The Movie Preview Critic has released his preview review for Christopher Nolan’s next film, Inception.
The eleven-minute video features insight into “The Carte Blanche” concept that we’ve mentioned on the Nolan Fans Podcast. Meaning, with Christopher Nolan’s huge box office success with The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. has basically let him do whatever the heck he wants with Inception. It really is great to see such a talented director given the amount of budgetary flexibility shown here. We’ve already seen what sort of awesomeness this type of creative freedom can accomplish. (See James Cameron, Avatar).
Be warned. There are a few minor spoilers in this video. Although, it’s nothing that you haven’t heard before if you’ve read other news stories or forum posts here at Nolan Fans. Most of the detailed descriptions in this video are pure speculation. Enjoy!
[Thank you Chee for posting this on the forums!]
on January 30, 2010 at 3:44 am
This guy nailed it.
on January 30, 2010 at 7:27 am
agreed…the fact that it an original idea and WB marketing has kept it is a secret, makes it quite anticipated..
im expecting it to take well over $500 million worldwide…
i guess the biggest surprise for me was when he mentioned that COBB was actually working for Saito ..i guess theres a lot of twists we can expect when the movie is released…
on January 30, 2010 at 8:34 am
Really interesting and funny review.
on January 30, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Maybe the next step for Nolan is an R rating for this movie??
on January 30, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Nah, I doubt it. R rated movies don’t get as much money in the box office as PG-13s.
on January 30, 2010 at 3:09 pm
No R rating necessary. Dark Knight was PG13 and that was a grim, dark and violent film, no compromises made bar the lack of gore, which is wholly unnecessary. Nolan knows how to set a mood and sustain it, build it up in intensity, without needing to fallback on R-baiting blood’n'guts. Of course no sex scenes either but this doesn’t seem that kind of film.
I am eagerly awaiting this. The sight of the world curling up, withering, entire city-blocks folding in on themselves, is just astounding.
on January 30, 2010 at 8:30 pm
I really wanna see this movie but if it’s rated R(doubtful), then I’m suing Warner Bros.
lol
on January 30, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Very entertaining preview. In many ways, Inception really is the most important movie of 2010.
on January 31, 2010 at 11:33 am
chee:
Yeahh, I know, I know. Not many american big budget blockbusters are r rated, men the inception trailer maybe looks very r ratedish stuff?? But it doesn’t matter, it’s a Nolan movie, and that means: Good story, actors, mood of the film (darkness).
Jimel:
I know. TDK vas the best pg-13 film ever made (and one of my all time best movies). But there was no blood in the movie or f bombs (you can have 1 in a pg 13 film). When people were shot (just white smoke comes out). I don’t expect gore and sex in a Nolan movie, that’s not he’s style. And the only reason why the studios gave tdk pg 13 rating is to make more money. If Nolan had to choose between pg 13 and an r rating, he did an r movies. Dont misunderstand me, I LOVE Nolan.
on January 31, 2010 at 1:33 pm
uhm, I don’t think Nolan chooses to do R movies or PG-13 movies or anything like that. I’m sure he doesn’t even think about that stuff until after the fact. It’s all about the project and story at hand. fuck all that other shit. “There’s no point in sharp images if you’ve fuzzy ideas.”
on January 31, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Good point
But r rated movie is not necessary a bad thing. Of course, you need a good story and actors first (nolan has that), but pg 13 ratings only exists to make more money.
on January 31, 2010 at 2:38 pm
yeah i know what you mean. Sometimes the story needs to have the narrative freedoms of a R rating. Look in the case of memento. Especially a lot of the humor played off of things you couldn’t necessarily get a way with in a pg13 film.
on January 31, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Learn some history. PG-13 exists as a median between PG and R after films like Gremlins and Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom were too violent for children.
This isn’t going to be rated R, stop crying about it.
on January 31, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Giving the kick:
Exactly…. One of the reasons they ruined Terminator Salvation, Die Hard 4. I mean, come on. Give those films R ratings. Big deal!
