Inception

I tried my best to not watch any trailers or read anything regarding Inception because I wanted to be drawn in completely without any preconceptions. I am so very thankful that I did. What an amazing and beautiful movie.

Dreams in general fascinate me so I have been looking forward to seeing Inception. Last year I read an article about lucid dreams. I remember having a couple of them as a child, so I was especially interested to read about training oneself to use a few simple tricks to become aware of a dream. One trick they suggested is to study your hand every day and eventually you’ll start noticing when you’re dreaming since your hand will have more or less than five fingers. Once when dreaming I remembered to look at my hand, sure enough I had four fingers. I thought ‘huh, it does work’.

This is why I have been so very excited to see Inception. It went above and beyond all of my expectations. One has to remember that anything is possible in a dream. So how does one bring dreams to life on the big screen? Hire Christopher Nolan.

Christopher continually amazes me by always out doing himself time and time again. Just when you think he’s pushed the story as far as it will go he goes one step further, then another, and then another. I love that he casts solid character actors instead of the typical route of big studios forcing directors to hire the latest ’it’ actor. Christopher uses actors who are tried and true to the craft. Instead of giving the audience what they want, he gives them what they need. He hires actors who are capable of taking the audience on whatever wild ride he has in store for them. He never hands the audience what he thinks they want, he goes his own way and forces the audience to follow him. That’s how you make a great film.

To hire anyone other than this exact cast would have done Inception a disservice. Christopher hired these incredibly talented actors to assist in taking us to places we’ve never seen before. They helped bring us into the story rather than bringing the story to us. Every single actor was playing at the top of their game. And, every single one of them was needed to tell this story. There were no unnecessary scenes, dialogue, or characters which meant everything within the story happens for a reason. Every part of his web was needed to snare us when we were least expecting it.

You know you have something out of the ordinary when an entire audience reacts audibly to your story. Every single person was so drawn into the story that we reacted as one by gasping and sighing ‘ah’ as the wind was knocked out of us. Brilliant!

This is the best trailer I could find for Inception since it highlights a lot of the characters. You’ll have to see it for yourself to admire all of the amazing scenery and talent in the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy, Lukas Haas, Dileep Rao, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Pete Postlethwaite, and Marion Cotillard. Personally, I can’t wait to see this film again, but if you have yet to see it then I would recommend not watching anything until you do.

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout.