One of the most amazing films I've ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2011)

I had been waiting for Inception for months, since I watched this amazing trailer and kept thinking about it all the time. Having read mixed reviews describing it as a very confusing, tiring, hard to understand film I was prepared for the worst... or the best.
In the beginning of the movie I was shocked. I didn't know what was happening, I didn't have a clue who was dreaming and it was all confusing indeed. But it didn't last for more than a few minutes. It all became clear after a while and I was so focused, so taken away by the movie and this amazing world Nolan created that I couldn't think of anything else. It only became better and better as the story started to unfold, new information was gradually revealed and we learned more about Cobb and this unbelievable world. And in the end...a question. Was it all a dream? Did he return to his children? To me it makes little difference. It depends on what you want to believe, on how you experienced the movie. I take the optimistic scenario but I strongly believe it doesn't matter at all. He was happy, he thought it was real, he wanted to see his children and he did believing it was indeed happening.
Apart from the breathtaking story what can I say about the director and the cast? I was familiar with Nolan's previous work only from The prestige and The Dark Knight. I liked those films and thus I considered Nolan a very talented director. Now this has turned into pure admiration and respect. He is clearly a genius, a film-maker who gave so much to this film, a film-maker who lost in the Golden Globes and I fear will lose again in the Oscars. I can't imagine what more he could do. In any way, thousands of people saw his sheer genius and embraced this film.
As for the cast... I love Leonardo DiCaprio. Since The Aviator I started liking him so much and this will never change. He was great. He gave so much to this, proving that he is an amazing actor. I didn't feel that someone else could have done it better. The supporting cast did their best, too. Marion Cotillard was breathtaking and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy and Ken Watanabe were all convincing in their roles.
Other than that what can I say? It is a movie which will and must be remembered.