A review on Inception

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 2010)

I have never been a fan of action movies because I like the chick flicks and the comedies. Inception is definitely an exception. This movie catches your attention from the beginning. It is surprising enough to find out that they are in a dream, but to then find out they are in a dream within a dream is mind boggling. This writers and director had a great idea of using an elevator in Cobb's dream. The elevator was a great way to have smooth transitions from memory to memory. My favorite part is the ending. The way the director does not show whether the spinning top topples or not. This allows the viewer to decide the characters fate.
There were very few things that I did not like about Inception. One of the only things I did not like was that sometimes I felt as if I had to think too hard. I have seen the movie three times and I still do not understand one part of the film. I do not understand why Cobb and Mal were stuck in Limbo. If I understand correctly, then Cobb wanted to test inception on his wife. But if Cobb knew that they would go to Limbo, then why did he kill himself and his wife? Everything else I enjoyed, the scenery and sets were fantastic.
Inception reminds me of Shutter Island. Not because Leonardo DiCaprio was in both films but because of the suspense and surprises. The endings for each movies are alike similar and different at the same time. Both endings make the viewer decide what really happens in the end. In Shutter Island, you have to decide whether Andrew Laeddis still believes he is "Edward Daniels" or if he is pretending to be insane to die as a good man instead of a monster. The difference between the two movies are that in Inception the big surprise comes at the beginning, while Shutter Island waits until the very end.