America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM.

Chapter 316 314. The opening is going to confuse people
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As the tide rose and fell, Cobb, played by Bale, opened his eyes on the beach and looked at the two children in front of him with their backs turned, with a look of confusion and helplessness on his face. Then he was taken to see the elderly Saito.

"A long time ago, I saw this spinning top. Someone told me that it could implant consciousness in people's minds."

Saito fiddled with the spinning top, spinning it slightly on the table, and then the scene suddenly changed.

When the camera turned to him again, the face of the young Ken Watanabe appeared, still in the same house, but everything felt different.

The sharp-eyed audience immediately realized that the old man just now was also Ken Watanabe, but one was very old and dying, while the other was full of energy eating steak.

His fellow directors could tell at a glance that Eric was playing tricks.

"Mr. Saito, what do you think is the most deeply rooted and indelible thing in the human body?"

"Is it flesh, bacteria, virus, or something else? Intestinal worms?"

Saito was chewing his steak seriously at this time. When he heard the word intestinal worms, he glanced at Cobb with some displeasure.

The camera turns to Arthur, played by Heath Ledger. He is dressed meticulously, and his angular face in the suit has a completely different feel from before.

In terms of handsomeness, he is inferior to Bale who is also dressed in a suit next to him.

But since he has never worn a suit on the big screen, it is really refreshing and allows the audience to have a deeper understanding of him.

"Cobb means," Arthur hurriedly tried to make amends.

"It is consciousness that is both stubborn and infectious. Once an idea is formed, it is difficult for people to get rid of it."

"So you can steal it?"

"That's right. When people are asleep, their defense and vigilance will be lowered. We can sneak into your dreams and steal or change your thoughts."

"Mr. Saito, we can train your subconscious so that you can fight against the best dream stealers."

"Why should I trust you?"

"Because I am the best dream stealer!"

This short conversation contains a lot of information and even puts the theme of the movie directly in front of the audience.

Thoughts, dreaming, dream stealing, subconsciousness, defense...

"Inception. The name of the movie is not a suspenseful one. It really tells a story about a dream," Patty Jenkins thought to herself.

"Dreams, changing thoughts and dreams, interesting ideas, somewhat similar to what I once imagined."

Nolan couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth: "Could it be that Eric Cooper and I have the same idea? Then let me see how you tell this story well."

Saito wiped his mouth and stood up to leave: "Entertain the two guests well, we will talk again when we have time."

Seeing the target leave, Arthur and Cobb both had solemn expressions on their faces.

"Something's wrong Cobb, he seems to realize it."

Boom boom boom
Then the whole building began to shake, as if a major earthquake had suddenly erupted.

Cobb's pupils contracted violently. He looked down at his watch and said, "Damn it! What's going on?"

Click!

As the second hand moved a bit, when Cobb looked up, the scene had changed again.

In a private house, Cobb, Arthur and Saito were all sleeping.

There was also a parade going on outside, with huge drums beating non-stop, causing the glass of the surrounding houses to shake continuously.

But it was very strange that such a loud noise did not wake up the three people.

The nurse next to them checked the condition of the three people and said to himself, "Why did the celebration start early?"

Then, in a close-up of the dancing girls on the float, the scene changed back to the place where the three of them had just eaten steak.

Cobb and Arthur were discussing how to deal with Saito. Not far away, Mel, played by Charlize Theron, appeared at some point and stared at Cobb intently.

Charlize Theron was wearing an evening gown. Her beautiful appearance was a little cold, but it did not prevent her from exuding an elegant temperament.

Many male viewers immediately shouted yes in their hearts, this is what we want to see.

Eric's women were also watching this scene, Gadot, Ashley, Mary, Elizabeth, Xiao Liu, Da Liu, Arjun, and Daddario.

Everyone had to admit that she was so beautiful, with an indescribable charm, and was the most perfect woman created by God.

Only Nicole didn't think so, because she knew that her wonderful performance in the movie would not be inferior to the other party.

As long as she appears on the stage, everyone will fall for her.

"Cobb, why did she appear again?"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Cobb walked to the balcony and looked Mel face to face.

