Inception (2010)

From the Pompous Thomas 2010 Review Backlog!

Inception. Everyone saw this movie and mostly it was awesome. I was super-hyped on it for about two weeks right after it came out. I don't think much about it now. I guess it now seems really empty, especially compared to something like Winter's Bone, or even The American, now that it's been 3 months or whatever since I saw it.

Yeah, the effects were mostly pretty cool and I enjoyed the ride immensely. It was fun to talk about with people and read about on the internet and I even spent an hour at work drawing up a little dream level map. Tommy from Third Rock from the Sun was a baller (per usual), the guy from Titanic squinted a lot and it was fun to see the actors that Nolan brought in from his previous movies (this is my favorite thing, especially when the Coen Bros. do it). Ellen Page may or may not be a 12 year old boy, especially compared to Marion Cotillard.

The notes I wrote immediately after seeing Inception are as follows: "So awesome. Broke Kurt's mind. A movieto talk about, but still fun (sorry Blade Runner) Amazing cast. Amazing imagination." I don't know why I've cooled off on it so much. Maybe it's an Avatar-style hype burnout factor? Maybe writing a completely fawning review this far after the fact would seem completely redundant?

Cost/Benefit Analysis: Definitely benefits from big-screen viewing so if you can find it and are interested, go see it. To prevent this from being a completely negative/apathetic review I'll say that Cotillard was great and so was Tom Hardy. This'll probably be seen as a break-out role for him. The snow fortress/On Her Majesty's Secret Service dream level was great and if Nolan wants to do the next Bond movie, he'll have my permission. It is a good movie, but