Dream is reality.

Rating: 6/10 (17 July 2010)

An interesting way to portray futuristic lucid dreaming technology.
The movie would have been more enjoyable if it focuses more on the dialogs than the blockbuster action. We've seen the effects before, so there's really nothing much new as compared to the Matrix when slow bullets first came in.
Since the idea of lucid dreaming is still new and fresh to most people, not many people would actually understand the depth of this movie.
And what i didn't understand was, why couldn't the dreamer dream of better weapons? OR wear a bulletproof vest etc.? If the dreamer could dream of such complicated architecture, wouldn't that also mean he/she could dream of the people in it? Since in dreams, buildings and humans are the same, they are emotionless and formless. Only the dreamer feels it and have the power to tailor it.
Everyone would love the idea of living a life in a dream to wake up still young. And i believe that this is true! It's a matter of how much you can remember from the dream after awoken. It's said that 90% of dreams are lost within 5 mins after awoke.
Limbo just did not make sense in the movie. How one arrive and get out, is a little complex. And really, one could wake up with the memory lost from a dream?
The movie is not exactly mind blowing since we have already seen similar pieces of work but it's still good and refreshing once in a while rather than those no brain teaser movie, iron man etc.
I guess the most intriguing is Nolan's conclusion of the movie is that we will never find out if Cobb is dreaming and neither will he.
Still, thumbs up and worth watching.
Other better similar movies to recommend: Vanilla Sky, Waking life, The Matrix.