Inception. You must go see it.

[elfs]

Inception is everything the Matrix series wanted to be. You can see director Christopher Nolan sitting down with a pencil and saying, "I'm gonna fix everything that went wrong with the Wachowski Brothers," and he succeeded. Inception is an amazing movie, from start to end visually and intellectually appealing.

Go with no expectations. Don't bother with 3D, but do see it in Imax if available. Really, trust me on this: Inception is both awe-inspiring and talented filmmaking. At one point, Nolan has us aware of not just two but five different levels of reality are at work, and somehow keeps us completely informed of what we need to know at every level to keep up with his script. Omaha and I are gonna go see it again.

What else is beautiful about this film? Not a laptop or computer in sight. Hell, I don't remember people using a goddamn cell phone. The technology is never explained, and its origin glossed over in a single line of dialogue. Like that classic of mind invasion, Brainstorm, Inception cares little about explaining the technology and much about explaining what it means. The people both behind and before the camera do so with panache and style, and have created a beauty of filmmaking to behold.

Oh, and you learn why you hire a guy like Oliver Arthur^[*].

^[*] Must not blog after midnight, followed by going out of town for two days...

Comments

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

Actually, I suspect I would have been less annoyed by one of the fake IMAX screens. The IMAX theater at the Metreon in SF is most definitely for-real IMAX GT: the crick in my neck can testify to the size of the dome, and my headache afterward can testify to the audio system.