Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #136: Inception

Genre: Sci-Fi/Science fiction

Annee/Year: 2010

Format: Blu Ray

Inception. In one word: spectacular. Why? Probably first since it is from the director Christopher Nolan who has a string of top hits since he started in the business (Memento, Insomnia, The 2 new Batmans, Prestige). Perfect cinematography, exquisite special effests, excellent casting...Casting yes definitely: first for Leonardo Decaprio who has been very good at signing on the best movies lately, bravo Leo, keep them coming. But also thumbs up for the rest of the cast (Ken Watanabe, Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine,....). perhaps the real secret ingredient is not the film nor the cast but the story itself?

Inception is the story of a team of experts who explore the unconscious of a victim to extract it's secrets or to implant an idea in their head. This is done by actually sharing a common dream orchestrated by a new technology (which does not exist today) where the team members draw the outline which blanks are then filled in by the victim. In order to achieve inception they have to use nestled dreams to get to the deepest levels of the psyche. A concept of genius which obviously is made more complex by the bagagge of psychological scars our travelers take with them.

In reality the whole of the movie is the win. I would not be surprised if this film gets at least one Oscar this year. Long live Christopher Nolan. Good for the whole family but a bit complex so may not be for people who like to be spoonfed their movies all the time. Personnaly i love non linear movies and this hits the spot.

Inception. Ce film est un travail de génie. La direction de Christopher Nolan est sans reproche comme la plupart de ses films (Memento, Insomnia, les 2 derniers Batmans, Prestige). La distribution est brillante et le choix de Leonardo Dicaprio dans le rôle principal nous rappelle encore une fois que Leo a le flair pour les meilleurs rôles dernièrement. Les autres acteurs sont aussi brillants (Ken Watanabe, Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine,....). Les effets spéciaux vous couperont le souffle.

Mais le secret du film est également dans le script qui est génial. Le film nous fait partager les missions d'une équipe de mercenaire du rêve qui utilise une nouvelle technologie avec lequel ils peuvent forger une réalité virtuelle et la partager avec l'équipe et la victime. Le but est de faire vivre à la victime choisie une expérience subconsciente afin de leur extirper des secrets ou de leur injecter une idée nouvelle (Inception). Ceci nous fait vivre une aventure carrément dans l'imaginaire de la victime, mais où tous doivent emporter leurs bagages de cicatrices psychologiques.

Le film est donc une réussite totale. Il n'est pas simple cependant ce qui pourrait déplaire à quelques-uns d'entre vous si vous n'aimez pas les films non linéaires. Ce n'est pas mon cas et j'ai adoré ce film succulent. Merci Christopher et longue vie a vous. Gardez l'oeil ouvert pour la soirée des Oscars.

Great quotes:

Cobb: You create the world of the dream. We bring the subject into that dream and fill it with their subconscious.
Ariadne: How could I ever acquire enough detail to make them think that it's reality?
Cobb: Our dreams, they feel real while we're in them right? Its only when we wake up then we realize that something was actually strange! Let me ask you a question, you, you never really remember the beginning of a dream do you? You always wind up right in the middle of what's going on.
Ariadne: I guess, yeah.
Cobb: So how did we end up here?
Ariadne: Well we just came from the a...
Cobb: Think about it Ariadne, how did you get here? Where are you right now?
Ariadne: We're dreaming?
Cobb: You're actually in the middle of the workshop right now, sleeping. This is your first lesson in shared dreaming. Stay calm.
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Cobb: I know how to find secrets from your Mind, I know all the tricks!
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Cobb: For this to work, we'd have to buy off the pilots...
Arthur: And we'd have to buy off the flight attendants...
Saito: I bought the airline.
[Everybody turns and stares at him. Saito just shrugs]
Saito: It seemed neater.
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Mal: You keep telling yourself what you know. But what do you believe? What do you feel?
Cobb: Guilt.
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Ariadne: Are these the 'experiments' you do every night? You're trying to keep her alive, aren't you? You can't just create a prison of memories. Do you really think that could contain her?
Cobb: You were not supposed to see that! This has nothing to do with you!
Ariadne: Nothing to do with me? We're supposed to be sharing dreams, here!
Cobb: Not these. These are my dreams.
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Cobb: Eventually, She tells me the truth that she was possessed by an idea, just one simple idea that changed everything, that our world wasn't real and in order to get back to the reality, We'll have to kill ourselves.
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Eames: Do they come here to sleep?
Thin Man: [Looking at Cobb] No, They come here to be woken up. Dream has become their reality! Who are you to say, otherwise?

Link: http://inceptionmovie.warnerbros.com/dvd/

Rating perso: 9.0 /10