Inception

It seems like most blockbusters don't live up to their own expectations.
Inception does.
Brought to us by the man who wrote and directed "Memento," "The Prestige," and most recently "The Dark Knight," "Inception" is another achievement in originality and story telling.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Cobb, who specializes in a new technology that allows him to enter peoples' dreams to steal valuable information from their manipulated subconscious.
Cobb and Co. botch their latest assignment, but are offered a reprieve of sorts by a powerful business man who wants them to reverse their specialty: instead of stealing from someone's subconscious, they are to plant an idea.
Cobb, though distrustful of the notion, takes the job on the premise that this last job will allow him to return, at last, to his children in the States.
This job requires going deep into the target's subconscious – dreams within dreams within dreams - so they set about finding a team that can hack it.
Like any heist movie, getting to know the team is half the fun. The craziness that follows is the other half.
Like "Memento," the film plays with time and reality, making us question just which we are witnessing.
And like "The Dark Knight," Nolan shows that innovative and thrilling action sequences can indeed go hand-in-hand.
(Were there moments that reminded me of "The Matrix"? Yes. But in a good way.)
It's the kind of film you get all wrapped up in plot and character.
DiCaprio is convincing as the intelligent though haunted Cobb, and Joseph Gordan-Levitt easily switches from his usual rom-com self to a smart action star.
The weakest part of the film is a basic unanswered question: why can't Cobb's kids join him in France, where his father (Michael Caine) also lives and teaches?
No matter. They can't, so Cobb must do what he does.
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One of my friends said it best: "I walked away from the moving understanding what happened, however, I probably couldn't explain it to another person. Go. You'll love it."