Best of the year??

Rating: 6/10 (16 July 2010)

If you read this without having seen the two minute preview STOP HERE AND SEE THE MOVIE WITHOUT A PREVIEW.Despite my problems with it,it still is worth seeing.However if you like special effects and spectacular shots you will see virtually all of them in the trailer.This said, there still is the feature of "trying to figure it out" that will keep you occupied.Personally I found a lot of contrived situations, cinematic clichés, and half-baked story lines.For one thing, why would anyone accept that someone must enter their dream in order for them to learn to protect their inner thoughts?Wouldn't it just be easier to set up your reality so no one can wire you up while you're asleep?It's kind of like when they built the wall to keep King Kong out, why on earth would they put a big door in it??When Ken Wantanabe's character mumbles his dialog in his first scene, I wondered if this was by design to start the viewer to give up the notion that they understand what's happening.Most of the "action" was the same old JsBond/MisImp schlock&Mag7's crew forming.+a KnifeINtheWater non-ending.