I finally saw Inception and must comment, so, if you haven't seen it, STOP now.
It would take too long to write an intriguing analysis so I will just list some thoughts.
1. The story is incredibly complex and fresh.
2. The number of plot machinations in the story is amazingly matched with meaningful themes: the idea of the idea, the nature of love, the pull of reality (or fantasy), and who knows what it is saying about the subconscious?
3. As much as the story is a work of genius, the real genius is making it so that the viewer, without ever being fully comfortable about what is going on, is able to follow, albeit in a dream-like state. Like Momento, we not only watch the movie, but also sense what is happening to the characters through our own mental state.
4. Nolan has essentially done for dreams in literature what Asimov did for time travel—set the rules.
5. You are watching 3 different movies simultaneously. Perhaps not a completely new concept, but brought to new heights.
6. Pretty much all the visual 'showing off' is integral to the plot.
7. It's hard to believe how all these parts could be put together. It is complex but meaningful.
3 comments:
And how about that fight scene in the hallway? (Also saw it last weekend.)
One issue: Because it was still, on one level, a big-box-office-blow-em-up film, you did have to sit through some pretty ridiculous dialogue...
"Dreams within dreams is [sic?] too unstable!!"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/quotes
I did like it though. They did something fresh/different, as you say.
I loved inception. It's extremely difficult to do, but Nolan seems to have found the right blend between thinking-man or woman's film and blockbuster. Although as Mike points out you do get the occasional silly dialogue, for the most part you don't even notice the flaws.
And, I've gotta say, the timing sequence at the end was just really fun.
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