Find where the dream begins

Dustin 2022-03-20 09:01:07

I wrote this review after reading it for the second time, and it was because of reading it the second time that I realized that this is basically a story that cannot be told roundly. "Inception" has a large amount of information, and when the audience has more information, the plot will bring more ambiguous doubts. Of course, these doubts can be obtained under the film’s own worldview and basic settings. In terms of the degree of explanation, this phenomenon may lead to two judgments of the quality of the film. One is that if a film has a complicated setting and requires excessive interpretation or audience supplementation, it is a fatal flaw in itself. In the first hour of the film, I have been explaining, explaining the principles and possibilities of inception and implantation of thoughts, explaining the way of dreaming, telling the settings of medicine hypnosis, crossing, awakening, defender, etc., although this way of telling is already in It is interesting enough on the basis of filming, but it still makes people feel that the worldview structure here is too self-talking. Another judgment is that this is a movie that truly respects the audience’s IQ and mobilizes the audience to participate in the creation. This kind of interactivity makes watching the movie extremely challenging, so in the movie theater, every audience gradually changes from A bystander becomes a screenwriter, and different audiences will make this story have unlimited possibilities when the plot is replayed after the film is over. This kind of film existence itself has extraordinary value. In terms of director's technique, "Inception" is a more conventional Christopher Nolan movie. Nolan is a director who is good at presenting his artistic pursuits with highly entertaining means. This makes his works have multiple acceptance possibilities. The part that appeals to the senses can meet the most basic viewing needs. The speculativeness of the theme and the ambiguity of the value system can bring enough metaphysical thinking pleasure to high-end audiences, such as "The Dark Knight" and "Fatal Magic". There are many rumors about the difficulty of understanding "Inception", which makes many viewers stressed when watching it. In fact, this is completely unnecessary. "Inception" has a very clear mission line as the main line. The way and rhythm of this main line are not difficult to follow. Most of the visual spectacles and action scenes are attached to this plot chain, so it is the most basic The enjoyment of watching movies can be guaranteed. If you lose the pleasure of watching movies due to nervousness or excessive attention to details, it will not be worth the loss. The large number of details and suggestive plots buried in the film are the icing on the cake for this film, and it is really difficult to absorb these things at once. If you don’t consider the impact of the big screen, this is actually a movie that is very suitable to be carefully polished on DVD. When I watch it in the cinema, I can’t wait to add a pause playback function to the movie, because there is indeed some interesting information. Inadvertently fleeting. For viewers who are craving for evidence and detailed control, it is normal to watch such a movie twice, three times or more, and you will find that every time you watch it, you will find a new harvest. What impressed me most about "Inception" is Nolan's powerful imagination and integration of various entertainment elements in his screenwriting work. Taking dreams and human consciousness as the main body of the story is nothing new in the creation of various types of movies. The basic setting of the series of horror films "Most Ghost Street" many years ago is that the monster kills people by invading children’s dreams. Kurosawa directly used the title of "Dream" to film a movie that reveals personal sustenance and fear through dream display, and the plot of illusion of murder in the human consciousness matrix is ​​pushed to the point of "The Matrix". A considerable philosophical height. The uniqueness of Nolan’s renovation of this motif in this story is the introduction of the dream suite structure in the dream, and the infinite ductility of the plot due to the distortion and distortion of the time dimension caused by the depth of the dream. The interactive setting is extremely interesting, and many plot climaxes of the film come from this setting. In addition, Nolan uses the current popular teamwork cooperation mode to wrap this task, and the team function settings are even more refreshing. Careers like dream makers, forgers, and pharmacists have a high degree of distinction and recognition. And everyone has a plot point. This is the most imaginative and appreciative action group drama I have seen in recent years. Nolan has established a rigorous plot operation and character setting system. Once this system is activated, waves of narrative pleasure will blow up, and after the beginning of the third layer of dreams, it will enter an unstoppable continuous climax. In fact, it is difficult to discuss the plot of "Inception". This is like a domino. In the process of dumping it naturally, Nolan gave it enough impetus in his own system. In fact, this is a domino. A hypnotic film, the psychological suggestion caused by its strong aura is enough to allow the audience to cooperate with Nolan to complete this dream-making behavior by watching movies, so from a certain perspective, this is an infinite A movie that is close to the essence of the movie, going deep into it is enough to give people a brief trance and doubt about dreams and reality. This is a very unique and precious aftertaste of watching movies. If you want to deeply interpret the value system of Inception, I think the subconscious entangled fate of the male protagonist Cobb and his ex-wife Mel, who appeared as the sideline of the film, can serve as an entrance. The original name of "Inception" in English is Inception. This word refers to the task of "implanting thoughts" in the film. In fact, I prefer to understand it from its original interpretation "start", what is all this? The beginning? This task seems to have been given by Saito, but in essence it started with Cobb's redemption motive. In fact, this is a story of going home. How difficult the task is, the long way home is. If you push further, it can be said that it all started with Cobb's abuse of the personal ability to control other people's thoughts. This can be found in the conversation between him and his father-in-law, and his family tragedy also originated from a time. The implantation of failed thoughts gave the value system of "Inception" a social significance of ideological criticism. Although at the end of the film we finally saw the smiles of the children who touched the audience's thoughts within two and a half hours, the spinning top still makes it elusive for everything that is also true and illusory. Does this mean that this started from reality? The story and finally returned to the origin of the story in a dream? This has almost become the general narrative circle of "Zhuang Zhou's Dream Butterfly". In this dream maze, everyone gets different things.

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Inception quotes

  • Eames: Great. Thank you. So, now we're trapped in Fischer's mind battling his own private army, and if we get killed, we'll be lost in limbo till our brains turn to scrambled egg.

  • Arthur: And you! You knew about this and went along with it!

    Yusuf: I trusted him!

    Arthur: You trusted him! What, when he promised you half his share?

    Yusuf: No, his whole share. Besides he said he'd done it before.

    Arthur: You've done it before? What, with Mal? 'Cause that worked so good!

    Cobb: That has nothing to do with it. I did what I had to do to get back to my children.