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Inception (2010)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Inception, a first part or stage of subsequent events. There is your definition.

In this movie, Cobb (DiCaprio) leads a group of thieves into the deep, unconscious crevices of an unsuspecting victim's mind. They are experts in infiltrating your dreams by extracting information and/or persuasion. This particularly deceptive team consists of their expert/leader, Cobb (DiCaprio), an architect, Ariadne (Page), a researcher (Gordon-Levitt), a forger/impersonator, Eames (Tom Hardy), a chemist, Yusuf (Dileep Rao) and accompanied by Saito, (Ken Watanabe) the man who hired Cobb. This seems to be the last job for Cobb, but in order to go back to the life he desperately misses, he must first finish this assignment, confront his own hidden past and make sure his team does not become trapped in limbo, similar to a permanent coma. The team decides on a three level dream set up. In order to return from each separate dream sequence, they must all receive a "kick", or a shift in gravity. All kicks must be timed just right in order for you to be kicked back into each dream before finally returning to reality.

Everyone has seen the previews for this movie. They are absolutely incredible. The use of slow motion to enhance your perception of what is going on around you, the spatial and dimension changes using CGI are amazing. The story definitely keeps up as well. Pay close attention to the children and to Mal (Marion Cotillard), because an extractor isn't the only thing dangerous in your subconscious mind. It can also be memories and regrets. You may need to watch this movie more than once to get the full gist of what is being thrown at you, but it will be interesting every time you watch it as you are sure to find things you missed before. In my opinion, most movies that Leonardo DiCaprio or Ellen Page are in are worth watching at least once.

Favorite Scene:

There are so many stunning visual effects that it is hard to chose just one. But I would have to say probably where Cobb gives Ariadne a lesson on dream architecture and shared dreaming. It also gives us, the viewer insight into how the process of shared dreaming works. Enjoy ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eAuBSTinYw