Dear Christopher, I first suspected something might be a little off when a high octane action sequence at the start turns out to be happening in a virtual reality constructed in somebody's mind. When you see all the characters reclining unconscious a la Neo, Trinity, Morpheus and the gang 'in the real world', there was a 'Matrix rip-off' alert going off inside me! Im just shocked that only the Independent (UK), New York Observer, Village Voice and a few other reputable critics have managed to see through your borderline plagiarism-filled, overlong, ridiculously plotted, boring, self-important excuse for a movie. Lucky for you, everyone seems to love it. Did you enter their unconscious and plant the idea??? Its a really bad idea to try and rip off the Matrix. That movie has been made already. Its a really good movie. Unfortunately, Mr. Nolan, you didn't come up with the idea for that movie. The Wachowski brothers did. Get over it. Make your own movies. I thought Dark Knight and Memento and some of your other flicks were fine and enjoyable but this is utter garbage. Why didn't you go all the way and get Leo to wear a full-length leather jacket and master some Kung Fu techniques? Some folks left early (lucky for them). I'll be urging everyone not to waste time or money on seeing this crap. Sincerely Eoghan