Posts tagged as Inception
Lovable Cockney Spoils 'Inception'
"I don't mean to be a stickler here, but anything Michael Caine says about Christopher Nolan's intended meaning for Inception's ending technically qualifies as heresy. And besides, every film critic-or professor of critical theory, for that matter-would happily tell you that it doesn't matter one iota what the artist says his or her movie, book, play, painting, comic book, videogame, et cetera actually means. The author of the work is responsible for, at best, just one interpretation of said work. So just because Michael Caine says Christopher Nolan intended for Inception's ending-" READ MORE
The History and Use of "Spoiler Alert"
In her July 14 article about the premiere of the fourth season of "Mad Men," Alessandra Stanley neglected to include a phrase that precedes potentially revealing facts in film and TV reviews: "spoiler alert." Fans read ahead and the damage was done. A certain string of words made moot a device key to the operation of the "Mad Men" universe-the ignorance on the part of the audience of how much time has lapsed between the previous season and the current one-and she did not give readers the choice of whether or not they wanted to know before the episode aired. The information was placed casually in the middle of a sentence-and so, for some, the fun of the anticipation had been ruined, and something would be taken away from the original viewing experience. Betrayal! Stanley had broken the unspoken agreement. READ MORE
The Key to 'Inception': It's a Movie About Making Movies
I should love to claim the credit for having figured out what Inception is really about, but Devin Faraci of C.H.U.D. is the one who started the ball rolling for me. I don't know whether or not the essential clue was in Faraci's possession before he wrote his review, but even if it was, all I can say is, dang. I can't remember the last time a review succeeded in making me change my mind about a movie so absolutely, and so satisfyingly. READ MORE
Books for the 'Inception' Enthusiast
"I loved Inception. Can you recommend any books that would be similar?" There are some good recommendations: Greg Bear's Queen of Angels, Iain Banks' Transition, Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves; your mileage may vary.
'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.) READ MORE
'Inception' A "Deranged Turkey"
"In Christopher Nolan movies, I never know whether he's going to find an ending or not, but I never have any problem finding the exit.... Like bottom feeder Charlie Kaufman, Mr. Nolan's reputation as an arrogant maverick draws a first-rate cast of players, none of whom have an inkling of what they're doing or what this movie is about in the first place, and all of whom have been seen to better advantage elsewhere. Especially Leonardo DiCaprio, who remains one of the screen's most gullible talents.... Inception is the kind of pretentious perplexity in which one or two reels could be mischievously transposed, or even projected backward, and nobody would know the difference." WHAT IF... Friday finally comes and you find yourself agreeing with Rex Reed?
