Inception

I really don't get what the big deal is about this movie.  I think it's more "Oh my goodness, this is the best movie out right now!" which is true.  Is this the best movie ever?  No.  I liked this movie.  At the same time, I kept thinking "when is this gonna get complicated like they said?  When is this gonna be as good as I heard it was?"  Spoiler alert:  it wasn't.

Most people I talked to were like "Omfg, this is one of those movies you have to watch 3-4 times to get everything straight!"  Well... I refute that claim.  I felt the movie was very easy to follow... if you, you know, watched it and listened the entire time.  I'm sure if I got up to go potty every 30 minutes then yeah, by the end of the movie I'd be lost.  Or maybe if I walked in 20 minutes late.  As it was though, I felt it was simple enough to follow.

I'd have like to see more development of individual characters.  It was like "HEY here's a new guy!  He's got THIS stereotype personality!  DONE!"  The only characters you really see evolve at all are the main guy and the mark.  Even then... it's really only the main guy.  I still liked all the characters.  There wasn't really a big bad boss guy, because their opponent was the mark's subconscious, not the mark himself.

Now that that's out of the way, this IS actually a really good movie.  There's suspense, mystery, action, and crazy effects.  The whole movie revolves around the question of what is and isn't reality.  That may not be the driving plot of the movie, but it's definitely the key issue.  The movie itself is about planting an idea into someone's brain in dreamland and getting out.

I can't really say much more than that without spoiling the entire movie.  Most of this review is about the negative, but I can't tell you any more about the positive without giving away important "Oh, now I get it" parts of the movie.  It's definitely worth seeing, but I wouldn't label it as a 'must see in theaters' film.  I was planning on waiting till it came out on dvd and renting it, but a friend wanted to see it so we did.  I took the hype with a grain of salt, but I guess I was just expecting more.

Like I said, it's a good movie, definitely worth the watch.  It's not often a two and a half hour movie keeps me engaged and interested the entire time.  I give it a 9.5 out of 10.