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Christopher Nolan’s Inception: the Man Behind the Dreamscape
southendmd:
Just got back from seeing this tonight, mostly to escape the oppressive heat. I found more oppressiveness.
No spoilers here.
Like most of Nolan's work, it left me cold. I was expecting imagination--it is about dreams, after all. Instead, endlessly silly rules and explanations. The film is a slave to its own dull logic, not to mention simplistic psychology.
There were a few pleasures, however. Joseph Gordon-Levitt did indeed remind me of Fred Astaire in the anti-gravity scene.
A small, delightful detail: Ellen Page fashions a chess piece as a "totem". This sadly reminded me that Heath might well have cast her in "The Queen's Gambit", had he lived to direct it.
I'm not a Leo fan, and this performance did nothing to change my mind.
A guilty pleasure: Tom Hardy is damned cute, with lips that I'll dream about.
Kelda:
I quite liked it although I'm not sure I understood it completely.
I think its definitely a film for the big screen with all the very clever CGI stuff.
Paul... I thought of Heath and the film when she used a chess piece too... :-\
And yes..... JGL - I can totally see the Fred Astaire thing!
Penthesilea:
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Am I the only one who thinks LDC and Nolan totally look alike?
southendmd:
Here's a short clip of Fred Astaire from "Royal Wedding" (1951):
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDLfOz9hmQY[/youtube]
Front-Ranger:
There is certainly a resemblance, Chrissi! But LDC's features are arranged more interestingly. Thanks for the review, friend Paul. Maybe seeing this film will awaken an urge in some people to go back and watch films where the dreaming concept (and the idea of getting into another's head) is explored more creatively with more imagination and style. The Peter Pan stories, Spielberg's AI, and...and...The Imaginarium, of course!!
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