Inception

it’s no secret that my taste in cinema comes from my parents, especially my dad. i first watched this when i was in elementary school. not very believable, right, and i couldn’t even tell you the exact age i was. my dad would have this film on at different points of during my adolescence, and i would sit there and watch it. as much as i bragged that i fully understood the movie, i definitely didn’t, but i knew enough to enjoy it and to continue to enjoy it for years to come. it was only when i was older, on each new rewatch, i would get a new perspective on the film or picked up on something entirely new. yeah, i was picking up something new from a film i’ve seen dozens of times? this phenomenon was so interesting to me that i wrote about it for my film college admission essay (hence, my bio lol). i mean who watches Inception when trying to get over a high school breakup? (because somehow the theme of grief relates to high school breakups was my thought process lmao). nonetheless, due to all of this, most of my identity is rooted in this film somehow or way. obviously, it’s in my top four on here, but also, Time by Hans Zimmer is one of my favorite songs of all time. it was even the second to last song i played when i was on my college radio station for the last time (i was a graduating senior). in fact, i believe it was the first song i bought on my iPod Touch. furthermore, even at a young age, i was so entranced by Cillian Murphy’s character (probably also attracted to him too, let’s be honest), and the scene with Fischer and his father has become one of my favorite scenes of all time in all of cinema. i mean from just Murphy’s acting and the score, you can see the exact moment when inception takes root. i still get chills from watching it. it’s interesting. this film seems entirely the opposite of what i would like (besides the obvious nostalgic bias i have). i mean i’m pretty whimsical and silly, and this film is a classic heist film bro movie (with minor fantastical elements). nonetheless, everything about the film is great with its score, action, visuals, and acting, but now, as a young adult, the story and theme is what always gets me. it’s why i still cry every time i watch it and can even get comforted by it.  this was my first rewatch since my trip in france and paris. while there, i went to one of the filming locations, the bridge by the eiffel tower. walking up to it, i started tearing up, just getting really choked up by seeing it in person (honestly, i was even more speechless by it than seeing the eiffel tower). and even now, on this rewatch, i get choked up. it might seem silly that a heist movie, that definitely caters to a male lens, could do that to a twenty-two year old girl, but i don’t know. i just can never get tired of this movie, and nolan is still one of my favorite directors. i truly get excited every single time i put it on.  sorry for the long review, but i think this one was a longtime coming.