A few days before she arrived in Delhi for her shortest visit till date, the sibling told me that we must watch Inception together. I am a fan of Caprio and Nolan’s filmmaking has appealed to me in the past (remember the Dark Knight?), so it was easy to say yes to her.
By the time she arrived, things looked different. My unusually tight schedule at work was swallowing weekends in its wake, and it was no different when she was here. I had forgotten about the movie and had not read the reviews.
She reminded me of my promise, and we hastily booked tickets in the morning. On our way to the theatre, she saw what has happened to CP and I suspect that she has still not recovered from the sight.
It took me a while to recover from the movie, surreal as it is.
The movie is about a corporate heist set in the world of dreams. The protagonist Dom Cobb, played by Caprio, is entrusted with the seemingly impossible task of planting an idea in a man’s dream, getting him to believe that it is his own idea, and then watching the execution of the idea. What is Cobb’s original job profile? He extracts dreams from people, and steals their inaccessible thoughts.
The manner in which Nolan shows dreams within dreams and all of them following a logical sequence shows his mastery in translation of abstract ideas. As with his previous movies, it takes a while to understand what is being said. Once that phase is taken care of, the movie grips you. I particularly liked the scene with the glass doors being created in the maze, the dream set in the hotel where gravity (the one associated with physics) doesn’t exist for a while, the dream set in the snowbound place, and the ending that is left open to interpretation.
Sometimes, it takes force to make one’s mind open to different ideas. I have not been a fan of sci-fi movies, but am developing a taste for them now. The Matrix is now part of my list of movies-to-be-watched.
By the time she arrived, things looked different. My unusually tight schedule at work was swallowing weekends in its wake, and it was no different when she was here. I had forgotten about the movie and had not read the reviews.
She reminded me of my promise, and we hastily booked tickets in the morning. On our way to the theatre, she saw what has happened to CP and I suspect that she has still not recovered from the sight.
It took me a while to recover from the movie, surreal as it is.
The movie is about a corporate heist set in the world of dreams. The protagonist Dom Cobb, played by Caprio, is entrusted with the seemingly impossible task of planting an idea in a man’s dream, getting him to believe that it is his own idea, and then watching the execution of the idea. What is Cobb’s original job profile? He extracts dreams from people, and steals their inaccessible thoughts.
The manner in which Nolan shows dreams within dreams and all of them following a logical sequence shows his mastery in translation of abstract ideas. As with his previous movies, it takes a while to understand what is being said. Once that phase is taken care of, the movie grips you. I particularly liked the scene with the glass doors being created in the maze, the dream set in the hotel where gravity (the one associated with physics) doesn’t exist for a while, the dream set in the snowbound place, and the ending that is left open to interpretation.
Sometimes, it takes force to make one’s mind open to different ideas. I have not been a fan of sci-fi movies, but am developing a taste for them now. The Matrix is now part of my list of movies-to-be-watched.
7 comments:
Glad you saw it, it sure is worth a watch. And yes, DiCaprio has come of age in the last few years with some stupendous movies. :)
Anu, my friend tells me that inception is (matrix)^5!!! I think my dreams have become more creative after watching this film!! :P
Sumit, I have been DiCaprio's fan for a long time now. Till date, Blood Diamond remains my favourite DiCaprio movie! :)
Archu, :)) There are suggestions that Inception is inspired by The Matrix - I want to see it for myself to figure whether this is a fair thing to say.
Wow! You have not watched Matrix!
Suki
Suki, yes. I had a closed mind towards sci-fi films; I always thought they didn't deserve to be watched for they were fantasy driven. Reality dawned on me far later - the other movies that I have watched are fantasies in their own way! :)
Even I want to see the movie...I hope I can catch it this week...
Bells, it is definitely worth a watch. Hope you watch it soon! :)
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