Inception was a cheesy, cliche, unnecessarily 0ver-the-top movie that tries to be much "deeper" than it actually is. Inception toys with the concept of "a dream within a dream," preferring "A dream within a dream within a dream within a dream." The movie doesn't do a particularly good job of explaining much, and I can usually never respect a movie where I don't even know everyone's name (Watchmen is a notable exception).
Inception doesn't try to be a "deep" movie because it is. They delve "deeper" into dreams and add layers. The whole movie is wacky and even goes against what it says (when Cobb didnt wake up after the kick when he was "finding Saito")
Like I said, the plot was extremely cliche: Guy cant get home. Guy offered chance of lifetime. Guy gathers team for mission. Guy plans. Guy has inner demons. Something goes wrong in mission. Guy says to keep going. Guy takes risk. Risk looks like its failing, then succeeds. Plan goes terribly wrong. Guy confronts inner demons and wins. Mission Accomplished.
The cinematography was pretty awful too. The camera angles didnt really add to the situation. Some of the special effects were pretty bad too (mainly just the explosions). Maybe its just me, but there was absolutely no character development except for Cobb who had the same feeling the whole movie but just never let it go until the end. Also, the "humor" in the movie was very forced. No one is funny when they TRY to be funny.
Inception is just one of those over-hyped reasons why I barely watch movies.
Was it in anyway entertaining, if you had a different expectation on character development? EJS
ReplyDelete@EJS I thought the plot line (not the concept, though that was cliche too), was very overdone and typically hollywood. The characters were pretty lifeless and we didnt know much about them other than what they were supposed to contribute
ReplyDeleteyou write so condescendingly about "hollywood" that I wonder what foreign films have you seen? and I will laugh if you cite Pan's Labrynith or Amelie or Paris J'Taime
ReplyDeleteI think Pan's Labyrinth is a fantastic movie, it's arguably my favorite. Other foreign films I've seen include Revanche (Austria), Raise the Red Lantern (China), Hero (China), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China), and Hyenas (Senegal). I'm not a movie buff nor do I claim to be, but I hate movies that are so overhyped that have no real substance. Inception is the kind of movie that a stone person would think up (Guys... what if in your dream... you have a dream... woahhh mannn thats crazyyyy holy shittttt)
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