'Inception' reviewed

A dreamscape from Christopher Nolan's Inception. Watch the preview: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/inception/36931/main

Don't be fooled by the preview. Inception looks like a promising sci-fi thriller and I read some interesting articles about the making of it. We saw this film today and after the first ten minutes, we lost track of its serpentine plot. I'll give a reward to anyone who can offer a plot summary.

>>Let me try. Leonardo DiCaprio and his hi-tech gang use their sleep-induced brains to enter the dreams of corporate bosses to learn their secrets to sell to their rivals. This time he's hired to plant an idea or 'inception' in Cillian Murphy's head so his client Ken Watanabe can use to his advantage. It's never been done before and Leo jeopardizes their mission by bringing his own baggage of guilt feelings over his wife's suicide into the plan. An intriguing premise that unfortunately spins out of control for the characters and the audience.

>>This film was overly complicated with all sorts of dreams within dreams within dreams scenes that were hard to follow and where one started and one ended, your guess is as good as mine. All the money is up on the screen but for what purpose? Leonardo and the rest of the cast are good enough but they had the advantage of the director explaining the story to them. Ken Watanabe's soft spoken accented English is hard to understand. I'm not sure how the story ended and the rest of the audience exiting didn't say a work except for me who complained loudly without anyone contradicting me. We left the theater feeling weary instead of entertained.

>>Inception surely needs repeated viewings to comprehend it but not so soon after wallowing through two & a half hours of this bloated special effects extravaganza. And it seemed longer than that! Confusion would be a better title for this mess. Save your money and rent 1984's Dreamscape, which this movie resembles and is much better.

>>Fans of this movie wrote defenses in newspapers and one online buddy explained the premise to me. I understood it but I still think Inception was overly complicated to the point of confusion. We agree to disagree.