The top was spinning. And everybody was wide-eyed, staring at the screen in anticipation. It kept spinning- no actually it looked like it might topple over. Will it topple over? Will it keep spinning? Oh wait- it looks like it’s going to topple over any moment now……and it cuts to black. “Inception” it said on the screen as the as everybody in the audience cried out in awe and confusion: “what?!” Written and directed by the director of “The Dark Knight” (2008) and “Interstellar” (2014) Christopher Nolan, the science-fiction blockbuster movie “Inception” (produced by Syncopy, in association with Legendary Pictures, and presented by Warner Bros.) was one of the greatest films of 2010. Starring the famous Leonardo DiCaprio as Dominick Cobb, Joseph …show more content…
In the film, Nolan uses the device extrapolation very effectively. Lucid dreaming- or controlling one’s dreams as seen in the film- is an existent neurological phenomenon. This would be the main way Nolan uses scientific knowledge to persuade his viewers that the events that take place in “Inception” have a chance of occurring in real life. Entering dreams with someone else, and going through different layers of dreams is something that hasn’t been proved to be possible. Yet. It could most definitely be possible in the future- if we have the technology. The fact that there is at least a little bit of possibility that the events could happen is one of the main factors that make “Inception” a science-fiction …show more content…
During the ten years that he took to write the screenplay for this movie, Nolan has carefully hidden so much detail for the audience to absorb and interpret, that it is almost impossible for one to catch every single hidden clue through watching the movie only once. From the names of characters to specific reappearing numbers to the exact length of the film, every little detail has a purpose and meaning, and every single detail leads up to the ambiguity built in the ending. As an audience member that has watched the film over 5 times, I could certainly tell you that whether or not the top falls isn’t what’s important. As Nolan states: “The important thing is that Cobb’s not looking at the top. He doesn’t care.” The ambiguity that is left at the end is Nolan’s trick, and what makes “Inception” such a well-known movie (If you don’t believe me, look up Inception theories, and you’ll be presented with almost millions of conspiracies and theories about the ending.) If you haven’t watched the movie, than nothing I said would have made sense. And although I probably spoiled everything for you already- it’ll still be