Review:
Obviously the twist and the entire plot is telegraphed from the first frame of the film. But this is about the characters and the atmosphere, so that doesn't matter.. right? Well, here's a thought: if the twist is irrelevant, don't shoot your movie in the ambiguous, duplicitous, sleight-of-hand style that makes you seem like you're unsure of the source material.
The dream sequences were distracting and dull. The acting was all very mediocre -- even DiCaprio, who I've always thought of as a great, underrated actor, does the same brow-furrowing, paranoid, unstable character from 'The Departed'. It's like his range goes from 'coked up' to 'extremely coked up'. The ending goes on forever.
None of it was thrilling and even in the lone decent scene involving Jackie Earle Haley, every struck match sounds like a thunderstorm. The score is one of the worst major motion picture scores I've heard in ages. Like everything else in this film - it's derivative, deafening, atrocious.
I'm experiencing avatar envy. I love your Flapjack icon!