The film Inception received rave reviews from many people, and while it was a good film, I’m not sure it deserved the reception it got. It was complicated and difficult to watch, which isn’t a bad thing as it keeps you thinking the whole time, but there were parts of it that didn’t add up. Also, the cliffhanger ending seemed like a lazy way out – it should have had a proper ending.
Firstly, I enjoyed the complex plot and the way you had to really concentrate to understand what’s going on. It’s definitely not a film you could watch to relax, but for one that gets your mind going its perfect. I’m not a big fan of mindless films, so in that respect it was very enjoyable.
The stunts and special effects were also brilliant. There wasn’t a time where I thought “that looks fake”, even when everything in a dream was going crazy. Special effects are generally very good these days so that’s what you’d expect from a big budget film, but in this case it works especially well.
The ending was a letdown though. If you haven’t seen it already, DON’T read any further……!
The spinner should of fallen or stayed up without wobbling, leaving it like that just cheated the viewer of knowing what happened. It’s not a stroke of genius and it’s definitely not a sign of a “classic” film, it’s just annoying. I suspect that it is in some way leaving the door open for a sequel, but it never should have been left like that.
Also, there were inconsistencies in the dreams. Maybe I just don’t understand, but at the end when the van lurched in the second dream, causing gravity to change in the third, why was there no effect in the fourth? That’s one of the major problems with the film – the script writers basically gave themselves free reign to write whatever they wanted, as the “rules” of dreams weren’t explained well enough to be understood fully. Maybe it’s just me, but I wanted a bit more detail on how the dreams worked and why they worked the way they did.
It’s not a bad film, in fact I really enjoyed it. I just don’t think it lived up to the huge hype that surrounded it, and definitely shouldn’t be called one of the great films of all time.
