Team Inception: Dream Police

[SQ]

Wuwu and I were talking about Inception (awesome movie btw). He speaks of how all the anime trailers he's seen has sucked and then goes out to make an awesome one (will he actually? Probably not, but he claims to have ripped footage already).

He then links me to THIS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSEN4eOK-Ew

[Q] says (2:56 PM):
OH GOD
What's worse is it's actually WELL DONE
You Choose Sam,the Rest says (2:56 PM):
its almost brillant
You Choose Sam,the Rest says (2:58 PM):
god that inspires me
ttoally citing that as my inspiration


....

WHYYYYYYYY


Discuss:
Things that should not have been done that were done. And awesome.
And also Inception.

OH, UNRELATED.
I was also linked to something else that was pretty laughable today.
Foreshadowing?

[JaddziaDax]

Inception = so much freaking suspense. I don't have anything else to really add to the topic, but you are right that video is pretty well done.

[SQ]

I loved Inception.
Is it sad I expected the ending? D;

UNRELATED.
Perrier. Just water?
(load is worth it. Truuuuuust me.)

[JaddziaDax]

I went to a midnight showing, at the last little bit everyone laughed XD in a "I should have known!" sort of way.

[SQ]

As soon as the thing started spinning, I knew what the ending was going to be. But I was HOPING it wouldn't be the way it was.
Stupid.

Just proves how awesome Nolan is, I guess. xD

[JaddziaDax]

but it was wobbling! wobbling! you don't know the ending!

[Pwolf]

I suspected Nolan was going to end it like that towards the middle of the movie when he set it up, but I really wanted a conclusion and not have it left open like that D: The audience laughed also. I was so tempted to yell "MOTHER FUCKER" but there were kids and I had to stay civil.

Spoiler :

Personally I don't think it was all a dream. I think, if it was, there would've been a lot more crazy stuff going on (his dream after all) and we would've seen Mal a lot more during the planning stages of the heist. If his projection of her was always there to get in his way, she would've appeared a lot sooner IMO. I also think the fact that it started to wobble a bit means it wasn't a dream because IIRC when he describes what happens when he's in a dream, he says it spins perfectly and indefinitely.

[LittleAtari]

I suspected Nolan was going to end it like that towards the middle of the movie when he set it up, but I really wanted a conclusion and not have it left open like that D: The audience laughed also. I was so tempted to yell "MOTHER FUCKER" but there were kids and I had to stay civil.

Spoiler :

Personally I don't think it was all a dream. I think, if it was, there would've been a lot more crazy stuff going on (his dream after all) and we would've seen Mal a lot more during the planning stages of the heist. If his projection of her was always there to get in his way, she would've appeared a lot sooner IMO. I also think the fact that it started to wobble a bit means it wasn't a dream because IIRC when he describes what happens when he's in a dream, he says it spins perfectly and indefinitely.

Someone did yell that in our theatre

Spoiler :

Same, I dont think it was a dream either. It did start to wobble and I think he did that just to mess with us.

[dwchang]

I suspected Nolan was going to end it like that towards the middle of the movie when he set it up, but I really wanted a conclusion and not have it left open like that D: The audience laughed also. I was so tempted to yell "MOTHER FUCKER" but there were kids and I had to stay civil.

Spoiler :

Personally I don't think it was all a dream. I think, if it was, there would've been a lot more crazy stuff going on (his dream after all) and we would've seen Mal a lot more during the planning stages of the heist. If his projection of her was always there to get in his way, she would've appeared a lot sooner IMO. I also think the fact that it started to wobble a bit means it wasn't a dream because IIRC when he describes what happens when he's in a dream, he says it spins perfectly and indefinitely.

Spoiler :

I actually somewhat disagree. I thought that at the end he was in reality, but when I gave it further thought, I've come to the conclusion that it's well...inconclusive like he intended. The things that make me consider the other side are two-fold:

1) After they first go into the dream state to test out the Chemist's formula, he goes to the sink to wash his face off and then attempts to spin the top. He is interrupted by Saito and doesn't try again. This is the first clue that he himself suspects he might be in a dream now.

2) At the end of the movie, his kid's clearly have not aged a day. His daughter's voice in the middle of the movie clearly sounds like she is older now (and upset). At the end of the movie, she looks exactly as he remembered years ago. The ending was basically his "ideal" situation and he even leaves to see his kids instead of looking at the top, almost admitting that he doesn't care if this is a dream or not.

I don't think either of these are conclusive since as many have noted, the top does wobble, but basically neither side has the concrete evidence to say he is dreaming or he is awake. Again, my guess is this was Nolan's intention.

In any case, I liked the movie quite a bit. Probably the best one I've seen this summer. Christopher Nolan is 5 for 5 with respect to all his films I've seen (Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and now Inception). I'm excited to see how he concludes his Batman trilogy.

[dokidoki]

Spoiler :

Personally I don't think it was all a dream.

The chemist agrees.