Inception

[certainthings]

I watched Inception today. I don't get it.

I mean, it was a good movie ... I guess. And the actors did a good job and the effects/graphics were uh, cool?

But I don't get why people were and maybe still are so flaily over this movie.

Please tell me what I didn't get, what I failed to understand ... what I missed.

Comments

[goonies-nsd.livejournal.com]

It's been awhile since I saw it & fell in love. It's not perfect, but it's visually stunning and really... with all the actiony-type movies that get overdone with special effects, I've always thought that a dreamworld was a place where too much is not enough.

I didn't think it was perfect... I could've done without the 3rd layer. I, my friend that went with me, and others in the theater started laughing at the van falling scene after about the 3rd time.

I'm not sure if I liked or didn't like that Ellen Page's character could've been replaced by a man. On one hand, it was refreshing to not see a female lead be romanticized, but on the other... she lacked some femininity.

I did a write-up of this defending it to a friend of mine. Unfortunately, it was on Facebook & the comment thread is long gone. :/ and now I can't recall my favorite points. Balls.

I won't try to convince you to like it if you already don't. I think it's just a matter of opinion. Sometimes if something gets built up like that, expectations might be too high at the outset.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's not that I didn't like it, I just don't get what the HOMG BIG DEAL was over this movie.

[goonies-nsd.livejournal.com]

Oh! Perhaps it was the visuals on the big screen and just the surrealism of it all. Everyone has different reasons, I suppose.