Dark City, Shutter Island,Matrix, Batman Begins all rolled into one.

Rating: 7/10 (18 July 2010)

I gave Inception a seven out of ten because the first hour of the movie was missing that "grab you" factor, and I almost found it a little boring. Everything is kicked into high gear though,when ellen page asks leonardo's character a specific question. It is the turning point of the movie and I was completely enthralled by it come the one hour mark. I know Christopher Nolan had been bouncing around the concept and script of this movie for the better half of ten years, but I still could not keep myself from getting "deja vu" in certain scenes of the movie. I was expecting this movie to be hands down, off the wall original, but instead I kept on thinking of Shutter Island, Dark City, the Matrix, and Batman Begins. (All movies I love) All the technical and cinematography aspects of the movie are amazing;definitely a 10. One other small thing that bothered me was when I read a review of the movie. It said something along the lines of " you will have to see this movie more than once to get it." So, I was going into the movie fully expecting to have to do that like I did with The Prestige. It was not the case, however. Unless you are really dumb, or not paying full attention to the movie, you will get it the first time. All in all, the movie is awesome but not for those with a short attention span.