OS Freezes since Lion Update

Ever since I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Lion, it has been freezing the entire system on startup.
I can move the cursor, but I can't click on any files, folders or bars.
I end up having to do a hard boot of my laptop and try again.
I know it isn't because of system requirements, because i have a Core i7, 8GM RAM, and a 1TB hard drive (with 700GB free).
I don't have any apps that load on startup, so it can't be that (unless Lion added soething).
Anyone else have this problem & or know how to fix it?
cheers,
X

I am experiencing the precisely the same problem.  In addition, text often lags the keystroke significantly.  I have performed disk repair. 
Below are the feedback messages that I have sent about Lion.
7-30-11 On five occasions the system has frozen on startup.  Half the time it takes an excessive amount of time for the computer to complete the startup process. Programs lag periodically when commands enter and the autosave feature slows the processes significantly.  These are the kinds of issues I expect from Microsoft, not Apple.  I have never had these kinds of issues with an Apple OS before.  I am very disappointed.
7-31-11
Well, this is getting to be a bad habit.  At startup the screen freezes, the cursor can be moved; however, (and this is relatively important) no programs , menus, files, can be selected.  Basically it turns into a painting with a cursor.  About 40% of the time it takes two attempts for Lion to get off its haunches and get hunting. In addition, the appearance of text still significantly lags the keystroke, even in Safari.  I think that Lion was misnamed.  A better name would have been Siamese or maybe gigantic fur ball.  But, what's in a name? A turd by any other name would just stink as badly.

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