My Movie Review: Inception

My Movie Review: Inception

5/5

Opening Statement: Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Dom Cobb, a man who is a specialist in extracting secrets in the human mind through dreams, now he has been offered a job to plant an idea into the mind of a very important man played by Cillian Murphy. Through this he develops a team, each has a certain purpose in getting the job done, compiling a dream within dream within a dream, within reality. Unfortunately Dom's subconscious wife is getting in the way of completing the job.

What's Good: Every once in awhile a movie comes along that really challenges its audience, most audiences aren’t properly prepared for such intelligence in a summer blockbuster. With proper preparation you can only ease the overwhelming visuals of the labyrinth that is Inception. I would love to shed some insight on what will come by seeing this film, honestly I think it is the kind of movie everyone gets something different out of. Primarily because the screenplay relies so much on its audience to come to their own, it offers the puzzle pieces and leaves it up to us to put them together. I loved how this film challenged the audience, this is what summer movies should be. Christopher Nolan is probably the greatest director out there right now. While the intelligent dialogue flows, intense actions sequences appear and they are both balanced so intelligently. I would also like to note the performances DiCaprio brought his A game for this one, every emotion feels real, I don't think I have seen him feel so comfortable with a role since What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Not to mention the ensemble is excellent as well Page, Hardy, Levitt, Murphy, Cotillard not one sour note is hit in these performances. These people are the globetrotters of acting. I also fell in love with Hans Zimmer's score, this is a sure fire Oscar nominated score.

What's Bad: It is easy for me to see why people might dislike this movie, for hardcore action movie fans you have to understand you actually have to think in this movie. It is not all about straight through action. I can't find anything wrong with Inception personally except to say that it might not be your movie, you definitely can't leave your brain at the door like you do with most summer blockbusters.

The Rant: Once again I want to mention the negative critical reviews on this film, it really pisses me off that there are some professional film critics out there who are rating this movie low because they don't get it. David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick received great reviews and there stuff was hard to understand too, they are all artists though. It is not a crime to have a mainstream film challenge an audience. the fact that our society's film industry relies too much on "mindless" material for money is kind of depressing. Regularly, in order to see a nice complex, brain-teasing film you have to go to the foreign, or independent theater. This film is there to show audiences who are unfamiliar with independent cinema that there is room for complex puzzles and character emotion in film. So with that stated I deem Christopher Nolan a genius.

Consensus: Inception is a very well-made and scripted film that challenges the audience, the question is: Are you up for the challenge?