Generally, you’re probably not going to see many advance reviews for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Inception because the film is currently embargoed. But Peter Travers of Rolling Stone does have his review in the latest issue that goes on sale tomorrow. The New York Post’s Lou Lumenick got a hold of the first paragraph and posted it online:
“The mind-blowing movie event of the summer arrives just in time to hold back the flow of Hollywood sputum that’s been sliming the multiplex. Inception…will be called many things, starting with James Bond Meets The Matrix. You can feel the vibe of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner in it, and Nolan’s own Memento and The Dark Knight. But Inception glows with a blue-flame intensity all its own. Nolan creates a dream world that he wants us to fill with our own secrets. I can’t think of a better goal for any filmmaker. Of course, trusting the intelligence of the audience can cost Nolan at the box office. We’re so used to being treated like idiots. How to cope with a grand-scale epic, shot in six countries at a reported cost of $160 million, that turns your head around six ways from Sunday? Dive in and drive yourself crazy, that’s how.”
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In Nolan we trust! Bring on "Inception"!
It's a future sign of Idiocracy!
Good…I would expect no less from this. I love nothing more than a movie that lets me come to my on conclusions. Leaving the theater and having a two hour conversation over beers with the people you saw it with is just as good as seeing the movie. "Dumb" movies are fun too don't get me wrong, but actually having to think about what you are seeing is also fun. I also think it's a plus that Nolan screened "The Wall" for the cast before filming. Am VERY excited for this.
I is too dumb to see Inceptions. But I aint too dumb to see Jonah Hex cos that Megan Fox she sure is nice to look at and gots a purty mouth to boot an' Jonah Hex he gots guns mounted to his steed and maked things go all explosioney and things go boom real loud
I ditnd understant a werd of whut I jus read. You writen in American? Fuck that. I am gunno see Grow Nups. Thas the shit thas real. Fuckin scientist movies be lying.
Man… FUCK PETER TRAVERS! That ridiculous outlook is the same reason Hollywood puts out bullshit movies in the first place… "oh, the audience isn't smart enough for intelligent blockbusters"… give me a fucking break! I say quite the opposite… audiences are hungry for this type of movie… look at the box office so far this summer… it's lacking to say the least… that's because most of the movies out right now are SHIT!
Holy Shit I fucking LOVE the title to this piece.
I'm so excited for this movie, but I have a feeling it's not going to do so well financially because, well, generally people are retards.
Transformers 2 seemed like a really smart movie and I totally understood it. I think I'll be fine…
Can't wait to see Incepetion. It should be the movie event of the year.
FUCK.YEAH!
Remember when Canibus thought he was too smart for listeners, when it turned out it was more a case of him being monotonous and self-absorbed?
This snippet makes me want to bring Inception home, wrap it in a blanket, and keep it safe and warm.
I forsee CHUD not liking this.
I miss Mememto. I'm in for this. I got the smarts for it.
what the hell does any of that mean?
I am so pumped for 'Inception'. This fuels my high expectations and best hopes. I really don't think the intelligence of the story will be a turn-off. After last year's 'Avatar' recycled ideas a bit too much, audiences are hungry for truly challenging filmmaking.
As excited as I am to see "Inception" (I have a feeling this "dream" movie's plot may end up making more sense than "The Dark Knight's," by the way.), I don't put much stock in Travers' opinion. He's too much of a quote whore, more in love with getting his name prominently placed in ads for big movies. To his credit, though, he does acknowledge in this snippet that audiences like to be treated like idiots and that "Inception" may be too much for them. Okay, that's a little encouraging.
Fan-fucking-TASTIC! Travers is a douche, though.
Peter Travers rocks
YARR, bring on the mind numbing!
Daddy likes.
I like how each of Travers sentences are perfectly quotable for a DVD back cover. What a whore.
It looks like THE DARK KNIGHT meets THE LAWNMOWER MAN. I want a good quota of Jobe in there Dag Nab It!!
The Law-mower Knight. Seriously, I'm quite excited, but then I'm a nobody, so who gives a shit.
So is this write up considered "Plan B" if the movie doesn't do well, that we can blame the moviegoers not associated with Nolan's nustsack not intelligent enough and use that as the reason why the movie didn't do well, if it doesn't do well??? Come on CHUD.. It's only a movie..
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