The best film of the year so far, and probably will be hard to beat by anyone else.

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2010)

Although the Dark Knight was one of the best movies ever, Batman Begins was beyond excellent and Memento was just pure genius, Christopher Nolan brings us HIS masterpiece with Inception. Inception is a mix of all three movies mentioned above: It is one of the best movies ever, is beyond excellent and is pure genius. Many people feel that it is overrated but I definitely stay true to myself when I say that not only it is the best movie of the year so far, but also one of my favourites of all time. Some people will not be pleased with the very complex story it has to offer, but to understand you have to watch this film with your brain. Don't walk in thinking it's just an ordinary action movie because you'll walk out thinking you got ripped. It's definitely one of these films where you must think all along, where you must use your brain.
Usually in my reviews I leave the second paragraph for the flaws of the film. It's what I disliked about a film that comes in my second paragraph. But I can't seem to find any about Inception, since it's so beautifully well crafted all along. Leonardo DiCaprio gives what appears to be the best performance of his career, and unless some huge hotshot actor gives an incredible performance before the end of the 2010 year, DiCaprio's definitely got the chance to get the award that has been running away from him three times already (the Aviator, Blood Diamond, what's eating Gilbert Grape). The rest of the cast is also very good, with special mentions to Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page.
As for the visual effects, there's only one word to describe them: Fantastic. Nolan does not use visual effects all the time but when you are seeing them, you definitely feel in a dream. Unless some Avatar like movie makes his way on the big screen before the end of the year, Inception could very well receive the best visual effects as well. In fact let's face it, Inception will be nominated in just about every category. Best picture, best actor in a leading role, best original script, best director (Don't you dare neglect Nolan for this one), Best visual effects, best sound, best sound editing, best editing, and I wouldn't be surprised if it won them all. And by the way, it's the first time I notice everything like that in a movie...I don't usually praise the editing or the sound or anything.
Story: Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a thief. But not any regular thief, he is a highly skilled thief who, with the help of technology, can infiltrate a person's mind while the latter is asleep to retrieve information such as ideas. Due to some odd circumstance (I won't spoil), he cannot go see his children in America, but has the chance to do so, if he can complete this last job for Saito (Ken Wantanabe), a weapon manufacturer: Inject an idea in the mind of his competitor, Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy). In short, it's a very complicated story but the most brilliant of us will understand it without a doubt and the less brilliant just need to stay awake with their brains on. That being said, only one sentence remains to my review: Wherever you are, no matter what date it is, go watch this film RIGHT NOW!