Whilst this film is head and shoulders over the usual pretty dire Hollywood offerings the hype is I believe a little "Emperors new clothes".
Casting is more miss than hit, very very lazy
Di Caprio is poor
Acted off the screen by Tom Hardy
Ellen Page could not be more wrong
Cillian Murphy completely out his depth
Pete Postlethwaite (who I usually enjoy) reprising his role from Brassed Off, what a waste
Sir Michael Caine doing his Dr. Frank Bryant from Educating Rita
Sound editing is very 2nd year media studies
Just because something is loud does not make it effective
I didn't know Di Caprio characters name until the titles it was Col Co or Com at times
Accents from Cotillard and Ken Watanabe were almost unintelligable
The James Bond villians lair and snow scenes were just a showreel from the Director applying for a Bond film (If you dont think of Roger Moore and a Union Jack parachute then you are a better man than me)
The ending which many people love is straight from Tales of the Unexpected circa 1979 unimaginative and lazy
Thier are some stand out moments
The Mirror doors scene, amazing
The zero gravity scene, jaw dropping
Tom Hardy,brilliant
Cafe scene, dynamite
Folding city, Original and well done
Overall
Good but not great 7.5/10