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Inception

"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling"  Eames from Inception. Inception, released during the summer of 2010, is director Christopher Nolan’s first mega-budgeted non Batman film, funded by a presumably ecstatic Warner Brothers after the overwhelming success of The Dark Knight which came out two years earlier.   Nolan’s second Caped Crusader film grossed so more than expected that Warner Brother delayed the planned November 2008 release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to July 2009.   Harry Potter fans were angered though as an only casual watcher of the Harry Potter series I was indifferent.   Spoilers for Inception below: From both a visual and structural standpoint Inception seems influenced by The Matrix.   I always felt the latter film’s attempts to be cool worked against the confusing plot dynamics.   Nolan and his editor, Lee Smith are much more successful in telling their stories using multiple and sometimes narratives, where time itse