Movie Review : Inception

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Its a brilliant movie (more so because I had to put sooo much effort to understand it:)) but seriously hats off to the writer and director for thinking of something so out of this world and then being able to put it into a movie so beautifully well. Inception has got rave reviews everywhere anyways, so am not sure what more I can add other than to support the view.

Its a movie which needs you to be absolutely and completely involved to be able to 'get it' but more so, is able to achieve that by itself! The pace is so quick, that try as you can, you cannot escape it. You are bound to the movie, trying to get a grasp of all that is happening and trying to figure out the gaps by yourself too. Inception gives the mind a new concept, of being able to enter other people's dreams and then slowly builds up this idea on what all can be done by entering other people's dreams, trying to make it a believable and complete theory. And frankly I think thats the biggest USP of this movie.

The unfolding of the story is well paced, trying to fill the gaps slowly. The characters are well etched, with each having his own eccentricities. And something else you may notice is that the characters all have shades of grey, but no one is made into a complete villain. In fact, even with Fischer you do not know if you want Cobb to be able to plant the idea into his dream or not. And you do not even know if you want Saito to be successful in his motive or not.

And frankly it does not even matter. You don't really care if its right or wrong, you are only involved in what is happening, and how it unfolds, without really wondering about the why?[ As an aside, the biggest flaw I found in the movie was the fact that Cobb would go to such lengths to just be with his children. Why wouldn't he just shift them out of the US to be with them? ]

Anyways, as I said the 'why' in the movie is redundant. Only the 'how' is important. When was the last time you got involved in a movie like this?

Would give Inception 4 out of 5 for a brilliant idea and an equally brilliant execution.

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