This is what exactly was wanted, and maybe tried too, but never seen completely for long!What would one expect from a movie rated 9.4 in iMDB? A great plot, characters which are well developed, a score/audio to go along with the theme and an excellent cinematography. Except for the cinematography, inception delivers on everything less than superlatively. I was not convinced about the characters though the plot was good. The score was bad.
The story revolves around the ability of certain people to control the dreams. The dreams are creations of a single person, who is called the 'creator', there is a principal charterer who fills the creators universe with protagonists or 'projections' and the other individuals who are attached along with the 'creator' and 'subject' by means of certain compounds. The 'subject' tries to find the 'creator' and the ingenuity of 'creator' lies in concealment of his dream to make it real. A complex idea. Now if the dream lasts for 5 minutes in real world then the dream will last an hour in dream world.
On the first hand, the idea is not original. There are many movies where there is a 'penetration' of dreams and the subjects interaction in dream world happens. The cell is one of the finest and most visually extravagant movie made on this idea. The twist in this movie comes in the creation of dream world. The dream world has all the characteristics of real world, and the brainwave of idea comes in this part. Multiple level of dreams. A dream inside a dream, the exponential development of time frames and the limbo.
I shall have to say that I am not that much impressed, maybe my expectations were high, maybe I should have gone with a blanker mind. I had not seen any reviews, no trailers, did not even look who all are acting, and still there was this hype inside me. The only thing I did was to see one of the movies by Nolan which I thought was deceptive - The Prestige. I didn't like that movie, I liked the concept, I liked the story, I liked the plot also, but the execution was weak. Somehow I found that the movie did not meet the level of Batman movies by Nolan. One major and the most important factor in those movies being better is that the characters are more developed, each of the villains and the heroes have been developed from scratch, each of the flaws and strengths tried and tested through time and conquests.
I cannot even remember the score. Was it the pathetic sound system in the theatre I went or is it really that bad? I cannot tell about the way score in movies of QT makes me feel. He is ultimate in selecting movie score. Be it the Deathproof or Reservoir dogs or Pulp fiction or any other of his movies, it is simply superb. Again, too much said about score which is over rated.
My friends were saying about Matrix all the way, and even gave a very wise comment - this movie is Matrix, in a very civilized way. He also told that Matrix was difficult to understand with only the first part. The Animatrix and all the other parts together made it complete. Well, this is where Nolan failed. He tried to put everything in one 2 hour movie. This left a lot to imagination, and a lot of flaws in story line as it went. Maybe this movie needed a different approach. This could have been a grander movie. I do think there will be very less number of people who think along my lines. Judging by the responses in FB and other sites, this is great movie. And I shall need more convincing.
PS: I am yet to see the Nolan masterpiece Memento. It is said to be brilliant. I was not disappointed when my friends told me to see Perfume or Old boy. I hope this also is just as brilliant. I shall see it this week hopefully.
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