Inception (Christopher Nolan) - 2010
Whenever I see a movie like this, I wonder why we can't win this war in Afghanistan. Maybe it's because all of our geniuses are too busy making special-effects movies and inventing iPhones. Leonardo DeCaprio works for some super-secret organization that has found a way to change a person's mind through a rather elaborate form of dream therapy. Although Leo has become persona non grata, he still has the funding and contacts to perform an ingenious Mission: Impossible-type scheme to reverse the future control of worldwide energy thereby making the planet a better place and, at the same time regaining his long-lost passport. But the premise of the story is really not important. It's all about the special effects and the dreams within dreams within dreams. This is an e-ticket ride and a psychological puzzle. But don't worry. It's all just a dream. [JAM 7/17/2010]