Inception (2010) ****

Wow!  That was weird!  I’ve been looking forward to this movie for a while.  It got great reviews in the past week since it’s been out.  The theater was crowded… and they’re showing it in two theaters at the same cinema. 

This movie started out very confusing.  I thought I must have missed something in the five seconds…thirty seconds into the movie… that I was opening my box of Goobers.  I was like, shit! I just looked down for a second and something really important happened and I freaking missed it!  I just did not get it for a long time.  I heard Pam three seats down from me saying, “I don’t get it.”  Then, a few minutes later, Linda whispered, “I don’t get it.”  From there, it started to get pretty good and I was thinking, “Boy, this is really, really cool… I wish I knew what the hell was going on.”   By the end, I was like, Wow! That was one of the coolest movies I’ve ever seen… I want to see it again!

So, if you haven’t seen it yet, trust me, it’s worth the wait.  Just pay attention because it gets confusing… but it’s really great in the long run.

What I can tell you that won’t spoil anything is that Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his team need to design a rich heir’s dreams to plant an idea in his mind: Inception… which is believed to be impossible, but Cobb knows it can be done… it’s just extremely difficult, and extremely dangerous.  The team must “share” the dream with the man and each team member has a different important job to do for success. 

Let me tell you, this cast was impressive!  I love Leo, but everyone else was superb, as well.  I didn’t even recognize Ken Watanabe… I don’t know why… he wasn’t disguised or anything.  Just some good acting, I guess. Marion Cotillard is gorgeous and fantastic.  Ellen Page was good, too.  Although, I have this problem always seeing her as the smart-ass Juno in every role she plays and in this one she was smart, but not smart-ass.  Joseph Gordon-Levitt was great… kind of Keanu Reeves-y.  Michael Caine was in it for a really small part… I’d almost call it a cameo.  Tom Berrenger was in it, too.  It was funny, I didn’t realize it was him only because he has completely grey hair and he looked really short.  I always thought he was taller.  Anyway, everyone was great.  Leonardo better win the Oscar this year… not necessarily for this movie, but either this or Shutter Island.

As someone who remembers their dreams a lot and frequently wonders their meanings, this movie was very, very interesting to me.  I didn’t really learn anything though… oh well…LOL!  I think when this movie comes out on DVD, people should make a drinking game out of it.  Every time someone says the word “dream” everyone drinks.  They say it A LOT.