What kind of story did Inception tell? How to evaluate?

The structure of Inception's whole story is very simple, that is, this man took on a very arduous task for a certain goal. In the process, he assembled a team with distinctive personality, finally overcame great difficulties and finally completed the task, defeating his long-standing demons.

From the beginning, he appeared as a protagonist with a beard, and then he was put into a luxurious palace. The owner of the temple is a wrinkled old Japanese man.

These abrupt images naturally make the audience question why the protagonist is so down and out. Why did he come to a seemingly dangerous place? Who is that old Japanese man? What's the problem between them? The desire to find answers inspired the audience to continue watching. Naturally, this is a long suspense, and the answer will not be told to the audience until the end of the story.

Then the story goes back to the past. Cobb, the hero, was working in someone else's dream when a beautiful woman appeared. It seems that Maggie and Cobb are very close friends. Cobb trusts her very much, but her performance makes people feel unworthy of the protagonist's trust and arouses the audience's curiosity. Who is a beautiful woman like a friend? Why doesn't Cobb care about her betrayal?

After the mission failed, the film cut to a scene in the hotel where Cobb was spinning the top. Why did he stare at the gyro with a solemn face and hold the gun that pulled the trigger in his mind, as if he would commit suicide at any moment? Why did he breathe a sigh of relief after the gyro stopped?

Then, the phone rang and he answered it. It's his child. His children asked him when he would go home. He said he couldn't go back because of work for the time being. If only these are presented, maybe the audience really thinks that he can't go home because of work. The director naturally missed the opportunity to arrange suspense. He said with the child's mouth, "Grandma said you would never come back."

This caused a suspense in the audience's mind. Why can't the hero go home?

The story develops slowly, constantly creating small suspense like these to satisfy the audience's desire to get to the bottom of it. These are short-term suspense, and the answers are given in the recent plot, so the audience's curiosity is constantly satisfied and they are more interested in pursuing the next suspense answer.