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Oh waitress, can we have separate checks please? 1,000,000 germans sit at worlds longest banquet table set up over 25 miles of autoban -- (link) - zeitgeist Jul 18, 15:23
Inception: (C+) -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 15:22 27
- yay! - chuckles Jul 18, 15:23 26
  - Though I give the editing an A. -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 15:24 25
    - Yeah, I told Kim that if nothing else it has to win an Oscar for Best Editing. -- nm - David Jul 18, 15:34
    - i thought the action sequences were pretty top notch -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 15:26 23
      - Nolan's movies are just very cold to me. -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 15:27 22
        
        I agree with this but it didn't bother with regards to Inception. -- nm - David Jul 18, 15:34
        
        this is by far my biggest problem with it - chuckles Jul 18, 15:30 20
        
        I had no emotional involvement with anyone in the movie so it was just a puzzle to me and even that wasn't that interesting to me. - Dano Jul 18, 15:34 19
        
        It's very, very talky, no doubt about that. -- nm - David Jul 18, 15:36 17
        
        The Matrix had just as many rules to set up, but seemed to do it much more elegantly. -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 15:47 6
        
        I've been calling Inception a trilogy of film in just one movie. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 15:50
        
        The Matrix is nowhere near as complex, though. -- nm - David Jul 18, 15:48 3
        
        and that's a good thing -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 15:49 2
        
        The Matrix is a better film but I think the world of Nolan for making a Primer/Memento project rather than Random Sequel 4. - David Jul 18, 15:53
        
        For simple thinkers -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 15:50
        
        *ding* -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 15:48
        
        Is that why you liked it? -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 15:37 9
        
        It always depends on what they're saying. -- nm - David Jul 18, 15:37 8
        
        *has another question* -- nm - Ellen Page Jul 18, 15:41 7
        
        You're right, Spoiler Guy. Ellen Page is really great in the film. -- nm - David Jul 18, 15:42 6
        
        She needed her Hamburger phone. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 15:44 1
        
        I tried to get Kim one of those for Christmas last year but the last one on Amazon sold right in front of me. -- nm - David Jul 18, 15:46
        
        she got Juno power! -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 15:43 3
        
        Better than her performance in Juno, Spoiler Guy? I don't know about that but maybe. What's important here is that we agree that Inception is great. - David Jul 18, 15:45 2
        
        i didn't drop the Orioles for the Dodgers - chuckles Jul 18, 15:48 1
        
        Yes, Spoiler Guy, the Dodgers (i.e. your team) really choked today. -- nm - David Jul 18, 15:50
        
        re your IM: it was - chuckles Jul 18, 15:35
Qale is pro-sex offender. How can we trust him with making decisions for the rest of us? This message paid for the People Against Electing Qale PAC. -- nm - Future TV Ad Jul 18, 15:18 2
- is he for cutting spending, lowering taxes, and putting lipstick on a pig? - tRuMaN Jul 18, 15:20
- "Team PAEQ-PAC! Say Team PAEQ-PAC!" -- nm - nubby Jul 18, 15:19
No apples but I *did* finally buy a swimsuit !! First one I've had in 10-15 years... - MojaveMeg Jul 18, 15:00 1
- yay! :) - -- nm - b! Jul 18, 15:03
Dang, I forgot to buy apples yesterday. I was planning grilled apple with my pork chop tonight :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 18, 14:39 7
- You ruined Christmas! -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:45 1
  - Applesauce just isn't the same but it'll have to do. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 18, 14:47
- It's all I cn do to do a cherry glaze for a por loin I got yesterday, but I won't...:( - Diva Jul 18, 14:41 4
  - Scotty, we need more glaze on the pork! -- nm - Kirk Jul 18, 14:45 1
    - sorry capt'n but the controls are all jammed -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 15:03
  - as you can tell from the spelling errors I'm enjoying a strawberry margarita atm. -- nm - Diva Jul 18, 14:42 1
    - you should have another. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 18, 14:53
My right wrist is sore - amoxy Jul 18, 14:34 1
- get a girlfriend -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:34
i think this commenter at the LA Times site has figured out what Inception is really all about - chuckles Jul 18, 14:19 4
- I hated that I even clicked on this stupid post. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 14:23 3
  - you can't handle the truth! -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:23 2
    - Nothing worse than layering dumbass movie reviewing with dumbass political reviewing. See also: Avatar columns. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 14:24 1
      - We did just before we pulled the movie out of our theaters -- nm - China Jul 18, 14:27
Lebron James is buying this $49.5 million dollar home in Coral Gables, Florida - stewie Jul 18, 14:12 3
- LeBron, what factors went into your decision to buy this house over all the others in the neighborhood? -- nm - Jim Gray Jul 18, 14:15 2
  - It was built using bricks from houses of the evicted citizens of Cleveland. -- nm - LeBron Jul 18, 14:33
  - What color is the house? -- nm - The Real Jim Gray Jul 18, 14:27
Why you should pick up Marvel's Annihilation. -- (link) - Beaker Jul 18, 13:08 1
- great start to the marvel cosmic stuff -- nm - Remlik on the 'droid Jul 18, 14:24
If you were caught having sex outside, should you have to register as a sex offender? apparently only if you are gay - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:06 31
- "Gay dollars are keeping this city afloat." - dogbert Jul 18, 15:41
- I am not fond of the sex offender list. You do crime, you do time, then you should be done. Yes, people re-offend, but they re-offend with other - Qale Jul 18, 13:58 29
  - Is there a murderer list? -- nm - Dano Jul 18, 15:44
  - The sex offender list is fine. The definition of who gets on the sex offender list is effed in some cases. - TFox Jul 18, 14:35 11
    - My opinion, if it's that important that these people be outcasts from society - Will Hunting Jul 18, 14:44
    - The list can't be fine if the ways to be put on the list are messed up as well as the lifetime effects of being on the list are wrong as well. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 14:40
    - I like having the list. Don't want on it? DON'T RAPE PEOPLE ASSHOLE!! That said, an 18 year old having consensual sex with a 17 or 16 year old - Bacon Jul 18, 14:37 8
      - Someone I know....is on the list becuase him and this girl got drunk and screwed - Will Hunting Jul 18, 14:49 4
        
