Inception - thoughts.

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I remember the first time I saw The Matrix. I was in the 9th grade and not all that familiar with heavy cogsci concepts but that movie blew my mind (too bad they didn't make make it into a trilogy). It was the experience of watching the story unfold that made it awesome.

Inception is just how I like my sci-fi movies; it is The Matrix of this generation. The marketing of this movie was unusally low-key, the producers were betting on Nolan's talent and it worked. I usually prefer watching complex movies on my own for the first time, I don't like being bugged with questions when my own mind is trying to stitch different ideas together and grasp the concept.

1. Ellen Page was not bad but that character could have been done by someone else.

2. I loved the soundtrack of this movie. Hans Zimmer for Oscar - I'm calling it right now. I'm listening to this genius' work at this moment (Track #3 Dream is Collapsing). Seriously, download this soundtrack and tell me with a straight face that it doesn't give you the chills (track #6 528491)

3. Thank you to the writer/producer/director involved for not dumbing down this movie any more than they had to. I really enjoyed the play between the first/final scene.

4. People are going to compare this with The Matrix and I think both movies should be treated separately.

5. If you liked this movie then congratulations, you enjoy cinema that mindfucks you. Make a point to watch Primer, Oldboy, Jacob's Ladder, Dark City, Donnie Darko, A Scanner Darkly, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Machinist, Existenz, Twelve Monkeys, A Clockwork Orange, I can't thnik or any more right now. I'll mention them in the comments when I'm sober.

6. Without an architect they would be submerged into a subject's nightmares?

BONUS: a friend of mine just gave me a link to the movie's prequel comic here. Recommended read, hit full screeen and just keep clicking next.

Remember you said we'd grow old together?