As Inception continues it’s phenomenal box-office run and impact on popular culture, fans of Christopher Nolan’s mind-bender are paying homage to the film through various forms of artistic expression. I’m sure many of you have scene Lego re-creations of movies or TV shows in the past, but I’ll bet you’ve never seen one that features zero-gravity. Wired received emails from a couple Inception fans who were so blown away by the film, that they re-created the famous zero-gravity/hallway fight scenes, that will surely become an iconic moment in cinema history, with Legos. Check out Inception: Lego-style after the break.

The first Lego Inception scene was created by Flickr user Lain Heath (Ochre Jelly), featuring the moment when Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Arthur enters the hotel room in Dream Level 2, to find his team member’s sleeping, floating bodies. Then, Flickr user Alex Eylar (Profound Whatever), took it a step further and re-created that iconic hallway fight scene. But lets first start off by showing a couple Lego-ized Inception production stills that we posted a while back featuring JGL:

Now to the fight scenes. Eylar revealed his trick on how he made those Legos float:

“To suspend the figures, I made the Arthur figure hold onto a lamp with one hand and the second figure with the other hand,” Eylar explains. “I shot it from an angle that hid those connections so it looks like they’re in mid-air.”

Check out the rest of the images from Inception: Lego-style below.

Read more on how these awesome Lego scenes were created over at Wired.

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While I know it is impossible for every person to appreciate any particular movie, it is quite distressing seeing people bash quality ones. Inception of course has been welcomed by a mostly positive critic and audience reception, but there are still people out there who are going to take their shots just because they can’t let themselves enjoy something liked by the mainstream. We saw very similar treatment to Cameron’s Avatar and also The Dark Knight in 2008. Like I said, I know not everyone is going to love some of these movies like I did, or most critics, or most of the public. I can take someone making legitimate claims on why they didn’t like the movie or shortcomings they felt it featured. But for someone to go out of their way to bash or claim “the movie was terrible, or confusing,” (when all you have to do is clearly pay attention!) is just a ploy to get attention. Well, people talking like this, who should not be left in a small room with me, have my attention. Hit the jump to see this bash on Inception.

Check it out. Ugh…

This specific shot at Inception comes from Graham Scott,  the man who created the (Microsoft Paint?) infographic and clearly wears a helmet. The graphic is a target-like layout showing how best to understand Inception. As you can see, Scott has difficultly watching what I like to call a “dialogue-fest.” While sometimes too much dialogue can drag on, well written dialogue can be captivating, interesting, and provide what we “in the business” like to call background or exposition. In a film like Inception, plenty of exposition is necessary.

His second rung in the target shows by far just how stupid he really is. Computer Generated Images is essential to Inception? Many Nolan fans know that the acclaimed director is not a huge fan of CGI and never overuses the technology in fear of losing that real look and feeling to his films. In fact, Nolan did not really go all out with CGI compared to the average blockbuster that feature this type of film asset. The first Transformers displayed around 1000 shots with CGI in them, while Inception featured closer to 500. These days people seem to just say CGI to mean special effects, and don’t know the difference. CGI is computed rendered, while special effects can be explosions, camera tricks, etc. This film did not even feature that much CGI. The hallway scene is an example of special effects at its finest as it was actually a real spinning hallway.

Pretense is probably the only piece of this little graphic that I can actually really agree with. I am not sure if Graham is saying this is a bad thing or not, but who really knows what this “genius” is trying to say. I personally don’t have a problem with pretense in this project, and would actually label it more as suspension of disbelief. It’s not like Nolan is saying this film is a documentary and this type of dream invasion is possible. All he is doing is creating a world where it is possible, explaining some of the rules (well, many of them actually), and asking you to just buy into and enjoy the rest. Suspension of disbelief allows the viewer to not criticize every little apparent inconsistency or always ask the most prying questions about this type of movie.

Where Graham loses all credibility for his opinion is the bulls eye which describes the heart of Inception to be Bullshit. I could really take his argument seriously had it not been for the center of this circle. The center of the graphic is the true reason I wrote up this long post criticizing his cheap graphic work. How is calling Inception Bullshit really explaining the movie at all? Even thinking that doesn’t really make sense. Would you call 12 Monkeys Bullshit for asking audiences to believe that humans could time travel to the past to try and stop an society destructive disease? Or how about The Matrix, for creating a world ruled by robots and fake computed controlled realities? Inception is Bullshit? Mr. Graham, you have lost all respect for any of your claims. I felt the need to vent about this because I personally disagree with much of his infographic, and the middle proves his case is built upon the sand. My case is built upon the rock…. and that’s the game.