        it's all jimmy buffet's fault for coaxing them into it -- nm - dogbert Jul 18, 15:44
        
        When he made the deal his lawyer had to tell him he would be on the list. Don't plead guilty if you are innocent. - Bacon Jul 18, 14:56 2
        
        Really? You clearly don't understand risk management. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 14:59 1
        
        Hey, per your IM I agree 100%. I am just saying if they are going to be let out anyway, the list is better than nothing. - Bacon Jul 18, 15:02
      - sure, but like TFox said, what constitutes being put on the list is definitely in need of change. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 14:39 2
        
        that 'but' is misused. i was concurring. -- nm - Andie Jul 18, 14:39 1
        
        as was I -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:41
  - The sex offender list is fine. The definition of who gets on the sex offender list is effed in some cases. - TFox Jul 18, 14:34
  - well there are predators out there who just can't get off any other way than to inflict fear and abuse, and now if identified as such you can sent to - zeitgeist Jul 18, 14:15 14
    - I hate when the system says, "likely to re offend" then lets them out. WTF? - Bacon Jul 18, 14:39 13
      - Where do we draw the line on keeping people locked up forever - Kirk Jul 18, 14:46 2
        
        There are people locked up now forever. We are simply deciding what crimes that applies too - Bacon Jul 18, 14:49
        
        That's why you make these sentences longer. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 14:47
      - Life sentences for everyone? That's certainly not justice, and provides no room for redemption. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 14:41 9
        
        Read it again. Life sentences for people that a board concludes are likely to re offend. - Bacon Jul 18, 14:44 8
        
        I couldn't disagree more then. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 14:45 7
        
        We can agree to disagree. In my world there are less victims of sex crimes than in your world. -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:46 6
        
        That's okay. In my world we don't hold people indefinitely in Guantanamo either. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 14:53 5
        
        Haha, yeah because that was the crux of my argument. -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:57 4
        
        Well, since you were going off in your own perfect reality, I thought I'd join in. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 15:02 3
        
        My examples were convicted people, and yours is accused people -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 15:03 2
        
        Which is probably far worse. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 15:12 1
        
        Which is why I didn't use Guantanamo to try and make my argument. But if I could I would shove the "convicted" worst sex offenders down there. -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 15:16
So Inception may not have made tracking, but that $60mil seems to have people relatively pleased. -- (link) - Mop Jul 18, 13:04 33
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice = BOMB! -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:31
- It's one of the movies that needs some WOM to make it bigger. - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:23 27
  - as opposed to . . . - chuckles Jul 18, 14:30 26
    - *See the movies that they don't send out for review ahead of time and do bang up box office." -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:32 23
      - name one -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:33 22
        
        more than one: tyler perry movies. -- nm - b! Jul 18, 14:43 8
        
        well those do their $30 million opening weekends consistently and then disappear -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:49 7
        
        I was thinking of early on, for which there was unquestioned surprise success. - b! Jul 18, 14:54 6
        
        Not quite. It'll be a blockbuster because of WOM. -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:55 5
        
        I think there's more to the BB thing -- big budget, big star, director coming off a big success, summer release, and, as in this case, growth - b! Jul 18, 14:59
        
        It could have the worst WOM ever and still crack blockbuster (100m) status. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 14:56 3
        
        I'm talking bigger than that, with steady numbers for a lot longer than three weeks. -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:58 2
        
