'Inception' Ending Audience Reaction Videos Coming and Going Real Fast
It's very sad that Warner Brothers is yanking everything 'Inception'-related off YouTube with great zeal-it's a reasonable copyright claim on their part, sure, but it's a shame in particular that this video has gone missing-it was an in-theater recording of the audience's reaction to the last scene of Inception. (Obviously people who plan to see Inception and haven't yet should not look read on.)
This description is pretty good:
It's a sound being heard all around the country right now, an audience reaction quite unlike any other you've probably heard after any other film. It's the sound of people, who are in on what's going on, and happy to walk out the door without getting all the answers spoonfed to them. It's the sound of smart moviegoers laughing and groaning all at once, the sound of frustration and delight colliding together in one cacophony
I was actually surprised that people were this invested by the end-the movie begins with quite a lot of talking and we all know how American movie-goers hate the talking.
Also enjoyable: this interview with Dileep Rao, where he makes at least three very smart cases for an specific interpretation of the ending.







Great stuff. Another rad interpretation (more of the it's-all-a-dream thing):
http://chud.com/articles/articles/24477/1/NEVER-WAKE-UP-THE-MEANING-AND-SECRET-OF-INCEPTION/Page1.html
I think delight is probably the best word as the tease is so good-natured and well done. It's probably what David Chase was going for but missed.
Thanks for pointing me there!
(both Choire and deepomega)
I did not have enough pot to sit all the way through that mess.
Amen. The idea was fine, but Christ did that mass of filmstock need an editor with no compunctions and a pair of very sharp scissors. But don't get me started.
Does Incepetion attract intelligent audiences, or does an [arguably, I guess] intelligent movie elevate its audience?
Or is the answer the obvious one, that American audiences are underestimated?
After watching "audience responses" on WGN this morning, I would answer none of the above.
winchesterwolcott is correct. Remember, there were THREE Matrix movies.
Ooof…Inception 2: Money Never Sleeps.
It's maybe not so much that we hate the talking but the exposition?
Don't think of it as exposition. Think of it as a giant video game tutorial.
I was having a dream about seeing this movie, but I interrupted myself in the middle of it and changed the channel to Dallas.
http://chud.com/articles/articles/24477/1/NEVER-WAKE-UP-THE-MEANING-AND-SECRET-OF-INCEPTION/Page1.html