• dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    I never really understood how people didn’t understand Inception. Maybe it’s because Nolan’s head was entirely up his own ass during the writing phase that the ending seemed rushed, obscure, and very “first year creative writing class” in its resolution, but it’s pretty straight forward that the intent was to

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    create an ambiguous ending where the viewer debates whether or not Cobb is still dreaming.

    Donnie Darko is some next level mind fuckery though.

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    He fulfills the Grandfather Paradox on himself in order to save reality from being destroyed.

    Crazy shit. Now I need to rewatch DD.