[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]Pootie Tang wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]dylan10507 wrote:
That makes sense and is what I assumed, but I couldda swore he said “I can tell if I’m in someone elses dream.” to the girl, what you say makes more sense, but then why can no one else know about how it is supposed to fall (he tells the girl not to tell him, the other guy won’t show the dice).
Also does touching it ruin it (not sure if he says this) cuz the old asian man touches it at the beggining/end meaning it wouldn’t matter what it did at the end. [/quote]
They were in the dream when he touched it. But, thinking about it why would it matter if someone else touched it in real life? Why would it have to be completely unique to you? It’s not like no one’s ever held dice, or a monoploy piece. That makes just about anything you could use as a totem unable to be unique. Honestly, this movie was kind of disappointing. There was a lot of really confusing shit going on and not an awful lot of explanation. Originl doesn’t always = good. [/quote]
Ahh the hate begins to flow from the source. The totem could not be held by anyone else in reality because if they did it might transfer over into the dreamworld. it needed to be specific to them that’s why JGL’s character had LOADED die they had to have a specific weight and heft. The top stops spinning in the real world, it didn’t stop in the dream world. The Die would land on a random number in the dream world and because it was loaded it would land a specific # every time in the real world. JGL’s character explained it to the chick AND DiCaprio’s character explained it.
Yes it was a complicated and very original movie but if you guy’s paid close attention to it then you would see that they explained the concept numerous times.
So put the Haterade away Flash, Expendibles comes out in about two weeks you can drink deeply then. Because we all know you will.[/quote]
To quote Common “If I don’t like I don’t like that don’t mean that I’m hatin’.” I know it was explained. That’s why I said “it was explained”. Aside from being original and overly complex, why did y’all like it? What was so amazing about it? I didn’t say I didn’t like it, I said I was disappointed. [/quote]
Nice Common quote, but usually disappointment and not liking something go hand in hand. Here are the reasons I liked it. I kinda already stated why I liked it but let me reiterate:
The cinematography was insane, I saw it on Imax which totally enhanced the scope of some of the set pieces.
It’s pacing grabbed you instantly and MADE you pay attention to every nuance in each scene.
It made rules for the world it created and followed those rules to a tee.
There wasn’t a GTFO action sequence in the entire movie (with the exception of the projections having horrible aim)
The hallway scene was FUCKING BANANAS!
It gave plenty of food for thought, the complexity of your dreams and is it really a mirror of your subconscious.
The last 30 minutes kept you at the edge of your seat.
I have never cared so much about a car chase scene since Matrix Reloaded.
The ending kept you guessing.
The acting was impeccable.
You can watch it twice and get a totally different yet enriching experience. Kinda like Watchmen.
My only negative of this movie was…there wasn’t any tits in it.[/quote]
I agree with most of your points. The cinematogrophy was killer. I imagine seeing it in IMAX would enhance the visual experience. Even though my initial reaction was disappointment, I will see it again [on IMAX this time] and try and pick up what I missed the first time.
I will say, that even though I was a little disappointed I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen. That’s a helluvan accomplishment for a damn near 3 hour movie. I’d like to know how long it took them to come up with this. The detail in this movie is pretty insane.[/quote]
I think you might have had unattainable hopes for this movie. Or you might have just watched it on a purely surface level. If you give couldn’t take your eyes off the screen then that had to mean something.
I forgot to add the sound track was freakin awesome. It just enhanced the tension of some of the scenes.[/quote]
The score was dope, I’ll give you that. All of Nolan’s movies are super atmospheric and have scores that enhance that. I actually went in trying to have no expectations, but guess that didn’t work. I was disappointed but I’m still thinking about it a full 48hrs later, so they did something right.