tabuno
07-16-2010, 11:12 PM
Drector and writer Christopher Nolan has put together one of the most convoluted, densely layered sci fi dream fantasy storylines in movie history that has practically exploded the barriers of this genre to pieces and put together dreams within dreams within dreams while keeping some semblence of comprehension in plot and continuity. INCEPTION also has one of the longest, continuous action sequences that unfolds between dreams that I've encountered as the music and tension seem to push the audience to the limits of bursting at the seams. While there are a few technical glitches (i.e., an abrupt editing transition between a floor and a wall becoming a floor), by the end of the movie the climactic ending leaves the audience hanging in a supsended eye of the holder conclusion as to how the movie ends. While the special effects are on par with whatever has been put out there, it's not really the technical quality achievement but rather the use of this visuals that dazzle and twist upon themselves that propels the viewer into a realm of vivid imagination that rivals any movie of this genre out there.
In some respects, the audience is fooled to some extent by the internal demons that plague the protagonist in this movie that they take to be in reality the virtual emotions and thoughts of another actual character in the movie which if one careful to note is really a subconscious conflict within one individual's own mind that is being torn apart by guilt.
IMDb review:
"Take Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic (1995), The Matrix (1999), and The Scanner Darkly (2006) with some dream elements of Constantine (2005), and Jennifer Lopez in The Cell (2000), and Dennis Quaid in Dreamscape (1984), Emilio Estevez in Freejack (1992) and take the emotional intensity of a timebomb and the ripping nature of a marital knife and the action thrills and musical cords of Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002) and one might get some hint of this finely complex and taut sci fi action thriller. Inception (2010) is to dream sci fi fantasy as to what Brain Storm (1983) is to dream sci fi reality, Natalie Wood's last movie and her tragic death during the movie. What's real and what's not real, what's desired and regretting, themes of guilt and acceptance are all wrapped up in this dream within a dream that is taken to the power cubed. While there are a few logical incongruities and editing weaknesses, one of the most prolonged are they going to survive experiences in movie history on this roller coaster ride more than washes over any perceived problems with this movie. How many times did Director Christopher Nolan have to shoot the final scene would be one of the more intriguing questions of the movie. It's not so much that the visual effects are spectacular, but that they are used in a way that enhances the movie and visually are different enough to make an indelible impression. Ellen Page stands out as a distinctly difference character from her role in Juno (2007) and Marion Cotillard demonstrates where Oscar winning talents from La vie in rose (2007), especially her facial emotional expression at the beginning of the movie that stings with its power. One of the most powerful and distinctive movies of 2010."
In some respects, the audience is fooled to some extent by the internal demons that plague the protagonist in this movie that they take to be in reality the virtual emotions and thoughts of another actual character in the movie which if one careful to note is really a subconscious conflict within one individual's own mind that is being torn apart by guilt.
IMDb review:
"Take Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic (1995), The Matrix (1999), and The Scanner Darkly (2006) with some dream elements of Constantine (2005), and Jennifer Lopez in The Cell (2000), and Dennis Quaid in Dreamscape (1984), Emilio Estevez in Freejack (1992) and take the emotional intensity of a timebomb and the ripping nature of a marital knife and the action thrills and musical cords of Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002) and one might get some hint of this finely complex and taut sci fi action thriller. Inception (2010) is to dream sci fi fantasy as to what Brain Storm (1983) is to dream sci fi reality, Natalie Wood's last movie and her tragic death during the movie. What's real and what's not real, what's desired and regretting, themes of guilt and acceptance are all wrapped up in this dream within a dream that is taken to the power cubed. While there are a few logical incongruities and editing weaknesses, one of the most prolonged are they going to survive experiences in movie history on this roller coaster ride more than washes over any perceived problems with this movie. How many times did Director Christopher Nolan have to shoot the final scene would be one of the more intriguing questions of the movie. It's not so much that the visual effects are spectacular, but that they are used in a way that enhances the movie and visually are different enough to make an indelible impression. Ellen Page stands out as a distinctly difference character from her role in Juno (2007) and Marion Cotillard demonstrates where Oscar winning talents from La vie in rose (2007), especially her facial emotional expression at the beginning of the movie that stings with its power. One of the most powerful and distinctive movies of 2010."