[Source: Slashfilm]

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GRADE: A+

My brain; melted. My eyeballs; popped out of their sockets. My heart; ripped apart and then glued back together with an adhesive comprised of unadalterated joy. That is what happened to me for 148 minutes this week when I watched Christopher Nolan’s Inception for the first time. It is without a doubt the best movie of 2010, the best movie of the past 10 years, and IN MY OPINION, the best movie ever made. I know these gushing sentiments may be met with releuctance and skepticism for those of you who have followed my year-long obsession leading up to the release of this film, and for that I apologize. But I am just letting you know that, even with the highest, most ridiculous level of expectations that I had for Inception, Christopher Nolan exceeded them, resulting in the most unforgettable movie experience I’ve ever had.

The genius of Christopher Nolan is his ability to suck the audience into the multi-layered story web that he weaves, compelling the audience to think and feel as the characters proceed on their journey of self-discovery. Inception is a culmination of all his previous films, even though he had the idea for it when he was 16 years old and wrote the first draft of the script in 2001. Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige and The Dark Knight have acted as a cinematic batting cage for Nolan, allowing to hone his writing and directorial skills, with Inception acting as the grandslam home run at the bottom of the 9th in game seven of the World Series. Inception is Nolan’s Sistine Chapel, his Mona Lisa. It’s a film that is going to change how other films are made, and how Hollywood approaches fresh, edgy ideas from promising young filmmakers.

The plot of Inception is so dense, that even if I tried to explain every detail, you still would have no idea what I am talking about. Having said that, I’ll give you the simpelest breakdown of the plot, as you should try to view Inception for the first time with as little knowledge as possible (so, sorry for posting every trailer and picture over the last year :/).

Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Dom Cobb, the most skilled man on Earth in the art of “extraction,” using a device to go into people’s minds via their dreams to steal/”extract” secrets and information. Cobb cannot return home, which he desperately wants to get back to, and is then offered a job opportunity that would allow him to do so. Except this is no normal job, Japanese businessman Saito (Ken Watanabe, who is perfect in the role), hires Dom and his team to perform “inception,” where instead of extracting an idea from someone’s mind, they would be planting one in the most extreme act of coroporate espionage. Dom then assembles his team of dream stealers for this one last, extremely dangerous job. That’s about as spoiler-free a description of Inception that I’m going to give you. That plot may sound extremely complicated, and in some aspects it is, but once you are fully immersed in this dream heist, you feel like you are apart of the team, while grabbing on for dear life.

Nolan would be classified as an “old school” filmmaker. He has publicly discussed his love for in-camera special effects as opposed to the oversaturation of CGI that most blockbuster directors seem to prefer. The imagrey and action in Inception is breathtaking and thrilling; whether there’s an intense gun battle on a downtown street in the pouring rain with freightrains speeding past, or a high-speed ski-chase on a snowy mountain after an avalanche. Nolan also sets the bar in innovative and  jaw-dropping fight sequences that have never been seen before. I am of course talking about the hallway scene featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character Arthur, duking it out with a bad guy while the hallway spins with zero-gravity, causing their fight be literally all over the place. Nothing, and I mean nothing, can prepare for that scene. It’s one of the coolest, most-badass things ever put on screen.

A complaint that some critics have of Christopher Nolan’s films is that they’re “too cold,” meaning that they lack a pallatable element of emotion within the characters or story. While I strongly disagree and consider many elements in films such as Memento and The Dark Knight to be incredibly moving, I can see why they would have that impression about Nolan’s films. However, there is absolutely no way that anyone can say that Inception lacks emotion. Cobb’s haunted past, his love for his wife and his determination for redemption are the #1 driving forces of this story. There were times that I teared up because of the tragedy and loss we see Cobb had to endure. The special effects and razzle-dazzle of Inception are just supporting the central emotional core of this film.

