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'Inception': Chris Nolan's Brilliant Crackpot of a Movie
An astonishment, an engineering feat, and, finally, a folly.
It's only the latest indication that Christopher Nolan might be the slyest narrative tactician making movies today.
Pretty good, not bad, but brilliant it surely ain't.
Inception is a boldly constructed wonder with plenty of -- as one character describes it -- "paradoxical architecture."
I found myself admiring the movie's stubborn adherence to its own universe and logic.
The technical virtuosity pouring from every frame is astounding.
It's intentionally, thrillingly, disorienting.
Flaws aside, there's a lot to like about Inception and Nolan keeps his eye on the ball throughout, offering up a lush treat of a thriller with nerve and wit
Taken at theatrical value, director/writer Christopher Nolan's tale of purposeful memory-travel is a fun and exciting trip into the creative subconscious.
A film trying feverishly to spin your head whilst feverishly trying to explain how it's spinning it.
It is the film by which to measure the density of all others.
What is the point of having an imagination, I ask you, if the only thing that can be imagined is mayhem, perpetrated without regard for even the appearance of human life?
A brain-twister to be sure. But the fact that the plot demands attention only adds to the exhilaration. This is a story about dreams that requires the audience to stay awake.
It's a bold, stunning feature of impossible technical virtuosity. It also has the tendency to be about as emotionally stimulating as a college lecture.
Rent the visually stunning and audibly engaging Inception on Blu-ray and revel in the mash up of competing genres and themes so unique to the Hollywood landscape. Just don't waste your time buying the disc for the lacking, inconsequential extras.
This is architecture as cinema, on every level: Narrative, conceptual, symbolic, visual...
Christopher Nolan has created a Lynchian fantasy set in the mind that is devastating in its originality and innovation...
...an action thriller, a psychological drama, a con game, and a puzzle picture, with wonderful visual delights. (Blu-ray Edition)
...there's no denying those special effects. They are spectacular and creative in the extreme.
The reality isn't quite as enthralling as one would hope.
The action set pieces are deliriously spectacular; one involving a gravity-impaired Gordon-Levitt in an ever-rotating hallway is wondrous to behold.
A trippy, complex, thrill-driven action-adventure that demands (and rewards) repeat viewings.
Un thriller inteligente aunque algo menos complejo de lo que aparenta, que cae en varios excesos narrativos y visuales. Probablemente la película más ambiciosa de Nolan hasta la fecha.
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