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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 391691" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>INCEPTION (2010)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]51619[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Inspired by the Leonardo DiCaprio thread (which was inspired by an update of the River Phoenix thread, which was inspired by my review of a River Phoenix film, which was inspired by my desire to watch a great film from the 1980s) I decided to ignore my instincts and my previously failed attempts to watch this film.</p><p>This time it was going to happen, come hell or high water.</p><p></p><p>It turned out be hell <em>and</em> high water, and I'm not sure if I can ever forgive myself. It's really not about the time I've wasted, it's just that I don't want to know this story.</p><p>I've never realized how happy and blissfully unaware I was before I subjected myself to INCEPTION.</p><p>And btw, why does IMDB show me Dutch translations and film posters - but not consistently? I understand the IP address thing but I don't understand why they do it.</p><p></p><p>It looks as if the filmmaker has taken his cue from the Gaming Universe by writing a new rule book that allows the story to develop in a particular and most spectacular way. So far so good, I suppose.</p><p>The problem is that the film explains relentlessly <em>how</em> it works (inadvertently magnifying the issues why it <em>doesn't </em> work) but completely omits the explanation <em><strong>why</strong></em> it works.</p><p>The story has already arrived there when the film begins but that is something I can overlook when I'm in the mood for it, and to be honest the film does give you the option to buy into it or walk away from it right from the very beginning.</p><p>This time I felt strong and ready for the challenge, but apart from the issues mentioned earlier I had not foreseen that INCEPTION was also going to take itself very very very seriously, like watching someone masturbating to his own crazy fanfic. It made me feel dirty but not in a fun way.</p><p></p><p>Then, <strong>on top of everything</strong>, it also manages to be a boring film. Even without trying keeping up with the specific rules and why this-or-that works in such-or-so way I found it increasingly difficult to pay attention to the non-stop action/fantasy sequences. When it feels like watching the screen rather than what's happening on that screen then it sucks all the pleasure out of it.</p><p></p><p>INCEPTION is currently rated 8,8 at IMDB. (!!)</p><p>How in the world.</p><p></p><p>Leonardo got the "dead wife" movie trope and if I have to mention one positive thing then I'll say that I liked her as the antagonist who keeps popping up in Leonardo's unconsciousness.</p><p>I don't hate INCEPTION, I just want to un-see it. Please write me a rule book that can make it happen.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]51620[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 391691, member: 8"] INCEPTION (2010) [ATTACH type="full" alt="1710591342639.png"]51619[/ATTACH] Inspired by the Leonardo DiCaprio thread (which was inspired by an update of the River Phoenix thread, which was inspired by my review of a River Phoenix film, which was inspired by my desire to watch a great film from the 1980s) I decided to ignore my instincts and my previously failed attempts to watch this film. This time it was going to happen, come hell or high water. It turned out be hell [I]and[/I] high water, and I'm not sure if I can ever forgive myself. It's really not about the time I've wasted, it's just that I don't want to know this story. I've never realized how happy and blissfully unaware I was before I subjected myself to INCEPTION. And btw, why does IMDB show me Dutch translations and film posters - but not consistently? I understand the IP address thing but I don't understand why they do it. It looks as if the filmmaker has taken his cue from the Gaming Universe by writing a new rule book that allows the story to develop in a particular and most spectacular way. So far so good, I suppose. The problem is that the film explains relentlessly [I]how[/I] it works (inadvertently magnifying the issues why it [I]doesn't [/I] work) but completely omits the explanation [I][B]why[/B][/I] it works. The story has already arrived there when the film begins but that is something I can overlook when I'm in the mood for it, and to be honest the film does give you the option to buy into it or walk away from it right from the very beginning. This time I felt strong and ready for the challenge, but apart from the issues mentioned earlier I had not foreseen that INCEPTION was also going to take itself very very very seriously, like watching someone masturbating to his own crazy fanfic. It made me feel dirty but not in a fun way. Then, [B]on top of everything[/B], it also manages to be a boring film. Even without trying keeping up with the specific rules and why this-or-that works in such-or-so way I found it increasingly difficult to pay attention to the non-stop action/fantasy sequences. When it feels like watching the screen rather than what's happening on that screen then it sucks all the pleasure out of it. INCEPTION is currently rated 8,8 at IMDB. (!!) How in the world. Leonardo got the "dead wife" movie trope and if I have to mention one positive thing then I'll say that I liked her as the antagonist who keeps popping up in Leonardo's unconsciousness. I don't hate INCEPTION, I just want to un-see it. Please write me a rule book that can make it happen. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1710595574520.png"]51620[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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