Best movie of 2010, HANDS DOWN!

Rating: 9/10 (25 October 2010)

I was anticipating this movie since December 2009, when we got to see the teaser trailer. I watched it at least a dozen times. Then I saw the 2nd trailer. I then realized that this could be something special. I was wrong. It's much more than that.
Where to start? Let's start with Christopher Nolan. Nolan can now pitch any idea he comes up with to Warner Bros., and they'll green light it. He said he spent 8 years writing the script. That's dedication. "Inception" has what all movies should have. A good story, complex, interesting characters, a great score, good cinematography, and, as a bonus, great action scenes. Nolan has all that in "Inception".
The score of this movie is absolutely incredible, especially "Dream is Collapsing", and "Time". It's a dynamic, riveting score that pulls at your heart while you try to fully understand this film.
The acting is good. Pardon me, great. Leonardo Dicaprio does another fantastic job and may finally get a much deserved Oscar win (how he was not even nominated for his roles in "The Departed" and "Gangs of New York" is beyond me). Joseph Gordon-Levitt is thisclose to becoming a household name. He plays a really interesting character (Arthur), who makes you wonder why he continually works with Cobb (Dicaprio) after Cobb places them in danger by allowing memories of his deceased wife Mal into the dream scape. Mal, played by Marion Cotillard, gets the most screen time for a dead character in a movie I've ever seen. Ellen Page and Tom Hardy add depth and complexity to the dream team, while Ken Watanabe and Cillian Murphy are both great as adversaries to Cobb's plan. Oh, and since it a Nolan movie, Michael Caine's in it too. Big surprise.
The whole hallway, anti-gravity fight scene is one of the best action scenes I've ever had the pleasure of viewing.
I'm also glad Nolan didn't take the cheap way out and have the whole movie simply be a dream (Yeah! I'm talking to you, non-believers!).
All in all, this is an incredible, breathtaking movie that needs to be seen on a large screen.