10 years of the Inception
July 8, 2010 in London, the premiere of Christopher Nolan's film "Inception".
The overall concept of the picture ripened by Christopher Nolan in the early 2000s. In 2002, he introduced the 80-page synopsis of the film to Warner Bros. But at that moment, he considered his experience still insufficient to shoot an expensive blockbuster. After 7 years, he began filming.
160 million dollars were spent on the production of the film, another 100 million dollars was spent on advertising the film. Charges around the world amounted to 828 million dollars.
The film received a total of 156 film awards and 217 nominations. But! At prestigious film forums, the film received awards only in technical nominations. The nomination for a Golden Globe "Inception" lost to the "Social Network" by David Fincher, and the Academy Award nomination was lost to Tom Hooper's "The King's Speech".
The festival successes of the film "Inception" in Europe and Asia were about the same. In the competition for the British BAFTA Award in the Best Film category, “Inception” again lost to Tom Hooper's film "The King's Speech" and in the Best Director category Christopher Nolan lost again to David Fincher. The race for the Danish Bodil Prize in the Best American film nomination the "Inception" lost to Tom Ford's film "A Single Man". In a competition over the French Cesar Award, Christopher Nolan’s film again lost to "Social Network". The a competition over the Italian David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film "Inception" lost to Clint Eastwood's "Hereafter". And finally, the "Avatar" by James Cameron blocked the road for "Inception" on the path to the Award of the Japanese Academy. A sort of forever second, if to use sports terminology.
As for the reviews of film critics, the situation here is about the same as with the festival achievements of the film. There are many positive reviews, for example, Roger Ebert gave the film a maximum of 4 stars. But a lot of very negative reviews. For example, Rex Reed, a columnist for the influential American online publication Observer Media, in a review entitled “Can someone please explain Inception to me?” writes: "Inception is the kind of pretentious perplexity in which one or two reels could be mischievously transposed, or even projected backward, and nobody would know the difference. It’s pretty much what we’ve come to expect from summer movies in general and Christopher Nolan movies in particular, but I keep wondering: Can he do anything of more lasting value? He’s got vision, but creating jigsaw puzzles nobody can figure out and using actors as puppets who say idiotic things, dwarfed by sets like sliding Tinker Toys, doesn’t seem like much of an accomplishment to me."
The New York Times review by Anthony Oliver Scott was not as devastating as Rex Reed's review. A.O. Scott writes: "the time — nearly two and a half hours — passes quickly and for the most part pleasantly, and that you see some things that are pretty amazing, and amazingly pretty: cities that fold in on themselves like pulsing, three-dimensional maps; chases and fights that defy the laws that usually govern space, time and motion; Marion Cotillard’s face." Other advantages in the review of Scott is not noted. But is this not enough?
As for the reviews of Russian film critics, in my opinion, Dmitry Puchkov aka Goblin gave the most adequate assessment: “It is wound and fastened so that the eye is not torn off, and many still hold the jaw. At the same time, everything seems complicated and confused, but what’s happening doesn’t frighten away a stupid idea, but rather holds it tight. The best indicator is the behavior of the audience. The teenagers in the hall sat quietly like mice and listened intently."
The ratings given to the movie "Inception" by IMDB and Kinopoisk users coincide with the assessment of Goblin. 85% of users gave the film ratings from 8 to 10, and 38% rated the film with a top score of "ten."
Based on the success indicators of the movie "Inception" listed above, its rating according to the version of FilmGourmand was 9.050, due to which it took 150th Rank in the Golden Thousand.
