Inception will incepted you! You will thank it! It's one of the best movies ever!

Rating: 9/10 (29 May 2014)

Inception is an intellectually stimulating and engaging sci-fi corporate espionage action movie. A great introspective drama about guilt, loss, and reconciliation. What's the most resilient parasite? It's an idea. Resilient, highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold in the brain, it's almost impossible to eradicate -quotes the script. Inception directed by Christopher Nolan is a heist film in reverse; instead of taking something, one must extract and plant ideas in the subconscious through dreams. A great original concept movie. The movie seemed to invite the audience into its multi-layered dream and keep us there until the very end. Without spoiling too much, the movie felt like a dream, watching it. Like a dream, it's confusing and each one of us will draw individual conclusions and interpretations in order to try to make sense of it. The ending alone is up to debate, and there is no real, wrong answer there. We see the movie through the eyes of a team assembled by extractor Dominick Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his employer, Saito (Ken Watanabe). Their job is to perform an inception on Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy). Many people believe that the main theme of the movie is the art of filmmaking, and create a new idea into somebody else's mind. It was no surprise that main character Leonardo DiCaprio does look a bit like Christopher Nolen. Ariadne (Ellen Page) is the architect/screenwriter because she design the dreams. Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is the producer/point man, the guy who knows how it all works, hints why he speaks almost exclusively in expository dialogue. Then there is actor/forger Eames (Tom Hardy) who can physically impersonate anyone. Then, last is Yusuf (Dileep Rao) is the special effects/chemist, who allows the dreams to happen. Without too much, nitpicking, the plot is the weakest, in the film. It's a bit too complex and make little to no sense. The main reason why Cobb is doing this inception is kinda drawn out in face value. His job has turned him into an international fugitive who can't return home to his family in the United States and Cobb see this as the only way to see his family. I know, he loves his children, but honestly, if only he just buy a plane ticket for them to visit him, overseas. The movie would be over, quicker. It doesn't help that he keeps an evil version of his ex-wife Mal (Marion Contillard), alive in his dreams, that tend to torture Cobb's mind and sabotages his work. Honestly, how is Cobb the best extractor? He seem to fail a lot at it. It's seem odd for Saito to hire a man that keeps failing. One thing, the movie couldn't get right is the dream mechanism, they set up. The movie spent the first half, explaining the dream mechanisms, and the second half, ignoring it: Such good example are like people showing other people's totems, architect showing the dream mazes, even when they mention, not to show the layout. Also, what is with the kicks in the movie!? Some motions are kicks, and others are not. Wouldn't an airplane be a bit too bumpy for Inception? Why not use the timers for such an importation job like this. Why doesn't water kicks work and don't work? The time within the dreams, doesn't make any sense as well, as people dream in different speeds. I think the movie would work better, if they told less about it. The movie doesn't need logic. It told too much, not enough show. Another big question is the movie's message. Honestly, the movie is about deceptive and manipulative methods. They are morally questionable, to say the least. The things, I love about the movie are the special and visual effects. The action is well-done. The awesome soundtrack by Han Zimmler is great to hear. 'Time' is my favorite song on there. I love how movie trailers now use the same BWOONG sound effect ever time. This movie really did influence a lot of filmmakers. The acting was amazing. It made stars out of Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The symbolism are great. Like how Yusuf is the Arabic form of "Joseph", the Biblical figure from Genesis 37-50, who had the gift of interpreting dreams. Ariadne is from Greek mythology that help the hero get out of a maze. Fischer and Arthur might came from the Fisher's King myth. Great use of Penrose stairs indeed. Overall: Like, I said, the movie will not be able to answer all the questions, so interpretations are common here. I like how it makes you think, but still, entertaining enough for you to enjoy it.