Saturday, July 17, 2010


Its been quite a while now I have been itching to write a review of my own,couldn't get a better movie - Inception.Directed by Christopher Nolan Inception is at its core a heist movie.DiCaprio stars as Cobb, a protector of ideas and dreams in an age where human beings can enter in each other's dreams.Not only that the dreams can be designed by a person called an Architect who creates a maze like pseudo reality,then there is the Morpher who can morph into any person in that dream and the operator who provides you with powerful sedatives so that you stay in your sleep long enough or to get out of the dream gives you a kick,which can be a particular event like a free fall or a song.To identify weather you are in a dream or reality there is a totem which is a small metal object of particular characteristics.The concepts are fresh as expected from a director of his caliber and requires absolute concentration to fully comprehend what is going on.DiCaprio is assigned one last job of embedding an idea in a persons mind instead of stealing one which will grow on its own in his subconscious mind leading him to split up his fathers business empire.To do that DiCaprio needs to perform an act called Inception which he tried once before on his wife which led to her death.At 2 hours an 13 minutes of runtime Inception is an engaging watch.The set pieces are brilliantly designed and the action sequence well choreographed.The background music by Hans Zimmer is effective and the cinematography is A class by Wally Pfister providing a familiar look and feel of that we have experineced before in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.However the film could have done better to connect to an emotional level even it spend ample amount of time portraying the relationship between DiCaprio and his wife or the strained relationship between the business tycoon and his dad.In the end as before Nolan has kept the film open to interpretation a characteristic which you hate to love.Inception requires multiple viewing to appreciate the coming together of all the little pieces and the attention to detail achieved in the movie.Hope too see many more gems from Nolan in the coming years since he is just 40 and hope DiCaprio shades his tormented look that he is carrying way too long right from the Aviator till Shutter Island and gives us a Jack Dawson instead.