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AndrewG · 06 Aug 2010, 10:27

Inception.
Probably the most overrated movie I've seen in a long time.
It was ok, but The Matrix is better and has a much more plausible and satisfying story line in my opinion and MUCH more character development which is seriously lacking here. There are other films you can easily see where it is borrowing ideas from and they have seriously been overlooked and I personally wouldn't say they were any better or worse than Nolan's effort: "Existenz", "Open your Eyes"/"Vanilla Sky" and perhaps even "What Dreams May Come".

9.1 on IMDB apparently ranks this movie higher than classics such as Schindler's List, Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas and rates it the same as Shawshank Redemption. I think that's an insult to cinema to be honest. Any joker could have "dreamt up" this movie in my opinion. It doesn't have anything specificially creative that I haven't seen before or hasn't been done better. It does appear to have a reasonably "good heart" and I can see it has been put together with a lot of enthusiasm and Dicaprio is pretty good so kudos for that. I would rate it somewhere around the 7 mark, which I think is beyond fair in amongst serious Oscar contenders such as Toy Story 3.

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AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,085	Inception. Probably the most overrated movie I've seen in a long time. It was ok, but The Matrix is better and has a much more plausible and satisfying story line in my opinion and MUCH more character development which is seriously lacking here. There are other films you can easily see where it is borrowing ideas from and they have seriously been overlooked and I personally wouldn't say they were any better or worse than Nolan's effort: "Existenz", "Open your Eyes"/"Vanilla Sky" and perhaps even "What Dreams May Come". 9.1 on IMDB apparently ranks this movie higher than classics such as Schindler's List, Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas and rates it the same as Shawshank Redemption. I think that's an insult to cinema to be honest. Any joker could have "dreamt up" this movie in my opinion. It doesn't have anything specificially creative that I haven't seen before or hasn't been done better. It does appear to have a reasonably "good heart" and I can see it has been put together with a lot of enthusiasm and Dicaprio is pretty good so kudos for that. I would rate it somewhere around the 7 mark, which I think is beyond fair in amongst serious Oscar contenders such as Toy Story 3. Last edited by AndrewG; 06 Aug 2010 at 10:34.