Last Friday, I went to the theaters with my sister Jenny and cousins Bich and Rosemary. We watched Inception. Inception is an American science fiction-action film (set within the architecture of the mind) written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, and Cillian Murphy. The film is inspired by the experience of lucid dreaming. The film centers on Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), an "extractor", who enters the dreams of others to obtain information that is otherwise inaccessible. His abilities have cost him his family and his nationality, but a chance at redemption and regaining his old life is promised when Cobb and his team of specialists are hired to plant an idea in a target's (Cillian Murphy) subconscious. This process of planting of an idea, known as "inception", is less familiar and far more difficult than Cobb's usual job of "extraction". This is the first movie in a long time that I am actually really excited to watch. I really liked the movie.
"What's the most resilient parasite? An idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules. Which is why I have to steal it." This is sort of scary. Imagining that your ideas, thoughts can be stolen while you are sleeping.
The action and special effects were amazing. The shifting “gravity” fighting scenes were so well shot and well done. The way the actors walked across walls and and flew in awkward ways looked so seamless. I thought the hotel scenes basically outclassed the awesome shooting done in the snow fortress scenes. Overall I think that the cinematography is very beautiful and thought out.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt-I think I'm in love (I would so marry him in a heart beat)! He is so gorgeous and handsome. I just love the way he dressed in the film. I wish more guys these days would dress as well as Levitt's character Arthur. I especially love the scene where the dreamer’s subconscious is getting suspicious, so Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) tells the Architect (Ellen Page) to kiss him. Arthur: “It was worth a try.”
Cillian Murphy is pretty hot too. He has such amazing blue eyes. They are so piercing. My sister Jenny prefers Cillian Murphy to Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I remember telling her in the theater that he is so handsome and she had the "Ew, what are you thinking?" look on her face.
I drool just looking at Tom Hardy (just kidding). Inception had a really good cast of handsome actors. Leonardo DiCapro always pick really good roles to play.
I like how Inception left a cliffhanging at the end of the film. At the end of the film, the first scene in which Cobb is washed ashore is repeated. Saito is revealed to be the old man, aged due to the exponential nature of time in successively deeper dreams and has lived an entire life not knowing that he was dreaming. Saito remembers Cobb and reaches for the handgun as the top is still shown ceaselessly spinning. Cobb awakens on the plane to find everyone well, including Saito, who honors his agreement. He places a call and Cobb successfully clears immigration and customs into the USA as the rest of the team go their separate ways. He finally returns home and spins his totem spinning top on the table, but is distracted by his children playing outside. The top keeps spinning and starts to wobble slightly as the film ends, leaving the question of whether Cobb is still dreaming unresolved. So the audience can interpret the ending however they want.
I think that Cobb is still dreaming and that he is still in limbo. Because his children is wearing the same clothing in all of the dreams and in that last seen too. Also the top never stops spinning.
xoxo,
Kat
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