Best of 2010 (so far)....

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2010)

I truly cannot see another film overtaking Inception this year. The Academy should get this in their memory banks now. Although how can one forget the mastery of this film? The Academy has shown that it will not award the top honors to films in certain categories very often. Inception is in several of those categories. It is a blockbuster, it is in both the sci-fi and action genres, it is a summer release, and it is filled with special effects. Well, the Academy needs to throw out the book with this one.
Christopher Nolan has managed to do something nearly impossible in film-making. He has taken a trippy, sci-fi concept, backed it up with incredible special effects, and applied a brilliantly crafted story to it. Then he directed a critically acclaimed cast through the story. The product is nothing short of legendary.
These elements have never co-existed in a film so flawlessly. Even if a writer can come up with a story that makes us care about an implausible plot, it is nearly impossible to convey that on film. Nolan makes us believe, and he makes us feel normal believing something so far-fetched. Many before have tried, but nobody has succeeded like Nolan has with Inception.