so i just got back from seeing inception for the first time and thought i'd excrete a quick bloggle post on my initial thoughts. i'll keep it quite vague and spoiler free for anyone who hasn't yet seen it 'cos i went in having only seen the trailer and i really enjoyed the ride.
i'd probably describe inception as a sort of mission:impossible meets the matrix with a little dark city and james bond with alot of chris nolan's intelligence thrown in (like the kind found in memento). usually i'm a bit put off by a long run-time but i found inception was well paced with no lulls and the almost 3 hours flew by.
what i loved:
- the mission:impossible style team on a mission (obviously)
- the great effects - which nolan plays down too much in interviews. they looked incredible.
- that the matrix just got it's ass kicked
- the whole dream within a dream concept
- the concept of time within a dream
- all the phun with physics
so maybe a comic series would be a better cheaper idea - as seen in this cool inception prequel comic. i'd like to read more comics set within inception's universe. the possibilities for cool story-lines set within inception's concept are pretty endless.
i think i enjoyed it nearly as much as the dark knight (posters are pretty similar aren't they?) and at time of writing i'd probably put this as my current best film of 2010 (ironman 2 and kick-ass are probably a 2nd and 3rd) but i've still got toy story 3 and scott pilgrim to come!
there's still alot of theorising that could be done over inception and i'm looking forward to reading into it more, so if you find anything cool throw it my way :)
