Viral Video: Can Hollywood Sell a Brainy Blockbuster?
Thank goodness for sparkly vampires and animated toys–otherwise, this summer has been pretty weak in the megahit movie department for Hollywood.
But both “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” and “Toy Story 3” are sequels, so a lot of hopes for some entertainment innovation are riding on the success of a high-tech, big-brain film called “Inception.”
The story about people who slip into dreams and steal secrets is opening July 16 with the tag line: “Your mind is the scene of the crime.”
But that does not even come close to explaining this movie, which appears dense and difficult to comprehend.
Check out this trailer, which looks great and chock full of special effects, but is still pretty perplexing: