It's hard to wait, but for me, The Social Network is almost a few days waiting to be released in Australia. Unfortunately it is so hard to wait, that I kept talking about the movie asking everybody "did you know there's a movie about Facebook?'. This is the same thing it happened when I talked about Inception. I get pissed off by students who said it was bad since they were too dumb to think how awesome is that movie. But another movie I'm excited to watch is actually Black Swan which I think is a true awards winner. So here are the five steps of anticipating a movie without being hated for watching that movie and not to disappoint yourself once you have seen it.
1. A movie that would interest you would start off with a trailer. The trailer is a bunch of clips that tells bits of the story so you would think it looks good. If you seen the trailer, it looks interesting, you would wished to have watched that movie. But if you watch it all over again, once you've seen the movie from that trailer, you would feel dissastified because you have spoiled the movie yourself after watching the trailer several times and you have memorised the whole story. So try to avoid trailers of movie you would want to see or if you want watch it but only once.
Here's a trailer for Tron: Legacy but only watch it this once. Don't replay.
2. Unless you're really popular, never discuss any details of the movie you have to see because people will not listen to you or they don't have time to go to the movies. So don't go on telling others not to see a movie that is stupid because it only look stupid to you. People have their own minds on what they want to see and waht not to see. Some people would want to see Jackass 3D when they don't want to see The Social Network because people would feel bored about the movie. Like how teenagers avoid watching movies with a foreign language like Amelie to watch mindless entertainment like Transformers
Try watching the trailer for Jackass 3D. Would you want to see it? It's mindless entertainment but it's worth the fun
3. Never read the reviews of movies you wanted to see especially reviews that may contain spoilers. Let them have their own opinion, and even though the critic would agree with your opinion after you've seen the movie, your opinion into movies are different and we apply greater levels of knowledge that this movie is good without the help of critics.
4. After you've watch the movie, never ever speak about it again unless it had received Oscar buzz, strong mouth to mouth, or it's released on DVD.
Oh, and this is one thing I should tell you. Before you watch the movie you would want to see, always have low expectations of this movie and don't go anything to plan with what you've wanted to see in the movie because film is supposed to be art in a way that we would want to understand. Because before it was released, The Social Network was considered by the public to never work out because it was about Facebook, a thing we are using now a days. Then a suprise comes up and people are calling it the movie that define a generation and the movie of the year. Ask yourself why would I watch this movie and don't come out to say how awesome is this movie because once you say it, you now want to see it again, you feel so tired watching the film multiple times.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Review of Inception
Warning: may contain spoilers
9.5
Have you ever went out of the cinema saying to yourself: "That was so much fun"?
Well that what I was thinking when the movie Inception had come to a finish. And no i will not tell you what's gonna happen at the end and so forth.
Inception stars Leonardo Dicaprio as this spy Cobb, who goes and steals information and secrets of other people by going into their dreams or as the movie would say it "going into someone's subconsciousness for corporate espionage". But whenever his dead wife (Marion Cottilard) appears, his moves backfires and Cobb, hired by a wealthy Japanese businessman (Ken Wantabe), would complete one extra task which is to plant an idea, or otherwise an Inception into a person's subconsciousness so deep that he can't steal it. And he will need a lot of help. From Joseph Gordon Levitt as his main assistant Arthur to Ellen Page as jis architect, the person creating the dream to Cillian Murphy, Cobb's target.
I have been excited to see Inception and it was a visual experience. Inception is almost a science fiction, psychological thriller that takes out every gut of your mind or in my own words a mind bender. What also interesting is the number of influences. I see some James Bond influence, as well as some from The Matrix, even a bit of Blade Runner you see there. It is almost a combination of all of these influences.
If you've seen any of Christopher Nolan's movies like Memento (which is so far his magnus opus), the Batman films (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) or The Prestige, you'll know. He has a gift or style of making films that has high concept which sidesteps most of your expectations. But if you're seen any of his movies and later become puzzled of what's happening, you're gonna be confused with Inception.
Pretty much the same anyway. Nolan directed his latest flick almost perfectly. The camera angles are great, and much of every element is dark and really logical as that happens with most of his films as well as score by Hans Zimmer which is so powerful. One piece of music from Edith Piaf is allusioned as well.
I was pretty amazed with the effects done in this movie. And as I said The Matrix influenced most of Inception's action. Most of the scenes are mostly shot in slow mo and the action takes place in extraordinary situations like zero gravity fights or a block of the city turning upside downProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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nd it's all turned out to be a dream.
The screenplay looks clever and intelligent. And a multi-layered plot is like a really difficult algorithm a Pure Maths student would solve. Written by Nolan, this is the best and original Hollywood had put in for a long time. As 2010 is the year where remakes and sequels conquered. But the best thing about the screenplay is that it's in a class of its own. Nothing competes against Inception this year as long it is innovative and exciting. To me, since it complement every aspect so much, it is almost like an orchestra.
Most of the cast is really developed and really charismatic in their own ways. They are the highlights of the movie. Both Joseph Gordon Levitt and Ellen Page shed their indie flick images to something that is really dynamite and emotional at the same time. With the rest of the cast especially with Leonardo Dicaprio, they deliver best-so-far performances. But another highlight is French actress Marion Cottilard. She looks stunning and sexy, but Cottilard plays Dicaprio's dead wife who goes into his fantasies and by the end, she's really scary and demented.
Also the climax is really gripping and on-the-edge drama and the endiong. Well it's similar to Nolan's previous non-Batman movie The Prestige. And if you seen The Prestige and how it ends and you read the end of the review, you might have an idea of what it is
Inception. It's a land mark movie!
Verdict: Dreamy, mind-bending, it's a pure and ingenious significance to this year in films
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| Is This It?... Inception really is luminous! |
Have you ever went out of the cinema saying to yourself: "That was so much fun"?
Well that what I was thinking when the movie Inception had come to a finish. And no i will not tell you what's gonna happen at the end and so forth.
Inception stars Leonardo Dicaprio as this spy Cobb, who goes and steals information and secrets of other people by going into their dreams or as the movie would say it "going into someone's subconsciousness for corporate espionage". But whenever his dead wife (Marion Cottilard) appears, his moves backfires and Cobb, hired by a wealthy Japanese businessman (Ken Wantabe), would complete one extra task which is to plant an idea, or otherwise an Inception into a person's subconsciousness so deep that he can't steal it. And he will need a lot of help. From Joseph Gordon Levitt as his main assistant Arthur to Ellen Page as jis architect, the person creating the dream to Cillian Murphy, Cobb's target.
I have been excited to see Inception and it was a visual experience. Inception is almost a science fiction, psychological thriller that takes out every gut of your mind or in my own words a mind bender. What also interesting is the number of influences. I see some James Bond influence, as well as some from The Matrix, even a bit of Blade Runner you see there. It is almost a combination of all of these influences.
If you've seen any of Christopher Nolan's movies like Memento (which is so far his magnus opus), the Batman films (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) or The Prestige, you'll know. He has a gift or style of making films that has high concept which sidesteps most of your expectations. But if you're seen any of his movies and later become puzzled of what's happening, you're gonna be confused with Inception.
Pretty much the same anyway. Nolan directed his latest flick almost perfectly. The camera angles are great, and much of every element is dark and really logical as that happens with most of his films as well as score by Hans Zimmer which is so powerful. One piece of music from Edith Piaf is allusioned as well.
I was pretty amazed with the effects done in this movie. And as I said The Matrix influenced most of Inception's action. Most of the scenes are mostly shot in slow mo and the action takes place in extraordinary situations like zero gravity fights or a block of the city turning upside downProxy-Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=0
nd it's all turned out to be a dream.
The screenplay looks clever and intelligent. And a multi-layered plot is like a really difficult algorithm a Pure Maths student would solve. Written by Nolan, this is the best and original Hollywood had put in for a long time. As 2010 is the year where remakes and sequels conquered. But the best thing about the screenplay is that it's in a class of its own. Nothing competes against Inception this year as long it is innovative and exciting. To me, since it complement every aspect so much, it is almost like an orchestra.
Most of the cast is really developed and really charismatic in their own ways. They are the highlights of the movie. Both Joseph Gordon Levitt and Ellen Page shed their indie flick images to something that is really dynamite and emotional at the same time. With the rest of the cast especially with Leonardo Dicaprio, they deliver best-so-far performances. But another highlight is French actress Marion Cottilard. She looks stunning and sexy, but Cottilard plays Dicaprio's dead wife who goes into his fantasies and by the end, she's really scary and demented.
Also the climax is really gripping and on-the-edge drama and the endiong. Well it's similar to Nolan's previous non-Batman movie The Prestige. And if you seen The Prestige and how it ends and you read the end of the review, you might have an idea of what it is
Inception. It's a land mark movie!
Verdict: Dreamy, mind-bending, it's a pure and ingenious significance to this year in films
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