throw a bunch of money on the screen. The final area could've been something much more mystifying and cerebral. Lastly, I think the dialogue does too much spoonfeeding. Instead of directly telling the viewer near the beginning that Cobb plans to plant a new idea instead of extract an idea, it could've been a major plot twist. It's probably the most ambitious movie of all time. It could've been the greatest movie of all time had it not catered so much to 15-25 year old male audience. |
Re: What if Inception were a total mindbender?
And stuffing the film with mindbending plot twists would somehow not be catering to that particular audience?
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Originally Posted by marmalade skies (Post 1515284)
My girlfriend and I watched it together. She liked it, I loved it, but we both came up with the same conclusion: Nolan compromised the intellectual integrity of the movie to appeal to a broader audience.
DiCaprio and Page weren't amazing in their roles, but they were safe popular choices that people would go to see.
20 minutes of gratuitous skiing action wasn't necessary, but hey, it's the climax, Hollywood movies, at some point, need to throw a bunch of money on the screen. The final area could've been something much more mystifying and cerebral.
Lastly, I think the dialogue does too much spoonfeeding. Instead of directly telling the viewer near the beginning that Cobb plans to plant a new idea instead of extract an idea, it could've been a major plot twist.
It's probably the most ambitious movie of all time. It could've been the greatest movie of all time had it not catered so much to 15-25 year old male audience.
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Re: What if Inception were a total mindbender?
Honestly I never really thought of it this way, your totally right though. Nice thought man.
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Originally Posted by marmalade skies (Post 1515284)
It's probably the most ambitious movie of all time. It could've been the greatest movie of all time had it not catered so much to 15-25 year old male audience. |
Originally Posted by colejwalker (Post 1515317)
Honestly I never really thought of it this way, your totally right though. Nice thought man.
Originally Posted by neiba (Post 1515321)
No, it's not and no, it couldn't.
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Originally Posted by Thursday Next (Post 1515303)
And stuffing the film with mindbending plot twists would somehow not be catering to that particular audience?
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Re: What if Inception were a total mindbender?
I think you're basing your enjoyment for a movie to be way too lenient on figuring things out for yourself. Sometimes a film is just to sit back and enjoy.
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Re: What if Inception were a total mindbender?
I guess I was disappointed that Inception could've been in the same vein as Memento, but it decided to be an action blockbuster instead
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Originally Posted by marmalade skies (Post 1515477)
No. Not stuffing. More so minimalizing. The movie was 2h28m. If it cut about 5 minutes of dialogue spoonfeeding and 10 minutes of gratuitous action, it would've been much more tighter.
Originally Posted by marmalade skies (Post 1515499)
I guess I was disappointed that Inception could've been in the same vein as Memento, but it decided to be an action blockbuster instead
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Re: What if Inception were a total mindbender?
Originally Posted by Iroquois
If that's how you feel, then I recommend Paprika.
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Originally Posted by Omnizoa (Post 1515903)
Ew, no, that's compromising FOR THE SAKE of mindbending.
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