Nolan hits another home run with ‘Inception’
How does one write or talk about a movie when one’s enjoyment of that movie comes from not knowing anything about it? It’s not easy, but I’m going to try.
“Inception” is the new thriller from Christopher Nolan, the genius director of “Memento,” “Insomnia,” “The Prestige,” “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight.” If that sentence doesn’t tell you that you should see this movie, I don’t what else to say. All the films I just listed are incredible, and “Inception” is no different. I just got home from seeing this for the second time and I’m still amazed, in awe and almost as confused as I was after the first viewing. There is so much going on in this movie, so many different ideas and layers of story, it requires at least two viewings…or three, which will be the case for me.
I’ll do my best to give an overview of the story without spoiling anything. I hate to tell anyone to quit reading but not knowing anything about “Inception” will enhance the experience.
Leonardo Di Caprio is Dom Cobb, a thief with a very unique ability. He is an expert in infiltrating the dreams of his marks and stealing their secrets. He and his team use this skill in corporate espionage on a global level. They have been hired by Saito, played by the superb Ken Wantanabe, not to steal a secret, but to plant an idea, an inception, into the mind of his main competitor. If Dom and his team can pull it off, Saito will arrange for them to return home to the U.S. and Dom will be able to see his children again.
This is all I want to say about the plot. It’s exciting and interesting and takes twists and turns that are truly original and deserve not to be spoiled.
Christopher Nolan is one of the best filmmakers working. Since “Memento” in 2000, he has made movies that are incredibly brilliant. “The Prestige” is about dueling magicians who spend their lives trying to one-up each other. Nolan reinvented the comic book movie with “Batman Begins,” and then made the greatest one of all, “The Dark Knight.” In fact, I hope that once he is done with the third in his proposed Batman trilogy, I don’t ever see another director try it in my lifetime. Nolan’s movies are all wildly original and expertly made. Some directors don’t make this many great movies in a whole career, and he’s done it in a decade. He is in a very exclusive group, with David Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson and the late, great Stanley Kubrick.
Inception is fantastic movie. It’s thrilling, brilliantly written and executed, and will most certainly make my top 10 at the end of this year. Go see it. I will at least one more time in the theater, and maybe I’ll be able to write about it again in more detail.
Until I’m sure it’s been widely seen, I would feel bad if I ruined anything for anyone.
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