And I think my enthusiasm for "Inception" was dimmed somewhat by the fact that I've never been particularly attracted by Leonardo diCaprio, though I'm sure his performance was very effective (and yes, the issues raised about subconscious baggage and the emotional roots of really insidious and/or transformative ideas WERE worth a lot of conversations). Besides, there were Cillian Murphy and Joseph Gordon Leavitt (sp?) for some serious cuteness, plus some enjoyable old-timers like Michael Caine, Tom Berenger, and Pete Postlethwaite (even if he never got to say much from his hospital bed).
I felt a little sour about the ending, though, because I spent the last hour or so of the film FEARING that they'd do just what they did (or almost -- I was actually afraid they'd CONFIRM that he was still inside the dream, rather than merely plant a very strong suggestion to that effect, with the possibility of a little wobble there at the end to put in a smidge of doubt). In fact, it occurred to me that they might go further and suggest that everything in the movie was within the disturbed dreams of this troubled individual.
That ending felt manipulative and unworthy of the rest of the film, to me.
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And I think my enthusiasm for "Inception" was dimmed somewhat by the fact that I've never been particularly attracted by Leonardo diCaprio, though I'm sure his performance was very effective (and yes, the issues raised about subconscious baggage and the emotional roots of really insidious and/or transformative ideas WERE worth a lot of conversations). Besides, there were Cillian Murphy and Joseph Gordon Leavitt (sp?) for some serious cuteness, plus some enjoyable old-timers like Michael Caine, Tom Berenger, and Pete Postlethwaite (even if he never got to say much from his hospital bed).
I felt a little sour about the ending, though, because I spent the last hour or so of the film FEARING that they'd do just what they did (or almost -- I was actually afraid they'd CONFIRM that he was still inside the dream, rather than merely plant a very strong suggestion to that effect, with the possibility of a little wobble there at the end to put in a smidge of doubt). In fact, it occurred to me that they might go further and suggest that everything in the movie was within the disturbed dreams of this troubled individual.
That ending felt manipulative and unworthy of the rest of the film, to me.