        If it's moderately recieved, it's a 175mil movie. It'll be an unquestioned success - Will Hunting Jul 18, 15:01 1
        
        I think maybe she's thinking plot/contents vs. something like "charlie's angels" or the like. -- nm - b! Jul 18, 15:04
        
        Yeah, once a movie gets out that it won't be panned before it's release it's dead movie walking. -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:36 12
        
        That's WOM having the opposite effect. I'm saying that Inception isn't front-loaded. A lot of block busters are. - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:41 11
        
        which is to say every movie needs positive WOM to get bigger -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:42 10
        
        Sort of. But you're still not getting it. Inception is not some mindless summer action flick. -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:46 9
        
        even if it was a mindless summer action flick, it still needs positive WOM from people who have already seen it to increase it's B.O. take - chuckles Jul 18, 14:47 8
        
        How were the reviews for the last Transformers and how much money did it make? -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:51 2
        
        It's no different than almost any other movie. People go see what they want and then from there, it'll float WOM-wise. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 14:56
        
        less than $100 million more than the original, because the WOM *sucked* -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:54
        
        Not really. Al ot of summer blockbusters are about the air-conditioning and the big bangs. - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:50 4
        
        a/c likely adds something, but there has to be something more for a movie to be an ongoing success. something beyond just good bangs. -- nm - b! Jul 18, 14:56
        
        "well the movie kinda sucked but the air conditioning was AWESOME!" - chuckles Jul 18, 14:52 2
        
        And the big bangs and action. How well did Transformers do last year? -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:54 1
        
        how much better would it have done if people didn't think it sucked ass compared to the first? -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:55
    - I just noticed you are pretty snarky, OR ARE YOU? -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:31 1
      - no, i am consistent - chuckles Jul 18, 14:33
- Inception quite easily may be one of the best motion pictures I've ever seen. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 13:56 2
  - It's easily the best movie of the year for me (so far). -- nm - JaxSean Jul 18, 13:58 1
    - I was quite literally bouncing up and down in my seat when I was unraveling some of the pretzel logic. I love Avatar for it's visuals, but wow...wow.. -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 14:00
- it outperformed the last tracking i saw, which had it more in the mid-40s, low-50s -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 13:07
Culligan faucet-mounted water filter review - CovingtonCat Jul 18, 12:55 4
- we use a brita pitcher just for coffee. hummm I'm not sure where are water comes from -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:08 2
  - After posting I found this article about a study on Ohio River water. -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jul 18, 13:17 1
    - San Diego water must be the worst, average drop has been through 3 farms and 2 kidneys by the time they have a chance to pipe it -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 18, 13:23
- Every fridge I've had in the past decade (3 of them) have had built-in water filters. -- nm - Mop Jul 18, 13:05
Inception (at [lie]IMAX): A. Very, very good. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 18, 12:49
Inception: B+ (Spoils) - CovingtonCat Jul 18, 12:28 10
- Inception: A+ -- nm - Qale Jul 18, 14:04
- Spoilers - jnine Jul 18, 13:09 2
  - spoilers - Bacon Jul 18, 15:06
  - I didn't (spoils) - JaxSean Jul 18, 13:53
- Spoilers - David Jul 18, 13:03 2
  - That's the Second Law of Thermodynamics! - nubby Jul 18, 14:01
  - good question. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 18, 13:53
- spoilers - Bacon Jul 18, 12:30 2
  - It's bacon! -- nm - CovingtonCat Jul 18, 12:31 1
    - NO! It's beggin' strips! -- nm - nubby Jul 18, 12:43
i actually wouldn't have known that was a spoiler if it weren't for the follow up comments. - kare Jul 18, 12:24 7
- If it is the post I'm seeing then the stars have been talking about it on NPR and probably other interviews so its already out there... - zeitgeist Jul 18, 14:06 1
  - I remain ~98% unspoiled for it, and I hope it stays that way. - b! Jul 18, 14:50
- His post over there will not ruin the movie for you. It spoils a minor point that really bugged him. - Bacon Jul 18, 12:35 1
  - it's more that it was just kind of funny. but i am relieved to hear that. :) -- nm - kare Jul 18, 12:42
- I'm guessing that's what it is based on previous posts here and on FB. I haven't seen the movie yet. - Diva Jul 18, 12:33
- Let me guess, evil Facebook is at it again? -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 18, 12:27 1
  - pixie posted what i'm guessing is a potential Inception spoiler - kare Jul 18, 12:31
For anyone wondering who did the cover of Radiohead's 'Creep' for Fincher's 'The Social Network'movie, here ya go. -- (link) - HdnAgnda Jul 18, 12:20 [youtube] 3
- Hideous. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 18, 12:26
- best part of the trailer -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 12:23 1
  - To say the song rocks seems incorrect but it indeed does something great. -- nm - HdnAgnda Jul 18, 12:27
Jenbro!! -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 12:11

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