Inception (2010)

This is one of those rare films where you not only need but want to re-watch it to better understand the narrative and to catch all those nuances you missed in previous viewings.  Each viewing changes how you feel about a film and gives you different insight into what the film is saying.  I felt Inception(2010) was the perfect film to kick off my blog. 
What Christopher Nolan accomplishes with this film, not only as a writer but as a director is nothing short of amazing.  The man is a gifted storyteller and his ability to craft a film already reaches the lofty heights reserved for the Hitchcock's and Scorsese's.  The films narrative is layered, complex and compelling.  You need to view it several times to understand it all.  Besides that, Nolan leaves the narrative open in several places to allow each viewer to interpret the film as they see fit.  To me this is the best kind of narrative. At the end of Inception we don't know for sure what world Dom Cobb (Leonardo Dicaprio) resides in.  And that open ended interpretation makes for great debate.
Within the film itself lies some of the most amazing production values that we have ever sEen from a film.  The film won Oscars in  visual f/x and two in sound and these aspects are amazing.  Who will forget the amazing score by Hans Zimmer with his slowed rhythm?  And the world created by the visual f/x team is spectacular.  One instance in particular that stands out to me is when Cobb takes Ariadne (Ellen Page) into the dream world for the first time.  As she creates the never ending reflections between mirrors, visual genius.
My only point of contention regarding this film is that Christopher Nolan did not get nominated for the Best Director Oscar.  How was such a masterful and innovative job accomplished without the director being lauded?  Didn't Cameron get nominated just a year earlier for the same brilliant type of film?  An f/x driven, visually stunning work of art?
It will take me maybe ten to fifteen more viewings to decide if something can be said for how the film relates to our society, but I already see relationships between the film's narrative and our online existence.
This is a great film, one that needs to be viewed multiple times for complete understanding.  Like The Dark Knight(2008), I can fully see that being the case for me.