Inception

I wanted to see this movie just because Leonardo DeCaprio was in it. I don't like him as an actor that much, but he was the main character in one of my favorite movies, the Aviator. I also saw on Oprah that Leonardo really cares about making good movies that will be a classic. I thought that Inception has to be good if Leonardo is in it. Only because he is so passionate about making good movies that will be talked about still, one hundred years later.

The writer and director of this movie is Chris Nolan. Chris said, "Films are subjective-what you like, what you don't like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film go up on-screen, I want to feel that the people who made that film think it's the best movie in the world, that they poured everything into it and they really love it. Whether or not I agree with what they've done, I want that effort there-I want that sincerity. And when you don't feel it, that's the only time I feel like I'm wasting my time at the movies."

I really sense that Chris poured everything he had into this movie. I thought to myself when it was all over; This movie was very carefully, masterfully done. Every t was crossed and i was dotted. He tied all loose ends and accounted for and explained everything. His intense amount of commitment to this movie showed. It has been awhile since I have seen a movie this polished.

Some people complain that this movie is too complex and hard to understand. It is complex, and a bit hard to follow at times, but Chris Nolan takes you by the hand and guides you through the complexity. All things I wondered about was explained by one of the actors in some way or another, anything that confused me later became crystal clear because Chris Nolan was careful in his execution of the complex. He really made sure you got it. If you didn't get it, you weren't paying enough attention. He didn't fail to account for one detail in the movie. It's not hard to follow if you just relax and let yourself get into the movie. It's like you are being guided through the movie, and not watching the movie.

I really thought that the message of the movie was interesting, which was, an idea can be powerful and take affect in your life and change who you are. An idea is more dangerous than a virus, parasite or bacteria. An idea is the ultimate threat.

A Team

I have vague memories of watching the show A Team as a kid. I was really entertained by the main characters of BA Baracus and HM Murdock. Seeing the previews for the movie the A Team based on the TV show, spurred my memory, and I ended up buying season 2 on DVD really cheap. I enjoyed it as much as I did when I was a kid(at first) but after many episodes, the plots seemed to be the same for each episode. A boring trend ensued. Despite this, I really like the interaction of the main characters and I was impressed with how the plot was about them helping people and risking their lives for a good cause. It is a naive series, since, even with all the violence, shootings with machine guns, cars getting flipped over, and explosions, people rarely get hurt in this show. No blood and no bruises.

Anyway, on to the movie. As you can gather from the previous paragraph, I had a refresher in the show before watching the A Team movie. There was something likable about this movie, however, I am really disappointed with the way they re-did the main characters. My one reason for really loving this show was how the main characters interacted, and they didn't interact that much in the movie. They were together in one explosive scene after the other, but not enough interaction took place for me. They remade the characters all wrong. It's as if they went out of their way to redo them differently. They remade Murdock very wrong. His craziness was scary in the movie, and in the show it was a fun kind of crazy. In the show his craziness made him do a better job, because it made him get into his roles more, and be more creative and savvy. In the movie his craziness made you wonder if he would be competent. They did the worst job with him by far.

I can live with how they redid the other three characters, but they really stole the joy, fun and soul of these characters and made them something they are not. BA was into peace and non violence. Faceman was scrubby, Hannibal wasn't the planner in this movie. I was really disappointed that this movie murdered the whole premise of the main characters because that's what makes the A Team enjoyable.

The whole premise behind the plot really stunk. I just plainly didn't like the story line. I could see people go through all that trouble for real money, not counterfeit money.