Interesting but...

Rating: 6/10 (20 July 2010)

Interesting concept, and yet OK writing. Almost perfect casting, and yet rather odd acting. Visually stunning, and yet not very exciting. First of all, this movie is no Dark Knight, which is truly Nolan's best so far. It is also NOT The Matrix or Fight Club. The problem with the movie is it started out very interesting and grabbing audience attention right away, and yet with more and more detail being lay out, you started to realize it is not really that big a deal, In the theatre, as an audience sitting there watching people getting shot at and as the intensity steadily going up, the movie gives nothing, no fear, no pain, no emotion. Because all it is a dream. The worst possible outcome, you go insane, like we are not already. The movie lacks conflict which every good movie should have. Two, because the movie is set in dreams, so realistically, there shouldn't be too much emotions which Nolan got it right. Yet for a movie, it is a disaster, because without emotion there will be no feeling. Half way through the movie, I really didn't feel bad for Dom at all. His pain was like fantasies. It was all in his dreams. Even his personal family difficulty didn't strike me as painful. In today's global society, the situation he was in was just unbelievable. Last, the ending. It just doesn't make sense. To be honest, I can't even go into detail to explain why it doesn't make sense, but it just doesn't. A movie is still a movie. However, since Nolan can make a comic book movie actually make sense, and even nominated for Oscar. I will forgive him on this one. Either way, I recommend people to see it because it will make you think about it. Any movie that makes us use even the smallest amount of our brain is worthy of a viewing.