I really wanted to like Inception because of great cast, because of stunning music, because of an interesting premise (Pros). But nope... It needs more than that to make a movie work for me.
Cons: There's no character development, no engaging personal relations and no soul... Plain action disguised as dreamworld&psych exploration. And too much action just killed it for me. Not that I dislike some action from time to time, especially if it serves it's purpose (ie Fight club, Equilibrium...) but action in Inception was it's primary and only relevant element. Everything other served holy action and everything happened in the name of action. Interesting plot was there to support action, not vice versa:( Like some of the other reviewers, I see some similarity between this one and Shutter island (beside of DiCaprio:) But I liked Shutter island much much more. They both pretend to be mind twisters, tense and clever. Shutter island almost did it, but Inception missed the point. And I blame Nolan for that. Too pretentious director made a too pretentious movie. So just 7,3 from me
Cons: There's no character development, no engaging personal relations and no soul... Plain action disguised as dreamworld&psych exploration. And too much action just killed it for me. Not that I dislike some action from time to time, especially if it serves it's purpose (ie Fight club, Equilibrium...) but action in Inception was it's primary and only relevant element. Everything other served holy action and everything happened in the name of action. Interesting plot was there to support action, not vice versa:( Like some of the other reviewers, I see some similarity between this one and Shutter island (beside of DiCaprio:) But I liked Shutter island much much more. They both pretend to be mind twisters, tense and clever. Shutter island almost did it, but Inception missed the point. And I blame Nolan for that. Too pretentious director made a too pretentious movie. So just 7,3 from me