Is inception over hyped?
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I loved it but yeah, it's overhyped to hell and back.
When a film has people going so crazy that they bring in Harvard physicists to analyze the ending, you know it's overhyped -_-
When a film has people going so crazy that they bring in Harvard physicists to analyze the ending, you know it's overhyped -_-
*sigh* no just because you didnt find it as amzaing as everyone was saying does not make it overrhyped
AVATAR however (and I dont hate AVATAR) was because when yyou strip it down theres really not much there, a very pretty looking bad clich'e story
AVATAR however (and I dont hate AVATAR) was because when yyou strip it down theres really not much there, a very pretty looking bad clich'e story
gillrobin said:
Thats kinda the point, its one of the many things that make this movie considered "artsy"
Huh? good for you because your one of the lucky few who didn't spend the next week thinking about it. Or laying awake at night replaying it in your head tryiing to decide whether or not it was a dreamgillrobin said:
Inception Was good. Just good. I understand that it was aimed at a wide audience. I just felt like the movie was holding my hand the entire way, making sure I never missed anything. It made rewatching it a bit dull. But I did feel like it lived up to the hype the FIRST time I watched it. Good movie. Not as good as The Prestige[
8th of all time, hell no.
Over hyped, definitely.
It was a good film, don't get me wrong, but nowhere near as good as the hype would suggest, top 50 of films i have seen probably but can't be more precise than that.
By the way how is that ranking calculated? Also there are going to be a lot of people who won't use the internet to express how they feel about a film so an IMDB ranking is going to be skewed.
Over hyped, definitely.
It was a good film, don't get me wrong, but nowhere near as good as the hype would suggest, top 50 of films i have seen probably but can't be more precise than that.
By the way how is that ranking calculated? Also there are going to be a lot of people who won't use the internet to express how they feel about a film so an IMDB ranking is going to be skewed.
It's a plotholefest with next to no storyline, but it pretends to make up for it with a cool concept. So if you're into shallow movies, go ahead.
It's exactly like The Dark Knight.
Both films were overhyped, but both do indeed deserve large amounts of praise for their direction, cinematics and certain individual performances (Ledger and Di Caprio).
I, for one, am very happy to see Nolan receiving huge amounts of praise, because he's one of the few directors in the Hollywood "A-list" who makes movies that are both epic and intelligent. Also, Nolan was responsible for the world shattering nerdgasm that erupted when it was discovered that you can get good movies out of the the Batman property.
Not just good movies mind you. Fairly great movies that can be held up as a credit to the film medium AND the source material.
What was my point here again?
Oh yeah. Inception is good. Don't just look at the hype and automatically assume its a sugar dusted turd. The hype is there for a reason. It's just overdone slightly.
Both films were overhyped, but both do indeed deserve large amounts of praise for their direction, cinematics and certain individual performances (Ledger and Di Caprio).
I, for one, am very happy to see Nolan receiving huge amounts of praise, because he's one of the few directors in the Hollywood "A-list" who makes movies that are both epic and intelligent. Also, Nolan was responsible for the world shattering nerdgasm that erupted when it was discovered that you can get good movies out of the the Batman property.
Not just good movies mind you. Fairly great movies that can be held up as a credit to the film medium AND the source material.
What was my point here again?
Oh yeah. Inception is good. Don't just look at the hype and automatically assume its a sugar dusted turd. The hype is there for a reason. It's just overdone slightly.
Overhyped? I don't know, I haven't really followed the hype. That stuff's bad for you.
That said, I loved it. It's a fantastically exciting and creative heist movie with psychological elements. As an added bonus: it didn't do anything silly and jarring like the ferry scene in The Dark Knight.
EDIT: Oh, you were talking about IMDB ratings. I refuse to form an opinion on where something should stand on IMDB's list on the basis that the users on IMDB are idiots.
That said, I loved it. It's a fantastically exciting and creative heist movie with psychological elements. As an added bonus: it didn't do anything silly and jarring like the ferry scene in The Dark Knight.
EDIT: Oh, you were talking about IMDB ratings. I refuse to form an opinion on where something should stand on IMDB's list on the basis that the users on IMDB are idiots.
Yes, it was over hyped and overrated, but you can say that about almost anything people like. Personally, I agree with the OP. I liked the movie, I'm glad it was made, and I'm really glad it made a lot of money. I thought it had really great plot devices, set pieces, and special effects. Even though it went out of its way to be as convoluted as possible, it still more or less made sense if you paid attention. It's an enjoyable way to spend two and a half hours. I didn't really like it that much on repeated viewing because the plot (minus all it machinations and arbitrary rules) is pretty blasé if you know where it's going.
The real "problem" (and I'm using that term very liberally) is the lack of character development. It's like the star wars redlettermedia test. Without talking about what they do in the plot, their background, or what they look like, describe the following characters. Ariadne? Arthur? Fischer? Mal? They were a lot of great actors in this movie given little or nothing interesting to do. Poor Lukas Haas gets written out for no reason in the first five minutes. Given everything else interesting going on, it's not that big a deal for me. It's just the movies I like (especially those by Nolan) are about characters before concepts/special effects. My parents watched it and despised it, and given what types of movies they go for, I don't blame them for not liking it. I was getting a little squirmy myself. It's still a GOOD movie, just not really for me.
Even Nolan's Batmans have more interesting and defined characters than Inception. I'd probably go more for stuff like Insomnia or Memento myself.
The real "problem" (and I'm using that term very liberally) is the lack of character development. It's like the star wars redlettermedia test. Without talking about what they do in the plot, their background, or what they look like, describe the following characters. Ariadne? Arthur? Fischer? Mal? They were a lot of great actors in this movie given little or nothing interesting to do. Poor Lukas Haas gets written out for no reason in the first five minutes. Given everything else interesting going on, it's not that big a deal for me. It's just the movies I like (especially those by Nolan) are about characters before concepts/special effects. My parents watched it and despised it, and given what types of movies they go for, I don't blame them for not liking it. I was getting a little squirmy myself. It's still a GOOD movie, just not really for me.
Even Nolan's Batmans have more interesting and defined characters than Inception. I'd probably go more for stuff like Insomnia or Memento myself.
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