Only when we wake up do we realize our dreams aren’t real. In our minds we create worlds. We fantasize of what life could be. We are happy as our dreams carry us into worlds unknown to us.
Inception makes us wonder what reality really is. To put it simply, Inception is about dreams on top of dreams inside of dreams. As in our dreams, we can dream for what seems like hours, when in reality, it is only a few minutes. We can never even be quite sure what the relationship between dreamtime and real time is.
In Inception, Cobb is a skilled thief, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb is on the run and can’t get back to see his children, who desperately want to see him once again. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. No amount of planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy inside dreams that only Cobb can see coming.
If we dream it, it seems like reality to us, but does that make it real? Inception makes us wonder what reality really is.
I've read tweets about this. I must go see this movie now. I liked your movie review, as always.
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