And so, the inevitable: Paprika vs. Inception. Really? You didn't see that coming? A lot of people seem to think this movie is wonderful. It has star power, I suppose, and a lot of people like stars. To me, it looked like half a dozen Japanese animes slapped together into an incomprehensible mishmash mess, combined with some thinky dialog that supposedly glues it all together. Crap, in other words.

I read the Wikipedia article on this movie, just to make sure I didn't miss some profound thing that would change my mind. Even the article was dull and uninspiring...I read the first and last paragraph, and that was a chore. I'm not picky...if I'm entertained, I'm happy, even if the plot/acting/whatever sucks. I'm sure the acting was great, the special effects were awesome, and the key grip showed others how it's done. I just couldn't get in to this movie. I didn't care if the main characters lived or died, I didn't care if the McGuffin got got, and I didn't care if the stupid top fell over. Despite Hollywood's slobbering over this movie, you might notice nobody bothered to make a sequel or otherwise capitalize on its greatness. Was that because they didn't want to defile its artistic purity? Um, not likely. It's trash, and Tokyo knows it.