It is shocking to me sometimes to sit and watch these kind of movies. for starters, it's obvious that the only thing the script writers could think of is the dream concept, nothing more. so, if you have one idea, why not use it over and over till every one thinks it's clever? so the story is basically about a guy going into another guy's dream, then into a dream within a dream, then into a dream within a dream then - you guessed it. it's not smart, and without it, i doubt they could have gotten more then an hour out of this story line, but add the "awsome complexity" (for a 2 year old monkey) of a dream within a dream and they got a 2 and a half!! hour movie.

now to the acting - doesn't exist, sorry. some how, Leonardo D gets more movies although he can't act. the side kicks next to him learned the trade quite fast and they too don't believe in acting. in fact, the only acting you get through out the movie is when you see the extras, they were great. why not shoot leonardo and replace him with one of the extras? good question

that being said, i would recommend watching it once, for the effects and shooting, that's all this movie is good for. and please, don't think it's a smart movie, that only makes you look like an idiot