Sunday, April 10, 2011

7: Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.


# 28: Inception

PG-13
2010
148 min

Sometimes I wish that other people could experience my dreams. They are usually pretty obscure and I don't tend to remember all of the major details. I don't, however, want to become lost in my dreams. It is interesting to think about the time line they put on dreams and to consider those rare dreams where you think you have one within another. A dream, within a dream, within a dream controlled by people who want to plan an idea in your head. The concept left me thinking for a weeks. Leonardo DiCaprio is stuck between reality and his dream world. While he is the main character, he seems to cause an overwhelming majority of the issues with the Inception plan. It's not surprising that he dreams of his dead wife, but her hostile attempts to ruin everything keeps the viewer from actually liking her. There are many disputes over the cliffhanger ending. They purposefully leave the totem wobbling, but is that really his totem? Watch the movie again. Pay particular attention to his wedding ring and the fact that he locks up the spinning totem saying it was Mal's.