Chris Nolan's Inception may be his best film to date. Masterful craft of storytelling, the director probably did his most visually stunning, most mind-boggling script ever yet, and near perfectly planting it on film.
The story evolves around master "mind thief" Cobb, Leo di Caprio's character. Instead of pulling out thoughts or ideas from a dream of an individual, for a competitor's advantage, they were assigned to perform an "INCEPTION". A completely opposite heist concept of Cobb's expertise, implanting an idea to a "target" to influence a client's competitor. The premise alone took about an hour for Nolan to present in his film to be able to establish a clear and stable concept of the whole idea for his viewers.
Funny to research on the background of the film, that the earlier stages of the story development was way back in 2001, thus, giving sufficient time for the director to perfect the concepts. It was like Nolan had to go through to all those huge budgeted films like the new and well crafted Batman series, as well as the Prestige and the remake of Insomnia. A pre-requisite to arrive such an "obra-maestra" or his masterpiece.
This is no typical edge-of-your-seat action film from beginning til end since the maestro quilted us the most complex and undeniably the bravest film ever presented. Watching it was like "there was nothing incomparable to the Matrix concept --- until there was INCEPTION! Now that would be a huge challenge for the new filmmakers.
Almost all segments of the film are topics worth a lifetime to discuss: from the recruitment, the concepts of the "premises" for each character (e.g. the Forger, "the Extractor", the Mark", etc.), to the actual mission itself discussing layers of dreams, from Cobb's thoughts and memories, to the different survival solutions of each scenario given..., you would be lingering each and every moment of the film for hours after seeing it.
With Nolan's visuals is Walter Pfister, his ever loyal cinematographer, who worked with him in practically in all his previous films. Basically if Nolan's is the brain then Pfister would be his eyes. Again, shots were stunning and lingers into your brain for some time. This is sheer evidence why visual effects were created and special gadgets were invented to deliver and project such euphoric feeling on film!
In conclusion, an intricate and complex script presented flawlessly and was harmoniously delivered through film as its canvass, Christopher Nolan adds another title to his library of masterworks. In one phrase all I can say for Inception is - it is one feast for the brain.
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