Inception Plot: A thief, specialized at infiltrating dreams, signs on for one last job before he can go home to his family; the job of inception. He and his team must plant an idea inside a billionaires subconscious, all while fighting the clock and personal demons. Review: Christopher Nolan wrote and directed this suspenseful mind-bender about dreams. The premise of the films theme is that Dom Cobb and his team can infiltrate dreams with ease and steal information from someones mind. The job gets tricky when Cobb must switch gears and attempt to plant an idea in someones head, called inception, the most dangerous dream job around. His team consists of a chemist to control the victims physical state, an architect to design the dreamscapes, a forger to impersonate others inside the dream world, and more to create the world of a dream as ripe for the picking. Through some outlandish twists and turns, the team goes into a billionaires sons mind to convince him to break up his fathers company, by going into his subconciouss subconciouss subconscious and planting a thought. I needed to watch this movie twice to fully understand it (literally, I could not hear it the first time), but Im glad I did. The special effects, acting, and directing were all top notch, but the real kicker was the screenplay. Its really a well-written film, very complex, thrilling, outrageous, crazy, and so much more, but I was able to follow every bit of it. Joseph Gordon-Levitts character served to basically help you follow the film; through stating the obvious to the characters, he also gives you enough insight to follow the film. The idea of going into a dream, within a dream, within a dream is mind-blowing to think about, the comparisons between time in one dream level and another even more so, and so much more makes for a terrific screenplay. On top of this, the movie is filled with an all-star cast that includes Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Pete Postlethwaite, Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine, plus the aforementioned DiCaprio and Gordon-Levitt. The movie sounds so far-fetched, which it is, and incredibly unrealistic, which it is, but on some crazy subconscious (get it?) level, it actually makes total sense. Savory Scene: Cobb is showing his new architect Ariadne (Ellen Page) how to design and manipulate the dream world. The hiring/training process showcases the films special effects superpowers, with a city folding in half over itself, Ariadne designing a mirror vs. mirror reflection, and setting off a plethora of quiet explosions. The scene is very difficult to describe, but I would advise you to just watch it, regardless of if youve seen the movie or not. It shows how amazing the special effects are, and what the effects team was able to. To further my point, shortly after this, Arthur is showing Ariadne the nuances of the dream world, and she doesnt realize she is walking on simulated Penrose steps, which is, to this day, some of the most epic special effects work Ive ever seen. Picky Points: My primary complaint for Inception is that Ariadne was way too calm during her hiring process in the aforementioned scene. She did not question the strange job or anything about it, she was not amazed during the training round, and she barely practiced anything. Ellen Page has proven shes got acting chops, but her first few scenes as Ariadne left a lot to be desired. The movie also was a bit like The Matrix in many regards, but thats not really a big deal. One-Line Wonder: They say we only use a fraction of our brains true potential. Now thats when were awake. When were asleep, we can do almost anything. Score: A B+ for the originality and special effects.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 06:50:23 +0000
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