Inception Review
Benjamin Kahen
Ms. Tara Causey
English 1101
8 October 2014
Inception Dreamt up a Great Review
Written for IMDB.com “They say we only use a fraction of our brain 's true potential. Now that 's when we 're awake. When we 're asleep, we can do almost anything” (Inception). Cobb explains in the movie Inception. Dreams are a sophisticated phenomenon that occurs within the human mind when at rest. The definition of inception by the movie’s standpoint is the implantation of another person 's idea into a target 's subconscious. The thoughts that occur during dreaming are so surreal that even the person dreaming has no knowledge of reality until he or she wakes up. “Dreams feel real while we 're in them. It 's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange” (Inception). Christopher Nolan strikes again in this exciting thriller about dream extractors in the business world of corporate America. Nolan is a director of critically acclaimed films such as The Dark Knight and The Prestige. This 2010 film directed by Christopher Nolan has a well-developed cast, stunning Cinematography and sound mixing, and thought-provoking plot twists that engages with the audience at every moment throughout this mind-blowing experience.
Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and business partner Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) are "extractors", people who perform corporate espionage using an experimental military technology to infiltrate the subconscious of their targets. Their purpose of doing so is to extract information while experiencing shared dreaming to avoid any suspicion that they were ever in that person’s dream to begin with. Cobb and Arthur are given an assignment by Saito (Ken Watanabe) that requires the help of other skill sets in order to complete. Saito agrees to take any burdens off of Cobb in order for him to see his family again. Saito wants the team to perform "inception” on a corporate competitor Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy) in order to dissolve the opposing
Ms. Tara Causey
English 1101
8 October 2014
Inception Dreamt up a Great Review
Written for IMDB.com “They say we only use a fraction of our brain 's true potential. Now that 's when we 're awake. When we 're asleep, we can do almost anything” (Inception). Cobb explains in the movie Inception. Dreams are a sophisticated phenomenon that occurs within the human mind when at rest. The definition of inception by the movie’s standpoint is the implantation of another person 's idea into a target 's subconscious. The thoughts that occur during dreaming are so surreal that even the person dreaming has no knowledge of reality until he or she wakes up. “Dreams feel real while we 're in them. It 's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange” (Inception). Christopher Nolan strikes again in this exciting thriller about dream extractors in the business world of corporate America. Nolan is a director of critically acclaimed films such as The Dark Knight and The Prestige. This 2010 film directed by Christopher Nolan has a well-developed cast, stunning Cinematography and sound mixing, and thought-provoking plot twists that engages with the audience at every moment throughout this mind-blowing experience.
Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and business partner Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) are "extractors", people who perform corporate espionage using an experimental military technology to infiltrate the subconscious of their targets. Their purpose of doing so is to extract information while experiencing shared dreaming to avoid any suspicion that they were ever in that person’s dream to begin with. Cobb and Arthur are given an assignment by Saito (Ken Watanabe) that requires the help of other skill sets in order to complete. Saito agrees to take any burdens off of Cobb in order for him to see his family again. Saito wants the team to perform "inception” on a corporate competitor Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy) in order to dissolve the opposing
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