7. Inception (2010)
Action, Have Your Say, Mindbender — By CP on 26/08/2010 8:24 pm
YES.
First, let me set the mood a little. Click the audio player below (spoiler alert: LOTS of brass) and continue reading. (Please?)
I’ve put a lot of thought into this, and I think Inception might be The One. I know. I’m over-reacting. Right?
Wrong.
I’ve now seen it twice at the movies and both times I was like a smitten schoolgirl. Ensconced and enthralled. Christopher Nolan, you’ve done it again.
I’ve been dropping spoilers like nobody’s business on 100daysofaction but there’s no way I could betray Inception like that. I’d never hurt you, Christopher.
Not just Christopher but Leo, Joseph, Ellen (tick), Marion (tick), Ken, Cillian, Tom, Tom, Dileep and Michael. You were all brilliant. DiCaprio’s the best actor of this generation. There – I said it.
Before I lose all credibility let’s get this thing back on course. Nolan, consistently, hits winners.
The Evidence
- Memento
- Batman Begins
- The Dark Knight
- The Prestige
And I think there’s one other. Oh yeah. INCEPTION. It’s possible I’m still trapped in limbo and need to ride the kicks back up the layers to reality. But this is an immediate winner for me.
Inception was super-hyped. Then I added another layer of hype onto that hype, because it’s Nolan/DiCaprio/awesome-trailer-music so I expected something amazing. And still – it was probably 5 times more awesome than I expected.
Apparently some people didn’t get it don’t rate it. Well, you’re wrong. We’re done here.
CP
Action Rating: 
Still not convinced? Tell me you don’t love it.
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You're dreaming CP (pun intended). May I present Exhibit A: http://blogs.abc.net.au/thebuzz/2010/08/inception…
Hmmm interesting film but I was not as incepted as you by Inception. But I wasn't in love with Nolan's other brain-twister flicks so maybe he's just not THE ONE for me. Though Leo does get my (tick). Oh and the effects were pretty impressive too.
(tick) for Cillian too!
BWOOOOOOMMMM. BWOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM. That is all.
"Avatar will be remembered as the film of our generation." (CP, 2009)
hahaha Avatar sucks….verdicts still out on inception
Avatar was fantastic. Inception was just three times as fanasticer.
fanasticer ? taking a nap and having a dream? as opposed to travelling to a far off planet battling the indigenous to mine some metal to bring it home….
i'll pay that its a fancy nap but its not fanasticer!
Painey, is Jimmy M ur alter ego and u use that name to comment on ur own blog?
In all seriousness, hahaha Rambo love the call.
But seriously, avatar was epic… Inception… EEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIICCCCCCCC!!!!
@Rambo – I still think Avatar will be remember and talked about for years and years and years to come. Avatar was amazing for what it did for the CINEMA experience.
@Suzie – Jimmy M's his own man. There's little to no disguise about that name. Not like "Mr Lebowski" (oooo I wonder who it is?!).
@SC – Is this Sarah Sarah, or Sara the naked Canadian?
@Inception – Why aren't you returning my calls.
CP would never admit to being a Teletubby.
Paine your comments re: Avatar and Inception are worrying. Don't believe the hype.
Inception was a great concept that wasn't quite realised (particularly the weak characters and the ultimately lacking sense of danger in my opinion) . I love Nolan but I think the film is weaker than Memento, which on a relatively modest budget was much more original and engrossing. Both Batmans were brilliant but I don't think they deserve to be compared to his psychological thrillers.
People will talk about Avatar in years and years for how similar it was to Titanic, a wonderful technical achievement without being a particularly good film.
Paine's comments are very worrying. I'm still hiding under the bed, shaking like a leaf.
DiCaprio is the greatest actor of his generation? #unfollowing
@Marty – Your comments re: hype are worrying. It's been my experience that hype can ruin movies. I walked into Inception with my own very high expectations based on the names involved (Nolan, LdC) because I'm a big fan of their respective bodies of work. I'm disappointed, yet not surprised, that you'd dismiss a genuinely fond impression of a film as simply "believing the hype". Regarding Avatar, the hyperbole of my quote aside, what I was trying convey was more or less exactly what you've said regarding its technical achievement.