An idea is like a virus inception dialogue

As we know, it turned into one of the greatest movies in recent memory. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. Six months the second level down, and the third level Who would wanna be stuck in a dream for ten years? Not feeling persecuted, Dom? Chased around the globe by anonymous corporations and police forces, the way the projections persecute the dreamer?

So, choose. Choose to be here. Obviously Christopher Nolan is a great screenwriter, but in Inception , he struggles to give his characters defining, emotionally resonant traits.

Plenty of viewers were also perplexed by the breakneck speed at which the action scenes were cut together.

But although some critics regarded the action as too frenetic, others felt it added a much needed visceral element to the story. I tend to agree with the latter perspective.

For some writers, fight scenes and actions are much more difficult to write than dialogue. Think about a dialogue heavy screenwriter like Woody Allen for example — in most of his scripts, the dialogue is what sets the pace of the scene. But for somebody like Nolan, who writes near-equal amounts of dialogue and actions, either one can set the pace.

In many ways, the end result speaks for itself. Just remember that all of the foundational aspects of that visual spectacle were established in the script. The first thing we usually bring up when talking about Inception is its ultra-famous ending — and for good reason; Nolan took a big risk by refusing to give concrete resolution to the narrative, but in the end, it worked out. We learn that he uses the totem because his wife Mal used to as well.

When the top stops spinning, we know that Cobb is in reality. But in the final cut of the film, we see the top tremor and begin to slow down.

What do you think? Did Cobb escape his dreams? Or is he still trapped in limbo? Inception begins with Cobb arguing that an idea is more resilient than a virus, lending his monologue a bizarre irony 10 years later. The coming months will be a test of that optimistic vision. Skip to content Site Navigation The Atlantic.

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