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Originally Posted by troutman
Finally saw the movie this weekend. Very entertaining, though I found the numerous gun battles and fights with projections tedious, and there were some big logical plot problems (but I was willing to suspend my disbelief).
How can the builder design the structure of the dreamer's dream? Shouldn't a dreamer be able to manipulate the structure of his own dream any way he wants?
I lean towards the ending still being a dream. It seemed strange that all Leo needed to walk back into his home was a crooked customs officer? Wasn't he considered the murderer of his wife? He can't just walk back into his house like nothing happened?
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I completely agree. There was far too many tedious gunfights and repetitive action sequences when they had so much material to work with.
The ending wrapped up too neatly and is far too happy for the general tone of the film. For myself, it's definetely an idyllic dream just like how the ending of Minority Report didn't actually happen and Tom Cruise's character is actually still in a coma in the prison dreaming that all his deep-seated desires for justice and absolution came true in a picture-perfect ending.
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Originally Posted by troutman
Yes, that could be. But even if the criminal record was cleared, how could the in-laws so easily forget? The children reacted like he hadn't been gone for long at all. None of it felt "real".
Trivia - Adriane is likely named for the character that helped Theseus out of the Minotaur's maze. A couple of times I was reminded of 2001, like when the rich son entered his father's vault - it felt like Dave eating alone in the room after crossing beyond the infinite.
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Robert Fischer is named for Bobby Fisher, although I'm not sure if there is any significance behind that.