“An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you” – Cobb
Imagine waking up from a dream confused because it was so real you thought it was reality; we have all done it. “Inception” is an exceptional movie that plays with the idea of not knowing a dream is a dream until you have woken up.
“Inception,” directed by Christopher Nolan, was a 2010 box office hit and was nominated for several Oscars.
The movie follows the main character Cobb (Leonardo Dicaprio) as he navigates his way through the dream world as a thief hired to extract ideas from people’s heads.
The plot of the movie revolves around the idea that inception (planting an idea in someone’s head) is also possible. But how could someone possibly give someone else an idea without said person knowing it wasn’t their own idea?
Cobb and his team must go into this said person’s dream. But in order to keep their actions secret, they have to go several dreams down. They have to create a dream inside a dream in order to go into the next dream.
But they can’t go too far down in the dreams, otherwise they will get stuck in limbo and lost in the dream world forever. Oh, and each level of the dream stages happen at different speeds, so five minutes in the first level could mean a whole hour in the second level and a month in the third.
Confused yet? There’s more.
Everyone thinks inception isn’t possible, but Cobb knows it is… because he’s done it before.
This brings up a whole new complicated plot involving his wife, and the whole reason he has to do all of this to begin with.
“Inception” is not your typical Sci-fi movie, pulling on ideas that are often hard to grasp and wrap your head around.
The movie is packed with action and will require your full attention to fully comprehend the plot. Even then, you might have to watch it a few times.
The movie definitely leaves you with many questions and ideas to contemplate hours after finishing it, but also contains some hard to catch humor that will get you laughing between the jam-packed action scenes.
Actors such as Dicaprio and Ellen Page did an amazing job of bringing Nolan’s idea to life.
“Inception” has become one of my new favorite movies simply because there is nothing else like it.
The movie is unique in every aspect of its plot and construction, and the ending leaves you pondering the entirety of the almost three hour long movie.
Whether you have seen the movie before or this is your first time hearing about it, I would give it a 10/10 and recommend watching it immediately.
For those who have Netflix, watching “Inception” can be as easy as turning on your TV because the movie is part of the new release list of 2020.
