Inception

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Inception delivers one of the most multi-layered cinematic experiences I have seen.  Think Matrix (real layer and matrix layer), but with more layers.  In most movies this translates into an unintelligible mess. But Inception gives each layer its own unique feel which makes it easy to tell which layer you are in and to track with the story.  Did I miss things?  Absolutely.  Which will make subsequent viewing all the more fun.

Let’s talk about the story for a moment (without spoilers).  Inception is, at its root, a heist story.  Build a team of specialists and steal something important (think Sneakers or Oceans 11) but all of that is done in dreams.  But it rises so far above just a heist that the heist seems more of a backdrop to what is going on with our main character, Cobb.  It is the canvas on which we are learning about him.  But that doesn’t mean that the heist story couldn’t stand on its own.

I’m not going to tell you anything else about the story.  I don’t want to ruin it for you.  And I don’t know if I could adequately describe it without taking up many more pages and no one has time for that these days.

The cinematography is beautiful as well.  Writer/director Nolan draws from such an incredibly diverse palate creating unique and vivid scenes.  Memorable.  The special effects are jaw dropping.  There is one action sequence in a hotel that is completely astounding.  It gives us a good look at how the different layers interact with each other and proves how well thought out this movie is.  But that is just one among many times I had to pick my jaw up off the floor, and not just for the visuals.  The ideas behind the movie are just as jaw dropping.

Inception is driven, not by the visuals, but by good, well fleshed out ideas.  This is a sign of a well executed movie.  Some movies have explosions just to distract you from the fact that the story probably doesn’t have many worthwhile ideas.  Inception on the other hand has great ideas that the special effects support.  They make the ideas shine.  That is actually one of the main thrusts of the movie: that ideas are very powerful things.  And Inception proves this to be true.

In the end Inception is an intertwining of many good ideas, each of which that could support a movie on their own, but combined create a movie experience seldom beheld.

So, should you go see it?  (I hope it is obvious by now but I’ll tell you anyway.)  Unabashedly yes!  Any movie that can make the audience give a collective and audible “Oh!” at the end is worth your time and money.  It is my favorite movie of the year thus far and I want to see it again.   Inception is about dreams and I left the theater feeling like I was in one.  Don’t forget your totem.  You will need it afterwards.  (You will get that bit after you see it.)