Inception

I'm a big fan of Christopher Nolan, so I was very excited to see his newest movie Inception. A lot of times when i'm excited to see a movie, I build it up in my head and then when I see it I'm greatly disappointed. This was not the case for Inception, because it totally blew me away. The basic plot of the movie (and trust me, I couldn't explain more than the basics if I wanted to), is that there are a team of individuals that can be hired to go into someone's subconscious via their dreams and extract information. Essentially they are dream thieves. A corporation wants them to do something a little different though, and hires them to enter the dreams of a man in order implant an idea instead of stealing it. The problem with this is that the idea must be implanted in such a way that the man believes it is his own idea and not planted by someone else. I'm not a fan of movies and TV shows that invest your time in something that turns out not to be the reality you thought you were watching (i.e. Identity, the flash-sideways in the final season of Lost), but that is not the case with Inception. You pretty much know when they are in a dream and when they are in reality. The story is very complex and felt way over my head, though I began to get a grasp on pieces of it as the movie developed, but that doesn't make the movie any less enthralling. About halfway into the movie, my heart started pounding and didn't let up until about 30 minutes after it ended. The acting is fantastic - I was particularly impressed with the English actor Tom Hardy who plays Eames and the French actress Marion Cotillard who plays Mal. The visual effects are stunning as worlds bend in on themselves and gravity loses its effect. Its an insanely brilliant movie that I highly recommend.