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WOW...what just happened?
PostedJuly 17, 2010
SheriinReho
from Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
I saw Inception on opening day. I think that the first thing I heard as the credits started running sums up the experience: "what the &!*#??"
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Dom, an expert at getting inside of peoples' minds (through dreaming) and stealing their secrets (known as extraction). He has a team who help him with this, and his clients are often leaders of some of the largest and wealthiest corporations on Earth. Ken Wanatabe plays one of those leaders. But what he wants isn't an extraction, it's an inception, in which an idea is planted in the subconscious of the targeted person. Some on the team say it can't be done, but Dom moves the team forward on this mission--despite the incredible danger it holds for them all.
Inception plays with space, time and matter in ways we've never seen before. It is not science fiction in the way of spaceships and alien creatures, but of the mind and its incredible powers. The visual effects are quite amazing, especially when the world is turned upside down (or sideways). The action in the film is quite intense and some sequences had people in the theatre with me on the edge of their seats--quite literally! One toward the end especially is a real mind-blower (in more ways than one).
My complaint is that the concept and the story are so complex that, even with total concentration on the screen, I found it difficult (nearly impossible at times) to keep up. I know I wasn't the only one in this situation, because I heard a lot of murmuring among the packed crowd to the tune of "What the hell just happened?" Several few people got up and left as I think they just gave up on trying to "get it."
I think if you looked up the word "mind$$$$" in the dictionary (if it WAS in the dictionary), there would be a picture of the Inception poster next to it. If that sounds like mad fun to you, then this is definitely your film. If it all sounds like too much work, then you may want to pick another movie.
I liked it...I enjoyed the hell out of the effects, the action and most of the puzzle. Maybe in a day or a week I will feel differently. But right now, I'm giving it 4 out of 5 stars. Taking off 1 for going just a little too far.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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