Masterpiece. Incredible. Amazing. Easily the best film of 2010. These are just a few of the words I would use to describe Inception. For those of you that don't know Inception is the new film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, the same director that made Memento and The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan apparently started writing this film when he was 16 and then spent the better part of the past 10 years perfecting it and perfecting it he did.
I should probably start with a little rundown of what the film is about, which may be hard to do without giving away to many details. Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb, a man who is an expert at accessing peoples dreams and extracting information for them. Cobb is hired by Saito, played by Ken Watanabe, to go beyond extracting information by trying to implant information instead. This is known as Inception and it is something that has never really been tried before. Cobb must construct a team that will help him complete this task. Cobb recruits his usual partner, Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), along with Eames (Tom Hardy), Ariadne (Ellen Page), and Yusuf (Dileep Rao). The man whose mind they are to enter is Robert Fischer Jr (Cillian Murphy), he is the son and heir of a company that rivals Saito's. This is where I should stop with the plot synopsis.
Once Cobb and his team enters Fischer's mind, that is where the fun begins. This is when the mind boggling special effects start coming at you one after another. One of the best scenes in the movie is one you may recall from the trailers. This is where Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character, Arthur, is in a hotel hallway and he encounters some security guards and the hallway begins to rotate. Arthur and the security guards are chasing each other while climbing on the walls, ceiling and floor. It's pretty hard to describe but when you see it, you can't help but be blown away. This is just one of many scenes throughout Inception where you just shake your head and wonder how they did that. I look forward to the DVD so I can watch the making of featurettes for these scenes.
I remember seeing The Dark Knight opening night and being blown away and feeling that it was absolutely incredible. Once again that is how I walked out after seeing Inception. When trying to decide which one I enjoyed more I have to say Inception. With Inception there was not one single dull moment, I was never bored. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and kept being blown away with the special effects. And after the movie you can't help but want to sit down and discuss it. If you are like me you will immediately want to see it again.
Inception is by far the best movie of 2010. It's got the action of a big summer blockbuster and a great original story that you don't see anymore in this age of remakes and sequels. Go see Inception and be blown away. You will want to see it multiple times and will have many highly entertaining discussions about it. Stop reading this and go see it NOW!!!
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