To sleep, perchance to dream

Inception
A review: as spoiler free as I can manage
          If you haven't seen this movie, drop what you're doing now and go see the next showing at a theater near you. It is by far the best movie I've seen in a really long time (perhaps ever?). The music lent well to the various moods. I remember noting a light percussive beat in one scene evocative of a ticking clock (time is translated interestingly in dream world(s)). I loved the cinematography: epic and grand but also intimate as well, giving the feel of an almost-reality.
          The actors were great, they drew you in even if their roles were a bit short. The one that is focused on most is Leonardo DiCaprio's character, a man that is breaking but more on that when I talk about the story. Next come Paige's character, who delves rather deeply with him within the dreamworld. The others play their roles but they're mostly tense and action based. Everyone doing their job to ensure "the job" goes right.
          About the story: it's the most original one I've seen in a movie but feels like one could have dreamed up, like a new theory or thought that stands to reason and makes perfect sense. Dominic "Dom" Cobb (DiCaprio) gets a job offer, the reward would be his freedom to go home to his two children (you'll have to watch it to find out why he can't go back) but the catch is that it's illegal. He'd have to sneak into someone's dreams and implant a thought (inception). He agrees (if he didn't that'd be it right?). As they delve into the dreamworld, they are beset by unexpected hurdles and the not-so-subtle threat of Mal (subtle name, ha!), a woman very important to Cobb.