Movie Review : Inception

There are movies that make you laugh.

There are movies that make you cry.

And there are movies that make you go between "WOW!" and "HUH?!?!?!?" after you watch it.

The movie INCEPTION definitely belongs to the third category. Not surprising, since the movie is produced and written by Christopher Nolan, whose past work include Memento (2000) and The Dark Knight (2008). The story revolves around dreams and a group of people who are able to enter other people's dreams and steal information or ideas from the mind. In this movie, the team were given a task to plant an idea instead of stealing it, something that is rarely and almost impossible to be done. Full story, click here (although I highly recommend NOT to know the story before you watch it)

I find that the movie is a very good movie ...... great visual effects, great cast (more on this later), and a solid storyline. However, I do have to warn you that you have to concentrate and think while watching the movie, otherwise once you're lost, it becomes more complicated as the story goes along.

The main character is played by Leonardo Dicaprio. I've never been a big fan of his movies after Titanic. He tried to change his image after Titanic by starring as a more mature characters (e.g Gangs of New York, Blood Diamond, Shutter Island), but to me, he'll always be the boy that played Romeo & Juliet and Titanic.  Even the beard looks ridiculous on his boyish face. I don't know if the weight gaining is part of the mature look or he's just enjoying life a little too much :P

As for the other cast, I've always loved Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page. Both are young actors and actress that often stars in indie films (e.g : 500 Days of Summer and Juno). Both gives an excellent performance here, and you can see that Ellen has grown up so much from her geeky Juno days into a beautiful lady. 

The other actors in the movie also gives exceptional performance (Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy and Marion Cottilard). Each character has a distinct personality but they come together in the brilliant plot.

Overall, I give this movie 4 out of 5 stars and I highly recommend you to watch it in the cinemas :)