The performances from every single actor in this film is top-notch in every degree. Leo is ace as always, featuring one of the best performances of his career. Ellen Page steps out of the Juno shadow, giving a lovely performance as Ariadne, the architect student Cobb recruits, but ends up being his theraputic guide throughout the film to help him deal with his past and realities. Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt steal the show in Inception. The sibling rivalry chemistry that they have on screen, even though they’re not brothers, is so enjoyable and provides some much-needed bright and funny spots in this otherwise very serious and tragic film. Tom Hardy in particular portrays one of the coolest combinations of elegant-charasmatic-badassery for a character that I’ve seen in years. And if Marion Cotillard doesn’t get nominated for Best Supporting actress as Cobb’s wife, Mal, I think I’m going to shoot someone. I’m not going to describe specific instances of her performance as that might give away some of the plot, but suffice it to say that she completely knocked it out of the park.

And I cannot forget to mention Hans Zimmer’s score. It’s some of the most thrilling and beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard from a film. During the inense action, the music thumps with danger and excitement. And during the dramatic, emotional scenes, Zimmer strikes right at the heart with truly beautiful music

Inception is a film that comes around once every 25 years. It’s a movie that’s so inventive, so imaginative, so original, so thrilling, so emotional, so compelling, so thought-provoking and so exciting, that it makes every other movie to come before it look like the worst movie ever. It also features THE BEST ending in film history. That is all I will say, you’ll just need to see it to know what I’m talking about. People will be talking about Inception for years to come, and I guarantee double-digit Oscar nominations, if not wins. The Dream Is Real.

What Should You Do? See it now, see it tomorrow. Just see it. See it as many times as you can. Go. NOW!

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I’ve been so serious with anticipation for Inception, opening Friday, that I have somewhat lost the fun aspects of looking forward to it, which is why I wanted to share this with you. Over the past couple months, there’s been a slew of re-cut fan trailer mash-ups showcasing the epic “Mind Heist” song by Zack Hemsey from the third Inception trailer, laid over video of various family movies, like this one featuring Pixar’s Up. Today I found this hilarious Inception trailer mash-up featuring the entire audio from the third trailer laid over footage from Team America: World Police, giving birth to the hilarious movie trailer for, Team Inception: Dream Police.

This trailer mash-up is one of the more impressive that I’ve seen in terms of editing quality. This YouTuber synced  up the mouth movement of the Team America puppets to almost perfection with the Inception audio. On top of that, the infamous “Maaat Daaaaamoon!” line from makes a glorious appearance in this trailer mash-up, in such a brilliantly-timed moment that I spit out my Diet Coke all over the floor while watching, it was so damn funny.

Check out Team Inception: Dream Police. And don’t you dare even think about missing Inception, in theaters and IMAX July 16th.

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Just stare in wonderment at the picture above because it’s just the tip of the iceberg of things to come. Inception doesn’t open until next Friday, but the film is currently sitting pretty at a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes (note that as more reviews come in, that number could change). Today, Warner Bros. lifted the embargo restricting bloggers and critics who attended early media screenings of Inception, from posting their reviews. And from what I’ve seen, we are in for the movie of a lifetime. Words like “Brilliant, “Masterpiece,” “Incredible,” and “Spectacular” are just a tiny portion of the near-perfect, glowing reviews that have surfaced online. I’ve compiled snippets from all of the reviews thus far, to increase your already sky-high anticipation.

Note, some of these excerpts contain minor spoilers, so if you want to go see Inception as fresh as possible to have your mind thoroughly blown, I’d suggest you resist temptation. Here’s what the first reviews are saying, thanks to the lovely folks over at NolanFans.com:

Film School Rejects (A+):

I will say this now, without reservation and fully confident that many will agree; Inception is easily the best big budget film of the year thus far. I’ll go further and say that it’s one of the most beautiful, well written, and fully realized high dollar films of the last five years. Inception, is close to perfection.

CHUD (10/10):

Inception is a masterpiece. Making a huge film with big ambitions, Christopher Nolan never missteps and manages to create a movie that, at times, feels like a miracle. And sometimes it doesn’t even feel like a movie; while presented in woefully retro 2D, Inception creates a complete sense of immersion in another world. The screen before you is just another layer of the dream.

Awards Daily:

Imagine a film being made in 2010 where you have absolutely no idea where it is going or how it will end. These were the worlds created by revolutionary filmmakers, like Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, David Cronenberg and David Lynch. With Inception we have a film and a filmmaker that has broken new ground and very nearly reinvented the form and he did it all without 3-D. Nolan gets there on the power of the story – and his vision was realized with the aid of the usual suspects – Wally Pfister’s cinematography, Hans Zimmer’s unbelievable score – the art direction, the visual effects – see it on IMAX and it will blow your mind. I am sure more than a few will discover that seeing the movie IN an altered state will also blow your mind, not that I’m advocating that.

