High hopes? Not!

Rating: 8/10 (13 December 2010)

Many friends saw this movie and said to me that I MUST see it. So I did, expecting some really intelligent thriller with twists and turns. But it turned out to be just another simple story. At first, the story seemed very original. Dream within a dream within a dream... OK we get the idea. But after a while it became too easy to follow, even for a 5-year old. There's nothing stimulating about it. Unlike the Matrix, when I first saw that movie I was puzzled: What the hell is going on??? And it kept me guessing until the end. But with Inception, that sentiment just didn't happen, as much as I wanted to, so to give it the proper credit. Oh well, as they say, don't believe the hype. The movie tries too hard to pretend it's smart for smart people, but it's far from it. I give it though good comments for special effects and originality of the stunts. In the end, I could classify it as a normal action movie, to join the no-brainer ranks of Rambo, Terminator, etc.