Oh right. Are we going to go through all the films? I haven't seen Heat.
I have no problem with simple ideas and I have no problem with complicated ideas. What I'm complaining about here is that this is a really simple idea - you can share dreams with someone else (using some kind of drug they've conveniently invented), and if you're really sneaky you can find a way of giving them an idea which they think is their own. That could have been a lot of fun. No need for ridiculous car chases and gunfights and slow motion rotating explosions. It could have been an interesting story.
Instead, they decided to make it ridiculously complex and, in the end, pointless. Nothing really happens, does it? Everyone's nasty and scheming and willing to go along with the schemes of some awful corrupt billionaire (including the girl architecture student who seems to have no problem at all with diving straight into some massive corporate con trick just because it's kind of interesting).
The more I think about it (which I really need to stop doing) the more ridiculous the whole thing seems. I'm not talking about suspending disbelief - I can do that all day, no problem - I mean, it's just stupid as a story. And rubbish as a thriller.
But maybe other people should say what they loved about it? What is it that is giving everyone such a buzz?
I have no problem with simple ideas and I have no problem with complicated ideas. What I'm complaining about here is that this is a really simple idea - you can share dreams with someone else (using some kind of drug they've conveniently invented), and if you're really sneaky you can find a way of giving them an idea which they think is their own. That could have been a lot of fun. No need for ridiculous car chases and gunfights and slow motion rotating explosions. It could have been an interesting story.
Instead, they decided to make it ridiculously complex and, in the end, pointless. Nothing really happens, does it? Everyone's nasty and scheming and willing to go along with the schemes of some awful corrupt billionaire (including the girl architecture student who seems to have no problem at all with diving straight into some massive corporate con trick just because it's kind of interesting).
The more I think about it (which I really need to stop doing) the more ridiculous the whole thing seems. I'm not talking about suspending disbelief - I can do that all day, no problem - I mean, it's just stupid as a story. And rubbish as a thriller.
But maybe other people should say what they loved about it? What is it that is giving everyone such a buzz?
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