Movies are a favorite pastime for one and all. I always considered myself extremely critical of movies. That is probably the reason why i always went for any movie with negligible expectations and came out reasonably satisfied or sane (FYI - the no expectations rule works wonders incase you have to endure some of the most ridiculous hindi movies). Nonetheless, I am quite a bit of a movie buff and love to go for movies with friends regardless of the ratings or the banners who make them. However, the one movie that really made me write a blog on it was none other than Christopher Nolan's conception, 'Inception'.
To be really honest, I hadn't heard much about the movie until a friend told me that there was this interesting english movie that was released recently. Nonetheless, I went for it with the same no expectations rule. The movie starts off with an intention to grab the interest of the viewer with the dramatic entry of the film's lead 'Leonardo Di Caprio' who plays the mysterious dreamer Cobb. After the initial sequence with Saito (Played by talented actor 'Ken Watanbe'), the movie jumps from sequence to sequence which you later realize are all dreams. This is where the concept of the inception becomes more clear.
After all, its all about Inception or the birth of an idea. It becomes apparent after a while that this movie is about dreams and how dream extractors like Cobb and Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt of '3rd Rock from the Sun' TV series fame) use their technology to learn secrets that are virtually impossible to learn otherwise. The film's plot is quite simple and revolves around the fact that these dream surfers have to use their dream making technology to enter the subconscience of Robert Fisher (Son of Saito's rival) and learn the secrets needed to help Saito destroy the competition and claim the entire market. The movie also involves an 'architect' Ariadne (Ellen Page who shot to fame with critically acclaimed movie 'Juno') who has to design the dream land without letting the dreamer know about it. Along with everything else, Cobb has an interesting angle in the movie with his dead wife and that angle takes an interesting turn as the movie progresses.
This movie uses amazing special effects in the dream sequences and the photography and the scenes in the multi level dream sequence in the climax are also great. Overall, all the actors have done a fair job and Leonardo Di Caprio definitely has gotten lucky with movies like 'Shutter island' (I am still kicking myself for not reviewing it) and Inception. Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon have gotten meaty roles but Ken Watanbe has few dialogues. Veteran actor 'Micheal Caine' also has a cameo of sorts as Cobb's father. The concept of the Totem (A small heavy metallic object that makes you differentiate between reality and dreamland) in the movie is interesting and the spinning top totem of Cobb is the right level of mysterious.
I was able to connect with the story of this movie about dreams and how people can get to your secrets through a virtual safe is really interesting. Being in dreamland is also like being a god as you are in control and this sets off another thought process altogether. But the one aspect about the movie that I really loved was the delicate balance between reality and dreams that all characters seem to struggle with is very real and imaginable. This movie is a definite watch and if you are an imaginative person who loves to make stories in his head, go watch it now. This is one movie that has an impact strong enough to keep your mind swinging from the real to the reel long after the movie has ended!
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