The best science fiction film ever made? One of the top five movies I have ever seen? 2010 finds its all time great.

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2010)

It was about fifteen minutes in to this film thought I thought...man...this might be a 10/10 and it has been a LONNNG time since I scored a 10/10 on a film. By the middle of the film I couldn't even think about a score because my brain was being melted and twisted and I was sitting in the theatre with my mouth gaping open and drool probably coming from my chin. Inception is a mind bending, mind blowing, twisting, thrilling, brilliant, freakish, captivating ride of a film. You WILL NOT find a better movie this entire summer to date and is very unlikely you will find a better film the rest of the summer or year likely. You need to understand that for me (I know there will be many many arguments over this) this was instantly one of the best movies I have ever seen. Never mind the fact that apparently little to no CGI was used in the film was enough to impress given that the action scenes, the stunning cinematography, the brilliant special effects are some of the best in this history of film. The brutal, breath taking, and stunning zero gravity 'hallway' fight puts ANY fight scene to a back seat and to shame.
Leonardo DiCaprio is obviously one of the biggest stars in the world. He is also one of the smartest stars because he is very choosy about his roles. Consider his success and level of artistic choices since the massive film success of Titanic. His level of intensity, screen chemistry, and simple stardom is in full swing in Inception. He carries the film like an absolute pro and he is perfect in his performance and absolutely deserves Academy attention. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is gradually proving what I have said about him for some time and that he is incredibly talented and has a truly awe inspiring performance in front of him. Inception will certainly help that! His character and performance is a little less outstanding as DiCaprio and is definitely a supporting character but he still has some incredible moments including the aforementioned 'hallway' battle scene. Ellen Page is terrific as the young architect on the team. She still gives off the Juno vibe and I hope she can work to break that but her and DiCaprio have great chemistry as partners and she is a welcome addition to the cast. Tom Hardy has some good scenes but certainly takes a back seat in the cast to the main characters. I think I would have liked to have learnt more about his character but he is secondary to the cast. Ken Watanabe gives a solid remarkable performance as the cut throat businessman holding DiCaprio's life in his hands. Despite also being supporting his performance is stronger than some of the others but regardless they are an ensemble team and cast. Cillian Murphy gives nothing short of the performance of his career as far as I'm concerned as the target of their 'inception' Robert Fischer. Murphy is supporting as well but really gives a solid, convincing and intense performance. For the main cast the final performance is also award worthy I think. Marion Cotillard plays DiCaprio's late wife Mal. She is part villain, part heroine, and part romantic interest and balances her multi-faceted character flawlessly. The characters that play small cameos but really an amazing job include Tom Berenger (really top notch), Pete Postlethwaite (ADORE this guy), and the amazing Michael Caine in a sadly small role the is literally a blink of the eye.
After the success of The Dark Knight (even though I believed it to be a little bit over-hyped) no one doubts director Chris Nolan's talent but Inception is a whole different ball game. This film is brilliant, this film captivates a whole new world of Science Fiction, thriller and action. I wanted to watch it again as the first of the credits began. While the story is intensely complex and I couldn't take my eyes off of the screen for a single second, it wasn't hard to follow. It doesn't get muddled and somehow (brilliantly) every step makes sense and as much as it hurts your brain you can follow every single move throughout the movie as they essentially go down FIVE levels of a person's subconscious dream level. If I heralded this film too much...you're wrong its not enough for a film that should easily take nominations for Best Picture, Score, cinematography, actor, supporting actor, screenplay...I'm sure there is more. You DO NOT want to miss the best film of the year and the newest addition to at least the list of top five movies I have ever seen. 10/10 (standing ovation here)