Christopher Nolan: Ranking His Films From Worst To Best
3. Inception
In The Usual Suspects Bryan Singers 1995 crime caper classic we were informed that the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didnt exist. Well the greatest trick Christopher Nolan ever pulled was turning a talky, two-and-a-half hour mind melter into one of 2010s highest-earning films and one of the most talked about flicks of that or any other year. Inception follows Leonardo DiCaprios Cobb, a special kind of thief who uses dream technology to infiltrate the subconscious of his targets in order to extract information, as he assembles an elite team and leads them on a mission to attempt the hitherto-untried procedure of inception and plant an idea in the mind of soon-to-be-heir of a business empire, Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy). However, Cobb is deeply troubled by the memory of his deceased wife (Marion Cotillard) and his subconscious becomes a palpable danger to both himself and his associates. Arguably the most challenging, high concept idea to ever form the basis of a tentpole movie, Inceptions exacting plot didnt perturb cinemagoers, who turned out in throngs to push the film to over $825 million in worldwide box office receipts. A summer blockbuster with improbable intellectual heft, Nolan delighted in creating a beguiling labyrinth of a plot that includes a divisive ending that had people talking on leaving the cinema and debating long into the night in all corners of the Internet. For some, Inception is too clever for its own good and eats its own tail. To others, its an exposition-heavy, overrated slog. For most, its an all-too-rare example of a challenging blockbuster that shows just how successful a film that respects the audiences intelligence can be.
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