Made the mistake of reading a couple of glowing reviews for this movie, thus cranking up the expectations. A bit overated. In fact very overated. Halfway through, I wanted to stand up and declare that the emperor is wearing no clothes.
The people in the movie use gadgets that allow them to invade the dreams of others and extract secrets from the subject's subconscious. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), is in this business, which he does not so much as a hobby but more for espionage. Then one guy, Saito, comes along, and instead of asking for an extraction, he demands an inception - the implantation of an idea deep in the subconscious.
The laughable plot is to use this method to get Robert Fischer Jr., who has just inherited the corporate empire built by his father to deliberately break it up. This is to help Saito’s business empire to dominate.
There are architects in the cast who design the "sets" for the dreams, and one guy who provides drugs to keep sleepers sedated or bring them back to wakefulness. They all travel into a dream-within-a-dream-within-a dream until no one knows what’s going on. I am sure the story won’t hold up to close scrutiny.
But the movie was action packed, so there was no danger of the viewers dozing off into their own dream world.
Having said that, I can think of several useful applications for that gadget. Starting with its use to implant some good ideas in the heads of some of our leaders.
The people in the movie use gadgets that allow them to invade the dreams of others and extract secrets from the subject's subconscious. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), is in this business, which he does not so much as a hobby but more for espionage. Then one guy, Saito, comes along, and instead of asking for an extraction, he demands an inception - the implantation of an idea deep in the subconscious.
The laughable plot is to use this method to get Robert Fischer Jr., who has just inherited the corporate empire built by his father to deliberately break it up. This is to help Saito’s business empire to dominate.
There are architects in the cast who design the "sets" for the dreams, and one guy who provides drugs to keep sleepers sedated or bring them back to wakefulness. They all travel into a dream-within-a-dream-within-a dream until no one knows what’s going on. I am sure the story won’t hold up to close scrutiny.
But the movie was action packed, so there was no danger of the viewers dozing off into their own dream world.
Having said that, I can think of several useful applications for that gadget. Starting with its use to implant some good ideas in the heads of some of our leaders.
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