Inception

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2012)

In Inception, we are taken on a deep and highly illustrated exploration into the field of technologically assisted lucid dreaming, dream communication, and the subconscious mind. After seeing this movie for the first time in the theaters, I have seen it two more times, and with every subsequent viewing, I have been able to understand the concepts even more. Throughout the movie there is talk of a technique named "inception" which can be used to implant messages into certain people's subconscious mind during a certain stage of sleep, hence the tittle of the movie. A fascinating aspect of this movie is the premise of a person being able to communicate with another person while both of them are in a dreaming state of consciousness. On top of that this film explores the different varying levels of dream states and how factors in the physical environment outside of the dreamer translate into factors in the dreamer's lucid dream or subconscious. After doing personal research on the topic of lucid dreaming & the inception of lucid dreams, I have found out that there ACTUALLY ARE a variety of technological instruments which have been developed which are capable of achieving some of the results(or results similar to those) which were achieved in the movie. Thus, Inception is not a total work of fiction or science fiction, but also a reference to what can be and/or is possible to an extent with technology that is currently available or which may be available sometime in the near future. As a person particularly interested in the fields of Parapsychology, Dreamwork, & Psychology, Inception is no doubt a classic production in my eyes.