Deception

I think my roommate described Inception best when she said "I don't know how to describe it." But I'll try.

In simplest terms it's an action movie that makes you think. In complex terms its much more than that. With all its intricacy it can't be categorized into one basic genre, or even two. It's about life in a dream--and not in a sci-fi way.

This was my second time seeing it. I marveled at it more this time, already knowing it was brilliant--trying to pinpoint why--but I couldn't. It just is.

The concept is so original and so smart, and the execution is perfect. There's dreams within dreams, and the filmmakers had to have taken their time because the continuity and consistency are flawless. They explain what would be the unexplainable and make this dream world... reality. But it's not. And that's what the point is... kind of. Not to get lost in the life-like dream, or you'll compromise what's most important. In that way its beautiful. What's most important is family (to the main character). Although, it's about money and thrill for the rest of them. And that's where I see what I don't like. All the characters are kind of amoral, and even immoral. Their either hijacking people's subconscious to get information or put it there for their own benefit. Except DiCaprio. The first and second time he performs inception are for his children.

And in their scheming, they fix a son's relationship with his dead father, but its fake so in the end its not really good. or maybe it is... since the son thinks the reconciliation is real...

I don't know. Besides that, fan-freaking-tastic movie.

Now I guess I need to dig a little deeper as to why Nolan told this story. It wasn't just about family. It was about reality. Did he mean for us to question ours or to not take it for granted? I think it could be read either way. Maybe it was just his weird way of explaining something we don't know a lot about--dreams. My one roommate is convinced it was ALL a dream because of the end, but I think that would defeat the purpose of the movie. None of it would matter if the end wasn't real.

Anyway--GO SEE IT! I've paid for it twice and before that I had paid for two movies in the regular theater in the past year. It's so worth it.