The only moments that had dream-like qualities in the movie were the times I dozed off & my own dreams (many times more imaginative I might add) took over.

To be blunt about it, Inception is not so much about dreams as about the world of video games. Even more telling than the gratuitous CGI effects was the clunky narrative device of having the characters explain in overly verbose dialog where & when each segment was taking place (levels, locations, psychological motivations, etc.). Like having to follow instructions of a poorly designed game. Ugh.

The popularity of this snoozer is very sad testimony to the mediocrity of the average movie-going intelligence.