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Inception
(2010)
 
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Director:
Christopher
Nolan |
COUNTRY
USA/UK |
GENRE
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Inception |
RUNNING
TIME
148
minutes |
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Producer:
Christopher Nolan
Emma Thomas |
Screenwriter (based on a book by John Lahr):
Christopher
Nolan |
Review
Christopher Nolan pours his
complicated dream world of ideas down on us from the outset in this
visually astounding braggart of a film. There's hardly a scene in
Inception in which the set designers and visual effects team don't get a chance to shine, resulting in a film so photographic and
dazzling that the high amount of details present and lacking in Nolan's
story/setup may easily be moved to the background. At times this is a
good thing, because for all the complexity in the film's concept of
the snatching/planting/sharing of dreams, there are abundances of logical flaws
– questions you are not meant to ask, issues which are not meant to be
discussed. Incidentally, these are often quite basic and relevant
questions, such as how the actual interconnection between the dreamers
is achieved, or how it is that an idea conceived in a dream is something
which turn out guiding our entire lives.
Inception is over-populated
with talented performers and soaked in scientific talk and ostensible
existentialism/intellectualism. This may make it impressive at first
glance, but I suspect viewers will be divided into two groups: those who
indifferently accept it and those who somewhat annoyingly challenge it.
What they'll probably have in common is that I doubt neither group will
be really inspired by it, despite the fact that the story, which appears
more basic and less innovative the deeper into Nolan's dream world we get,
has got elements of fine writing in it. The ending is the only moment in
the film in which Nolan shows real class. Whether it's worth waiting two
and a half hour for, I'll leave up to you.
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