Step into this Inception

Rating: 10/10 (26 July 2010)

After a very strong 'The Dark Knight' it seem to be impossible for Nolan to create a more intriguing story and plot. As this modern director knows what he's holding in his hands, he slides you into an imaginary world where you believe it can be true. Everything is being portrait in details and very real. This combined with a imaginary fantasy idea that we can go into other people's dreams, sounds an easy story line, but it's the whole road that makes this movie so different and perfect.
Starting with the script. The idea is already something where you can talk about a lot... what is happening in your dreams and how do you control it? Than Nolan manages to create this whole emotional story, which is the ground base of the movie... Can you control your dreams? Adventually he gives the main characters a choice, depending on the viewers that they will follow this character into the plot... do you want to control your dreams?
You also have the genuine and perfect acting performances. DiCaprio gets to another level with this performance, Cotillard gives an extra impulse to the story and manages to surprise us again, Page doses her emotions more & more and is credible in her role, Gordon-Levitt performs one of the most impossible scenes in movie history and gets away with it,... All these acting performances (how small or how big they even are), are very matched to each other.
The music is bombastic and subtle at the right moment... Hans Zimmer will be a very strong contender for an Oscar. It lifts some scenes even more to a floating level.
The FX are near to perfect, scene with DiCaprio/Page at a Paris Café is something you have to watch over and over again. It pops The Matrix into another dimension.
But most of all, it's all about the producing and directing this movie, and that's where Nolan comes in (again). This man not only deserves an Oscar nomination (after already some near to perfect movies like 'The Dark Knight', 'Memento' & 'Batman Begins'), he is a genuine artist with lots of stories to tell and brings us entertainment from another, exciting level. A level we needed after all those years with all those superhero movies, sequels & remakes. Thank you Nolan, crew & cast... and don't you dare NOT to see this movie... It will be one of your favourites for sure!