A collection of Inception back lash. The toughest:
None of this prattling drivel adds up to one iota of cogent or convincing logic. You never know who anyone is, what their goals are, who they work for or what they're doing. Since there's nothing to act, the cast doesn't even bother. It's the easiest kind of movie to make, because all you have to do is strike poses and change expressions. It all culminates on skis in the middle of a blizzard, as Leo is pursued by machine-gun-equipped snowmobiles, but you don't even know who's driving them. I have no idea what the market is for this jabbering twaddle-probably people who fritter away their time playing video games, which I'm willing to bet pretty much describes Christopher Nolan. He labors over turning out arty horror films and sci-fi action thrillers with pretensions to alternate reality, but he's clueless about how to deal with reality, honest emotions or relevant issues.
Admittedly, I haven't thought about this movie much since I watched it and even forgot what happened in the first half of the movie right after seeing it.
A wise critic once said elaborate directorial "style" oftentimes is a mask for a lack of substance in films. Well, this has a lot of style.
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Check out the NPR Fresh Air review of the film. Also a negative review, intelligent, and on point. You can find it on the fresh air podcast that remembers Harvey Pekar that was aired last week.
Here's the link to an intelligent analysis of the film:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128493953
I'm convinced Nolan is the director that unites all the fanboys, like the way the Qin Dynasty unified ancient China.
If you've ever encountered a Dark Knight fanboy, you know all too well that you have a better chance at engaging in a reasonable conversation with the Taliban than you do with that fanboy.
By the way, for what little it's worth, I thought Inception was Nolan's fourth best film.
so it's like talking with phil and jake about tarantino?
what is your ranking of nolan films?
memento
dark night
insomnia
inception
batman begins
prestige
(i haven't seen the following)
Nolan's Films:
1) Memento
2) The Dark Knight
3) Following (though I could swap this at #2)
4) Inception
5) Batman Begins
6) Insomnia
7) The Prestige
Edit: in my deleted post, I left out Batman Begins.
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