Great but Overrated

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2011)

Inception is a great movie. It has a fascinating story and amazing visual effects. The ending is incredibly moving. It is overall a cool movie. However I find it preposterous that it seems to be championed as one of the top ten movies of all time. It's great except for one thing that makes it impossible to be considered among the best ever (in my opinion apparently). The character relationships are poor. In the end as the people who had just had an adventure together filed off the plane smiling at each other, I could tell they really didn't care for each other. They had a cool trip together, but that's about it. Sure there are successful emotional arks, but all of these happen within the one character and deal with their relationship to minor characters. The major characters are more happy to get what they came for and go than to stick around and chat a little bit or even feign a connection. It just felt cold. The great movies all had this. The Dark Knight had so many scenes where people exhibited their passion for another person's life. Tuco and Blondie's relationship was one of distrust and dislike for each other, but at least Tuco gave it some life. The Shawshank Redemption was full of great relationships. Yet Inception seems to still be considered among these movies. It is simply impossible for me to imagine it up there, but whenever I look at the top 250 there it is. I usually find ways to understand others' opinions but here I cannot. Here all of you are just wrong!