Eternalist:
Well, I know that, man. But when you are working with films like Terminator, Die Hard and themes like chaos, anarki, murder and stuff like that, films deserve an r ratings. Indiana Jones do not, I agree. But nevertheless pg 13 is the most commercial rating for big budget movies, and thats why they give pg 13 ratings.
on January 31, 2010 at 4:49 pm
The examples you gave were of R rated films that were toned down for PG-13. Films like THe Dark Knight etc. were shot to be PG-13. There’s some films that don’t need an R rating, like this one.
on January 31, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Eternalist:
I don’t agree. Why do you mean tdk don’t need an r? TDK (like a said) worked very well like an pg13 film, and maybe was shot to be like that. BUT, when you think about it, the film deals with themes like murder, anarchy, kidnapping etc, and that’s r rated stuff. Have you red the dark knight returns? And like I said, if Nolan got the freedom to do batman with an r rating, maybe he did that?
on January 31, 2010 at 5:09 pm
There’s nothing in The Dark Knight that needs an R rating. It flirts with it through it’s sombre tone but most of the extreme violence is implied and not seen.
I honestly don’t know why you’re bothering woth this. No studio is going to spend 100 million+ on an R rated film. Stop whining about it.
on January 31, 2010 at 5:13 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPvGb-i0E1I&feature=related
read between the lines
on January 31, 2010 at 5:17 pm
I’am not whining about anything – just havin an debate. Like I said, I loved TDK and every Nolan film he made.
on January 31, 2010 at 6:47 pm
And your video proves what? That it was shot to be PG-13.
Seriously, you’re flogging a dead horse.
on January 31, 2010 at 11:57 pm
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on February 1, 2010 at 2:46 am
Eternalist:
Yeah, the movie was shot to be pg13, men that’s only the case to make more money. If Nolan got the freemdom, maybe he did an R rated batman?? We never know. Im only sayig that is a bit of shame, that some movies/directors are restricted. Im not talkning about Nolan, but in general. And im not whining, I like kvality films, no matter the ratings.
on February 1, 2010 at 4:09 pm
He was never going to make an R rated Batman and he didn’t need to. There’s not going to be an R rated Batman, ever, get over it.
on February 2, 2010 at 3:24 am
And that’s bull. Themes like murder,criminals, chaos, anarchy and all that stuff, could be R rated stuff, whether you like it or not. Nolan will appeal to general audience with batman movies, and that’s why it’s pg13 – nothing more. And because the movies has 185 million dollars budget.
on February 2, 2010 at 8:12 am
Or because he doesn’t need it to be R rated. Themes like those don’t require R ratings, nothing in the film required an R rating. No movie NEEDS to be rated R, especially for your reasons. Honestly, stop crying about it.
on February 2, 2010 at 2:52 pm
If they decide to make this movie rated R, it will lose money…keep the wide audiences coming in to see it and it will make more money. I BELIEVE IN CHRIS NOLAN!
on February 2, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Eternalist:
More bull. Some films NEEDS R rating. Can you honestly believe, that movies like Fight Club, Departed, History Of Violence and tons of other movies, could be done with PG 13 ratings? Come on man. People in the real life use F bombs, and they fuck, og you se blood, when people get shot. Welcome to the real life, pal.
on February 2, 2010 at 5:12 pm
They didn’t NEED them, no film does, but they chose to have them. What does blood, gore, profanity and sex add to Batman, nothing. The film was shot to be PG-13, it was never going to be R rated, Nolan knew this and formulated the film according to it. Nothing was toned down and nothing would be gained with an R rating. Please stop crying about this.
on February 2, 2010 at 5:31 pm
What are you talkning about. Some stories needs an r ratings, to get the more realistic feeling to it. That’s a fact. I did’nt say batman needed gore and sex, just maybe more blood and f bombs. When people get shot, they BLEED, not SMOKE. And profanity is a normal thing to do.
No, Nothing was toned down in Batman, I agree.
on February 2, 2010 at 6:16 pm
They don’t NEED R ratings, but they choose to go that route. If you want Batman withblood and f-bombs go read All-Star Batman & Robin, it adds nothing. Once again, stop whining about this.
on February 2, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Actually there were a lot of minute details that they had to switch because of the R rating. I.E. the fake batman. Originally he was to have more blood and a steak knife sticking in him with the card attached. They even filmed the scene this way (pictures of the steak knife in the fake batman can be found btw) but they had to take out the knife and make it a pin instead. and they cleaned up the blood and made it a tiny blood splatter on the window instead.
on February 3, 2010 at 3:32 am
Giving The Kick
You just make my point. Some things needs an r rating to do it realistic. It’s not realistic to se a man with smoke on, when he’s shot. People bleeds. And Pg13 it’s only there to make it less violent to general audience. Nothing more. If there were no studios to give orders, far more movies will be rated r.
