5 Reasons To See “Inception” (Movie Review)

I recently got the chance to see the new Christopher Nolan directed epic film, “Inception.” It took the director over ten years (allegedly) to write, and I decided to check it out. Here’s five reasons I think you should check it too.

1. Leonardo DiCaprio Doesn’t Use an Accent

If you’re familiar with Leo’s last handful of films, you’d know that he’s never been a great one with accents. Case in point; in “Blood Diamond” (another GREAT film, if you haven’t seen it) he’s an African, but his accent’s Australian. It threw me off at first. Then people died (a lot), and I forgot about it, but I digress.

In this movie however, the fact that there’s not a crappy accent… It’s amazing. I didn’t expect to make it throughout the whole movie without hearing Leonardo forget where he was and flip into one, but somehow he was able to do it, and his acting during the movie completely reeled me in.

Actually, everyone’s acting was superb. Usually, there’s one weak actor in every movie, but here with “Inception”, there was no glaring flaw. Each character had their moment which made you smile and realize they belonged in this movie. Each person played their part well. Each person made this movie what it is; which is essentially a movie with no bad accents from DiCaprio.

2. Things Explode

For a thriller/drama, this movie had a lot of action in it. The movie’s high points were long, sustained, and so thoroughly well-done (thank you for not saying ‘That’s what she said’) to the point after the scene ended you realized you were just caught in an action scene. This effectively happens at the beginning of the movie, and the intense, engaging moments never really stop. At the very least, it had at least three times more action than “The Last Airbender.”

As a sidenote, I believe this movie holds the record for longest slow-motion car accident.

Ever.

Christopher Nolan will probably be slated to tell my life story sometime around 2020. I plan to make it stretch into a trilogy.

3. It’s Like A Burrito…

It’s rare when a movie is able to go deep enough into itself to the point you’re sold on the idea. The Burrito Effect works here.

If you don’t know, this is something I just made up as I was ordering at Moe’s with a friend after the movie, but it makes sense. Imagine eating a burrito that’s full of ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, and other random assorted goodness that you personally enjoy. In each bite, you might have different ingredients, but it all leads back to the fact that you’re mouth deep in a burrito.

Pause.

The same can be said for “Inception.” The movie has several different elements compounded by the many different layers that progress the movie, and that’s the madness/genius of it. It knows what it sets out to do, and it never lets up in accomplishing that goal.

In short, it will either thrill you or give you a headache.

Or possibly cure cancer.

4. There Are Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Expect the unexpected in this movie. From trains on highways, to 47-minute car crashes, this movie is chocked full of original unpredictability. This unpredictability will continue to happen and things will ironically continue to spin this way until it all falls into place at the end of the movie (or not).

Read the last sentence again after you see the movie to see what I did there.

5. There’s An Ode To *NSync!

Ok, not really, but there IS a fight scene in the movie that channels the *NSync “Box Dance Scene” from their music video “Bye Bye Bye.” I know the chase scene in that video was crappy and overdramatic, but remember the out-of-place dance scene where it seemed gravity kept pulling them up/south/left/west? There’s an epic scene in the movie that somewhat mirrors that concept, but as epic as it is, I only could wonder what would happen if the scene involved people that knew Kung Fu…

And yes, I just mentioned *NSYNC. They were dope and they made an impression on me as a kid. Don’t judge me.

Bottom Line:

The movie is deceptively clever. I would almost say the whole movie is set up as a thriller that abandons its original purpose to mess with its viewers, but does so in such an ingenious way to the point you can do NOTHING but applaud at how you just got played.

Or did you get played? I guess it depends on how you interpret those last five seconds of the movie.

Christopher Nolan’s outdone himself with this movie. It was well worth the movie tickets and at LEAST 17 times better than “The Last Airbender.” “Inception” was so good that it actually made me feel justified for buying nachos from the concession stand for $6.25, which was at least $5.25 too much for stale nachos and melted, lukewarm cheese.I can’t wait until the movie theater posts a dollar menu, or as I like to call them, a “Recession Menu.” It’ll make me almost as happy as “Inception” did.

Almost.

I plan to let Christopher Nolan make my life into a movie one day, with free creative licensing. Be on the lookout for that.

Until then, definitely go see this movie in theaters.

K1ng Eljay