Well films have been part of my life since as early as I can remember.I have spend more time watching movies than on any other activity.My view,ideals and in a way my self has been shaped by hours and hours of movies of different languages and genres,and I know I am not alone(please tell me I am not).The very fact that there is nobody in this earth who hates watching movie is a proof to this fact(if you do hate it,then you don't deserve to live or you are blind and deaf in that case its okay).
The second reason I wanted to write about movies is because I genuinely believe the movies are a wholesome experience that does not just end with actually watching the movie (which is just a small part of it).To truly enjoy a movie you also have to read about it,discuss it and in this case write about it.Through this blog I hope to write about all the great movies I have seen the last four years ,and boy have I seen a lot of movies.....
With this post I want to write a review about inception
INCEPTION
The reason I wanted to write about inception was because of Christopher Nolan,He is undoubtedly one of the greatest film-maker in today's film industry and will undoubtedly change the face of modern cinema and inception is his second greatest achievement after memento and followed closely by redefining super hero movies. Mr.Nolan you rock...
The basic plot of inception deals with a group of extractors(I hope you guys have already watched the movie if you haven't please go watch it) lead by a once great and now nearly deranged Tom Cobb,who has been banished from his country and the only way he can get back to his home is if he performs an inception (again go watch the movie).
Now what elevates this movie above the rest is it's script,which is brilliantly crafted and fool proof,more of a labyrinth than a piece of linear story telling.It is said that Nolan spend 10 years of his life writing and perfecting this script.In our current movie scene where torture devices are marketed as films a movie with a pre- written script is a rarity.
Dream has always been a source of mystery and awe for human ,a place of refuge for few and a dark prison for some .Nolan has successfully tapped into our fascination with dreams and created an exciting adventure.He plays with the definition of reality and dream and asks where the line dividing them lies,if ever there is one.Here we have a protagonist,who is confused with the validity of his own reality.we are entering a realm of madness,because madness is nothing more than a different perspective of reality and like the creepy guy from yusuf's cellar says "who are we to say otherwise?".
The characters were very well made,each one had a soul and a purpose.The new architect Ariadne through whom the audience understands the rules of the world,Arthur the faithful sidekick,the mimic,the billionaire and finally our tragic hero and the ghost of his ex-wife,they would have fit well into a Shakespearian play,if it weren't for all the zero gravity stunts.But I did find Di caprio's character very similar to his character from shutter island,they had similar looks and almost similar back stories.
Something we really have to give Nolan credit for is the fact that he did not make up rules for his world as we went along rather he gave us a clear idea about how his world worked and then moved into the story.My only complain about the movie is that it's end twist wasn't much of a schocker.
Now about the ending,I know there is a lot of debate going on about if its still a dream or has he gotten back to the real world.The very fact that the director chose to show the entire sequence is shot in a very ambiguous fashion points to the fact that's exactly what the director wanted to achieve.But the fact remains that he chose not to look at it,a man's reality is what he chooses to be ,whether a dream or not it was where he wanted to stay and "who are we to say otherwise".
