Inception review: A Masterpiece In Someone’s Dream

In Christopher Nolan Movie, there is a con-game movie, all actions take place within the characters' minds while they dream.

A scene from “Inception”, Warner Brother’s Pictures.

Inception is a 2010 science fiction action film. It is written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced the film with his wife, Emma Thomas. The ensemble cast includes Leonardo Di Caprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. After the 2002 completion of Insomnia, Nolan presented to Warner Bros. a written 80-page treatment for a horror film envisioning "dream stealers," based on lucid dreaming. Deciding he needed more experience before tackling a production of this magnitude and complexity, Nolan retired the project and instead worked on 2005's Batman Begins, 2006's The Prestige, and The Dark Knight in 2008. The treatment was revised over 6 months and was purchased by Warner in February 2009. Inception was filmed in six countries, beginning in Tokyo on June 19 and ending in Canada on November 22. Its official budget was US$160 million, split between Warner Bros and Legendary. Nolan's reputation and success with The Dark Knight helped secure the film's US$100 million in advertising expenditure.

This movie is described by its creators as “ a science-fiction, heist film, and film noir movie”. Inception is the story of Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio). Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible, inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea, but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

Dominic Cobb is the foremost practitioner of the artistic science of extraction, inserting oneself into a subject's dreams to obtain hidden information without the subject knowing, a concept taught to him by his professor father-in-law, Dr. Stephen Miles. Dom's associates are Miles' former students, who Dom requires as he has given up being the dream architect for reasons he won't disclose. Dom's primary associate, Arthur, believes it has something to do with Dom's deceased wife, Mal, who often figures prominently and violently in those dreams, or Dom's want to "go home" (get back to his own reality, which includes two young children). Dom's work is generally in corporate espionage. As the subjects don't want the information to get into the wrong hands, the clients have zero tolerance for failure. Dom is also a wanted man, as many of his past subjects have learned what Dom has done to them. One of those subjects, Mr. Saito, offers Dom a job he can't refuse: to take the concept one step further into inception, namely planting thoughts into the subject's dreams without them knowing. Inception can fundamentally alter that person as a being. Saito's target is Robert Michael Fischer, the heir to an energy business empire, which has the potential to rule the world if continued on the current trajectory. Beyond the complex logistics of the dream architecture of the case and some unknowns concerning Fischer, the biggest obstacles in success for the team become worrying about one aspect of inception which Cobb fails to disclose to the other team members prior to the job, and Cobb's newest associate Ariadne's belief that Cobb's own subconscious, especially as it relates to Mal, may be taking over what happens in the dreams.

Inception is one of those movies that most viewers have to watch more than once to understand it -- even on a base level. Cinematography is very wonderful in this movie. There is a variety in Cinematography in the movie. Nolan uses Cinematography that suits the location. For example, the scenes in hotel have warm hues, and the scenes in the van are more neutral. Although this movie is a science-fiction, you feel that it is a real movie because of Cinematography. Also, visual effects are so magic. This movie uses the new techniques especially in visual effects. I think, I don’t see these techniques in any other film. The magic of visual effects shows in the fight scene that takes place in zero gravity. The Editing is a wonderful. It makes us focusing in every shot. Also, the sequences are so genius because it does not get you sharp in your ideas. The magic of Editing shows in a scene between Cobb and Ariadne when they stood in front of a Mirror in the street. The Director uses sound that suits the scenes especially in the scenes of Dreams. Also, the background sound is very accurate especially the scenes in the street. Also, Music is so accurate because it makes us feeling that it is a reality not a science fiction. Inception uses a combination of low-key lighting and three-point lighting. Each light setting is used to impact the movie picture in a different way. The low-key setting is used to create deep shadows, with very high contrast between the brightest parts of the scene and the darkest parts. It used in intense dramatic scenes throughout the movie. Three-point setting is used in Inception. The benefit for using these lighting styles is that it helps set the tone for the movie. The low-key lighting helps to set dramatic scenes throughout the movie by creating deep shadows on intense scenes.

The theme of “Inception” is reality and dreams. In Inception, Nolan wanted to explore "the idea of people sharing a dream space...That gives you the ability to access somebody's unconscious mind. The majority of the film's plot takes place in these interconnected dream worlds. This structure creates a framework where actions in the real or dream worlds ripple across others. Acting is very wonderful. I think that the new technical helps actors to bring out the best of them. The rating of Inception movie is 8.8/10 according to IMBD, 87% according to Rotten Tomatoes.

For me, I recommended to watch Inception movie several times not one to understand the point of the movie. Inception is an ideal movie that is a science-fiction in genre but you feel that it is a real. I gives this movie 8.5/ 10. Along with technical brilliance and ingenuity, there is something disconcertingly self-important about Inception with a plot that clogs and flags markedly in its final act, and, however gasp-inducing its effects and invented worlds, the story's drive stalls; I can never suppress the suspicion that something more interesting might be happening in ordinary, unassuming waking reality.