Cinematical:

Further, its sublime combination of theoretical and humanistic elements puts it in the company of films like, yes, The Matrix, but more accurately dense, character-driven concept movies like Synecdoche, New York, itself arguably one of the best and most important (if also impenetrable) of the last decade. But it’s also the kind of movie that transcends any easy comparisons, and resists previous standards of achievement, innovation, or impact, which is why it’s difficult to pinpoint the last time I felt quite so passionately about every single part of a cinematic experience. And that may ultimately be the film’s greatest achievement: to consume and possess its audience with that passion, whether you’re as inspired and excited as I am, or disappointed, confused or frustrated as many will no doubt also be.

JoBlo (10/10):

At 148 minutes, INCEPTION is hardly a quick film but it moves with such speed and efficiency that you never “feel” the length. Even when it’s over, the movie stays with you, begging for conversation, discussion, debate and, eventually, another viewing. I’m sure it’ll even pop up in your dreams. Nothing wrong with that. We should all be dreaming a little bit bigger.

Empire (5/5):

Like The Matrix mated with Synecdoche, New York — or a Charlie Kaufman 007. To paraphrase Casino Royale’s Vesper Lynd, it’s a meaningful pursuit in a summer of disposable entertainments. With physics-defying, thunderous action, heart-wringing emotion and an astonishing performance from DiCaprio, Nolan delivers another true original: welcome to an undiscovered country.

Indie Wire (5/5):

As intricate as the script is—Nolan worked on it for a decade—the movie is not just a feat of cinematic wizardry, even though it comes close to the level of technological derring-do carried off by the likes of Stanley Kubrick. (Indeed Nolan works in repeated homages to the late great auteur beyond the obvious use of moving sets on gimbles to allow athletic Gordon-Levitt to bounce weightless and walk on walls and ceilings.) The movie also has heart. So that even if you do get confused (as I did in the James Bond snow section, filmed in the Canadian Rockies), the emotional through-line pulls you along. It’s as simple as The Wizard of Oz: The Extractor wants to go home.

Box Office Magazine (5/5):

In terms of sheer originality, ambition and achievement, Inception is the movie of the summer, the movie of the year and the movie of our dreams. Director Christopher Nolan’s heist film about a group of dream extractors who can invade a person’s subconscious to steal-or plant-vital information may remind you of James Bond, The Matrix, or even Nolan’s own Memento, when in fact it’s unlike any other. A bold, inventive, audacious entertainment, Inception charts a new course for motion pictures and sets the bar very, very high. Matrix-style business should be in order, even though audiences will have to pay strict attention to get the full experience (perish the thought). Simplistic moviegoers who like their blockbusters cooked in predictability may not get it but Nolan fans and those who like their action married to new ideas will flock to multiplexes for repeated viewings.

Variety:

If movies are shared dreams, then Christopher Nolan is surely one of Hollywood’s most inventive dreamers, given the evidence of his commandingly clever “Inception.” Applying a vivid sense of procedural detail to a fiendishly intricate yarn set in the labyrinth of the subconscious, the writer-director has devised a heist thriller for surrealists, a Jungian’s “Rififi,” that challenges viewers to sift through multiple layers of (un)reality. As such, it’s a conceptual tour de force unlikely to rank with Batman at the B.O., though post-”Dark Knight” anticipation and Leonardo DiCaprio should still position it as one of the summer’s hottest, classiest tickets.

In Contention (3.5/4):

Moreover, this could be the film to solidify the director’s place among the modern masters. “The Dark Knight” made its mark on pop culture, yes, but “Inception” doesn’t carry the (however unfair) stigma of being based on pulp fiction. It could leave a footprint far more important on the industry: the fulfilled promise, perhaps thanks to a thinly rewarding summer movie season, that expensive, thoughtful, original filmmaking can pay dividends.

The Hollywood Reporter:

Following up on such ingenious and intriguing films as “The Dark Knight” and “Memento,” Nolan has outdone himself. “Inception” puts him not only at the top of the heap of sci-fi all-stars, but it also should put this Warner Bros. release near or at the top of the summer movies. It’s very hard to see how a film that plays so winningly to so many demographics would not be a worldwide hit.

Hit Fix:

…”Inception” is an exhilarating cinematic experience that suggests there is still room, even in the blockbuster world, for big ideas and dangerous emotions, and that may be the single most thrilling thing about it..

