🌀🧠 Inception Movie Discussion

## 🌀🧠 Inception - if someone can plant an idea, is any choice really yours?

Discussion only - watch beforehand (no screening).

Short summary

Inception is one of those rare movies that’s both a blockbuster and a serious craft flex - and it still messes with your head on rewatch.
It’s not just “dreams within dreams.” It’s about grief, guilt, manipulation, and how easily we confuse “my choice” with “the idea that got installed in me.”
And Cuarón-style, the technique is the argument: editing, music, time distortion, and the way the film makes you feel certainty slipping away.
If you loved it, you’ll notice new layers. If you hated it, you’ll finally get to argue properly.

What we’ll explore :

• What moment still lives in your body? The hallway fight? The snow level? The elevator? The sinking van? What’s the scene you can replay perfectly?
• Cobb - hero, addict, or con man? Are we rooting for him even when the job is basically mental trespassing?
• Mal - villain… or the moral center? If someone messes with your sense of reality, and it breaks you, who’s responsible?
• The “idea virus” question: if you could plant one idea in someone (politics, love, self-worth) - would you? Where does persuasion become violence?
• The ending: does it matter whether it’s “real”? Or is the point that we need certainty to feel safe?
• Craft as philosophy: when the film cross-cuts time (seconds vs hours vs years), does it make you feel awe… or does it make you feel trapped?

When and where :

• 🗓️ Date: Sunday, March 01, 2026
• 🕒 Time: 3:30PM - 5:30PM
• 📍 Location: Central Library - Meeting Rooms - L4 North (492) Meeting Room