Inception: Smart without being Boring

You may have heard a lot about Inception this Summer, but it all live hype when it hits the big screen. In a soon-to-be classic by genius, Christopher Nolan, comes a new story about dreams and reality.
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is an extractor of dreams. His job is to steal company secrets to sell to other companies for their advantage. He soon takes on one last big job: performing inception in the dreams of a company heir. When he sees this is his only way back home, he assembles a team consisting of a point man (Arthur played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt), an architect (Ariadne played by Ellen Page), a forger (Eames played by Tom Hardy), a tourist, and a chemist. They need to build a three layer dream, otherwise known as dream in a dream in a dream. It’s the only way the plan will work, and the idea will get planted. But as they go deeper into Robert Fischer’s mind, they begin to go deeper into Cobb’s. Will they prove successful or will his subconscious end up taking over?
This movie is beautifully shot with dynamic angles and fast pace editing, so the audience never gets bored. Although, you can’t miss a minute or you will be somewhat confused and lost. Hans Zimmer creates a perfect score with hauntingly amazing music that sets the mood for the emotional scenes, just as well as the action scenes. The script is well-written, very easily being one of the best scripts ever made for an action movie. It’s exciting dialogue and sometimes humor makes it fun without cursing so much, but with tons of awesome and solid action scenes.
The performances made it what it is though. Leonardo DiCaprio captures the depth and emotion of the character, as always, but is still interesting as this is the only action movie I have seen him in. Marion Cotilliard does well as the dead, but still insane wife of Cobb. Ellen Page, best known for her more humorous roles, finally shows her more dramatic side as a young woman, just discovering the dream world. Tom Hardy, lesser know than most of the cast, brings some comic relief as forger, Eames. . And my personal favorite, Joseph Gordon Levitt as Arthur. He always switches up his roles, but hardly is ever in action flicks as I was waiting for more movies from him after his performance in (500) Days of Summer. I’ll just say he has THE best zero gravity fight scenes.
This movie really makes you think, It takes a few days to process what you saw, and not be obsessed with everything about it and its idea. Yet, it is still completely worth it. So, if you haven’t seen it yet, you’re missing out! Go see it, and you’ll have no regrets about it.

Grade: A+