I mean, wow. Just, WOW. I’ve been saying it for over a year, and now here’s proof that Inception is and will be, a truly monumental cinematic achievement. It’s nearly unheard of for a studio to allow critics to post reviews so far in advance of their film’s release. But as Inception is a “high-concept,” original blockbuster not based on any previous well-known material, and the critical reaction is so overwhelmingly positive, that Warner Bros. can now use these glowing reviews to market the film over the next 10 days to sway those moviegoers who are “on-the-fence” about seeing Inception.

Case in point: check out this brand new TV spot, showing off these glowing reviews. My favorite quote comes from Peter Travers of Rolling Stone who calls Inception, “James Bond meets ‘The Matrix.’” That has to be the coolest combination of two cinematic elements to describe a film…ever.

I have my IMAX midnight tickets booked. Do you?

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Last night lucky viewers of NBC shows were treated to a two-minute “Character Featurette” of Inception that breaks down each player of the film’s dream-heist squad. That featurette was released online today on MSN, and it’s absolutely incredible! You may remember a few weeks ago when we posted the awesome character posters for each actor in the film, featuring: Leonardo DiCaprio as “The Extractor,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt as “The Point Man,” Ellen Page as “The Architect,” Marion Cottilard as “The Shade,” Tom Hardy as “The Forger,” and Cillian Murphy as “The Mark.” The featurette includes A LOT of breathtaking new footage and seems an attempt to provide viewers with a better understanding of the film’s cerebral plot.

A growing sentiment among film geeks online has been that they don’t want to know/see anything more from Inception, as they want to go into the theater as fresh as possible in order to be more blown away by the experience. I’m sorry, but I’m just not that strong. Inception is like my heroine, and each trailer, production still, TV spot and featurette is like a fix to help curb my addiction.

Only 23 more days to go until the oasis of cinema saves moviegoers from this god-awful summer of recycled garbage. I’ve said it a thousand times and I’ll say it again, because you know what? I DON’T CARE ANYMORE! Inception will be the best film of 2010, if not the past several years, and will go down in history as a game-changing summer blockbuster. Check out the “Character Featurette” below (via NolanFans). Inception changes the world, July 16th.

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With the release date for Inception rapidly approaching, Warner Bros. has begun to hit the promotional trail hard, specifically with a bombardment of thrilling new TV spots airing during the NBA playoffs. Today, a new behind-the-scenes featurette debuted on Yahoo!, that has also been playing during the “First Look” segment at AMC theaters before the previews. The video features interviews with both writer/director Christopher Nolan and star Leonardo DiCaprio talking about the making of the film.

While I thought this to be impossible, this behind-the-scenes sneak peek has thoroughly increased my excitement for this movie, by seeing how the magic happens behind the camera. Nolan discusses how, when you’re dealing with the concept of the human mind and the crazy stuff it can conceive of, you definitely want to see it on “a grand scale.” Some of you may know that Nolan has had the idea for Inception in his mind for years, and originally wrote it as a small-budget heist movie. But then decided to put in on the shelf when he realized that when you’re delving into dreams, you need to have a massive budget to pull off the insane world that our dreams can create. So after The Dark Knight made Warner Bros. over $1 billion, it was the perfect opportunity for him to ask them for $170 million dollars to make his “dream” project a reality.

DiCaprio talks about the insane sets and spectacles that blew the cast away while on set, stating that they were all in a “constant state of surprise.” And the coolest thing to hear Nolan talk about, what makes him my favorite director, is his die-hard devotion to “photographing in real places.” He doesn’t take short-cuts by using a crapload of CGI (*achem* George Lucas). He wants to take his audience into the most real and authentic world he can create, generating the highest-quality of a movie-going experience. Inception opens worldwide July 16th. Check out the video below.

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With the stunning third trailer released a couple weeks ago and the slew of awesome TV spots playing during your favorite programs, Warner Bros.’ marketing blitz continues for Christopher Nolan’s Inception, in the form of seven badass new character posters (via Moviefone). This is how movie posters are done, ladies and gentlemen. Take note, Twilight. With such ambiguity and mystery regarding the exact plot of the film and the characters involved, these new posters give us the official title of each character’s role in Hollywood’s first existential heist movie.

