Just Shoot Me, I Want To Wake Up

Rating: 2/10 (14 December 2010)

First of all, let me premise this review by saying that I'm not easy. Hollywood seldom makes movies that I think are worth watching and 2010 has been a particularly bad year. I don't watch children's or teen's films so those aren't considered in my comments.
Inception is in no way Christopher Nolan's conception which is oddly the only thing that actually supports the entire theory of it. It's a planted thought. Le Guin dealt with the idea in Lathe of Heaven back in 1971. The concept of course would never fly since humans don't trust each other, let alone strangers, or to the extant necessary as outlined by Nolan. Taking it to more levels changes nothing but shows that the obvious is being ignored.
The bad cinematography keeps the viewer from seeing scenes at the beginning of the film or was that just to save money? When a phone call ends and one party hangs up, you don't get a busy signal. Picking a team you trust means using a total stranger who is willing to go along with doing something illegal? Interesting definition of trust.
The characters were not engaging. Not necessarily bad acting, you just didn't care about them. Leonardo's character was boring and predictable. The others were necessary for him to talk to/at and tell the rules to, only to break them.
For all of the eye candy, the film lacked imagination or maybe it was budget constraints or maybe Nolan is just incapable of dreaming.
I don't need a totem, just a refund.