How do you make something perfect imperfect? You make something truly superior.

Rating: Null/10 (22 July 2010)

I have always been in the pro-Avatar team. I personally and truly believed it was one of the most perfect pieces of modern cinema. Say what you will about the writing and acting, but the directing, cinematography and CGI all trump the cons and elevate it to a superior cinematic standing practically unmatched. That is, until I saw Inception.
If you hated Avatar and the rating it got, well you haven't got anything on my reaction after seeing Inception. I'm actually ashamed at where they stand now in comparison to each other (though I previously believed Avatar should be one of the highest rated films on IMDb). If Avatar deserves an 8.4, then Inception should get at least a 9.7. If Inception gets a 9.3, then Avatar should be an 8.1. Either way something has to change, because Inception is so near perfect in every cinematic aspect it is truly astounding. The sequences in the film were some of, if not the best, I have ever seen. Genius does not even begin to describe Mr. Nolan. He is truly a cinematic God.
The perfection of Inception cannot be defined by a number. I cannot just say it is an eight, or a nine, or a ten. It is in fact infinite. Think of it this way. No matter how good anyone thinks Inception will be, it will ALWAYS turn out to be many times better. Even if you were prepared to think it as the pinnacle of cinema. Every expectation I had of this film was not simply exceeded – they were completely blown out of the water.
I've watched a lot of movies in my life; most of them in cinemas, and most of them on opening day. And I have quite honestly never felt a reaction at the end of a film like that of Inception. There was quite literally a moment of awed silence followed by a unanimous wow. People actually stayed until the end of the credits not because they were waiting for a final scene but because they were deep in talk about the film already and literally did not want to leave the cinema at all. This is what filmmakers have always tried to achieve, and what Christopher Nolan not only succeeded in doing, but succeeded in doing in such a superior way. This film captures everything that is superb about Christopher Nolan, about his filmmaking, about his films. It is all his fantastic films wrapped into one, and that's what makes it his best, and why you should believe in the hype surrounding this man and this film.
I cannot of course speak for everybody, and this may not be the best film you will ever see. But I am willing to bet it will certainly be one of the best films anyone will ever see. If there's one movie that you're going to see twice this year (believe me, once is not enough), it will be Inception. I'm already pooling money to see it win Best Picture in 2011. And that DiCaprio, Page, Hardy, Cotillard and Gordon-Levitt will at least be nominated. It will be a cinematic shame if they weren't.
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