It's a dream within a dream within a dream =)

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2010)

I have waited so long for a movie like this to come out. For the past few years, it has been movies dedicated to ONLY special effects and senseless action scenes. The world has been polluted by movies with poor writing, and lazy over-used ideas. Some films which were called the best were actually very boring, stupid and cliché (EXAMPLES: Avatar, Happy Feet, Transformers, etc.) Could it be that Hollywood is slowly making a transition from lazy recycled remakes to original and exciting motion pictures? Inception definitely gave me hope.
I've heard many reviews on the Internet saying that this movie was too complicated to understand. Well, I'm here to tell you that the people who wrote those reviews are probably not very smart, or they didn't even try to understand it. There have been too many movies out lately that shut down people's brains, other than challenging them and making them think. Inception is the first SMART movie I have seen in a long while. Yes, it is a bit confusing at first, but the answers to our questions are answered in the movie, and if your questions aren't answered by the time you walk out of the theater, you figure it out later on your own. This movie makes you THINK. More movies coming from Hollywood should do research on the writing and production of this film, and take a few notes about how they could improve the quality of movies in general.
What also makes this movie so spectacular is that it is a movie about journeying into three layers of a dream, and while you are watching it, you feel like you are really in a dream in a dream in a dream. This movie makes it feel like you don't know if you are awake watching a movie, or going deeper and deeper into a very epic and bizarre dream.
I've always said that special effects aren't necessarily important, but they do add an awesome dimension to the film, making it feel real and unreal at the same time. The action scenes are adrenaline-pumping, and edge-of-the-seat exciting. Though there are a lot of talking scenes, they are not boring. They answer our questions and once again, make us puzzle out in our brains what is going on and where in the layers of dreams are we and the characters in the movie.
All this epicness and awesomeness is backed up by probably the best acting I have seen in a non-animated movie in a while. Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page, I think, were the jewels in Inception's crown. They both did a spectacular job. I say Ellen Page should replace Kristen Stewart's spot in the Star Meter. She deserves it more.
Brilliant writing, exciting action, puzzling, awesome, incredible, suspenseful, and groundbreaking movie. Avatar has been called groundbreaking, but is it really worthy of the title, "Greatest Movie Ever Made"? Well, I and obviously Christopher Nolan say, "NO FLIPPIN' WAY!!!" Inception owns, and don't anyone who read this review forget it!