Inception - Don't Read if you haven't Seen the Movie

Rating: 8/10 (24 April 2012)

In this movie Leonardo DiCaprio plays Cobb a man desperately wanting to go home to the US but cannot because of a previous incident that occurred. He is not an ordinary man, though he is a man that has knowledge of how to enter into people's dreams. This knowledge that he has causes Saito (Ken Watanabe) to seek him out for a job that would be dangerous however the reward was great. Saito wanted Cobb and his team , Arthur (Joseph Gorden-Levitt), Eames (Tom Hardy), Ariadne (Ellen Page) and Yusuf (Dileep Rao) to plant a thought into Robert Fischer's (Cillian Murphy) mind who was a wealthy man that could enter into business agreements that could have a significant impact on the worlds business market.
The theme of the movie is guilt as Cobb tries desperately to forgive himself for a mistake that he made and as he tries to get back home to his children that are currently out of his reach. The motif of the film was very clear in that the dominant idea was inception. Planting of an idea or thought into someone else's mind. Therefore the name itself clearly defines the movie as the central idea.
Likewise, the movie was shot using inside/out editing. It did this by beginning with unfamiliar scenes or caused the audience to ask questions then it helped you to understand. For instance at the beginning of the movie how Cobb is brought into a room with a very old man (Saito) is how it starts, however you are confused as to why the movie starts there only to understand how both Cobb and Saito both came to be there later in the film. They used the same technique in reference to Mal (Cobb's wife). She is deceased yet you don't know what happened or why she continues to show up in Cobb's dreams until he explains it to Ariadne while they are in a warehouse in Fischer's dream.
This movie was definitely different in content however it reminds me of the Matrix. The reason being is because both used extremely sophisticated technology, both took place in the future and both had settings that constantly bounced around from one place to next. I believed the movie to be a good one, especially if you are a science fiction lover. The movie however can be a little complex for those of us that don't like to live in the clouds. Honestly, this is a movie that you will definitely have to watch more than once to have a clear understanding of the events.