When I first saw trailers for Inception a couple of years back when it first came out, I shrugged. It looked really mediocre, another one of "those" films Hollywood churns out every now and then trying to spin off the success of the Matrix films and isn't half as clever as it thinks, ending up a waste of a big budget. But recently noticing the reams of five-star reviews from hundreds of critics, I decided to check it out. And I was so very, very wrong.
The whole concept is very mind-bending, almost impossible to get your mind around. It pushes the very limits of your intellect into trying to understand this riddle of a movie, and, as it goes along, it feels like everything falls into place, like every question is answered and as a result, in the end you do not feel cheated but satisfied and enriched. What's more incomprehensible than the story itself is how Christopher Nolan came up with the story, put it to paper and ended up with an almost flawless script, and then created a film almost impossible to imagine in the first place.
Of course, it's not perfect. Not every single second captivates you like with some films, but it certainly is great enough for ten-out-of-ten. The score is fantastic, one of the best I've heard for a long time, and it really helps you engage with the film.
It really leaves you wondering. You won't stop thinking about it for a long time as it has challenged your intellect so far. It may not be quite on the same level as 'The Matrix', or quite as thrilling as Nolan's earlier hit 'The Dark Knight', but its intelligence surpasses any film I've seen in my life, and that is why I can give 'Inception' an honest ten-out-of-ten.
The whole concept is very mind-bending, almost impossible to get your mind around. It pushes the very limits of your intellect into trying to understand this riddle of a movie, and, as it goes along, it feels like everything falls into place, like every question is answered and as a result, in the end you do not feel cheated but satisfied and enriched. What's more incomprehensible than the story itself is how Christopher Nolan came up with the story, put it to paper and ended up with an almost flawless script, and then created a film almost impossible to imagine in the first place.
Of course, it's not perfect. Not every single second captivates you like with some films, but it certainly is great enough for ten-out-of-ten. The score is fantastic, one of the best I've heard for a long time, and it really helps you engage with the film.
It really leaves you wondering. You won't stop thinking about it for a long time as it has challenged your intellect so far. It may not be quite on the same level as 'The Matrix', or quite as thrilling as Nolan's earlier hit 'The Dark Knight', but its intelligence surpasses any film I've seen in my life, and that is why I can give 'Inception' an honest ten-out-of-ten.
