What is a movie review? In plain terms, it is the reflection of the thoughts of a person on the pluses and minuses of a film. In most cases, this perception of the reviewer invariably polarizes the reader's mind. In the process, consciously or sub-consciously the reader is forced to succumb to an inception of a series of thoughts, which can influence the entire movie-watching experience. To go a step further, it can even be said that the reviewers have the power to play a part in the box-office success of a movie.
Ironically, the movie which I have taken for discussion this time has been spun on this basic idea of influencing people's mind. Though not as simple as one would think, the protagonists in the movie, 'Inception' do this by getting right into a person's dreams!!! Seems quite an implausible concept to think or for that matter to script; but the genius in (director) Christopher Nolan has conceived quite a convincing plot not just around a single dream, but with a dream within a dream within a dream (it goes even deeper). The result, an engaging sci-fi movie which I'm sure most would enjoy.
To start with, one of the most admiring facets of the movie is its simplicity. Though riding on a mind-boggling theme like that of the Matrix (trilogy), things are not complicated for the good. For instance, the very fact that our inner-ear can sense the balance of our body posture is put across in the most straight-forward manner; this saves us the need to roll back ourselves to our biology classes and in the process not lose track of the movie. While it's true that your mind needs to be razor sharp to follow the happenings, it seldom gets to a point where you lose interest in the plot due to any lack of understanding.
One other reason that is bound to keep the audience hooked to their seats is the emotional quotient of the movie. It is interesting to note that Nolan had actually scripted this movie as early as 2001, though as purely a heist movie. He seems to have purposefully postponed the project hoping to introduce an emotional side to the story. Well, as it has turned out, it is really a wise decision in hindsight; what better way to deal with dreams than with the emotions of the human mind (when it comes to relationships). In my view, it is the right blend of emotions that has led to a credible plot involving various levels of dreams.
On the acting front, everyone right from Leonardo di Caprio has slipped into their character's shoes with ease. As an audience, one would certainly feel for the characters (be it sympathy or hatred) at some point or other which clearly means that they have done their job to perfection.
To cap all the good work done, the ending is impactful making it hard not to ponder over it even after leaving the hall. While some might argue that it's easier to provide an open ending like this, it's actually more difficult to choose the right way and the right moment to end. To his credit, Nolan has hit the bull's eye in this regard as well.
To sum up, here's a sci-fi movie with lots of credibility to it even when dealing with an unimaginable concept like this. At the end of it all, if something would have crept in your mind, it would certainly be Nolan and you would surely ask, "How is he able to think like this?". If you haven't experienced this yet, I would strongly recommend to pick your DVD soon.
Correct na ... it was a class movie with climax suggesting as expected from Nolan 2 ways of understanding it. It is same as Shutter Island. Leonardo as we all know is just getting better and better and he deserves an oscar someday or the other. After watching movies like memento, dark knight, the prestige and now Inception you just admire Nolan more and more as u rightly pointed out making everyone think " how is he able to think like this " ...
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