We have: Ellen Page as The Architect, Leonardo DiCaprio as The Extractor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as The Point Man, Tom Hardy as The Forger, Marion Cotillard as The Shade, Cillian Murphy as The Mark and Ken Watanabe as The Tourist. Check out the posters below, with analysis to follow.

What do these position titles mean for each character? Well…here’s my take.

So Leo is a skilled and experienced Extractor, who goes into people’s dreams and “extracts” ideas and information from their mind through dreams. For the purposes of this one last job that the film focuses on, he assembles this team together, each with a special skill to achieve the opposite of the extraction, called Inception; where instead of taking out an idea from someone’s mind, they will be planting one; a feat that has never been attempted before.

Leo recruits Ellen Page’s character from a university to act as The Architect, the person who constructs the dream world. The Point Man and  The Forger appear to be the muscle of the group, as they are always strapped with huge gun (see the last scene of the third trailer). The Mark seems pretty straight forward, most likely the target of their Inception plan. The Tourist and The Shade are the wild cards of the bunch. Marion Cotillard plays Leo’s wife, the woman he is desperately trying to reunite with, but I have no idea what The Shade could mean. And The Tourist? Same thing.

Whatever the case may be, does this not sound like the coolest, most original action-heist movie ever?! I mean, if in a summer full of fluffy sequels, remakes and adaptations, if Inception isn’t at the top of your most-anticipated list, then well, I don’t know what to tell you.

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With the stunning full-length trailer for Inception blowing minds in theaters in front of Iron Man 2, Warner Bros. has also begun airing TV spots for the upcoming summer blockbuster. Completely without warning, spots for the film began airing this weekend during commercial breaks of the NBA playoffs on TNT, ESPN and ABC. With only 30 seconds to sell mainstream audiences, these spots will surely leave NBA fans confused, but also in awe of its brilliant imagrey.

The spots feature mostly scenes that have already been shown in all three trailers, but there are a couple new shots to wet your appetite. I found the TV spots on TheMovieBox.net’s YouTube Channel, but they disabled the embedd function, so I uploaded it to The Movie Mash channel to share with everyone. Check out the three new TV spots for Inception below.

Here’s also a bunch of screen shots in HI-RES of the TV spots for your enjoyment.

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Why have I been so obsessed with Inception? Why have I continually brought you the smallest of updates about the film over the past year, while simultaneously declaring it THE movie of the year? This is why. This is why I am so incredibly excited for this movie, and it comes in the form of the unbelievable, mind-blowing new trailer. So far, there have been two short, enigmatic teaser trailers that have left us pretty confused and in the dark to what the film is about. The first teaser only showed the tagline “Your Mind Is The Scene Of The Crime” and a brief, gravity-defying fight scene. The second had a few snippets of dialogue and a slew of other awesome imagery, but, again, left us completely clueless about the plot. Now, the third, full-length trailer is showing in theaters on most of the prints for Iron Man 2, but it has also found its way online; and we now know (kind of) what Inception will be about. This is the power of movies my friends, in all its form and glory.

UPDATE: Official HD version of the trailer has been released and is available to see here, after the break.

So this trailer has not been officially released by Warner Bros. to be distributed on the internet yet. But they did make it available to watch in the Inception online viral game Mind-Crime (via NolanFans). Then, various folks around the internet found a way to put it online in embeddable fashion for our viewing pleasure. I was going to wait until Monday to post this, when the trailer is officially released in HD, but I couldn’t wait any longer. When the HD version does come on Monday, I’ll replace this trailer with it, so stay tuned for that. So without further ado, check out the absolutely amazing full-length trailer for Inception, with more to come after.

Excuse me for a second, I have to pick up the pieces of my brain off the floor from having my mind officially BLOWN. I mean, how epic is that? THIS is the power of movies ladies and gentlemen. I’ve watched this trailer countless times and I get chills during each viewing. The imagery, the action, the music, MY GOD, the music! I’m not sure if that’s going to be the score by Hans Zimmer that will end up being in the film, but it’s amazing nonetheless. In the trailer, we also get our first official look at Marion Cotilliard’s character. She plays Leondao DiCaprio’s wife, a character that Nolan claimed to be “very twisted,” so it will be interesting to see how she plays out in the complex plot.

Those of you looking for a specific breakdown of the plot, WB released the official plot synopsis for Inception earlier this week. It goes like this, (via CinemaBlend):

Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb’s rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible—inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. This summer, your mind is the scene of the crime.

What Do You Think? Discuss.

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