Beyond incredible. Those are the first two words that come to my mind when I think of Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Essentially, it's sort of like a “heist” film through the infiltration of dreams, but this idea later becomes reversed when the characters have to instead plant an idea in their target’s mind.
It’s been a while since I’ve titled a film to be a masterpiece, or maybe I’m extremely late to the hype around Inception and this film was due. Regardless, I can definitely see this becoming a modern classic. With sci-fi being one of my favourite genres, I was immediately hooked by the concept of entering one’s subconscious. The ability to bend architectures in a dream setting and having complex dream layers was so fascinating to unravel. It’s an extremely ambitious concept, but Nolan executes this incredibly well. There's this sense of intelligence around Inception, and this in turn ironically makes me feel intelligent. I also felt it didn’t hurt for when there was exposition in certain moments of the film, since Nolan’s plots can get a little confusing.
The performances of this stacked cast (although male-dominated) was nothing short of what I expected. I loved the whole process of forming the dream team, and having cool roles like “The Forger” or “The Architect”. However, I think one of Nolan’s weakest aspects has always been the lack of emotional depth in his characters. I was more invested in the plot instead of the characters themselves, which personally is a bit surprising since I tend to value a film more by my emotional connection towards the characters rather than the narrative itself.
Anyways, can we talk about the score for a second? Hans Zimmer’s compositions are straight-up bangers. Specifically, listening to Time was like an out-of-body experience. Overall, I loved Inception, as most people do. To be honest, I didn’t watch this any earlier because my initial thought was that the poster was awful, sorry! I regret that.
5/5