Where do you live, good sir? Consider yourself super lucky if you don't have this problem. I've watched movies in a few countries and most of them have this problem. Cell phones, although a great technological invention, has ruined manners.
Dreamscape, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Matrix, Spellbound, off the top of my head, not to mention books (Wheel of Time comes to mind).
All reasons to stop going to movie theaters and start going to the Alamo Drafhouse (www.Drafthouse.com). They have a strictly-enforced no-talking, no unsupervised kids policy. Plus, they have a great beer selection. The wife and I won't see a movie anywhere else. Oh, and the movie was awesome.
Excellent movie. It actually lived up to my expectations, something which can be quite hard to do. My thoughts: Spoiler I see a few possible outcomes since the ending was really left wide open: (1) He was in a dream the whole time. This means the spinning top is irrelevant. Part of having a dream is that everything seems real while you have it. Does stealing secrets via dreams seem real to you? Not really. It was real to everyone in the movie though, which could indicate it's all a dream. That means the spinning top is meaningless whether it falls over or not at the end. (2) He wasn't dreaming the whole time, but waking up in the airplane and seeing his kids at the end is a dream. In other words, he never got out of limbo. I'm not really sure about this one, because he should've been jolted awake from the deepest dream with his wife stabbing him. (3) And, of course, everything is straightforward. Waking up in the airplane is the reality and the inception was successful. Option (1) is the most interesting to me.
I agree. I live in the Montrose area and go to the Greenway Palace and I never really notice anyone chit-chatting during movies or using their phone. Occasionally someone brings their kid to a show who causes an outburst, but they take 'em outside and it's done. Maybe I'm just not picky and don't notice these things, though.
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Spoiler I am pretty sure that everything was straightforward. The top starts to wobble at the very end, this suggests that it will stop spinning eventually.
I sat next to a middle aged guy who kept doing a light chuckling after something interesting was on screen and it was extremely distracting. I glared right at him and I'm sure he saw me in his peripheral vision. He stopped after that.
Spoiler interesting the taking of the end, i guess i didnt really view it as open ended as others have. with it the top spinning i just assumed it meant he was actually in a dream. that his wife was right that what he thought was the real world wasnt real.
Spoiler people say if you listen closely, you can hear the top drop right when the screen turns black. Judge for yourself. I think it's the camera just making noise. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PkBYfNWajUU&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PkBYfNWajUU&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
The Imax, Alamo Drafthouse, Edwards on Weslayan are excellent places for movie going experiences.. Beware of Urban Theaters especially if you gonna go watch a film like Inception...
I thought about something that might throw a monkey wrench in this convoluted story: Spoiler If that... PAIGE lady talks to him... looks at him... and touches him... what does that make Paige? She's certainly not a projection from someone else's dream.
Spoiler So I have a question that needs clearing up. When Cobbs and Mal are about to get hit by a train, at first I assumed it was them waking up from their limbo, however, later in the movie Cobbs said they grew old together in limbo, but during that train scene, both of them were young. So was that train scene them actually within a dream already, trying to die again while on the sedative in order to go deeper? because if getting out of limbo was as simple as killing yourself, they would have done that immediately once getting into limbo. So then, how did they get out???
Just saw it tonight and thought it was very well done. It is definately a movie that makes you think. I had my doubts about Joseph Gordon Levitt as an action star but he pulls it off. Spoiler In regard to why Cobb and Mol looked the same age when they were on the train tracks but also said they grew old together I think that is because they were aware of enough of the dream world that they could control their appearence like how Eames could change his. I think as far as killing yourself that part I am not so clear about since they said that if you have a strong enough sedative killing yourself doesn't get you out. I think what happens is that there is a danger of losing yourself in limbo to the point where you want to stay since you exist as practically a god or else you forget that you are in a dream limbo.
Warning: LOOONG Spoiler I think they did grow old together in Limbo. But part of the growing old is their projection of themselves, right? Because none of that is real. Mol had forgotten which reality was the actual, original one. Cobb hadn't, and had to convince her otherwise. I think when they both had realized what limbo was, they lost the look of the old people because they went back to their actual, present day appearance. Plus, if you look when they hold hands on the train track, their hands are still old and wrinkly. And getting out of limbo is more than just dying, I think. If all you had to do was die, then Cobb could have just shot the old man Saito at the end. No, you have to realize you are in limbo and end your life, so it basically kicks you back to whatever level you came from. Loved the movie. I personally think Cobb was still in limbo at the end, but I don't think there is enough evidence either way to suggest one answer over the other. He probably hadn't been away from his kids long if he was still having to remind his youngest that Mom was gone and not coming back. I did find the shootout in Mombasa to be odd, too. It made me think it was all a setup by Saito. I mean, the guy wanted to audition them through the dreaming anyway. Maybe HE hired the Coball Engineering company so he would have control over the situation and be able to put Cobb in a position where he thought he had to agree to the Inception job. But that wouldn't explain the need to setup an elaborate, fake shootout in Mombasa...unless he was just trying to impress upon him his entire reliance on Saito. Not sure on that one. My thinking right now is that it was all real...with the end being limbo still. Overall, I must say this movie rocked. In a BIG way. A couple times I caught myself holding my breath. When the hallway gravity fight scene ended with the van completing its spinning tumble, I let out a gasp I hadn't realized I was holding in. Same thing with the top at the end. Never have I wanted a spinning top to topple over more. Cast was amazing. Joseph Gordon-Levitt has already gotten lots of praise, and deservedly so. Watanabe is always top shelf. Ellen Page did great and did so without playing a smart mouthed sarcastic kid, which was refreshing. Hopefully she continues crawling out of that pigeon-hole. At this stage, I simply can't imagine. Can't even fathom the idea that Christopher Nolan can do any wrong. Everything the guy does is gold. I hope this movie makes a lot of money so studios will continue giving him carte blanche with budgets to make whatever kind of movie his brilliant mind concocts.
Awesome. Lived up to the hype (which was quite large in my head). At about the 2 hour mark I was feeling a lot of unsure/confused vibes in the theater but then the last 10 minutes was just so well done and captivating. This one will stick with you after leaving the theater. A big shout-out to Chris Nolan. He creates movies the way he sees them in his mind. Uncompromising and beautiful. Can't wait for Batman 3 and beyond...
Depends really. I went to a midnight showing. The crowd was loud and vocal before it, and with the trailers (Which I didn't mind at all), though during it they were completely silent, except for the dude sitting next to me, who laughed at way too many things and it got really annoying. Like, laughing when no one else does. And they said some stuff when it ended. But overall, it wasn't a bad experience. Except that guy next to me I wanted to punch. Then I went again today, and didn't have a single problem. no one loud, no one that I noticed texting or whatever. No loud children. It was nice. I wish I lived near one of those draft houses though, they look fantastic.
The soundtrack to this movie is unbelievable.. without it, this movie is just so-so. I was annoyed with Ken Watanabe. He did not have to be in this movie. I mean, at least subtitle his parts so we don't get lost on the plot.
