Christopher Nolan: Inception

Just a few thoughts:
- Expectations were very high, and as the movie is good, but not comparable to your garden-variety epiphany, I came back a bit disappointed. I guess nobody will film a mix up of Matrix and Mullholland Drive anytime soon. And that's too bad.
- Nolan doesn't like women. He thinks they are clingy, emotional, stuck-up toddlers that mainly exist to get in the way. See Batman Begins for another blatant example. That the woman in question is just a figment of a character's subconsciousness doesn't make her less irritating.
- There were two films in one. One was a kick-ass SF movie of the good kind, the kind that asks a "what if" questions and follows the answers to the end. The other was a psychodrama about a husband's guilt trip. Those two movies shared the space, uneasily, and sometimes tripped over each others' feet.
- Zero gravity never looked so good. I think, this was the first zero g fight that really looked like the real thing.
- In your dreams, car doors are bulletproof.
- The plot is convoluted, but not willfully opaque or complete gibberish. If you try, you will keep up. But don't think too much about the mechanics of entering other people's dreams. The more you ponder it, the less it works out.
- I like Leonardo DiCaprio better with every movie he makes.
- The same goes for Cillian Murphy.
- This is possibly the one good blockbuster movie this year. If you want to see a movie, this is a good choice. But it is not a must-have cultural artifact, necessary for inclusion in this particular civilization.

3.5 of 5 spinning tops.