Comments on: INCEPTION’s Inception: Review and Conversation with Christopher Nolan & Creative Team

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:44:11 +0000

Oh yay, glad you liked it! My feelings about a sequel are about the same as yours.

Thanks for coming back to read the Q & A notes.

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:50:16 +0000

Oh boy, oh boy!! Though my head hurt from trying to puzzle it all out, what a ride. As you said, it felt like being dumped into an immersion class from the get go. And the ending ~ oh boy! I can live without a sequel, as I always worry that the sequel will fail to live up, but I’d definitely go and see it if one was produced. And I thought the score was fabulous and just kept notching up that intensity until it was almost unbearable. It was great to come back here now and find out more. I was curious about the use of the Piaf song and its obvious connection to Marion Cotillard, so I enjoyed having that question answered. And I’m SO looking forward to seeing more of Hardy. I thought he was wonderful.

By: Jose McNabb

Jose McNabb — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:30:44 +0000

The only thing that I can say about Inception is it’s brilliant! Nolan has outdone himself (again)! I was a little skeptical going into the movie, I love Leo and Nolan, their movies are always good. Without seeing it you really think how is this going to work? It sounds a little strange. Still, when you see it you realize how mind blowing an experience it is! Nothing less than ten stars! Amazing!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:32:14 +0000

Eloquent as always. I couldn’t have said it better. Thanks, le0.

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:48:51 +0000

I LOVE the way the movie is and that it CAN stand alone. It doesn’t demand a sequel, but if Mr. Nolan wants one, I’ll definitely go an see it. You can certainly see why a studio would WANT a sequel (especially now that it is successful and will drive debate about that last scene among all of its ticket-goers for the next months and years). After investing millions to produce and market this, the studios want another big paycheck down the line. Their current thinking is sequels are the best way to go about insuring more big movie openings in the near future — thereby bringing about more amnesiacs to an original idea (like INCEPTION) the studios really need.

BTW, I really appreciate Leonardo DiCaprio’s thoughts on this:

“This is an interesting movie, because I really believe people can extract what they want from this film and interpret that in a lot of different ways. I think that’s something that doesn’t come from the Hollywood studio system very often nowadays. Oftentimes, I get scripts that came to me recycled from other ones. Chris [Nolan] pulled off something pretty ambitious, pretty existential, pretty cerebral and daring with this movie, and I jumped on the opportunity to do it and work with him.”

Lastly, I heard a couple of people talking about a possible sequel as I exited the theatre. Unfortunately, the studios seemingly are building in to audiences that expectation. I’m not all against the idea of sequels. What I’m against is the profit mentality that breeds them for the sake of the bottomline and not for the sake of a good story told through moving pictures.

Thanks, Elsye

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:19:05 +0000

I'll consider it since I imagine it would be quite an experience, but I was too lazy to see myself in IMAX (in the movie you know about) so I may not get around to it. Thanks for reporting back! Check out this article about a possible sequel. I don't think there should be one. You?

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:51:50 +0000

A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!! You must, must see it in IMAX, Elyse. And the not the IMAX-lite that’s out there–a real one like the one near me (and Deb’s work). Hey, that’s an idea for after work, huh? Think about it… ;-).

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:17:58 +0000

I liked him, too. I’m inspired by people who want me to be better, not by those who treat me as if I’m slow.

By: Jen Forbus

Jen Forbus — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:37:33 +0000

I so like your instructor!! Lately I’ve been getting overwhelmed with people who have such low expectations.

Haven’t been hitting the theaters much lately, but I’ll probably look for this on DVD later.

By: le0pard13

le0pard13 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:33:27 +0000

I have the 11:30 AM showing on Sunday. I’ll let you know for sure 🙂