Whole New Word Developed For Inception Haters
Tired of calling the Inception haters in your life "f***head," "a**hole," "dumb sh*t" and the myriad of other boring pejoratives generally used to defend Christopher Nolan's blockbuster? Now the Urban Dictionary offers a new etymological alternative known as "ineption" -- or, "Completely inept at understanding the film, Inception." Nice -- and so much cleaner! What do you think? [Urban Dictionary via /film]
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I don't know S.T. -- being called a "f***head" had such a nice ring to it.
Don't worry; I have a feeling some dedicated Nolanite faction somewhere might keep that one alive...
Upon hearing that Regis Philbin couldn't follow the plot and certainly after hearing Peter Bart's rant on IN THE HOUSE, i think the American Medical Association should consider using INCEPTION as a test for dementia.
I'd just note that "ineption" would be a noun, though their definition is that of an adjective. I guess I'm a snob or just pretentious for knowing the difference.
Is it just me or are Inception's most vociferous admirers sort of simple minded? Their knowledge of basic grammar is on par with their ability to think clearly about what they're watching. But I guess if your whole movie experience is all about connecting inane dots of plot points then Inception is for you.
a**hole.
What about those of us who understood it, but still thought it wasn't very good? What do we get to be called?
I'm not sure what you'd call it... but I know that you get accused of being a killjoy who simply doesn't like good movies or like movies, period. I love that "argument."
There aren't any factions -- it's a rapidly-massing, enveloping Nole. One wonders if the cheery jeering independents aren't in their jeers testing how safely bulwarked they are, or if they're already tasting the ecstasy of martyrdom?
Mason, I'm with you. I understood the movie, but didn't think it was worth all of the hype. It wasn't a bad movie...I've just seen better.
That's hi-lar-ious! Inception as a test for dementia in older people! Boy, those oldsters just don't get it... fortunately you will always be young, with-it, or whatever you think of yourself...
That's why a bunch of Nolanites are going to the theaters two or three times to watch it, debating inane plot points over pages and pages, timing the number of seconds a stupid top spins before it falls or doesn't fall - yes, that's because the plot is so straightforward.
Apart from being complicated, Inception is an incoherent mess - with no real characters to make any of it worth caring about.
Loved this film!! A movie for the intellectual audience. If you have ADD so see Shrek.
No, an a**hole is still a noun...it's that the writer is improperly comparing trait nouns to an abstract noun with a similar meaning and different usage. As far as the rest of your comment goes: this is the internet. Anything the general population can understand is subject to poor grammar, so it's a little unfair to single out a whole group of people as intellectually or educationally deficient, especially one that encompasses the majority of a population--excepting, of course, Christians and Muslims.
not really sure this warrants a new word. I didn't mind the movie, but it wasn't so mind blowing that I can see people talking about it for years to come.
To anyone with a critical comment about Inception, and to those who adulate the film, consider this - the writer worked on the script for 5 years. That's the in which you can complete a PhD, or a masters and a bachelors. The culmination of all that painstaking work, scrutiny, and determination, gets to be experienced by you for 2 hours....
I am gracious that people like this one work so hard in their art, and it is self-evident that it's purely for the love.
The problem with Inception is that I did understand it, which means that I noticed the massive plot holes and lapses in internal logic in the movie. This isn't an intellectual movie, it's a pseudo-intellectual movie. It's the kind of movie that makes people who aren't very intelligent feel intelligent.
Inception is an excuse for massive amounts of CGI to be dumped on theaters. In other words, it's a summer popcorn movie. The only difference between Inception and the rest of the blockbusters is that the other movies don't have intellectual pretensions.
Please! He wasn't agonizing over it for ten years (it was supposedly ten). He shoved it to one side while working on other projects. And-perhaps the most grievous error-he did it ALL BY HIMSELF.
If he was really interested in scrutiny, he would have had his screenwriting team iron out his massive plot holes.
Precisely. Inception is a smart movie for dumb people.
The idea must be distilled down to it's simplest form: Inception sucks.
snails were slimy and horrid i kept reminding myself what i eat that i eventually was sick !!!!