Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange

Rating: 9/10 (7 July 2013)

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page
Written by Christopher Nolan
'A skilled extractor is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible.'
After the Dark Knight arrived, Christopher Nolan has earned my respect. Inception was coming out 2 years afterwards and I wasn't going to let myself miss an experience from such a talented storyteller of film.
What can I say that hasn't already been said about this terrific film? This is a film that you could get lost in. Not in the way that it's hard to follow the story but a way that you don't want it to end. Christopher Nolan creates a world that everybody dreams of. A 'superhuman' universe in a way that you could do anything you want, in any way shape or form. His writing is at a complex apex in this picture. There is so much information delivered throughout, sometimes you feel like you won't be able to keep up. But rather than just explaining through words, he lets you see with your own eyes exactly what his brilliant mind was trying to illustrate in this film. This film has one of the best beginnings I've seen. Everything is presented to you; the story, the characters, the information, the jobs, the creativity, the imagination and the motives of why certain characters do what they do. It's only later in the film that all these aspects go deeper and deeper into the story. Christopher Nolan used a little more special effects for this style of storytelling than his others in the past but it isn't overwhelming. It's at a point where it's necessary and doesn't intrude what's happening in the frame.
The acting in this picture actually complemented the story itself. It's hard to find decent actors for such a complex and wonderful story but they did wonderfully. Leonardo DiCaprio is brilliant as always. He excels in representing characters with a dark past and problems they need to confront. Cillian Murphy also does an amazing job and I'm surprised that not much praise was given to him from critics. In the dramatic scenes are where Murphy really stands out from his peers and colleagues. Great skills. Ellen Page's character really annoyed me the first time viewing this film in a way that she can't keep her nose out of other people's business. But I realized that Ellen Page's character is the audience in this picture. Whatever she sees for the first time, the audience sees as well. It's as if we are Page's character wanting to figure out why certain things exist and why DiCaprio's character has such a dark past. Clever Mr.Nolan.
There's not much to be said about the music/score in this film. Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan really see eye to eye on how the music plays a part in the storytelling. Upbeat races and long continuous bass beats really satisfy you throughout the film. These two can't fail.
Inception is a very complex and new story. Many people won't catch the magic with only one viewing but if you commit yourself to watching it again and again, you will notice something different every time. It's beautifully orchestrated and one of the best films of 2010.