tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408139579944180262.post4973157319905143625..comments2024-03-24T05:21:03.521-04:00Comments on Captain Critic: Review: "Inception"Christopher Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00912714677164687899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408139579944180262.post-63756703908705795452011-01-14T03:46:01.389-05:002011-01-14T03:46:01.389-05:00The gap between a clever idea and the ability to s...The gap between a clever idea and the ability to successfully execute that idea is undoubtedly this director's god-given talent. This movie is not a stumble, or a muff, but similar to a long tumble down the Alpine mountains of a ten times oversize Steinway grand piano, with gold inlaid ivory and grossly ornate features. The money being wasted on this mental punishment is more facinating than anything connected with the story. 15 minutes in, it made no sense -- why is the piano tumbling down the mountainside? -- and why must we watch? 2 hrs in, I felt "at least the actors are getting paid, despite looking hopelessly lost or being able to understood what story they are in, or why. I saw no focus on the story here, mostly because the execution was so pedestrian, plodding and unimaginative. It felt like you were listening to someone describe the movie to you in your ear for two hours, while you slowly edged your finger towards the power drill next to you, the drill that could make the "dream" go away. The premise, that a dream expert would perform "inception" (planting of an idea in someone's brain) for the purpose of industrial espionage, is too weak to support the two hours and fifteen minutes of suppository -- excuse me -- expository -- that follows. The dream levels were all boringly filmed scenes, uniquely un-dream like. It did not matter what dream level you were in, photographically they all looked the same(?). People who buy into anything that is put on screen will probably be asking themselves -- wow, why didn't I understand that, was it too -- deep? People who have aesthetic taste, a history of moving going, and a low tolerance for stupidity will be going -- wow -- am I sitting in front of a screenwriting garbage pipe the size of ten sewers, watching hundreds of millions of dollars being dumped on my head? Yup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408139579944180262.post-90185697630730443082010-07-15T02:46:56.458-04:002010-07-15T02:46:56.458-04:00So it's okay if they break up Fischer's bu...So it's okay if they break up Fischer's business (and ruin the lives of thousands of his employees in the process) as long as everything is super-complicated and looks really cool? Aren't we cheering for the wrong people here...? I think a more interesting film would have involved a team of mental security agents working to prevent such sabotage. As it is, Cobb and his team are no more than mental rapists attacking a man who has done them no harm. No, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com