Movie #34: Inception

Movie #: 34
Movie Title: Inception
Year Released: 2010

Director: Christopher Nolan
Notable Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine

Short Description: A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: #14
Ranker.com: #22
Lifed.com: #6
Empire.com: N/A
FilmCrave.com: #14
FlickChart.com: N/A

Note: This is the last movie on my list to appear on only four of the top 100 lists I used to compile the 251 movies I’m watching.



Date Watched: 10/26/2016

Grade: 4.5 out of 5 (Outstanding)

Rationale: I've said it before and I'll say it again: in Christopher Nolan I trust. The imagination it takes to come up with such a deep and detailed story like Inception is mind-blowing and I hope everyone appreciates Nolan's ability like I do. Equally important to Inception is the stunning visual experience created by CGI, the use of slow motion, and the suspension of actors within moving rooms to make the rooms look static and trick the viewer into thinking the actors are falling up walls during freefall sequences. Leonardo DiCaprio is as good as always and the rest of Nolan's often used favorites, like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, and Marion Cotillard, are great too. Finally, frequent Nolan collaborator Hans Zimmer created an exhilarating movie score, capped off by the gorgeous track "Time."