Inception articulate some of the things that have been swirling around his head for the last eight years." DiCaprio and Nolan spent months talking about the screenplay. Nolan took a long time re-writing the script in order "to make sure that the emotional journey of his character was the driving force of the movie." On February 11, 2009, it was announced that Warner Bros. purchased "Inception", a spec script written by Nolan. Principal photography began in Tokyo on June 19, 2009, with the scene where Saito first hires Cobb during a helicopter flight over the city. The production moved to the
Inception act." Richard Roeper, also of the "Sun-Times", gave "Inception" an "A+" score and called it "one of the best movies of the [21st] century." BBC Radio 5 Live's Mark Kermode named "Inception" as the best film of 2010, stating that ""Inception" is proof that people are not stupid, that cinema is not trash, and that it is possible for blockbusters and art to be the same thing." Michael Phillips of the "Chicago Tribune" gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and wrote, "I found myself wishing "Inception" were weirder, further out [...] the film is Nolan's labyrinth all the