on February 3, 2010 at 8:48 am
Funny, because according to Nolan himself there were no scenes that were left out because of them being bloodier.
http://intotheblu.com/2008/12/warner-bros-bd-live-dark-knight-screening-w-chris-nolan/
There’s nothing that needs an R rating, especialy nothing in The Dark Knight. The only reason you want an R rating is because YOU want it out of your own sadistic urges.
on February 3, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Bullshit man. Films like Saving Private Ryan (and other films) needs an R rating. Come om man. You point do not make any sense. You can not make a movie like Saving Private Ryan with pg13, that’s just impossible, pal. “Oh yeah, people got wasted, and you don’t see a damn thing” – it’s fuckin war, theres is no damn smoke on, when people were shot.
I agree, that TDK was very well pg13 movie, and do not necessary need an R, just in few scenes, like I said, when people were shot. Smoke is not very realistic. And TDK and Begins try to be realistic movies.
on February 3, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Any movie can be made with a PG-13 rating, they just choose to go the R rated route. R ratings don’t make films realistic, realism makes films realistic. YOU just want an R rating because of your sadistic fixation.
on February 3, 2010 at 4:24 pm
And how do you make Saving Private Ryan with PG13, tell me?
When people were shot, they bleed. It’s human nature. They don’t smoke like in pg13 films. That’s NOT reality. People do also use f bombs, they say “fudge”. Thats also reality, pal……”Realism makes films realistic” Yeah, and smoke is not realism, blood is realism.
on February 3, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Sorry, I don’t need to see bloody acts of violence to know that it happened. There are dozens of artistic visuals that can be used to illustrate a person dying without explicitly showing it. You can still illustrate the severity of the events without being so blatantly literal about them. The story of a film would have played out exactly the same and had the relatively the same impact if a different technique was used without gore and swearing. Sometimes what you DON’T see has a deeper impact. Nolan didn’t need an R rating to get his message across and the film is better because of it.
Seriously, you need to stop crying about this, it’s just getting pathetic now.
on February 3, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Is anyone else enjoying this epic comment war like I am? Haha.
on February 4, 2010 at 5:58 am
Once again. How do you make Saving Private Ryan PG13? You are talking about some technique, but no damn technique can make Saving Private Ryan as it is NOW. You NEED an R rating. War is brutal, bloody mess and people get killed in a ways, you can’t believe. If war movies don’t show the violence, it doesn’t get deeper impact, that’s bull. Not in War movies, but I agree, that sometimes things you do not see, is more terrifying. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, not much blood, you do not see much violence. It works. I get that. But in a big budget movies, that just don’t’ make any sense. PG13 It’s only there to the make more money, nothing else.
Dark Knight isn’t better because it’s PG 13 and no R rating. It’s a masterpiece because of Nolans direction, acting, complexity. But not because it’s pg13.
“Stop crying”? Have you anything new to say??
on February 5, 2010 at 5:22 pm
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on February 7, 2010 at 8:53 am
You don’t get it. You can name a dozen films that had graphic violence and that doesn’t change the fact that if it were filmed creatively to IMPLY the violence instead of just blatantly illustrating every tooth grinding moment, that it wouldn’t change the story. The story would have played out exactly the same and had the same impact if he used a different technique without the gore.
They show plenty of violence in PG-13 films, just not as graphic. It’s simply a matter of choice on the director’s part. If they feel that is the way they want to illicit that response, thats the tool they are going to use. But they could use a different tool and illicit the same response. You just feel that they can’t get the same response because they didn’t use it. Every example you bring up, I could illustrate how they could do it differently and get the same results.
You’ve just admitted that writing, direction etc. is what makes films great, not R ratings. You need to stop beating this dead horse.
on February 7, 2010 at 10:23 am
But you can’t IMPLY the violence in a war movies like SPR. You have to understand the fact that, when people are shot, they bleed. It’s not smoke. War is terrible and harsh, it’s not a dance.
Often it’s not directors choice (ratings) to make this kind of decision, specelly R ratings. They are forbidden in big budget movies, and thats why directors have to make films pg13, and be creative. PG 13 works fine in movies like Begins, Dark knight, Bourne-films, but not in Die Hard, Terminator, War movies. It’s just not reality.
I did’t say, that r ratings makes movies better. In some case more realistic, thats all.
on February 7, 2010 at 10:46 am
There’s a reason films like Batman and Bourne don’t have R ratings, they don’t need them. No film NEEDS to be R rated. The story would be told the same with or without it. Adding gore and profanity wouldn’t change the story. R ratings don’t add realism, they just add gore, sex and profanity.
