Good but over long and not that clever

Rating: 7/10 (18 September 2010)

Its all flash and little substance in Christopher Nolan's over long story of people able to go into the dreams of others.
I'm not going to go into the plot, partly to play fair with those of you who haven't see the film, but Nolan has constructed a film so needlessly messy that its damn near impossible to summarize simply.
Yes the visuals are spectacular, though most of them are obviously CGI creations. There are also fewer than you would think since the dream weavers of the story have to keep thing real in order to achieve their ends.
For me the story isn't much of anything,certainly not enough to support a two and a half hour tale. The deepness of Nolan's "philosophy" is also over done, and ultimately meaningless since Nolan is on record as saying it's all been made up and exists purely to drive his plot.
I like the story I just wish it didn't take so long to get where it was going.
I also hate that Nolan changes the rules about half way in as a means of making things more exciting. Its not fair and I was so annoyed I walked out of the theater the first time I saw the film.
Good not great, its worth a look see down the road.