Inception and Film

Perhaps I am about to bite more than I will be able to chew, but I have been absent for quite some time here and there is no better way to strip away my writing rust than a film that we knew was going to be special. But none of us knew it was going to be this special. As the pompous title of this post suggests, the film in question is none other than Sir Dark Knight Christopher Nolan's latest addition to a filmography that is fast turning into a proper cinematic canon, Inception.

As DubMc's excellent review attests, it is a fantastic film - one that will shine among few when we look back on 2010. In fact, it may well be the only shining light from 2010. I am not going to go into another review for fear of repeating what DubMc has already so eloquently said. So, if you are looking for a review, look elsewhere.

Inception (2010)

There is no arguing the grandiose nature of Inception, in its presentation, its ambition and its cinematic soul.  The latest product of master craftsman Christopher Nolan, this Leo DiCaprio-starring heist thriller looks to go further down the rabbit hole than any film that’s come before it…and then to press on even further.  A kaleidoscopic tale of dreamscapes and nightmares, Inception sucks you in with its familiarity – luring you into the umpteenth film about dreams and mind exploration – then carries you away into uncharted realms of fantasy and science, smacking you in the face with rules and understandings with a casual banality, only in the very next moment to smack you again and tell you all that was only half true.  Indeed, watching Inception is very much akin to dreaming itself, with all the wonders of introspection, complication and sloppiness with which dreams may come.