Way, way, way better than Inception

Rating: 8/10 (20 August 2010)

I'm a big Christopher Nolan fan (loved Memento and The Prestige) and a big Martin Scorsese fan (loved Taxi Driver and The Departed), so no bias here.
I went to the cinema excited to see Inception and was shocked to see a poorly constructed story that explained too much when it didn't need to and didn't explain enough when it should have. I look at it as a Matrix wannabe with action sequences that just weren't that great. It was not a thinking man's movie as was Memento or The Prestige either. It was a one trick pony - is he in a dream or not? Big deal - boring! 5/10 (given mostly for DiCaprio's acting)
I just saw Shutter Island in my Home Theater, and man was it well done! There are similarities between the two movies, in that they both aim to confuse you as to what is reality and what is a dream/delusion. But that is where the similarities end. Unlike Inception, Shutter Island is well crafted and engaging. Scorsese is at the top of his game, always keeping the viewer interested and on edge.
I know I'm in the minority on this view, given that Inception is the fourth ranked movie of all-time, as of this writing (what are you people smoking anyway!). But I thought a reasonable voice needed to speak out!