Inception

[biggz]

<!--quoteo(post=109021:date=Jul 31 2010, 01:00 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 31 2010, 01:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=109012:date=Jul 31 2010, 11:20 AM:name=funkster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (funkster @ Jul 31 2010, 11:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=108848:date=Jul 30 2010, 08:46 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jul 30 2010, 08:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I saw it last night and I enjoyed it quite a bit. While visually, it was Nolan's most compelling film, I would actually rank it behind all of his other work -- but I have loved all of his movies, so that isn't a slam on Inception at all.

I'm not quite sure I understand your complaint with the ending, Bz.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW?

What's a Godzilla ending?

I'm also not sure I had as big of a problem with the dialogue that you did. Yeah -- the guy yelling, "Paradox" was pretty lame, but I can't think of any other instances. A fair amount of explanation was required for Ellen Page's character, and I thought it was fine. It didn't seem excessively ham-fisted to me.

I thought the side story with Leo and his wife was amazing -- and probably the best part of the movie. And once they enter the guy's dream on the airplane, it was a pure rollercoaster ride. But it was still interspersed with Leo and his wife and the nature of memory and subconscious -- so it wasn't *just* an action movie at that point.

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You rank it behind the Batman movies? I find them enjoyable, but in my opinion they are the Nolan flicks with the least amount of substance.
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They're all pretty bunched up together. Inception might top the Batmans...I'm not 100% sure yet.
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For me, it tops Begins. I'm still smitten with TDK, though.

My favorite Nolan film is probably The Prestige, and is, IMO, his best all-around film to date.

I'd probably rank them:

Prestige
TDK
Inception
Begins
Memento

(Never seen Insomnia or Following.)
TDK