Explore the subconscious within a dream... and within that dream dreaming.

Rating: 10/10 (22 April 2020)

Let's create a multi-leveled dream where we can extract ideas off our enemies or implant an idea bypassing memories and consciousness: groundbreaking, original, complex, cerebral, psychological, systemic, and astute. The descriptors are insufficient to bring justice to this tremendously brilliant endeavor. The dialogue also presents obscure ideas that have rarely been explored in movies, or at least that I have not seen. At the onset the mystical dialogue attempts to explain the nature of the extraction, and, as the scenes take place, the viewer gets tempted by the explanation of worlds created by an architect where subjects can get robbed from their ideas or implanted in the case of the major heist of the movie.
Simply following and understanding the complex setting and the intricacies of the implanting is a challenge. The movie navigates a fast pace and is able to explain the complex events of the movie in a surprisingly effective style. Christopher Nolan presents the essential details in snippets of interactions that bring a lively and charismatic depiction to the process of learning about the heist. We also enjoy a diverse cast that amalgamates to deliver us an interesting exploration of Cobb's (Leonardo Dicaprio) perception. Ariadne (Ellen Page) is presented as a gifted college student that is extraordinarily apt at building mazes. She progressively gets to know more about the heist and Cobb's projections manifested in her mazes and, despite her repeatedly expressing her concern; we can't help but feel her emotions of compassion, sadness, and empathy. If Cobb was to show her the depths of his unconscious, the cast needed a sensitive rendition like the one displayed by Ariadne. Arthur is also, from the first scenes, supporting Cobb despite knowing all the baggage and the risks he implicates. Even despite Arthur risking everyone's life, the group still continues with the mission and finishes in dramatic fashion.
There are so many levels at which inception can be analyzed, but what is at the pinnacle of the experience for me is the innovation and dialogue. Movies as innovative and cerebral like inception should be celebrated and rewarded for their brilliant effort.