The marketing campaign for Inception has been an exercise in brilliance to say the very least. Starting last august with the very short cryptic teaser, moving to the second trailer in December and opening the game Mind Crime at http://www.yourmindisthesceneofthecrime.com/ The cool think about Mind Crime is how big of a role it has played in the marketing. Through the maze game pictures and information has been slowly released, even the third trailer appeared there first. Then in May they gave us two new posters three TV spots and an epic third trailer.
We have been given a very basic idea of the plot line-DiCaprio leads a team of thieves who enter dreams to steal ideas. He is looking for a way out of sorts, a way to reunite with his family (whatever that means) and this last job is apparently his way to do it.
What we haven't been given is really any information about the characters themselves other than DiCaprio's. And to up the marketing even more and to create even more mystery around the characters they released these character banners today.
Each one states the persons job or position in the plot, yet most are beyond vague and still give us no real idea of what that position means....
DiCaprio is "The Extractor" now this is pretty easy to figure out I think. He is the lead thief, he is the one who "extracts" the ideas from the dreams.
Ellen Page is "The Architect" now that one is more vague and obscure but I still think we can maybe know what she does. She creates the dream world in which they bring the people into to steal the ideas. I could be completely wrong, or very right we will have to wait and see.
Tom Hardy is "The Forger" now this one I really don't know, as there is many different things he could be forging....memories could be one of them and that's what I am leaning to. He may very well forge the memories to help bring in the targets....I could be way way off here again we will see.
Cillian Murphy is "The Mark" Now before I was sceptical that he was the one that DiCaprio's team is targeting just because it shows him conversing with DiCaprio so much in the trailers BUT him being called "The Mark" suggests he is the target.
Joseph Gordon Levitt is "The Point Man" again that could be numerous things but I think he is the one keeping guard or the muscle of the team. It's his job to make sure everything runs smoothly and to plan when in the dream. Again this is pure speculation and I am most likely completely wrong!
Marion Cotilliard is "The Shade" now this is one of the more mysterious and bizarre ones. What does "The Shade" mean? We have heard that she may be DiCaprio's wife, but that plus what we see in the trailers doesn't give any clues to what this means.
Ken Wantanabe is "The Tourist" Now we have heard numerous times he is the "villain" and from what we have seen this seems accurate. But "The Tourist"? that could mean he is entering the dreams and isn't supposed to, and is in fact causing all sorts of havoc, it like the others remains to be seen!
Remember all of this is purely speculation on my part, all of this is subject to change before and when the movie is released. If any changes or new developments arise concerning this stuff before the release, I will for sure give an update! The excitement just keeps building and building, like I said before you should be stoked for this movie as well. It's going to be incredible.
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