tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post6334179227702001733..comments2024-03-27T12:13:34.159-05:00Comments on The Moral Premise Blog: Story Structure Craft: INCEPTION: Can Dreams Become Reality? Should They?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-16095251272062356972021-06-22T13:11:15.779-05:002021-06-22T13:11:15.779-05:00Stan,
Nice update on your INCEPTION post!
I was ...Stan,<br /><br />Nice update on your INCEPTION post!<br /><br />I was thinking about it and ... I view the [physical betterment] part of the Nested MPS, “inspiration that can transform our dreams into reality” as a better description of Cobb’s specific Outer Goal in the movie rather than a general, universal physical betterment related to his [psychological virtue]. Meaning, Cobb needs to overcome his vice with his virtue to realize a (general) physical betterment. That virtue-to-betterment transformation that Cobb undergoes could really manifest into a character achieving many diverse outer goals depending on the story. So, the [physical betterment] linked to Cobb's [virtue] could be "leads to self actualization / self realization", which then leads to his INCEPTION specific Outer Goal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-86939664163524980512019-09-04T13:09:16.247-05:002019-09-04T13:09:16.247-05:00For me, the film illustrated how a mere thought or...For me, the film illustrated how a mere thought or idea can take grip on a persons thinking, planning, and actions. <br /><br />Even carefully planted comment can cause someone to change course.<br /><br />Most people, I believe, want to do the right or best thing. But what the right thing is can be very hard to know with certainty. A simple thought or idea can sway a persons heart toward another path, perhaps for a moment, or much longer.<br /><br />I believe at the end of the film Cobb is reunited with his family. <br /><br />I felt like it’s a little joke or trick at the end, in that the film is implanting the idea on the viewer that their own world may not be real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-82447857673685626362011-05-30T19:08:58.308-05:002011-05-30T19:08:58.308-05:00Mikele: There are many options that any particular...Mikele: There are many options that any particular story does not investigate, whether real or fiction. To do so dilutes the focus of the story being told, and takes us down physical rabbit holes that may not have anything to do with what the story is really about. INCEPTION is really about whether or not we should embrace dreams as reality or whether dreams become inspiration for the hard work required to see our vision into reality. The movie's physical goal (for Cobb to be with his children) is the McGuffin that draws us into the contemplation about the deeper moral issues. You could probably do a story about what it would take to get his kids safely out of the U.S. to be with them. But that might be another story entirely.<br /><br />There is a subtle political-social commentary going on in INCEPTION. Whether it is intended or not I do not know. But there are a lot of people in the United States (and indeed in other cultures as well) that have a vision of what utopia would be like, but they are either spitting into the wind of reality, or are not up to the effort to make their vision a reality. INCEPTION can be interpreted such that we see these two truths: <br /><br />A. Just believing something is true, does not mean it should be or could be true. There are a lot of political and moral opinions that are not based in natural law, which gives a lot of people fits on both sides of the issue. Thinking things, or even saying things, does not make them true. (c.f. Hitler and Marx)<br /><br />B. There are some visions (dreams) that are inspiration for making the world a better place, if we are only willing to risk our time, money, and lives to achieve it.Stan Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084603289444240062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-60881586207620522182011-05-30T18:23:06.334-05:002011-05-30T18:23:06.334-05:00Great analysis! Thank you for your work :-)
There...Great analysis! Thank you for your work :-)<br /><br />There is one thing i dont understand... Why if the thing he wants more is to be with his children, he doesnt take the children to another country?mikelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-89617938264643061582011-03-06T23:39:56.403-05:002011-03-06T23:39:56.403-05:00This moral premise is as complicated as the rest o...This moral premise is as complicated as the rest of the film!<br /><br />Figures.. I tried to figure it out on my own.. just saw it recently.. I was stuck... this blog sorts all of this out.. Great stuff! :)<br /><br />I would love to see a MP for Batman Begins... I think its a well crafted story, and in my opinion a superior MP to The Dark Night...<br /><br />I think I have it nailed down, but I would like to see the professionals opinion. :)Williamhttp://www.wikiscreenplay.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-21504602422735306532010-10-27T00:44:11.566-05:002010-10-27T00:44:11.566-05:00Great Analysis Stan! Look forward to watching the ...Great Analysis Stan! Look forward to watching the film again with this info!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15839560442422252964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-71606727898888866242010-10-21T22:03:58.615-05:002010-10-21T22:03:58.615-05:00There are several clear indications that Cobb is b...There are several clear indications that Cobb is back in the real world, not the least of which is the interview with Christopher Nolan in the front of his script book. But if you only have the movie you know he's in the real world if:<br /><br />a. You plot out the linear levels through which he travels, beginning with the 747 flight, and ending with the 747 flight and meeting his dad at the airport.<br /><br />b. Miles, his dad, is NEVER is any dream sequence. He is only in the real world.<br /><br />c. When Cobb gets back home, his journey is complete because, for the first time, we see his children's faces -- an indication that they are real. All the other shots of the kids they are only projections, and because he hasn't seen his kids in a long time, he doesn't know what they look like, and thus we (he) can't see their faces.<br /><br />d. Every other time he spins the top he stares at it to see if it will topple, which is his only sure sign of where he is. But he's so confident that he's in reality at the end, that he walks away from the top, no longer relying on it. He has given up dreaming, and the top is no longer necessary.<br /><br />e. He says goodbye to Mal, and tells her (and this is a big psychological journey for him) "you're not real."Stan Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084603289444240062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841939281455717340.post-12714420389103443532010-10-21T21:55:45.320-05:002010-10-21T21:55:45.320-05:00You seem certain that Cobb returns to the real wor...You seem certain that Cobb returns to the real world, but my dd and I wonder if the spinning top was a hint that Cobb was really still stuck in limbo. How do you resolve this?<br /><br />blessings,Rev3:15https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965908167181844496noreply@blogger.com