I do, however, have problems with films that were toned down for PG-13 ratings such as Live Free or Die Hard. But films that were always going to be made with a PG-13 or R rating I don’t care about and don’t bother crying over.
on February 7, 2010 at 11:54 am
Reason whay there are pg13? You are pretty naive enough to believe that.
R ratings do add realism, people swear in real life and you se blood when they get shot, not smoke. Do you think smoke is real? Humans don’t bleed? Im not talking about gore. Gore is only good in horror zombie movies, it’s fun.
SVP wouldn’t be the same movie with out graphic war violence, not what so ever. War is terrible, and if you don’t see that trough rough violence, then it isn’t a true war movie, and do not have any impact.
LARGE filmmaking = PG-13 Some movies like you say are shot to be pg13, but that is only because they talk about it before the production, and they agreed to do it pg13, to make more §§. Some are toned down, also to make more money in theaters, but when dvd-release finaly is out, you get to see r rated version.
on February 7, 2010 at 1:37 pm
You really aren’t getting it. R rating or not, the story would be the same. You haven’t proven how the story would be told any differently if they didn’t have explicit violence. Blood and profanity don’t make films real, there are numerous ways of displaying reality without explicit violence. The only reason you want films to be R rated is because YOU want films to be R rated. You’ve already flipped flopped saying that The Dark Knight should be rated R and then saying that it should be PG-13 so most of your arguments are moot anyway. YOU want R rated blockbuster films, and that’s not going to happen.
I’m begging you, honestly begging you, to STOP crying about this and wasting your time and energy, you’re not proving any point and it’s just getting pathetic now.
on February 8, 2010 at 5:06 am
YOU don’t get it, pal. SPR shows the ugliness og cruelty of WAR, and that makes deep impact on the story and people, audience. If you take that away, you do not have same impact, impression on the story telling. War is bloody mess…..Yeah, you could try make the SVR story with pg13, BUT the result wouldn’t be the same, no same impact on war, no same impression, no same realism.
You still didn’t answer me. What is more realistic. Blood or smoke?? If SPR were pg13, you see lots of smoke? Is that real?
The general audience actuelly also want’s more r rated movies. Only problem is studios. Not me. They make more money.
on February 10, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Buddy, your argument’s done. You’ve already contradicted yourself by saying The Dark Knight should have been R then saying it should be PG-13. AND you’vve shot your own argument by saying that R ratings, while making films more “real”, don’t make them better.
You’ve killed your own points. This is done.
on February 11, 2010 at 7:43 am
I said TDK worked well as pg13, and was realistic, but NOT as realistic as if the film were r rated. Blood and f bombs are things that people see and use in real life. I’m not saying that the movie would be that much better, but little more real afterall with r, the small things counts. I still love tdk, but small things like that counts sometimes. Well, I cant wait for inception. It’s going to be best movie of the year.
on February 11, 2010 at 9:03 am
Those things count so much yet they don’t make movies better, according to you. You defeated your own arguments, this is done.
on February 11, 2010 at 11:25 am
But they do make SOME movies better, like SVP, Fight Club and many many more great R rated movies. We never know the result of tdk with an r rating, but as the movie is know, it’s great. But r rating would add some things, that pg13 did not, such as more realism.. end of story.
on February 11, 2010 at 11:29 am
Oh, NOW they make movies better. You see, you keep flip-flopping. You undid your own argument by defeating your own stance. You basically destroyed your own argument. End of story.
on February 11, 2010 at 2:14 pm
if you say so, pal…..have a nice day!
on February 11, 2010 at 4:20 pm
You too!
on June 2, 2010 at 4:17 pm
LOL, A@babo, you just got your tight little asshole pounded! That little anus must be bleeding! Eternalist won this, you should just retitle yourself “A@homo”. Lol, faggot.
on July 10, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Good review! I like the idea of a Carte Blanche, and I’m going to apply for one as soon as I start my project of inventing screen doors for submarines.
One other possible influence for Nolan’s “Inception” is the 1984 movie “Dreamscape” with (alpha listing) Eddie Albert, Kate Capshaw, David Patrick Kelly, Christopher Plummer, Dennis Quaid, and Max von Sydow. While it has 1984 special effects, and while it enjoys only a 6.3 rating on IMDb, it definitely explores mind control via interference with dreams. Worth a look.