Christopher Nolan = God of all directors!

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Would have never gone for Inception -- unless I saw the hype here for it. But nonetheless was a good watch. If comparing the director's work, DK and BB are better movies. I was never bored in them. While watching Inception, I wished the movie ended as soon as the snow scene started. It moved to John Woo genre, and seemed an abrupt track change. Was a drag post this.
 
Inception was Nolan's dream project ....:) And it was awesome....

I love How the chemist didn't pee before sleeping and then in the first level of dream .....it was all raining....smart:P
 
tracerbullet said:
Eggman mentioned David Lynch, I'm sure as hell David Lynch could have come up with a way more imaginative and "dreamlike" action sequence.
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I've not seen Inception yet but Lynch's dream sequence at the end of Twin Peaks (at the black/white lodge) was fairly boring and made for a horrible letdown ending.
 
tracerbullet said:
I can't understand how you guys are even comparing The Dark Knight - which is flawless, to Inception. Inception is a very good movie no doubt, but it's far from flawless. It's a 3.5/4 for me. Some campy moments lose it half a star. For instance, [SPOILER AHEAD, highlight to read text]

I hated the snow sequence in the latter half of the movie. I mean, guys with guns fighting on skis? Is this Bollywood???? If that sequence was in a hindi movie, I'd be as scathing so I see no reason why my opinion should change for this film. Yeah, you can argue that it's a dream and the dreamer can think up anything they want, including a snowy fortress. But come on, answer this, who came first - the dreamer or the script-writer (Nolan himself)? Nolan could have thought up a more imaginative action sequence given the film's context. Eggman mentioned David Lynch, I'm sure as hell David Lynch could have come up with a way more imaginative and "dreamlike" action sequence.

Second, I don't know about the dreamers in this movie but MY subconscious would have lots of sex in it, not to mention morbid or fantastical elements. Rationalism, logic, ethics, morality are all worldly principles and faculties. We're taught as children to store all our darker and more irrational feelings in the innermost portions of our minds: our subconscious. Whose subconscious doesn't have sex or for that matter darker things in it? I understand that Nolan made the movie to be accessible for all viewers, but it felt a little bit like baby-food for me and took away some of its credibility.

Just to summarise, Inception is a very good film, but far from a perfect or flawless one. The Dark Knight is perfect and flawless. Inception, however good it might be has lifted concepts from The Matrix and Dark City. But I understand everyone has their own opinion, so to each, their own :)
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TDK was hard-boiled crime drama disguised as an action film, while Inception is an action film disguised as a psychological thriller.
Seriously, after a very good beginning, that's what the movie becomes for most of the latter half and then wraps everything up with a nice ending (ie the wind toy in the vault ending and not the cheesy dream-or-no-dream totem ending).
 
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