Just got back from Inception, OH BROTHER! Quick recap: Inception is the new Christopher Nolan joint, it is about dreams.  Leo is a guy who breaks into people’s dreams, usually to steal info.  But Ken Watanabe makes him a proposition to go into Cillian Murphy’s head and plant an IDEA, or an inception, for business reasons.  If Leo and his “dream team” are able to accomplish the Inception then Leo gets to go back to the USA where he is a wanted man. Ok rad.

Inception is one of those movies where the writer keeps making up rules, changing rules, etc etc….think “Don’t cross the streams.”  Basically, if you think about it too hard you are going to get a headache, it will also take the fun out of it, and Inception is a very fun movie.

Before  I saw Inception I read two reviews.  One basically called it the greatest thing to come out of a human’s mind since the idea of fire…and the other called it a huge fucking mess, neither of those are accurate.  To the people expecting Inception to change their lives, calm down bro.  Just like most of Nolan’s films, this is a intelligent summer movie, no more no less.  It did not change my idea of what cinema can do, or move me in a massively emotional way, it’s not There will be Blood or The Hurt Locker.  The movie is very fun and very entertaining but its not perfect or transcendent.  The screenplay is definitely convoluted and sometimes just makes no sense but you buy it because you are too busy enjoying yourself.  I really enjoyed the fact that once the “heist” gets started the movie is pretty much one long action sequence.  Hot.

My favorite part of Inception was not the effects, or the pedigree, or the world….it was the characters.  Almost every character gets a chance to shine in various ways, as there are plenty of responsibilities in the dream world.  I think the real scene stealer is Tom Hardy, he was in the fantastic Bronson as well, but in Inception….almost every scene he is in is thoroughly enjoyable.  Look for him as Max in the new Mad Max movies coming someday.

So is it worth seeing?  Worth spending big bucks on?  Yeah, totally.  Making the Dark Knight put Nolan in a position to have a big budget to make a movie “for him”.  But the interesting part is that movies “for Nolan” aren’t a lot different than movies for the studio, they are both big, over-the-top, intelligent action flicks.  If you are anything like me than you have maybe cut down on your theater trips because of the killer prices and because this summer has been pretty limp moviewise.  That being said, Inception was totally worth the trek/money.   I went with a group and after it was over we all just talked it out and cracked Inception jokes the whole train home.  Good times.

Anyway, you should see it…at some point at least.  Hit up the comments for Plot talk or to yell at me.  I’m gonna be busy this weekend making my totem.

PS: Porn Version?  Conception.  Get on that.

- Dr. Dinosaur