My favorite movie

I chose “Inception” as my favorite movie, even though I’ve got many other movies I really like. It was directed by Christopher Nolan, the music was written by Hans Zimmer, and the cast is formed by Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and many others.

The argument of the film is based on the story of Dom Cobb, a professional “extractor” who works using special military technology to infiltrate people's minds in shared dreams, so he and his partners can get very important information. Dom is working on an almost impossible job: implant a thought in someone's head, and Saito, an important Japanese businessman, results being the one who arranges the mission himself to prove if that target is actually possible.

It's fascinating how the movie describes how the oneiric world works, and how the subconscious mind worries about the safety of our own thoughts, and I love how Nolan presents the dilemma of what is actually real and what is not.

One of my favorite dialogues of the film is when Dom says: “What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate”. It describes perfectly the mission of the extractors, and it plays makes me believe that “inceptions” occur every day… Haven't you ever woken up with an idea that you felt came out of nowhere?

I would totally recommend “Inception” for anybody that is interested in the oneiric world, and also anybody that likes Nolan’s work. It's a movie that makes you think deep in the concept of “reality”, and its scenes full of action and drama would make any film lover be interested in what Nolan and his team want to transmit.