Movie Summary of Inception by Michael The Moviegoer.
INCEPTION = **
“Fast Asleep”
If you’re a fan of Christopher Nolan, go ahead and hate me. But spending two and a half hours being confused and disoriented is not my idea of a good time at the movies.
“Inception” tries hard to be something different and original. But it’s nothing more than a mash-up of the “The Matrix” with 1984’s far superior “Dreamscape”.
Not that the film doesn’t contain good ideas, and it certainly has extraordinary visuals and effects, but the plot is annoyingly hard to follow. To love this film is to simply give up trying to follow the story and just immerse yourself in the visual landscape. If that’s your cup of tea, then go for it. You won’t be disappointed.
From what I can tell, the story centers on Leonardo DiCaprio being able to somehow enter someone’s dream and plant ideas deep in their subconscious. Creating a “team” to do this only merges multiple dream states to create dreams with dreams within dreams until we never have any idea what is real and what is not.
Nolan goes to great lengths to create mesmerizing dream worlds. But humans were dreaming for millenniums before CGI was invented. My dreams don’t look like they take place in a computer! Certainly, I never heard of people dreaming in 5.1 surround stereo sound. My dreams don’t have wall-to-wall bombastic film score music! Hans Zimmer’s ridiculously loud over-the-top music is intrusive and grows annoying as the film goes on.
Since “The Wizard Of Oz” in 1939, when Dorothy’s trip to Emerald City was revealed to have all been a colorful dream, it always seemed as though you could forgive any unrealistic implausibility in a movie if it took place during a dream. “Inception” banks on the fact that, because it almost entirely takes place in a dream, it can get away with anything. OK, so I won’t criticize the many logic-defying moments. I’ll just say that I was quite bored by it all.
DVD Double Feature: From 1984’s pre-CGI-era, the visual effects in “Dreamscape” today look cheap and cheesey when you compare them to “Inception”. But the plot is far more involving and exciting. Dennis Quaid discovers a way to enter people’s dreams. In doing this he discovers a plot to assassinate our president by entering his dream and killing him as he sleeps. The supporting cast includes Christopher Plummer and Max Von Sydow. Wow!
Michael The Moviegoer
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Wow, you surely don’t know squat about lucid dreaming, do you ? you should have done your homework before posting this pathetic and misleading review of one of the greatest movies ever made. And its not about being a fan of Nolan or not, give credit where its due. And how can you lose track of whats happening in the movie ? you know everyone’s IQ level isn’t as low so..
PS: how can you compare this with the matrix is beyond me. Lucid Dreaming is REAL. study the subject then try to be a movie pundit, Michael The Moviegoer.
I always take advice when offered, so I just googled ‘Lucid Dreaming’ and read a few articles about it. After 10 minutes I started falling asleep. The articles didn’t help me understand the movie any better. You should know that I was not reviewing a concept. I was reviewing a movie as entertainment. If you truly feel that a working knowledge of lucid dreaming is necessary before seeing “Inception”, then I stand by my opinion of the film that a majority of people will have a hard time with it. You, on the other hand, should study up on cinema and have an intimate knowledge of films such as “Citizen Kane”, “2001 A Space Odyssey” and “The Godfather” before proclaiming “Inception” as one of the greatest movies ever made. It’s not.
Michael The Moviegoer