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[WARNING - The following discussion after the journal entry may contain spoilers.]

Saw it with :iconle-mec: this afternoon and the both of us were just simply blown away.

By far the most technically immaculate film I've seen in recent memory, probably not saying a lot - it's been a long time since I was so enraptured by what's going on screen. Nitpicking would've been a futile exercise in itself since I do it so often with the movies I watch, so instead it was much better to wonder where else this film was capable of taking its audience. I would totally watch it again and then grab the dvd off the shelves for the behind the scenes extras and commentary.

Ok. That was a bit of gushing on my part.

I read the Inception comic prequel "The Cobol Job" that the guys at Udon worked on in web-format. The panel by panel thing the site had in flash was terrible, so I just yanked the pdf instead. It provides a rather compressed exposition without giving any ideas away. In hindsight I like how it introduced us to Ken Watanabe's character as Mr. Saito.

There were lots of little things I liked about the movie, things I'd love to see expanded even further in commentary or as a short side story expansion. If they were all included into the film, it'd have been much longer than the 2.5 hour rollercoaster ride it was.  There was a slight bit of emotional and conceptual/imaginary restraint Nolan has that kept the film from spiraling into the psychedelic nonsense that was "The Cell", but it's the kind of restraint that works within the boundaries of the film itself.
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:iconreydelfenix:
I have to agree that it was a great movie and my favorite in recent memory.
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*Tsubasa-No-Kami Aug 10, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
i thought it was pretty cool XD how you been btw? i miss ya!
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:iconbd-666:
A friend of mine refuses to see it because he is adamant against all things involving Leonardo "DiCrapio"(his quote, not mine).
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~axl99 Jul 19, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
Yeah I have a friend who's just like that. But he did like the soundtrack.
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*VulnePro Jul 18, 2010  Professional Filmographer
People will always look for fault and there will always be detractors, and that's OK. Regardless of those folks I can safely say this film has immediately cemented itself as a classic. It will stand the test of time and probably is one of the first true genre masterpieces of this decade so far. A heady mind trip onion of a film folding upon itself masquerading as an action flick. We haven't seen anything like this is a looong time. Inception and District 9 have been some really bright spots in a dirge of dreck sinking the current trends in entertainment of late.

Here's to hoping we see more.
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~Trast Jul 18, 2010  Student General Artist
I loved it but I was slightly confused about the tokens and the way things are built within the dream. Like the fact that Fischer had to go with Saito in the 3rd level. Going to watch it again when it comes out to fully get it.It was fantastically mind-blowing.
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~Tanqexe Jul 19, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
The tokens are called totems, which are little items individually crafted by a dreamer to test whether they're in a dreamworld or in reality. This is accomplished because the totems have a unique weight and feel to them that only the dreamer knows, so in the instance of Cobb's spinning top, it'll keep spinning in the dream world, but will wobble and fall over in the real world.

I think Fischer could only go with Saito in level 3 because Yusuf is in charge of the kickback in level 1, Arthur is in charge of the kickback in level 2, Cobb is compromised because of Mal (though it ended up not making a difference because she showed up anyway), Eames is already running interference against the bulk of the projections, and Ariadne's the architect (she designed the maze, so if she was to accompany Fischer she'd stick out like a beacon for the projections). Ariadne's also looking after Cobb because she's the only one who really knows what's going on with Cobb's subconscious.
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:iconaffablyneutral:
Hrm, interesting. I've heard a lot of people praising Inception, and a minority bashing it pretty hard, so I'll have to go see it for myself next weekend. I appreciate your thoughts on it.
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~axl99 Jul 18, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
Much of the criticism I think hinges on the way Nolan directs his film. It's most apparent in Dark Knight.
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:iconaffablyneutral:
Ah. Well, I found much more fault with the writing and acting in Dark Knight than I really did with the direction, (but I pay a great deal more attention to those two things anyway), so maybe I'll like Inception. I don't know. Guess I'll see. :D
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