To say Inception is a good movie is not doing it any justice at all. In a summer of shameless remakes and sequels, this the best movie of the year if not the decade! Just when you thought Christopher Nolan cannot outdo his 2007 Batman sequel The Dark Knight, he shows us why he is the prodigal saviour of Hollywood. Inception is clearly his smartest movie since Memento. This movie reminds us again the reason why we should pay the ticket price to watch in theaters. I'm not going to discuss the plot in any detail here because that will just spoil the fun of watching it. All I can say is it is an exhilarating experience for me which I have not felt in a long long time. The story confounds you at first to get your attention, leaves you with a dozen questions then Nolan unveils the answers to you layer by layer. By the time you have most of the answers he hits you with a hammer of excitements and spectacular visual treats in the climatic ending that will surely astound you. Even towards the end you will be clamoring to know what is going to happen.
All the actors and actresses did a marvelous job playing their respective characters because Nolan does not believe in stereotypical pedestrain characters. Every actor has a key role to play and bring to the movie and all of them had their moments to shine. In fact I can hardly find any flaw with this movie, the cinematography gives the movie it's epic feel and the music score by Hans Zimmer propels the excitement and tension of the movie, especially towards the end, to an emphatic height. This movie would have been an editing nightmare but yet it was so elegantly cut that it laid out the depth of the story in simple fashion, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are people who requires a second viewing just to fully grasps the entire story.
In the opening weekend alone the box office takings in U.S has already reached $60.4 million, the movie was made on a budget of $160 million. That's not including overseas market earnings. Reviews all over have been exceptional and everyone agree that this is THE movie to watch. Judging by the unanimous applause at the end of the movie, it is very obvious the positive sentiments are felt and appreciated. Such a gem only comes once every few years, you would be kicking yourself if you missed it. I'm already planning to watch it again!
