"Have you seen Inception?"
"Yeah! Have you?"
"Yes! Oh my God the hallway scene?"
"I know!"
I apologize in advance, but this will be a total fanboy review. I love this movie. I love this cast. I love this director.
Why do I love the movie? Thank you for asking conveniently placed ghost interviewer. When people at my store ask me what they should rent, I usually follow with a barrage of questions for them, using ninja skills to actually cause them to answer their own question. One question I ask is "are you in the mood for a popcorn movie or something more indie?" Which really means "do you want to think or not?" Inception is one of the rare cases that combines independent cinema thoughts with big budget effects. It's happened a few times before too, but it's definitely not the safe formula that hollywood has been guilty of falling back on over the last few years. I've heard Inception compared to heist films a lot, which is fair. However, there's so much more to be seen here warranting multiple views, whereas with something like Dog Day Afternoon (which is a great movie), after you've seen it once there's not a whole lot to be gained by rewatching.
My reasons for loving the cast should be obvious. Leonardo DiCaprio has proven that he isn't in the movie industry to make safe, boring films. He has pushed himself as an actor to take challenging roles again and again, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him ranking with Daniel Day Lewis at some point. I have a ridiculous crush on Ellen Page which forces me to say that everything she does is perfect. Joseph Gordon Lovitt is the best dressed and clever-tongued young actor out there. Cillian Murphy. I'm not going to add anything to his name, because his name is all that needs to be said. I was happy during every scene, because there was always a great actor on screen doing something awesome. That sounds like an immature comment, but that's literally how I felt during the whole movie.
As far as Chris Nolan goes, if you haven't yet gone through his filmography, it's high time you did so. He's the only man that could make a batman movie academy award worthy.
I've avoided any plot points because you either need to see it for yourself or more likely you already have. You know what this movies is. Go watch it.
