an open letter
to anyone who actually liked inception:
you’re all sheeple. it’s a boring, derivative pantsload of crap. the wizard of oz is better. the nightwatch series, for all its messiness, is better. the action sequences were done decades ago in nearly every bond flick. dicaprio reprises his shutter island role. ellen page does a commendable job with the material, but chris nolan still can’t write women to save his life.
and i want to nom on some joseph gordon-levitt.
update 3 august at dinner on sunday night i was informed by a friend that the bond-ish-ness was intentional, and that nolan meant it to be his audition reel to direct the next bond gig. that makes me feel slightly less antagonistic toward inception, but not a whole lot.
July 28th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
“The Wizard of Oz is better” isn’t especially sharp criticism; for how many movies is that *not* true?
(Haven’t seen it, not in a rush to.)
laloca sez:
you have a point there. wizard of oz came to mind because inception essentially asks the question, “what if dorothy only thought she woke up at the end?”