Inception

SPOILER ALERT!!!

Ok, so if you've not seen Inception (seriously go to the fuckin' cinema and watch it) and don't want any spoilers look away and come back later. If you have already seen it, please continue.

I'm gonna start by saying it's probably my all time favourite movie, and that is only a day after my first viewing, it is crazy insane. Christopher Nolan is simply a genius! How do you even begin to conjure up something like this? To connect such a complex and multifaceted story is an impressive feat in itself, but to combine that with the cinematography and beauty of the scenes is mind blowing. The actors play their part as well, Leonardo DiCaprio really does now deserve to be a part of my favourites list. Ellen Page (Ariadne), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Authur), Tom Hardy (Eames) and Marion Cotillard (Mal) were brilliant in it also, with the nice little cameo from Michael Caine coming as a pleasant surprise.

The movie was definitely not straight forward and there are times during it when you're like 'what the fuck is going on' but I think by the end of it, it all makes some sort of sense and everyone will take their own interpretations of the movie away. The more you talk to people, read about it, and watch it over, the clearer it becomes and more of the genius shines through. I was reading an article yesterday and it provided seven, yes seven, different but all perfectly plausible and valid theories on the ending to the film. How many other movies do you know that can be taken in seven different ways? It's incredible.

The theory I'm going with at the moment is that the end sequence is just a dream and he's stuck deep in limbo (possibly after Saito has shot him) where he has created the projection of his children. He doesn't wait to see if the top stops spinning or not, he doesn't care, he just wants to see his children whether it's in a dream or reality. When Cobb returns home at the end, his children are in the same clothes, same place and same age as they were, making it hard to be reality. This theory also means that Mal was right which is very sad. I thought the whole movie was very emotional, being able to see into some ones sub-conscience like that and see there 'elevator of regrets' was kind of upsetting. Cobb is one messed up individual, racked with guilt and pain, there was a line when Ariadne says something like "why is it so important to dream?" and he replied "because, in my dreams we are still together" :'( If that doesn't move you emotionally even slightly then you are made of stone! The whole spinning top thing is pretty clever, the very end scene, I've never seen a room full of people collectively hold their breath like that.

Last night as I went to bed I was hoping I would have some really vivid and imaginative dreams, but as I'm not normally a dreamer, I wasn't very expectant. However, I ended having at least three separate dreams, which I can remember bits and pieces from! Today I have not been able to watch any other films, it just didn't seem right but in the three days before, I have seen A Knights Tale, Kalifornia, Save The Last Dance, Iron Man 2, Kick-Ass, State Of Play, A Single Man, Death At A Funeral, and then of course Inception, pretty good going really. I want to go watch Inception again.

Thought/Quote/Lyric of the Day...
"Do you want to take a leap of faith, or become an old man, filled with regret, waiting to die alone?"
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"You're waiting for a train; a train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can't be sure. But it doesn't matter - because we'll be together"

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