Mr. or Mrs. Editor,
The so-called review published in your website about Christopher Nolan’s latest work, Inception, is wholly worthless. I see no more than a text entirely ideological, presenting political criticism in a poor and deliberately partial way. When one reads a movie review, certain patterns and characteristics are expected, mainly criticism about the movie, not about the ‘Glorification of Masculine Violence’ and ‘Cliché Hetero-Monogamous Love Story’. I do not know even how to start complaining but I can make an effort.
Violence is indeed a constant through the film, and thanks Nolan for that; a blockbuster without action would be unbearable. As you may think, violence is not on screen to pervert the audience; it is there because we want to see it. The rapture effected by fights and conflicts is in human nature; the thrill captivates us and Hollywood always knows how to please the major public. About the ‘Normalization of Violence against Black People’, seriously, stop nitpicking. In a cast in which we have actors and actresses from USA, England, Canada, Japan, France and one of Indian descent it is contradictory to talk about ‘Lack of Diversity’. Moreover, it is very prejudiced to call Dileep Rao a ‘vaguely middle-eastern type’.
Violence is indeed a constant through the film, and thanks Nolan for that; a blockbuster without action would be unbearable. As you may think, violence is not on screen to pervert the audience; it is there because we want to see it. The rapture effected by fights and conflicts is in human nature; the thrill captivates us and Hollywood always knows how to please the major public. About the ‘Normalization of Violence against Black People’, seriously, stop nitpicking. In a cast in which we have actors and actresses from USA, England, Canada, Japan, France and one of Indian descent it is contradictory to talk about ‘Lack of Diversity’. Moreover, it is very prejudiced to call Dileep Rao a ‘vaguely middle-eastern type’.
I will skip over the ‘No Originality’ and ‘Cheerleading for Capitalism’ issues as they would demand so much talking; just a few words: originality does exist in the movie and Capitalism is the current economic system, get used to see it everywhere. To finish, the ‘Cliché Hetero-Monogamous Love Story’ as described by you is pointless and comes from a radical feminist point of view. Should we burn every copy of Romeo & Juliet?
The premises of the text are not based on qualities or flaws of the movie; instead, they are deliberately based on social-political issues that do not interest the audience of Inception. It is a heist film with psychological suspense, not a definitive portrait of modern society.
Caio Bonatti
Source: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/09/18658327.php
