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‘Inception’ Ending: Reviews Have People Talking!

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The newest and maybe most powerful Leonardo DiCaprio film is now in theatres! Yay! I have been waiting anxiously for this and the ‘Inception’ ending reviews seem great! Continue reading for all the info you need, with more photos and a video.

You won’t get a spoiler here, but here are some basics! The premise behind this movie is that Dom Cobb (DiCaprio) is a thief who uses subliminal tactics to break into people’s minds and use their thoughts against them. Christopher Nolan, who also did ‘The Dark Knight’ has come up with a very intriguing idea that keeps people on the edge of their seats!

‘Inception’s’ ending reviews are saying that people are still awestruck and glued to their seats! There is more below and you can read more about it here, and then check out these other hot topics today!

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Now back to the movie that has people talking. Once more people have seen it, I see this movie as one that will be seriously discussed and people will try to extract all of the meanings behind it. After seeing the trailer the first time I was hooked, and now with some reviews and hints about the dramatic ending, I can’t wait until I see it!

What do you think about the interesting theme in this latest film? I hope the ‘Inception’ ending reviews hold true and that it’s as exciting as it looks. Be sure to leave me your thoughts, and your opinions once you see it!
Enjoy these pictures & video!

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Inception review
Does the long-anticipated Christopher Nolan film ‘Inception’ deliver what we’ve been hoping for? In a word: Yes.

So where does one start with a movie like Inception? It’s arguably the most anticipated film of this summer, if not the entire year. Without revealing terribly much in the clips and trailers (thankfully!) it’s been one of the most hyped films of the year as well – if not by the studio, then by movie news

sites (including this one) and their readers. Following a monster hit like The Dark Knight is a heck of a task for Christopher Nolan, who not only directed Inception but wrote and produced it as well.

Well now that it’s done and hitting theaters, I believe Mr. Nolan can relax – because this film is all kinds of awesome.

This is one of those movies that’s difficult to review without revealing at least some minor spoilers, so be warned. It won’t be anything that will even remotely ruin the film for you, but I do have to bring up a few things in order to describe the story. Let’s start by explaining exactly what “Inception” is in the film: It is the process of imbedding a thought in the mind of a subject in such an incredibly subtle manner, that they end up thinking that they came up with it on their own. No, don’t think hypnotism, this is a much more sophisticated thing. As a matter of fact, Nolan makes a point to get at least one “oh, I know what this is going to be” thought out of your head within the first few minutes of the film: This is much more than the old dream within a dream plot line.

Leonardo DiCaprio is Cobb, a man who works with a team stealing corporate secrets from the minds of executives while they sleep. The 1984 film Dreamscape may come to mind, but things are much more complex here. In order to retrieve what Cobb’s clients want, he can’t just enter the dreamworld of the subject and poke around until he finds it – an “architect” is required to construct a world and settings that will lead the subject where Cobb wants him to go, and there is a backup man who also goes into the dream (Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur) in case something goes wrong or it’s a two man con game.

As the film opens, we find that Cobb has failed in his mission for a client for the first time ever, and for this failure the corporation is out to kill him. Besides the obvious, Cobb has another problem: He is the father of two small children who he has not seen in quite a while yet both of whom he loves very much. Sadly for him, the last place he can go is back to the United States to be with them (there is another major reason as well). However an opportunity to fix all that lies between him and his children presents itself in the form of Asian corporate mogul Saito (Ken Watanabe). If Cobb does an almost impossible job for him, Saito is powerful enough to call the dogs off Cobb and to fix everything so he can return to his family.

The plan involves implanting a thought in the mind of one Robert Fischer Jr (Cillian Murphy), the son of a competitor who is on his deathbed and whose death will make the rival corporation so powerful it will rival that of a government. To carry off this plan, Cobb needs a new architect and an additional partner – so he finds his old teacher (Michael Caine) who despite misgivings points Cobb to a young woman named Ariadne who has inherent skills surpassing those of Cobb himself (Ellen Page). While hesitant at first, she becomes intoxicated with the idea of being able to create worlds as if a god, and signs on for the task at hand.

From there begins the exceedingly complex and multi-layered process of not only building the world in which they will place Fischer Jr, but the script they will have to follow in order to lead him to an initial seed of a subconscious thought that will eventually grow to a major, conscious decision that he would not otherwise make. The story is riveting and will take you through one level after another, until you’re not quite sure where, exactly, you are.

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'Inception's' head game is a heist caper at heart

You get the job. Then you get the gang together to pull it off. It may be diamonds, or cash; it may be strictly business, or it may be personal.

Something about the heist movie genre appeals to the larcenous weasel in all of us. (You especially; your character deficiencies are more pronounced than most.) When I was a kid I couldn't get enough of capers such as the original "Ocean's 11" (1960), which today is worth revisiting for its Saul Bass credit sequence and not much else, and yet that twist ending … and those shark-skin suits … and that Vegas neon….

The heist genre preys on our greed, our taste for order and a precisely calibrated plan, and most of all on our delight in complication — in best-laid plans going at least a little bit flooey.

Opening today, writer-director Christopher Nolan's "Inception" cloaks its narrative in a series of surreal overcoats, dream-layers designed to intrigue and amaze. It is at heart a heist movie, though, and I suspect if the film goes over well with the public beyond a strong opening week, it'll be because "Inception" places a familiar genre inside a visual landscape that seems new: a little "Matrix," a little Dali, plus just enough "Rififi" in its honor among thieves to honor the tradition.

The famous centerpiece of director Jules Dassin's ice-cold, diamond-hard 1955 classic is a wordless (though not silent) extended sequence depicting a jewelry robbery. If you have not seen "Rififi" in a while, or ever, you must. It paved the way for so much. So many Hollywood heist movies that came in its wake favored the breezy amorality — the "gang comedy" vibe — underneath the notion of The Big Score. There's nothing merry about the tight-lipped, existentially doomed crew in "Rififi."

In a lighter mood, after the cloud of the Hollywood blacklist had passed, Dassin went on to make "Topkapi" (1964) and the die was cast for many of the heist films of the '60s and '70s. "Inception" is a very different animal. But the basics remain the same. One last score. Complicated plans, complicated by the unforeseen.

What's your favorite movie heist? Be it a bank shot, a hot rock or a mint job, hit the comments board at chicagotribune.com/talkingpictures, or email me at mjphillips@tribune.com.

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