"If I jump from here, do you think I can survive?"

"You shouldn't be here!"

Meier turned his face to the side, his eyes clearly revealing love: "I thought you would miss me."

Cobb was stunned for a moment, his expression became a little complicated, and he said guiltily: "Of course I miss you."

"Are the kids okay?"

"Kids. Yes, yes, they are all fine."

"So what's your and Arthur's purpose? To steal Saito's secrets from him?"

Cobb looked down at the time again and said, "Mel, I don't have much time. We can talk about these things next time."

What follows is Bell's wonderful infiltration and assassination scene, in which he knocks down the guards one by one with a silenced pistol.

However, in reality, even if a silencer is installed, the noise of the gun still exists, and it cannot achieve the level of silent assassination.

Please don't try this, as they are all adapted from literary works and film and television dramas to serve the plot.

Finally, Bell opened Saito's safe and took the contents.

Just when he thought the mission was accomplished, Mel blocked him with Saito, and Arthur was captured.

"Put down your weapon and whatever you have in your hands, Mr. Cobb."

Faced with his companion being pointed at the head with a gun, Cobb did not put down his weapon, but still asked unwillingly: "Did Mel tell you? Or did you know it a long time ago?"

Saito suddenly laughed: "Does it mean your identity as a thief? Or are we in a dream?"

"Tell me who sent you? Who is against me?"

Seeing that the other party had seen through him, Cobb simply stopped pretending: "Killing people in dreams is useless. You can't use this trick to threaten me."

Mel smiled slightly: "Killing Arthur is indeed useless. It will only make him sober up, but what if we just inflict pain on him?"

boom!
With one shot, Arthur's leg was shot through and he immediately knelt on the ground howling in pain.

"Arthur, the pain will remain in your mind forever. Judging from the style, this should be your dream. I hope Cobb will cherish your life and not treat me like he did me."

As soon as Mel finished speaking, Cobb raised his hand and shot Arthur dead. In an instant, the whole building began to collapse, as if the final boss in the game had been defeated and the villain's lair must be blown up.

At this time, the scene began to intersect between dreams and reality. Arthur in reality has woken up, while Cobb in the dream is still reading Saito's secret in the collapsed building.

Seeing that Cobb couldn't wake up, he used the falling method on him.

But at the same time, Saito also woke up, a fight broke out in the room, and Saito was subdued.

It’s only been a dozen minutes since the movie started, but the average audience is already feeling dizzy because of the constant scene switching.

I don't really understand what's going on, I can only follow the plot.

Professional film critics, directors and actors can roughly sort out the cause and effect relationship.

"Inception is a really novel idea and subject matter. Eric Cooper used a very complex approach this time."

“It’s not too complicated actually. If you just go through the fast-changing scenes, you’ll find that it still roughly follows a linear narrative.”

"Cobb and Arthur were hired to steal Saito's secret, the document in the safe."

"It also reveals here that dreams have hosts. Once the host dies, the dream will collapse, and even if you die in a dream, you will wake up."

"What about Mel?"

"Mel and Cobb must have a relationship. They have a child. They are probably husband and wife? Or ex-wife? But now they are enemies."

"But Mel wasn't among the people sleeping in the room. Why did she appear in Arthur's dream and cause trouble?"

"This is also what I am confused about. There will definitely be an explanation later."

But just when many professionals thought they had understood the plot, Saito in the picture suddenly burst into laughter.

"You can't fool me. This is not my safe house. I would never use such low-end polyester carpets."

"This is still a dream, a dream within a dream. You have constructed two layers of dreams in an attempt to deceive me, hahahahaha"

Seeing that their plan had failed, the Dream Stealing Gang had no choice but to retreat.

The scene changed again, and this time several people were sleeping on a train, to be precise, the Japanese Shinkansen.

"Fuck! A dream within a dream actually has this kind of setting!"

Many professionals who thought they understood the whole thing suddenly felt they had been fooled. Suspense, science fiction, and other twists and turns were intertwined, and suddenly they could no longer tell what type of movie it was.

