Inception

I fell asleep during this movie and then realized I needed to wake up two more times to sync with reality

I can see it over and over again! One of the best movies I ever seen.

The Dark Knight may have been the film that catapulted Nolan into A-list status, but it was this film that made people sit up and take notice that the director was going to have a life beyond Batman. Rather than playing in someone else's world, Nolan has managed to create a fascinating world (or is it worlds ?) of his own. The concept of dreams vs reality has been explored before, but rarely to the effect that it is here. The cast are all great, particularly DiCaprio and Cotillard, but even more importantly is Nolan's script and the editing, which never lose the audience despite the competing narratives within the film and which leave you feeling completely satisfied even with the intentional ambiguity of the final shot. Indeed, the final hour of the film is one of the greatest sustained sequences committed to film, that keeps raising the stakes and Nolan's efforts to try and capture difficult sequences in-camera rather than using CGI is rewarded with stunning imagery as well as tense and exciting action beats. Hopefully a sign of things to come, not only from Nolan after his work on The Dark Knight Rises, but also from Hollywood blockbusters in the future.

I love Nolan, this film is one of his best, nearly on par with The Dark Knight.

Some people say this guy is overrated and overhyped, maybe there are right, the problem is no that Nolan films are incredible awesome, the thing is that if you compare then with the rest of the films of this kind they are simply superior.

Don't blame Nolan, blame the shitty films that make him look like nearly a god among humans in term of action/mistery movies.

Just keeps me amazed every time I watch it. Great movie.

Rewatching this masterpiece 10 years later and it's still so good!!!
One of the best movies of all time without a doubt!!!

Christopher Nolan + Hans Zimmer = Legendary result.

Watching this again in 2024 for the umpteen time. Upgraded my rating to 10/10 totally ninja.

Ever noticed there are clusters of talent that work together many times over a period of years? And while not everything hits a home run, mostly they do? This movie is the product of that union of writing, acting, directing that transcends everything and propels modern story telling forward.

>"Listen, there’s something you should know about me. About inception."

When I first saw this movie, it blew my mind wide open. I'd never seen anything like it before. It opened my mind to what a movie could be.

>"Inception. Now, before you bother telling me it’s impossible—"
"No, it’s perfectly possible. It’s just bloody difficult.
Listen, if you’re gonna perform inception, you need imagination.
It’s not just about depth. You need the simplest version of the idea in order for it to grow naturally in your subject’s mind.
It’s a subtle art."

Nolan's best movie. A perfectly constructed puzzle box that uses the conventions of a one-last-job heist movie to tell an intensely emotional story of guilt, love, regret, and redemption. It's also a movie about dreams, the subconscious, the nature of reality, and cinema itself.

>"Mal, goddamn it, don’t do this!"

All of Nolan's favorite themes are on display here: the obsessed protagonist, the dead wife, father-child relationships, timey-wimey shenanigans, men in suits, and globetrotting Bondian action.

Constructed in classic Nolan fashion: neverending exposition, outrageous practical set pieces, Pfister's golden cinematography, Zimmer's intoxicating score.

>"Non, je ne regrette rien..."

Yet Inception manages to avoid virtually all of Nolan's usual pitfalls. It's complex, sure, but it works even if you don't follow everything (unlike Tenet). It seamlessly marries sci-fi concepts, action, and emotion (unlike Interstellar, with its thematic whiplash of hard science and sentimentality). The cross-cutting at the climax feels perfectly earned, rather than an artifice used to create suspense. And the acting and line delivery is so good that you barely notice the clunkiness of Nolan's dialogue.

I love all of Nolan's movies, but I doubt he'll ever top this.

>"You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."