Inception Film Analysis

Shared dreaming allows one to get inside of another’s mind unlocking thoughts from deep within, stealing information that one would not release in reality, this is called extraction. Dom Cobb is a spy who specializes in this exact thing. He is a thief of intangible things, he is a thief of ideas, secrets, and other various thoughts enclosed within the human mind. In the movie Inception, Cobb finds himself on the run for a murder he may or may not have committed, longing to see his children’s faces one more time, he takes an offer he feels as if he cannot resist. Cobb is offered a chance to see his children again as long as he can do one simple thing: exactly what he has been trained to do, except the complete opposite. He is asked to delve into the subconscious of a rather wealthy, soon to be inheritor of a multi-million-dollar energy …show more content…
Charles introduces himself to Fischer in order to get his trust inside of the dream state, but he has to do more than just talk to prove himself. Cobb’s fictional character gets Fischer’s attention first through the weather and as he looks out the window, the weather changes from clear to stormy right before his eyes. This is happening during the same time as the car chase scene while there is rain water being shot through the windows of the van onto the sleeping team. As the scene drags on, the cup of water Fischer has on the bar changes as well. The first time the audience sees the cup it is still. When fisher first starts to realize Mr. Charles may be telling the truth about being in a dream, the cup starts to rattle, stirring the water inside of the cup. Yusuf makes a sharp turn in the van causing a shift in the horizon of the dreamers which then makes the water inside of the cup tilt on its own. There is a shift in gravity and the water inside of the cup presents that very well. The water in this scene lets Fischer know that he is not in reality at the moment and that Mr. Charles was correct in saying that they were