Original, but....

Rating: 7/10 (9 November 2010)

I know this movie has been talked about without end, it's great, original, it's the Matrix in a dream, etc etc. So here's my 2 cents about it. Personally, I like the following things about the movie:

the idea of a dream in a dream in a dream is original, and the movie is food for the mind. This is not the stereotype brainless blockbuster, your gray cells are actually put to work in order to follow what is going on and in who's dream you are now in. Finally a smart movie!

how the director/writer tries inception on you: is the final scene a dream or is it reality? what is reality? nice mind game, Mr. Nolan!

the scene where they fight in imponderable state...now that has not been done in the Matrix or any other movie I've seen. The Matrix came close, but not quite! Very nice, original..and a first!

However, this whole idea of dreams in dreams and the subconscious reacting and an architect...one, Matrix, two, at some point it gets too complicated and twisted, but in the same time repetitive and boring..I mean, why not 4 levels of dream, why not a hundred, why not an infinite number of levels?? how do you know on which level you are after all? and I could go on with this forever.. oh look how smart I am!
Conclusion: plot pretty smart but not brilliant (take any philosophy book and you'll find these ideas), acting does not matter (since it's all about the plot in this movie, there's no deep psychological study or conflict, the Leo/Marillon story is the usual tragic love story designed to show how inception works, how you can loose touch with reality and go crazy thinking about dream levels and how the subconscious affects our dreams), great special effects.
7/10