You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
Note: CoF reactions are always spoiler free. We will now be making the habit of condensing all the good things you normally find in a well written review into what we call a ‘Reaction’. Who are we to criticize someone else art? So we will just talk about the overall experience, seems fair.
Last week I posted an article titled ‘Why Everyone Should See Inception‘. I wasn’t just blowing smoke, I am still out there urging people to take the trip to their local cinema and check this one out. The reason I wrote the article before I even saw the movie I should explain, is because every once in a while and not often, a movie will be released you know you will enjoy (the last one for me being Shutter Island). My main case in the article was that Inception was original and that moviegoers should be supporting this kind of movie. Well, I saw Inception opening weekend with a packed house of believers and saying it met my premature hype and expectations would be too obvious. Would it be less obvious if I said it exceeded them in every way? Well it did.
Inception is definitely a film that deserves multiple viewings, I have seen it twice now and it wasn’t to figure out what the hell was going on as some people will confess – but more so to pleasure the senses once again, this movie is exciting folks. To see things on the screen that you have never seen before, that takes some great imagination and talent.
Never recreate from your memory. Always imagine new places.
Inception marks another win for writer-director Christopher Nolan following the record-breaking The Dark Knight, and it delivered the biggest opening of Leonardo DiCaprio‘s career, exceeding Shutter Island. It’s interesting to note that Inception hit the coveted mid-July release slot past films such as The Dark Knight and the last two Harry Potter movies once took. While it hasn’t reached the heights of those movies (yet), it also wasn’t a franchise or sequel title with a built-in audience. This is a landmark movie and I’m positive the filmmaking and theory behind it all will be studied for years to come.
The film clocks in at two and half hours and you will never notice. It’s worth the ticket price (twice over) and your eyes won’t have this much fun all summer. The movie moves fast and impresses on all levels; the cast is steller in this gorgeous movie, and the ending will have you talking all the way home. It’s a solid reminder to us all that story and characterization still rule in the land of 3D and recycling, Inception is a dream come true.
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