Yes, I thought the action sequences in Inception were moribund, especially when you figure in the notion that all the bad guys are figments of the imagination, which completely erases any reason to be caught up in them.

Also, Nolan’s action sequences are so boring and messy for some reason. He just can’t put all that stuff on screen and make it interesting and often times it doesn’t even make sense.

I loved Inception the first time I saw it, but I’ve watched it a couple of times since then and find its returns diminishing significantly. And The Dark Knight is one of the most overrated, non-sensical movies in the past 20 years.

I still love Interstellar though!

SPOILERS

First off, the girlfriend isn’t real. The only real character in the movie is Jake. He’s the only character that stays constant: same age, same name, same interests, same job. The only real place with regards to time-space is the school the janitor (old Jake ) is working in. We are basically seeing him on the job as he’s “thinking of ending things”.
Everything else in the film takes place in his head, as a combination of memories and imaginations. Lisa/Luisa/Aimee is probably an amalgamation of different women he dated in different times. Other than having the girlfriend’s name and profession keep changing, a major clue as to her unrealness is the fact her poem is a real poem by another poet (this I found out later), and that her opinion of A Woman Under the Influence is a verbatim review from Pauline Kael (with a dead-on impression by Jesse Buckley). All these are connected to the books in Jake’s room.

If we follow the thread of the story to its apparent ending – where Jake commits suicide in the car – we are left with a really depressing tale, reminiscent of Synecdoche NY (which I wasn’t a big fan of). However, what makes this movie better for me is the ideas that it explores on the role of art in our lives and of memory, time and perception. Also it is technically done in a very interesting way, with a great use of the 4:3 aspect ratio and interesting compositions, including the camera preceding the action of the characters, as Jay noted on the show. It is maddeningly obtuse on purpose, but it was an interesting puzzle to solve, at least for me.

Now you’re looking for the secret.. but you won’t find it because you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know the secret. You want to be fooled!

https://youtu.be/C4Rrj5eRdy0

That changed recently and I started listening again and it reminded me how amazing of a show you guys put together for us every week. I feel like I’m rediscovering the show again. Just wanna say thank you for all the hours of entertainment!