Lauren Slouffman
Inception (Christpoher Nolan Film)
I chose to watch Inception this weekend because it has been on my iTunes wish list for quite some time now. Inception is about a thief, Dominic Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), who is capable of entering people's dreams and stealing their secrets from their subconscious. This unnatural skill presents him with great popularity in the world of espionage at the cost of everything and everyone he loves. He repeatedly visits his own dreams where he can be with his deceased wife and relive their best and worst moments. He is eventually given the challenge to take his capability to the next level by planting an idea in someone's mind. I think that this is one of DiCaprio's best performances because of the intensity he portrays through his complicated character. DiCaprio's character follows the hero's journey throughout the film.
In abbreviation:
~Ordinary World: Cobb is hired by Cobol Engineering and cannot return home to see his kids
~Call to Adventure: He is called to perform inception on Robert Fischer
~Refusal of the Call: He refuses the offer at first, but then agrees because he will then be able to return to his kids
~Meeting with the Mentor: Cobb visits his father-in-law and the teacher who taught him how to navigate minds
~Crossing the First Threshold: Cobb and Arthur teach Ariadne to design dream levels
~Test, Allies, Enemies: Occur throughout his preparation for Inception
~Approach to the Inmost Cave: Cobb enters Yusuf's dream with Fischer, Yusuf drives them into level 2, go into Arthur's hotel dream, then the team splits up in the dream on the snowy mountain
~Ordeal: Cobb is confused because Mal shows up and shoots Fischer who falls back into level 3
~Reward: He discovers his projection of Mal is a shade of his wife and is not real, the inception has worked
~Road Back: Cobb finally lets Mal go and is washed up to his own subconscious
Nolan once again leaves all audiences in awe due to the entrancing depths and levels that the film takes it's viewers' minds to. After watching this film I was pretty much confused as well as in awe in regards to what I had just witnessed. This feeling that Nolan's films seem to repeatedly leave those who witness them with seems to be his goal in all of his outstanding work. 9/10.
In abbreviation:
~Ordinary World: Cobb is hired by Cobol Engineering and cannot return home to see his kids
~Call to Adventure: He is called to perform inception on Robert Fischer
~Refusal of the Call: He refuses the offer at first, but then agrees because he will then be able to return to his kids
~Meeting with the Mentor: Cobb visits his father-in-law and the teacher who taught him how to navigate minds
~Crossing the First Threshold: Cobb and Arthur teach Ariadne to design dream levels
~Test, Allies, Enemies: Occur throughout his preparation for Inception
~Approach to the Inmost Cave: Cobb enters Yusuf's dream with Fischer, Yusuf drives them into level 2, go into Arthur's hotel dream, then the team splits up in the dream on the snowy mountain
~Ordeal: Cobb is confused because Mal shows up and shoots Fischer who falls back into level 3
~Reward: He discovers his projection of Mal is a shade of his wife and is not real, the inception has worked
~Road Back: Cobb finally lets Mal go and is washed up to his own subconscious
Nolan once again leaves all audiences in awe due to the entrancing depths and levels that the film takes it's viewers' minds to. After watching this film I was pretty much confused as well as in awe in regards to what I had just witnessed. This feeling that Nolan's films seem to repeatedly leave those who witness them with seems to be his goal in all of his outstanding work. 9/10.
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