Was it all a dream? No just a frickin awesome movie!

A (very) quick review of Inception...(my first review, I'll get better, I promise!)

AMAZING!

Christopher Nolan has done it again with this mind-blowing movie. If you liked the Dark Knight, you'll love this. A superb cast featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, and Cillian Murphy.

The idea for the movie itself came from Nolan ten years ago when he penned a short draft-screenplay about people who steal dreams. He didn't feel confident enough to make the movie at the time and wanted to work on other large scale movies to gain more experience....hence Batman Begins and the Dark Knight. With the success of these, he went on to finish the story and script for Inception and sold it to Warner Bros. in early 2009. Filming started in July that year and ended late November, shooting internationally in locations like England, Canada, Tokyo and even Paris!

Every aspect of the movie was strong. The cast were brilliant. I've never had much of a liking for Leonardo DiCaprio (or DeCrapio as I used to call him), but this feature has changed my mind completly. Ellen Page and Cillian Murphy were great as usual, but for me Joseph Gordon-Levitt was on top with Leonardo. His single person scenes (dream level two) were excellant and made the movie all the more full of suspense.

I don't want to give too much of the plot away, so briefly it's about a group of people who can get into others dreams and extract the information they need. Although taking the information out is easy, placing a new idea into a person's mind (inception) is thought to be inpossible......enter Leonardo and his dream team (pun intended).

The score was composed by Hans Zimmer and the music suited the scenes perfectly. The menancing sounds of an orchastra seemed to just add to the suspense and tension that was unfolding in the plot.

Overall, the movie was great. A Dark Knight style script with a somewhat Matrix-y feel, combined with amazing effects.....win win win! Well worth the money and time to go see it. I'd give it 9.5/10 and I guarantee you'll be on the edge of your seat for half of it!

So whats next for Nolan? As I said in my previous entry - Batman 3!!! Himself and his brother are hardworking on a script, so it's set to be a busy years for them both! As said before, he is rumoured to have involvement with a new Superman reboot, but it looks like this role may be going to Christopher Columbus (director of the first 2 Harry Potter movies), however we will remain hopeful for Nolan!!