Last night I went to see Inception with some friends of mine at the cinema. I didn't know anything about the scenario or anything about this film, just that stunning trailer witht the upside down buildings. But from the very first minute of the movie, I've been captivated.
Of course there are some gigantic special effects but that's not the reason why you should absolutely go to see this movie. You should go for the humanity of it. You should go because you will relate to these people stuck in moments, the people living with constant ghosts, the people trying to get home byt any possible way. And maybe you should go to remind yourself that our live are stories as well and every good story is about someone who is fighting a battle against his own enemies and there are no greater enemies than the ones called guilt, regret, pain, shame. I think that the movie serves as a reminder that these enemies will haunt and hunt you always. But this film shows as well that people need other people, that our stories and our battles and our dreams, these things are meant to be shared.
The movie suggests that we are most alive and most awake when we are dreaming. And while a case could be made that it is speaking to the dreaming that occurs when we’re asleep, perhaps it's true or even more true of the dreams we dream awake.
Inception suggests that there is much at stake: our hearts and our children and the air in our lungs. It's easy to buy into the idea that "dreaming" is a silly word for children, that "battle" means the military and that ghosts are not real. Inception felt like an invitation, a reminder that there might be more to the story, a world we don't see but one connected to the days we wake to.
These kinds of movies, studied and opened to lots of interpretations about our world, are those of which you leave the movie theaters completely changed. Even if you don't understand everything from the first time, Inception sows a brand new feeling in your mind and it's so powerful that you have this impression that the world may be a dream, after all.
Of course there are some gigantic special effects but that's not the reason why you should absolutely go to see this movie. You should go for the humanity of it. You should go because you will relate to these people stuck in moments, the people living with constant ghosts, the people trying to get home byt any possible way. And maybe you should go to remind yourself that our live are stories as well and every good story is about someone who is fighting a battle against his own enemies and there are no greater enemies than the ones called guilt, regret, pain, shame. I think that the movie serves as a reminder that these enemies will haunt and hunt you always. But this film shows as well that people need other people, that our stories and our battles and our dreams, these things are meant to be shared.
The movie suggests that we are most alive and most awake when we are dreaming. And while a case could be made that it is speaking to the dreaming that occurs when we’re asleep, perhaps it's true or even more true of the dreams we dream awake.
Inception suggests that there is much at stake: our hearts and our children and the air in our lungs. It's easy to buy into the idea that "dreaming" is a silly word for children, that "battle" means the military and that ghosts are not real. Inception felt like an invitation, a reminder that there might be more to the story, a world we don't see but one connected to the days we wake to.
These kinds of movies, studied and opened to lots of interpretations about our world, are those of which you leave the movie theaters completely changed. Even if you don't understand everything from the first time, Inception sows a brand new feeling in your mind and it's so powerful that you have this impression that the world may be a dream, after all.
Putain il faut que j'aille le voir.
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