Mohammad Arfeen

It’s been a while since I did a movie review on here, mainly because it’s now a time where people are settling for mediocre movies. Unfortunately our standards have dropped so much that people are accepting movies that have no story, plot, or acting as great. In a time like this Christopher Nolan, shows us what a truly amazing movie is with “Inception”. If there were any doubts about his directing skills after “The Dark Knight” this erases them all, this movie cements his legacy as one of the best directors of all times.

I was able to watch “Inception” at midnight, nay, I had the privilege of being able to see it at midnight, it is honestly one of the best movies I’ve seen since “The Dark Knight”, I enjoyed it so much that I’m actually willing to put it a notch above it.  From the director that brought us “Memento,” “Inception” is another great masterpiece, which plays with your mind, your concept of reality, and your basic principles.

This film challenges you to keep up with it; you sit in your seat, worrying that if you blink you might miss something. “Inception” tries to understand what it means to dream, and the ability of one to manipulate and accept that reality. This movie was completely groundbreaking, and I highly doubt anyone will try to recreate this movie for a very long time, only because there are very few directors with the ability to recreate such a phenomenal movie. Nolan directs movies within movies within movies, It has such intricate subplots that each subplot feels like another movie. This was an extremely well executed movie, even with so many plot lines and subplots, I didn’t notice any major plot holes.

The soundtrack was great, as were the special effects. I can’t say much about them, because they were exactly what they should have been secondary. It wasn’t a movie where it was all about special effects *cough*Avatar*cough*, this was a movie that stood on its acting, directing, and well written story line. People say this took Nolan 10 years to write and I believe them, I couldn’t write a story like this in 30 years. The ending of the movie was phenomenal the whole theater simultaneously let out a scream of frustration, but even if I told you the ending, it wouldn’t help you at all. This movie surpasses the ordinary film, it’s not about the ending; it’s about the journey and the story line.

If you haven’t already seen this movie do yourself a favor and watch it, it’s an instant classic and in my top 5 movie list. This movie filled me with sheer awe; I couldn’t be more pleased with it. I’ve already paid $7 to see it once, and I’ll be paying to see it again more than once, and I have every intention of purchasing it on Blu-Ray when it is released.

10/10, this movie was nothing short of phenomenal and breath taking.

Avatar was a good movie, not a great movie, not an amazing movie, and nowhere near as great as most critics and people made it out to be. I’m going to preface this review with a little informative blurb. Many times a movie comes out and a bunch of critics will say that it is one of the most amazing movies of all times, and then a bunch of people will go watch it in the first week and rant/rave about it. Read the rest of this entry »

I was able to watch District 9 at midnight the day it came out, the theater was not completely packed, yet it was not empty, I would say it was approximately 85% full. I went into this movie not expecting too much, obviously I was expecting a decent movie, but nothing amazing. Well, I have to say this movie completely blew my mind. It has to be the best science fiction movie of the year, it blows Transformers 2 out of the water. I think this movie may go down as one of the greats in the science fiction genre. Read the rest of this entry »