tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post6474471136469017725..comments2024-03-29T04:15:38.341-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): A Writer's View of Inception (Spoilers)Chris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-3813683731413123712013-07-19T06:55:19.043-07:002013-07-19T06:55:19.043-07:00Really enjoying reading your blog. Very interestin...Really enjoying reading your blog. Very interesting points about writing and story-telling. <br /><br />I'm glad it wasn't just me that loved the ending and who appreciated the deliberate ambiguity. <br /><br />Audiences can have their own want/need discrepencies, and in a film like Inception the gap is pronounced. We expect/want the film to hand us a neatly wrapped denoument so we can tick a box during the credits and say if we liked it or not. But for an experience that will carry on feeding our minds all the way home and for perhaps months or even years after (surely something we need from time to time) we need to be left with some questions unanswered. Richmond Strangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376208632631815558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-12377278394533086912013-04-11T11:35:26.583-07:002013-04-11T11:35:26.583-07:00I have, but frankly I'm not convinced. It'...I have, but frankly I'm not convinced. It's interesting to think about, but I don't think it's the Rosetta stone. Because even when Cobb is completely alone, he doesn't check for his ring. He reaches for his top and spins it, breathing a sigh of relief when it topples. The ring thing may have just been one of those fuck ups that happens in movies that we noticed only because we paid SUCH close attention to Inception. I mean, we don't really CARE that Marisa Tomei took off her scarf THREE times in Untamed Heart, but it happened.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-46311162054527611512013-04-11T11:31:39.957-07:002013-04-11T11:31:39.957-07:00Have you seen the thing that the ring is his real ...Have you seen the thing that the ring is his real totem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-32062731976234752462013-01-16T11:13:22.843-08:002013-01-16T11:13:22.843-08:00This is what I mean. I don't know that there&...This is what I mean. I don't know that there's ever going to be an answer. I think an equal amount of breadcrumbs were laid to both possibilities so that the real struggle and climax wasn't about truth but about Cobb.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-43958078705509051662013-01-16T11:10:58.130-08:002013-01-16T11:10:58.130-08:00Actually, at the end they were wearing different c...Actually, at the end they were wearing different clothes. And you could totally see the top thing start to wobble. Though he did steal Mal's top, so she could fake it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-14834969290037259732013-01-16T11:09:20.484-08:002013-01-16T11:09:20.484-08:00The problem was the kids always looked exactly the...The problem was the kids always looked exactly the same, even when he saw them at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com