I bought the airline. Awesome movie.

Rating: 9/10 (15 August 2010)

My Score: 9.0/10
I need to quote what one of my colleague always says: "This is absolutely BONKERS". This movie is... simply amazing, creative and decent.
This is a science-fiction movie with its background set very similar to our modern days world. Dom Cobb (starred by Leonardo DiCaprio) was a skilled thief, who specialized in extracting and stealing valuable secrets from within the subconscious during the dream state of his targets. Having failed one of his missions Cobb and his partner, Arthur were captured but been offered another chance to redeem themselves. However instead of stealing from dreams, they were asked to carry out a seemingly-impossible mission: To implant an idea in their target's dreams (the so-called "Inception"). The story went on to see how Cobb assembled his team for the mission, and at the same time battle his own struggles in his own subconsciousness, in which he has lost his beloved wife.
Firstly, the idea of the movie is very creative. The basic concept is about layers of dream, as you drill down the layers they become more and more unstable due to the states of our human brain. I think it is already very creative to describe about "a dream inside a dream", but I never expected the director and producers could go so far into describing as many as 4 layers of dreams! Secondly, I think the use of angles and camera shots have brought movie-viewing into yet another new level. The viewing sensation is so strong and well-captured that you feel the intensity inside the dreams at every moment. Thirdly, the strong cast have given a hard core performance. I especially want to mention Leonardo DiCaprio who portrayed so well as a mentally-exhausted man, who wanted so much to redeem himself and go back home. I have regarded him as an impressive actor since his performance in "Blood Diamond".
Despite a rather straight-forward storyline and no totally unexpected twists, personally it is understandable as audience may already find it difficult in following the interactions between different layers of dream. I think this movie can be even more complicated than "The Matrix" but it chose to tell its story in a most viewer-friendly way, which I greatly appreciated as an audience.
In summary, a highly recommended movie that you should not miss in August 2010.
p.s I really liked the moment when Saito said "I bought the airline". That is what I call "cool".