But no matter what genre it is, one thing is for sure: it's damned brilliant.

Some movies can keep the audience glued to their seats with just their opening. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand them, as long as you feel they are awesome. "Inception" is undoubtedly one of them.

"Haha. Charles, do you still think you understand?"

“It’s not so clear. The setting of multiple layers of dreams gives this story countless possibilities. This is a movie that no one can predict what will happen next.”

"But there are a lot of confusing plots for us, and I can already imagine how ordinary audiences feel."

"Don't jump to conclusions. This movie is completely beyond Eric Cooper's past style. Let's see how he tells this story later."

The plot of the movie continues, Cobb and Arthur are captured by Saito in reality and hired to do things for him.

You can come to my brain to steal secrets, this time I want you to implant consciousness in the opponent's mind.

Under the temptation of going home, Cobb finally agreed and sought help from his father-in-law, who was also his teacher in the dream realm.

"As long as I can help my employer complete this mission, I can go home and reunite with my children. You must help me."

"Cobb, you can take care of everything by yourself. You are an excellent dream builder."

"Previously."

"what?"

"Mel.Mel has appeared again. She will stop me from completing my mission. I can no longer be a dream builder."

"And the reason why the last mission failed was because the teammates I found temporarily were unreliable. I must assemble a stronger team. If I hadn't been desperate, I wouldn't have come to you for help."

"Well, I do know someone who is a very good dream expert."

"Where are the people?"

"Don't worry. Aliridni is a proud woman. If you want her help, you must pass the test."

Cobb chuckled and said, "No problem. I also want to test the strength of my new teammates."

With the help of her father-in-law, Aliridni, played by Nicole, appeared on the scene.

She had long blond and red hair, wore a tweed coat, had black lace gloves on her hands, and her eyebrows and eyes gave people a feeling that she was not someone to be trifled with.

Then the three of them fell into a deep sleep, and Cobb and Aliridan entered Arthur's dream at the same time. They wanted to use this place as a battlefield to decide the outcome.

On the bridge over the Seine, the two looked at each other face to face.

"I found you, Aliridni, you lose!"

A breeze blew, ruffling Neeko's long hair. "You got the wrong Cobb. It's not that you found me. It's that I think the game of hide-and-seek is boring."

"We are both good at manipulating dreams, and we are both interested in peeking into the secrets deep inside people's hearts."

"Now I really want to know your secret."

"What do you want to know?"

"Why do you need two dream builders?"

"Because I have to be responsible for controlling the overall situation and cannot be distracted."

"Humph! That's just an excuse. Tell me your deepest reason and I can consider helping you."

Aliridni's idea of ​​digging out secrets immediately touched Cobb's deepest wounds. He was a little annoyed: "Ma'am, you should be more polite."

"You invite me to do something illegal and yet ask me to be respectful, Cobb. Something must have happened to you."

"Shut up!"

Cobb's rage was completely ignited by being poked in the scar repeatedly. He suddenly waved his right hand, and the surface of the Seine River suddenly became turbulent. The waves dozens of meters high swept Neeko into the water.

Seeing this scene on the big screen, the audience was stunned.

What's going on? How did he suddenly become Harry Potter? Can he do magic?
"Cobb, in dreams we are all omnipotent. We don't have to carry out missions and we don't have to worry about anything. Let me try you before Arthur's subconscious wakes up!"

Aliridan's voice rang out from all directions, and then the ground began to shake, and tall buildings folded into various shapes to attack Cobb.

The beautiful and bizarre scene makes people feel like they are in a kaleidoscope, with everything around them turning and twisting.

It is clearly a straight building made of steel, but under Nicole's control, it looks like a Rubik's Cube that is twisting, changing and splicing at will, making the onlookers dazzled.

Faced with the living building, Cobb was not panicked. There was no need to worry about Mel here, as he was also a top dream builder.

He stomped his foot hard, and the house that was about to crush him suddenly began to twist in the opposite direction, like a hand twisting a Rubik's Cube upside down.

Cobb stared at Aliridni with burning eyes: "The best dream builder? Let me teach you what the best means!"

(End of this chapter)