Spectacular (and very logical)!

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2010)

Recap: Mr Cobb is a specialist in extraction of secret information. The method he and his team uses is special, they sedate the victim and extract the information from the victims dreams. The information is then passed on to the client, often a competing corporation. Their latest mission went bad, but instead of repercussions, their intended victim has a new challenging mission for them. To plant an idea in the mind of a competitor. Firstly they need to recruit a new team, all the while their original client want them dead. Secondly they must go deeper inside the dream world than they ever has done before, a challenge that risk their lives. And in the deeper depths of the dreams lurk the dangers of the subconscious.
Comments: This is a magnificent film, combining intelligence and an innovative script with good old-fashioned action. Add a good dose of suspense and some spectacular effects, and last but not least some good actors, and you get a stunningly good end result. To me it came highly recommended, both from friends and from IMDb, and with that comes high expectations. For it to pass that with flying colours, that says something.
One test I put to really good movies afterwards is if I can find anything I would have done different. Usually there is something, some subplot I would have cut or explored further. But with Inception, I couldn't think of anything. In my opinion it is perfect.
One of its great strengths is despite its complexity, despite its mind bending alternate reality, it is also strictly and simply logical, within its own defined set of rules. Those rules are not really given, many of them are explored, explained and discovered during the movie, but I couldn't find a moment were it broke its own rules, which is very rare, especially in a innovative story like this. That is simply put impressive.
Through and through, in almost every aspect, Inception impresses with the attention to detail and solid craftsmanship. It is beautiful, it is suspenseful, it is something that sticks in your mind and makes you think (aha!) and it is very entertaining. And above all, when the end nears, well after two hours, I kept wishing it would last longer.
10/10