After a June filled with movies that wanted to be nothing but popcorn fun but ultimately your popcorn bucket emptied, we were all looking forward to Inception bringing something intelligent to the screen. Man, what a huge let down. I guess you can't blame Inception for expectations and for the crap that came before it but those factors may have led to the disappointment. People labeling this film as smart are doing nothing but exposing their own ignorance. Either that or else, they're exposing their own vast imagination because they must have filled in scenes in their own head to compensate for this films obvious shortcomings. There was no thought put into the dialogue and the effects are certainly awful. The action scenes are weak simply because they scream cartoon. I know they have the "Matrix excuse" that lets them warp reality but the CG is too bizarre for my taste. The shocking thing is that most of entire movie lacks real energy and especially lacks heart. Anyone else think there was little chemistry between the stars? Everyone besides Leo seemed to intentionally deliver no personality or charisma. I knew Nolan was going for an Indy-bizarre flavor. So, I expected little character development but I did expect to care about something or someone in the film. That really never happens. What a shame.

Can filmgoers want to love a film so much that they block out how bad the film turned out? Or, will they be jaded holding it up to impossible expectations? Maybe my expectations were too high but I was greatly disappointed by this movie. The writers of this film and YES, the director took a promising concept and turned it in to a blathering waste of effort. Hope can be a strong thing but hoping so hard that you'll love a film that you actually fool yourself in to believing its good is genuinely unhealthy.