The issues I mentioned above distracted me throughout the movie to prevent me from full-out squee. ;)
I do like Ariadne questioning Cobb and not fully trusting his judgment as well -- but I also wish that she didn't become such a flat character at the end, serving only as a motivator (or perhaps a voice of reason) for Cobb. She seemed to lack her own motivations, unlike the other (male) characters.
Thanks for linking to your reaction post! You raised a lot of interesting points that I hadn't even considered! I loved the concept of the story, the play between reality versus dreaming -- but what didn't quite work for me was the assumption that the seed of idea can be planted and will grow in a specified way (i.e. giving Fischer the idea that he should not be like his father and having this idea definitely grow into "Fischer will break down the empire") -- that is simplifying the human mind way too much for my taste. XD I definitely agree with you re: lack of cohesion. Inception tried to incorporate more concepts and storylines than it could possibly handle. The Matrix followed the basic plot of "hero saving the world", but Inception lacked this basic plot. Was it a story about a man overcoming his guilt? Or a man trying to save the world from an evil company? And oh man, the whole "we must plant an idea in Fischer's mind OR ELSE" thing didn't make sense at all, considering the risks that were involved. I completely agree with everything you said about Saito's story. \o\
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Date: 2010-08-04 06:31 pm (UTC)I do like Ariadne questioning Cobb and not fully trusting his judgment as well -- but I also wish that she didn't become such a flat character at the end, serving only as a motivator (or perhaps a voice of reason) for Cobb. She seemed to lack her own motivations, unlike the other (male) characters.
Thanks for linking to your reaction post! You raised a lot of interesting points that I hadn't even considered! I loved the concept of the story, the play between reality versus dreaming -- but what didn't quite work for me was the assumption that the seed of idea can be planted and will grow in a specified way (i.e. giving Fischer the idea that he should not be like his father and having this idea definitely grow into "Fischer will break down the empire") -- that is simplifying the human mind way too much for my taste. XD I definitely agree with you re: lack of cohesion. Inception tried to incorporate more concepts and storylines than it could possibly handle. The Matrix followed the basic plot of "hero saving the world", but Inception lacked this basic plot. Was it a story about a man overcoming his guilt? Or a man trying to save the world from an evil company? And oh man, the whole "we must plant an idea in Fischer's mind OR ELSE" thing didn't make sense at all, considering the risks that were involved. I completely agree with everything you said about Saito's story. \o\
/rambling ^^;;;