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<p>Correct. Don’t reject this movie because it contains “dream sequences.” This movie is much more sophisticated than mere dream sequences, and there is nothing “lazy” about it.</p>
<p>Both daughters raved about it. One of them even went with my H and myself so she could see it a second time. If I would not have had to wait in the car, I also would have walked out! The plot became so complicated and illogical that it was not interesting. It jumped around too much. I was so excited when the van began to fall because I figured the movie was almost over. No van in history has ever taken so long to fall…I understood the plot but it had too many holes and no real point. I guess I must have missed something. The review I saw before I went gave it 4/4 stars. I would give it 1/4 and that would be generous!</p>
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<p>Could you specify some (preferably in the spoiler thread)? I haven’t found any yet.</p>
<p>Anyone see the David Edelstein review in the NYT? Interesting. An excerpt:</p>
<p>"I truly have no idea what so many people are raving about. It’s as if someone went into their heads while they were sleeping and planted the idea that Inception is a visionary masterpiece and—hold on … Whoa! I think I get it. The movie is a metaphor for the power of delusional hype—a metaphor for itself. "</p>
<p>^ Yeah, that review sparked a debate on the HSL forum. I think that he is way off (and most other critics agree).</p>
<p>The hype is definitely unbelievable; it surpasses the Dark Knight hype. The Inception hype didn’t REALLY start until the movie came out, which is either a testament to its quality or to Nolan’s ability to make a movie people want to see. No, I do not think they are equivalent.</p>
<p>OK, I know I’m being a plebian, philistine, other words that start with P and mean dope, when I haven’t even seen it, but I’m getting AI and My Dinner with Andre vibes just reading the accolades. And that’s not good.</p>
<p>I had NetFlix’d ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ (which I had never seen) the night before going to see ‘Inception’. TULB was thought provoking, emotional, tragic, and intellectual. I found ‘Inception’ to be reasonably enjoyable, light fare. The dialogue in “Inception” was laughable. How many times did Leonardo determine the solution to a problem was ‘to hurry up’? I was disturbed that the explanation that when you are killed you just wake up, was a poor excuse for having a lot of gratuitous violence. The visuals were interesting and the strongest part of the movie.</p>
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<p>I enjoyed Inception, but the vibes I get is more akin to those of Matrix. Which means the first movie is clever and original but the sequels in the series become increasingly pretentious and self-indulgent to the point self-parody and rip-off. But for now I’m liking Inception.</p>
<p>Well, I did like the Matrix, so maybe I’ll have to give it a try. </p>
<p>(I mention the other movies not because this one sounds like them, but because they get/got tremendous accolades which make you feel you should feel stupid if you didn’t like them. then I discovered there is a whole thread to vent on, so I took my highly undefendible opinions over there instead.)</p>
<p>terribly disappointing. I agree with the negative reviews upthread. Interestingly, I think the bloated hype for the movie may start to be deflated as more folks are having negative reactions.</p>
<p>It’s a *lot *better than AI–that was a disappointing movie.</p>
<p>I liked My Dinner with Andre, but this isn’t really much like that.</p>
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<p>Don’t feel stupid. It’s a question of taste not intelligence. Two things that smart people are supposed to like that I just never have been able to enjoy are murder mysteries and jazz music. I can tolerate the whodunits, but to me most jazz is dreadful.</p>
<p>Found the movie fun and silly. To my mind not great intellectual fare at all but visually stunning and worth a trip to the cinema.</p>
<p>Also very derivative. H and I played “spot the reference”. </p>
<p>But given the concerns he reveals in his movies, Chris Nolan is wound pretty tight. </p>
<p>I agree with whoever said the ski sections was the weakest.</p>
<p>Drat! This was one that the kids and I were looking forward to seeing together. Usually the family movies are in the Toy Story, Shrek, or Tim Burton vein. I like fun, silly movies, so maybe there’s a little hope! S2 saw it last night and liked it. My only concern is that I react the same way I did to Memento – a “thinky” movie that everyone but me seemed to like…</p>
<p>As for falling asleep – I think for some people, movie theaters are a nap trigger. Unless I’m 100% engaged in a film, a 10-20 minute nap is almost inevitable.</p>
<p>I am seeing the movie in d-box seating next week! I can’t wait!</p>
<p>I actually loved it. It’s a matter of taste. I didn’t hear the hype etc. S3 and friends wanted to go at 12:01 opening day. I thought "sure, why not. It’s summer and they’ll love it. I really think you need to see it in the theater and I rarely do anything but redbox.
I guess movies are like wine. Fine wine is wine you like. It doesn’t matter if it’s a screwtop or cork.
Note: I loved the first Matrix also.</p>
<p>So I walked out. I am sure I missed something. But it was just too painful for me. There was another group of folks that left at around the hour marki. I just didn’t care about these characters whatsoever. While the FX and all were amazing, I was bored with watching these guys and girls. The story made sense, but I really didn’t care about any of them. Why did the brainy student feel she must go along for the journey? Had the studies of dreams progressed so far in our culture that you actually went to school for it? The answer is no.<br>
I loved Memento and I am still trying to figure some things out in that flick. This one: Had no real concern to want to figure it out. Boring. Bad acting for the main characters. Lots of dialogue that goes into explaining why they are all there and what they do.<br>
You know what it reminded me of: Bladerunner with all of Mickey Spilane dialogue in the background. Unfroutnately, it was always the characters explaining what they were going to do next.</p>
<p>Do it. I am ready to speak. I guess I need clarification as to why I should have been interested in any of these characters.</p>
<p>Well, I didn’t think I would like it and I did. I also didn’t fall asleep which I have done in movies before. I guess I enjoyed the layers of the movie. I saw this with 2 twenty something girls and two teen boys and they all enjoyed it. The boys had fun dissecting it and trying to figure everything out.</p>