267. Inception; movie review
Cert 12A
148 mins
BBFC advice: Contains moderate violence
I confess that when I saw Inception at the cinema ten years ago, I fell asleep for ten minutes and, consequently, was bamboozled by its ending.
This wasn't because the movie was poor, I was just tired after a lot of driving and we had been at a footy match.
I digress.
I was really keen to see it second time around and give it the concentration it deserves and requires.
Thankfully, I was rewarded with a very-fast-moving, complex but comprehensible science fiction thriller.
Christopher Nolan's film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a high-end thief who can enter people's dreams and steal secrets from their subconscious.
Ok, that takes some believing but if you can make that leap the rest follows on.
Inevitably, he has become sought-after among captains of industry who want to know the next moves of their competitors almost before they do.
However, entering this private space has come at a very heavy price for DiCaprio's character, Dom Cobb and his loss weighs heavily.
The next move in his strategy is to plant an idea in the mind of the heir (Cillian Murphy) to a business empire. This requires him and his team to penetrate three layers of the sub-conscious.
However, the impediment could be the recurring appearance of his deceased wife (Marion Cotillard) in his own dreams.
And then there is an individual icon, a spinning top, which is the key to making sure that he is in the correct space.
Oh, blimey, that sounds incredibly complicated, doesn't it? However, after the first ten minutes, the mind does sync into understanding these various dream levels.
This is Mission Impossible on heat with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Ellen Page joining DiCaprio's crack team.
Meanwhile, Ken Watanabe, who is employing them, goes along for a very dangerous ride.
The special effects are dazzling and the storyline is riveting. But don't turn away for a second and definitely don't drop off for ten minutes.
Reasons to watch: Complex thriller which demands attention
Reasons to avoid: It is a tad head-spinning
Laughs: None
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 8.5/10
Did you know? Although it makes plenty of definitive statements about the nature of dreams, Inception is not the product of rigorous research. Indeed, Christopher Nolan didn’t look into the science of dreams at all when he was writing the script.
The final word. Christopher Nolan: "The idea is that by the end of the film people will start to realize that the situation is very much like real life. We don’t know what comes next, we don’t know what happens to us after we die. And so the idea of the leap of faith is the leap into the unknowability of where the characters find themselves." Wired
Reasons to avoid: It is a tad head-spinning
Laughs: None
Jumps: None
Vomit: None
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 8.5/10
Did you know? Although it makes plenty of definitive statements about the nature of dreams, Inception is not the product of rigorous research. Indeed, Christopher Nolan didn’t look into the science of dreams at all when he was writing the script.
The final word. Christopher Nolan: "The idea is that by the end of the film people will start to realize that the situation is very much like real life. We don’t know what comes next, we don’t know what happens to us after we die. And so the idea of the leap of faith is the leap into the unknowability of where the characters find themselves." Wired
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