I've never been a great fan of Leo Di Caprio - but I have always enjoyed the movies he has been in, with the exception of Shutter Island which promised so much but after I had the plot and twist figured within the first 15 seconds I fell asleep on my fine ass couch, wrapped in my Yankee throw rug, which I can promise you I enjoyed far more.
Inception delivered a completely different experience altogether.
From the moment I heard the deep drone introduction, like an army of depressed vuvuzela's, I knew I was in for something epic.
Leo plays Dom Cobb, an expert in corporate espionage, that no longer plays itself out in real world, but rather in the subconscious and in the dreams of his corporate targets.
Cobb is good at what he does but after the death of his wife, he is blamed for her death and is forced to live and work on the run and away from home and his children - a history that sets up Cobb your typically likable and middle aged emo anti-hero type character that, you hope, achieves redemption in the end.
Cobb, along with his team, made up of a fraud man, Eames (Tom Hardy) an apprentice dream architect, Ariadne (Ellen Page) and his fellow extractionist, Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), take on one last job that involves the inception of an idea, rather then an extraction of one, and comes with the promise of freedom and a clean slate.
From start to finish this movie is a crazy ride that requires you hold on without blinking, or you risk missing some nugget of visual, acting or story line gold. I know I didn't want it to stop!
Leo was Leo, reliable and believable as Cobb, but the stand out performance for me was delivered by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, whose role as the 'Bondesque' Arthur was played, for me, so convincingly. Gordon-Levitt wins my favourite scene award with his revolving rumble with their targets' dream security force - it's nuts!
The story line is flawless and with more layers then an onion or an Adriano Zumbo Chocolate mousse cake - and it is just as sweet. It was not predictable and I appreciated that.
I am thinking that Inception might just score Leo his first Oscar win - but I have to say that this was well written, well directed, well dreamed and well executed by Christopher Nolan. It's been a long time between tasty drinks mate, with momento being my other piece of Nolan platinum, and I'm glad Christian Bale didn't make the cut.
My only regret, when it comes to inception, is that I can't go back in time and watch it again for the very first time.
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