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Created Jul 27, 2010 02:47PM PST • Edited Jul 27, 2010 07:27PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Perfect 5.0

   “Inception” is the new Matrix. There were literally parts of this movie when my jaw was hanging open and I couldn’t believe what was happening on screen. The concept is brilliant, the acting far surpasses “The Matrix,” and the effects are awe-inspiring! Also, if you didn’t see this movie on an IMAX screen, you didn’t actually SEE it — sorry. It would be WELL worth the $15 to go see the movie again, just to experience it on a huge screen with an intense sound system.

4. Acting

   Really Great 4.5

   If it weren’t for Ellen Page, this movie would have scored a solid 5 on Acting from me. It’s not that she’s a bad actress, but she didn’t add anything to the movie, and didn’t really make her character anyone memorable. The rest of the cast, however, is superb.

5. Male Stars Really Great 4.5

6. Female Stars Really Great 4.5

7. Female Costars Really Great 4.5

8. Male Costars Really Great 4.5

10. Film

    Perfect 5.0

    I loved every aspect of this movie — it was intricate, intriguing, intense, immense, impossibly interesting, impressive, irresistible, intoxicating … In fact, there was only one little part of the entire 2.5 hour movie that made me go “Well, that couldn’t actually happen” but I certainly was able to move past it pretty easily.

11. Direction Perfect 5.0

12. Play Really Great 4.5

13. Music Perfect 5.0

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.2

17. Sex Innocent 1.0

18. Violence Brutal 3.5

19. Rudeness Salty 2.0

21. Reality

    Fantasy 5.0

    And here’s where it gets tricky. Same as with “The Matrix,” who’s to say whether the movie depicts an impossible situation or is just illuminating a hidden reality … dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

22. Circumstantial Fantasy 5.0

23. Biological Fantasy 5.0

24. Physical Fantasy 5.0