Inception 3

Hahaha, my film friend. Seems we are so verbose on Inception that we each need to create new posts!

I agree that when we disagree, we tend to dig more into the meaning of the film and probably do a better job as reviewers...and of course, we learn from each other, which is why this blog is so much fun. As usual, you have taught me well, teacher, and I am grateful.

From Post 2, I see that you wish the film were better edited. Me too. Some scenes just too long. You ask, why did the architect put us in a snow setting? Just one of fifty such questions I asked, and for which I had few answers...thus my frustration. You also ask if it was necessary for five people to go into complex dreams (and dream levels) in order to plant a dream? Another good, unanswered question.

Dream levels: Certainly we can play mightily withe the sympolism. Is this film striving to do what Dante did, and take us into the circles of hell? Are we even able to go that deep?

You wisely point out that PLANTING vs. EXTRACTING dreams requires a lot of thought. Can we really plant dreams in others? Maybe we do, as teachers we certainly did, as you said. I tried to give my little Mesa munchkins dreams of Paris and French culture. Indeed, every time we interact with another human being, we have the power of effecting that person, positively or negatively, and thus implanting a dream. So yes, we all plant dreams in each other.

Now stepping outside of the film and thinking of dreams is truly where you hit the nail on the head, in my mind. To be just to Inception, I must admit it's one of the few true treatments of dreams. SciFi and other genres do not get us thinking about dreams as much as this film. We need to go back oi the brainwashing concept of The Manchurian Candidate to really think of the power of dreams. So yes, the film is commendable for getting us to consider the world of dreams

As for that world, right on, film buddy. You wisely admit that dreams are such a formative part of our psyche. I have repetitive dreams that have been with me since I was a kid. You can take Freud, Jung, and every psychotherapist in the world, and you can never learn enough about this bizarre power of the human mind.

In our dreams, we explore fears, tensions, love, hate, passion...nearly the entire spectrum of our emotions. Dreams deal us funny scenarios that we cannot fathom. How many times must I be unable to find a classroom on the first day of school with my kids waiting???!!!

So, yes indeed Valerie, the dream world fascinates. Thanks to Inception, we are all thinking about that world. Just wish the film itself had been more clear.

But are dreams ever clear? Back to you, Valerie, to teach me more!