Steve-O
07-22-2010, 02:16 PM
anyone see it?
I hated it. Now, I don't hate new movies because "they don't make them like they used to" or other excuses old farts make. I just like good movies and this ain't one.
I like Christopher Nolan... Dark Knight was good (over-rated but good) and his films before that were fine as well. Inception is lousy.
I was bored and confused through most of it. The philosophy was simple (but the audience seemed to think it was deep). The effects were done better elsewhere (hell The Matrix and Dark City did these effects better 15 years ago -- not to mention the same philosophical points were raised). The movie ends with a Roger Moore ski gun battle for crying out loud.
I was thinking about the cast and I really like all the actors too...
Leonardo DiCaprio: I think he's a real movie star. This role is just too damned close to Shutter Island though.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Fine in the teenaged noirs Brick and The Lookout. His role as a world-weary tough guy was laughable in Inception. He was born in 1981. My socks have more life experiences than him - and they could beat him in a fight.
Ellen Page: The pixie-sized actress is just fine in Juno and Whip It. I think she's the new Sally Fields. Again, she's too young and inexperienced to be giving Leo life lessons (especially since he, in the movie, has lived decades longer than her)
Tom Hardy: Someone reminded me he plays Bronson in the outrageous film Bronson. A disturbing movie that I highly recommend.
Ken Watanabe (the excellent Japanese actor), Michael Caine, Tom Berenger and Pete Postlethwaite are always good.
Marion Cotillard plays the French love interest. She's just as about as interesting as she was in Public Enemies -- which is not very. That mole on her forehead emotes better.
The movie -- about high tech con men/thieves -- is just plain boring.
I hated it. Now, I don't hate new movies because "they don't make them like they used to" or other excuses old farts make. I just like good movies and this ain't one.
I like Christopher Nolan... Dark Knight was good (over-rated but good) and his films before that were fine as well. Inception is lousy.
I was bored and confused through most of it. The philosophy was simple (but the audience seemed to think it was deep). The effects were done better elsewhere (hell The Matrix and Dark City did these effects better 15 years ago -- not to mention the same philosophical points were raised). The movie ends with a Roger Moore ski gun battle for crying out loud.
I was thinking about the cast and I really like all the actors too...
Leonardo DiCaprio: I think he's a real movie star. This role is just too damned close to Shutter Island though.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Fine in the teenaged noirs Brick and The Lookout. His role as a world-weary tough guy was laughable in Inception. He was born in 1981. My socks have more life experiences than him - and they could beat him in a fight.
Ellen Page: The pixie-sized actress is just fine in Juno and Whip It. I think she's the new Sally Fields. Again, she's too young and inexperienced to be giving Leo life lessons (especially since he, in the movie, has lived decades longer than her)
Tom Hardy: Someone reminded me he plays Bronson in the outrageous film Bronson. A disturbing movie that I highly recommend.
Ken Watanabe (the excellent Japanese actor), Michael Caine, Tom Berenger and Pete Postlethwaite are always good.
Marion Cotillard plays the French love interest. She's just as about as interesting as she was in Public Enemies -- which is not very. That mole on her forehead emotes better.
The movie -- about high tech con men/thieves -- is just plain boring.