INCeptION
Inception -
Awesomely epistemological AND good to watch.
After the first minute of this movie, you’d be intrigued. After the first hour, you’d be absorbed. After the end of the movie, you’d suddenly feel almost a sense of gloom as you return to the reality.
Director Christopher Nolan produces a phenomenal and realistic art of a movie that far surpasses The Dark Knight by far. Similar to his Memento, Nolan plays with the concept of progression of movies. (Instead of having his scenes backwards, he had all of the scenes occur in a simultaneous chain.) Though such trickery in scene orders often ends up with a fragmented film, but this one fits in together with the discordant harmony of a Picasso cubism.
Director Nolan’s vision of the depth in character development is augmented by Leonardo DiCaprio’s scary good acting. Somehow, the disturbed character embedded with guilt suits Leo pretty well in his expressions and mannerisms. Definitely, he has completely evolved from his wooing nature from Titanic into a real, serious actor.
The complexity of the movie can get overbearing at times from suffering from way-bit-too-complicated-if-you-miss-one-line-by-a-character syndrome, but the general idea of the movie of going into person’s dreams for information or inception of a idea is simple premise enough for anyone. The action sequences of classic shoot-to-kill are quite balanced out with the thriller of racing against the time to create a symbiotic effect on the movie. It’s like the wild crocodile with the gentle crane, creating a scenic harmony.
Inception is a movie that deserves a good reflection and a playground for epistemologists. Also, you’ll probably enjoy it through and through if I haven’t mentioned this enough.
The only question is, are you ready to open your mind for this movie?
9.1/10
-byk
PS: Thanks to Steven Zhu for the motivation to go to this movie with his “I’z got free tix” and everyone that watched this film with me aka. Jason, Anne, Tiphanie, Jennifer Lo, Richard, Karlson, and Christopher. (hopefully haven’t forgotten anyone.)
