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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 5295035" data-attributes="member: 46713"><p>I'm a bit surprised I'm only the third person who didn't think the film was all that great.</p><p></p><p>After reading in this thread about it, I was quite hyped, because it's exactly the kind of story I tend to enjoy: Mixing reality and illusion/dream/hallucinations. I'm also a big fan of Philip K. Dick for that reason.</p><p></p><p>However, imho, the movie fell flat. I felt it was a missed opportunity, given how the premise seemed so intriguing.</p><p></p><p>The story at it's core is actually quite simple. It's artifically complicated by stuff that doesn't really add much to it.</p><p></p><p>I was also disappointed about the lack of 'proper' dream logic in the movie. To me the dream sequences weren't dream-like at all, it was just a bunch of different sets. Take the inception mission: What are the dream layers really about?</p><p>We get city blocks, a factory hall, a hotel, a fortress, and the 'dream-world' city. But the only thing that is different is the locations. They could be replaced with anything else without affecting the plot/story in the least.</p><p></p><p>The special effects were okay, but the action scenes mostly seemed kind of pointless. I also felt that I didn't really care about the protagonists. The explanations why it was supposed to be dangerous to be wounded/killed in the dreams also seemed wobbly and unconvincing to me.</p><p></p><p>It was too obviously intended to just serve as a device to convince the viewer that there's actual danger involved in getting into other people's dreams.</p><p></p><p>Imho, Matrix and 13th Floor did a way better job at telling a very similar story. Inception didn't really add anything exciting or new to this particular sub-(sub)genre.</p><p></p><p>There, now go ahead and rip me apart for not seeing the brilliancy of this movie <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 5295035, member: 46713"] I'm a bit surprised I'm only the third person who didn't think the film was all that great. After reading in this thread about it, I was quite hyped, because it's exactly the kind of story I tend to enjoy: Mixing reality and illusion/dream/hallucinations. I'm also a big fan of Philip K. Dick for that reason. However, imho, the movie fell flat. I felt it was a missed opportunity, given how the premise seemed so intriguing. The story at it's core is actually quite simple. It's artifically complicated by stuff that doesn't really add much to it. I was also disappointed about the lack of 'proper' dream logic in the movie. To me the dream sequences weren't dream-like at all, it was just a bunch of different sets. Take the inception mission: What are the dream layers really about? We get city blocks, a factory hall, a hotel, a fortress, and the 'dream-world' city. But the only thing that is different is the locations. They could be replaced with anything else without affecting the plot/story in the least. The special effects were okay, but the action scenes mostly seemed kind of pointless. I also felt that I didn't really care about the protagonists. The explanations why it was supposed to be dangerous to be wounded/killed in the dreams also seemed wobbly and unconvincing to me. It was too obviously intended to just serve as a device to convince the viewer that there's actual danger involved in getting into other people's dreams. Imho, Matrix and 13th Floor did a way better job at telling a very similar story. Inception didn't really add anything exciting or new to this particular sub-(sub)genre. There, now go ahead and rip me apart for not seeing the brilliancy of this movie :) [/QUOTE]
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