Posts Tagged ‘inception’
2011 Oscar Predictions »
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
So, the posts are thin here at the Chasm but I couldn’t let next week’s show go by without putting in my few cents (one less than last year). Below are my picks, the likely winners and a few comments. You can look back at my predictions over the last four years here. Nominees are here. There should be a follow-up eventually. (more…)
inception [updated] »
Monday, July 19th, 2010
Update: The post here was written the day after viewing the movie. I’ve come through with edits and notes. I hope the edits aren’t too confusing. Because it’s been a week, I’ll even break my own rule and go crazy with spoilers.
I won’t ruin the ending of this film. Granted, I’ll try my ass off, but I’ll fail. That’s how good this is. It’s so good the end is meaningless. [That the top falls or not doesn't matter. His indifference to whether it falls is (hopefully) the whole damn point.]
Let me fail to explain.
First, I’ll put it simply. Christopher Nolan (ignoring temporarily his Batman movies) is our Stanley Kubrick [M. Night Shyamalan]… but better. (I said it. [Comparing him to Kubrick? Really? How drunk was I?]) How, you ask? By writing this crazy his own damn self. [It's the first notable crazy he's written.] (more…)