Exercise in futility

Rating: Null/10 (15 October 2013)

There are movies that I love initially. Then, over a period of time, it dawns on me that I have been manipulated royally. And then the 'love' I had for the movie turns into dislike, then hate, and, depending upon the intensity with which I had initially loved the movie, it turns into utter disgust.
Titanic tops my list of such movies. Inception comes a close second. Christ, what was all that about? Dreams within dreams within dreams, come on! Tops spinning/not spinning? People getting into each others' dreams? Visually breathtaking it may have been, but a great story it certainly wasn't. I think the true test of a classic movie is in its repeat viewing. I realized Inception was nothing when I sat down to watch it again. I couldn't go past the first 10 minutes. It was that boring. Somehow, my brain refused to suspend disbelief and seemed to yell, 'switch the damn DVD off!"
And I did.
(BTW, Chris Nolan tops my list of the 'most overrated directors'. I still can't forgive him for those utterly dull climatic fight scenes in The Dark Night Rises.)