If Christopher Nolan was there next to me when the movie ended, the same movie that ended with others going 'whoa!!' I would have slapped him. Hard. I like movies with resolution if not then atleast a debatable resolution. Not and ending where we go 'whoa!!' and not in an entirely good way too. Not that I did not like the movie, it was superb, but the ending was like the oldest trick in the entire book. Yes, you heard me right, the hallowed Christopher Nolan used the most abused trick in the book!
Almost the entire movie happens in someone's mind. Cobb (Leonardo di Caprio) and his team are corporate(mostly) thieves, they enter minds and steals thoughts. The breaking in is done during the dream state by experts who enter the dream and construct a world that is familiar to the dreamer and then seek out the secret they are after, usually hidden in a physical location in the dream world. Cobb is on the run and is given a chance to remedy that with a very specialised mission. Instead of stealing an idea, to implant an idea in someone's brain. A thing that has never been done before (or so we think) The visuals are breathtaking, the science seemingly possible, the acting is taut. We are slowly but surely drawn into the dream world or is the real world?
Now coming again to the slapping part, I know that it was imperative to the story, I know it was the best ending you can give a story like that. I know it was thought provoking, but I hoped it ended in a way that made it easier for me (brain laziness to be blamed)
7/10
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