On Inception
Inception: A Movie Review
by John David Ebert
Inception is the latest film from Christopher Nolan, of whose two earlier films The Dark Knight and The Prestige I am a huge fan. I think he’s less successful this time out, since this film is not as good as those others, but it is still worth seeing. Nolan is showing himself to be a skilled director with good storytelling instincts and he is becoming an auteur in an age when auteurs are vanishing. Directors are a dime a dozen these days, and most Hollywood movies seem like they are directed by the same person. The businessmen have regained power over the industry as they used to have prior to the film school generation of the 1960s, and directors are entirely at their mercy. As a result, there is little going on in film these days: no risk taking, just one “safe” commercial bet after the next. I’ve never seen Hollywood so dull. Read the rest of this entry »
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