What separates Hollywood from Bollywood is the breadth of subjects Hollywood can handle. The English movie industry is able to re invent itself time and again due to a continuous flow of new ideas. Especially when it comes to science fiction, it is amazing how differently they think. I remember back to the Future way back in school. Though the concept was not new, (Time Machine - HG Wells? ) it was presented in a way that was easily appreciated by the layman. The movie "Inception" is not as uncomplicated. During the movie I had a feeling , on many occasions, of getting "lost" in the fast pace of events.
Cobb (beautifully played by Leonardo di Caprio)is a thief in the world of industrial espionage. He "steals" ideas from people's minds in the state of dreams. That has left him on the run. He sees the picture of his dead wife, who he misses, appearing in his dreams as a "projection". His little children are far away. He wants to renounce all this and get back to a more normal life. Then comes a project that can be his chance of redemption. He needs to do something he has never done before..not to extract, but to plant an idea in the mind of another person.
Will he succeed ? Or will he be lost in the limbo.. a state where your mind switches the real world and the dream world, and takes the dream as reality ? Will his mind convince him to stay in the dream world in the company of his loving wife?
Inception can at times be overwhelming. The special effects created for the dream world are amazing but a bit unnerving. In the final stages you start wondering yourself whether this is real or just a dream !
Overall a very watchable movie..Like star wars .. it attempts to..Boldly go where no one has gone before!
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