Awesome

Rating: 9/10 (19 March 2018)

Inceptions is one of the biggest hits of 2010 that will leave you questioning your own reality. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the film stars Leonard DiCaprio as Cobb, as a thief (extractor) that specializes in industrial espionage, but in a very unique way... he steals the information from his targets own mind in their dreams. Cobb is hired by Saito, Ken Watanabe, to pull off inception, or planting an idea in someone's mind. In this case Saito wants the son of one his business rivals, Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy), to break up his father's company upon his death. In order to complete this job, Cobb needs the help of his five member team. The first team member is Author, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He is the researcher of the team, and finds out all the details of the target to make the information extraction easier. The next member of the team is Eames played by Tom Hardy. Eames is the team's forger, which means he can impersonate anyone while in the dream world. The third member of the team is architect Ariadne, who is played by Ellen Page. Her job is to design the mazes in the dream world in order to give them extra time to complete the inception. Dileep Ra, plays Yusuf, the chemist and final member of the team who designs and administers a sedative that helps keep the team and the target asleep, while not diminishing brain functions.
The main theme of Inception is that of emotional effect. This is most clearly demonstrated by how Cobb is portrayed in the film. He and his wife Mal, portrayed by Marion Cotillard, had previously been stuck in limbo. In order to get out, Cobb implants the idea in his wife head that she is stuck in the dream world. This works to well, and once they get out she is unable to accept that she is in the real world. She believes it so much that she sets up a scene of her "murder" and waits for Cobb to arrive. Then she tells him that he has to kill himself with her so they can go back. If not, he will be blamed for her murder and spend the rest of his life in jail. Cobb refuses to do it even as she jumps to her death. Cobb is now forced to be on the run and separated from his kids.
Visually, Inception is very similar to his previous films of the Prestige, and Memento. They all have the dark color pallets, and intense visual images. One of the strongest visuals in this film is the mirror scene in the dream world. This scene hints that there could be infinite levels to the dream world. I believe it reinforces the idea that even the "real world" is also a dream world that Cobb is stuck in. The other effect worthy of note is the use of slow motion. I believe that the use of slow motions adds to the audience experiencing the time change compared to the dream world.
Overall, I believe that the Inception is a visually stunning film that is definitely worth the 2 hour and 28 minute run time.