Dude, put on your reading glasses! :) I haven't even *seen* "Inception" yet. Like i said, I am looking forward to seeing it, and am curious to compare glowing reviews against Bosco's more measured assessment. As for "The Matrix", no your memory doesn't serve well at all. I loved the Matrix. Indeed, I'm one of the few who loves the second and third Matrix films. So much of the mainstream public who was pulled into the first film more for the innovative FX and action, bailed as the Wachowski brothers moved more into philosophy and spiritualism. Hence, the sequels are almost legendary as examples of a franchise's quality diminishing, but no, I wasn't on that boat. I loved all three flicks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 5, 2010 11:10:23 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Finally Saw Inception I am roping off the Keith Johnson/Bosco Bosco curmudgeon section of the theater (not that anything is wrong with that). If memory serves me correctly both of you were in the same (wrong) camp regarding the first Matrix movie - and, for many of the same reasons. As an old (former) friend once told me: "There is no accounting for taste - AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY!" You can both be right and still be wrong. I recently saw "The Hangover" and I don't get it. It is stupid, pointlessly violent, (racist even) - but not funny. Millions beg to disagree with me. You two gentlemen obviously have both taste and erudition so I will just chalk this up to different strokes for different folks. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > I plan to see it later today, having been late to the party as well. I'm > looking forward to it, based on your take, to compare against the hype. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bosco Bosco" <ironpi...@...> > To: "Sci Fi Noir" < scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Saturday, September 4, 2010 11:44:59 PM > Subject: [scifinoir2] Finally Saw Inception > > > > > > > Lots of cool visual effects and technical complexities. It turns out the tech > complexities are mostly irrelevant. In fact the entire dreaming and reality > part of the story is pretty much pointless. It's a basically a sci fi twist > on some really old themes. The sci fi part is really fun but those old themes > have been conquered by better men with better skills both in director's chair > and in front of the camera. I would hazard a guess that beyond some simple > nostalgia in a few years no one will remember this one or care about it. It > won't hold up. You can boil the entire movie down to father issues and regret > issues and both have been done better and more intelligently. I know I'm late > to the party and I'm clearly old because I don't find the hype accurate but I > figured I would weigh in anyway > > Bosco >
