Is this real ?

Rating: 10/10 (7 November 2010)

It is impossible to objectively review this movie. The very thing that makes this movie great is the fact that everybody has different perceptions about it. It's a mind game, brilliantly written from beginning to end.
Sure, everything contributed into making this movie into a hit, from acting and directing to musical score and special effects, but what I think we can all agree on is that all of it fades in comparison to the genius of the screenplay.
Even though many people don't realize it, it's beautiful too see how Nolan manages to actually put his idea behind the screenplay into real life practice. Sure, he doesn't invade your dreams to do it, but he manages to plant ideas in the viewers heads throughout the movie. Is this real? Is the dream really the dream or is the dream the reality, or the other way around? He makes you expect so many twists and turns and when the twists actually happen, you realize you weren't actually expecting them.
The ending speaks to this mostly. Many movies have used this "technique" in the past, by placing a little hint or doubt in the end that makes you think about it for days, but never like this. Everybody sees what they want to see in the end, much as it is for the characters in the movie. Some people see the children the same age and the top spinning, others see the top wobbling, but you're not really sure.
In the end, I think "Inception" could have been a low budget movie and still have the same success, because of the genius behind the writing. I hope that Nolan will continue to amaze us in the future with similar writing.