Today, I was involved in a 5-way conversation about the movie Inception. I nodded and agreed with things that were said, but couldn't admit that despite having seen it 4 times, I still haven't the foggiest idea of how to explain what it's about. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I tried explaining a movie plot to a group of friends, only for them to inform me I had described three completely different movies. One said my version actually sounded better. Another asked if I’d hit my head recently. FML
Today, I joined a conversation about a TV show at work, agreeing enthusiastically. After a few minutes, I realized they were talking about a completely different show with a similar name. I nodded along, trapped, hoping no one asked questions. FML
Today, I'm still trying to get my head around what NFTs are, even though my friend walked me through the whole thing during an hour-long conversation. I guess I'm dumb. FML
Today, I was entertaining my date by suggesting a movie on Netflix. I confidently picked one that I thought was new and amazing. After the first 10 minutes, I realized it was a terrible sequel to a movie I'd completely forgotten about. I spent the rest of the movie in silence, pretending I was into it. FML
Today, I went to the movies. Two teenagers behind me had already seen the picture once and shared the entire plot with their friend during first 10 minutes. The finale was intended to be a great twist and I knew it from the very beginning. FML
Today, we watched a movie in class. Afterwards, the professor asked us what we thought. I raised my hand and said it was pretentious, dull and a really poor example of filmmaking. It was the movie HE spent five years writing and directing. FML
Today, I spent 30 minutes talking to my friend about a new show I was watching, giving all sorts of spoilers. When I finally asked, “What do you think?” she stared blankly at me and said, “I’ve never seen that show. I thought you were talking about a different one.” FML
Today, I tried impressing my colleagues by using fancy business jargon during a meeting. I ended up saying, "Let's synergize our ideation to maximize the bandwidth of our paradigm shift." Nobody had a clue what I meant, and me neither to be honest. FML
Today, I spent an entire conversation nodding and agreeing with someone, only to realize near the end that I'd misunderstood one key detail and was agreeing with the opposite of what they meant. I laughed awkwardly and said, “Oh, I thought you meant the other thing.” They said, “I know.” FML
Today, in my film class, we were watching Schindler's List. At least, we tried. The moron next to me kept interrupting the most intense scenes with a very loud, "I don't get it." Not only did she break the focus of the class, but we had to keep stopping the movie to explain it to her. FML
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astoryofroses 9
Dream within a dream within a dream. it's perfect
cliffibom 15
How does his buttocks taste #30?
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Jaymarie79 2
It's not a confusing film but it does require some thought and intelligence to watch. People are too used to the mindless rubbish that the movie industry churns out and they no longer engage their brains when watching things.
Dcm210 19
I missed the 30 mins but it was still a good movie. If y'all are wondering how I miss the last 30 minstrel, Strikeforce MMA was coming on.
Metallica36176 16
An idea that was planted in a dream within a dream within a dream so that the son that inherites his fathers company goes down "his own" path with it. The deeper you go the more.dangerous it is to die because you go into an almost trapped (considering he found a way out) world known as limbo. A man agrees to do this to see his children whose mother went crazy and commited suicide because they were trapped in "limbo" and he planted an idea himself (to get out?) in her. What I got from it was that the police blamed him and he ran. But that's what I got from it, off the top of my head, from awhile of not being seen. That's the closest I can get from memory.
Ameel_fml 19
If you want a basic explanation, I'd just say it was a heist movie set in a guy's dreams. For a more detailed explanation, obviously everyone else has explained it better than me.
DocBastard 40
Baustigt - That was either beautifully strange or strangely beautiful. Or strangfully beautific. Or something.
oghater 0
Sounds like your not to smart and they can't fix stupid yet but hang in there for now
meso222 8
God i love people with nothing better to do then make a private account for the soul purpose of insulting other people because they live in their mothers basement to scared to go out into the daylight.
alex4789 8
I watched it twice and I've come to the conclusion it only makes since when you're high
raykyogrou0 4
It's about a dream in a dream in a dream in a dream, induced by some kind of machine and the dream world imagined by people, but in the past Leo confused the dream world with reality and lived in the dream world with his wife for ages, until they finally realized it isn't real and woke up. Back in the real world, his wife thought that the reality is still a dream and jumped out of the window to her death. Leo gets accused of murdering his wife and is wanted in the states. While he's residing in Paris, some Chinese guy wants to rip off some rich heir by trying to convince him to sell his family's business, through the dream. He convinces Leo to do this for him with his 'team' in return for his freedom back home.
AngelSpit 18
heh ... conversception
fmirza95 4
If its the ending your dazzled about, here's what really happens: it doesn't matter whether he's dreaming or not, the point is he's not even looking at it; to him it's real, he's moved on. The whole point of Inception generally is planting an idea in someone's head. And I believe that's exactly what Christopher Nolan did. He planted the last scene in our head, making us argue about whether it was a dream or not, and this debate still goes on and on; Nolan did inception on us.