Inception

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Inception is a sci-fi heist thriller of the psychological mind-bender variety, co-written and directed by one of my favorites screen writer/directors, Christopher Nolan.

Cob (DiCaprio) is a thief that uses both skill and high-tech to hack into the subconscious of his targets to obtain 'intel' for his customers. After the initial failed attempt at one particular heist at the film's beginning, he finds out that job was a mere test of his abilities. After accepting a seemingly impossible job, Cob and his point man, Arthur (Gordon-Levitt) begin to assemble a team to achieve the impossible- to place a thought inside the mind of another person by entering their mind while they are asleep in a shared-dream experience.

Third favorite movie of all-time. Love this movie, so much. I was fortunate enough to have seen this in the theater, and didn't know too much about it other than it was Nolan starring DiCaprio set in subconscious surroundings. My ticket money was already gone at that point. And while I sat in the theater, as the scope of the shared dream-hacking was explained as told through a visual-storytelling medium, I began to parabolize the similar aspects of shared film-going.

Everyone dreams. Everyone watches movies. When we gather en masse in theater seats, we all see the same movie, but our own unique points of view will skew it compared to the nest guy, and the next. And I began to think about how dreams aren't much different in many respects, and that was one of the first things I loved about this movie. That it promoted discussion, and even further analysis if you're more of a film nerd like myself.

It's one of the most brilliant blends of intentionalism and ambiguity I have ever seen on screen. Was it all a dream? Or was is just what it was? The funny thing is- Chris & John Nolan spent a decade perfecting the script and the idea it was built on, and it's so well-balanced out that for every argument, there's one to even it out. It' really one of the best examples of a concept perfectly executed on screen to near-perfection. Also- Han Zimmer's score is probably one of my favorites in film. Spectacular score.

I love the holy bejeezus out of this movie. You should watch it.

Probably at least twice.

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