Update: The Inception trailer is now online at Apple.com. Check it out by clicking here.

I don't really know what this movie is about and it doesn't really matter. I am super excited to see it. Pretzel Day at Dunder Mifflin excited. The trailer for Christopher Nolan's upcoming sci-fi psychological thriller Inception will be available as an Apple download on December 28, but for now it is attached to Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes.

I feel that Christopher Nolan is on a short list of contemporary directors that continues to positively progress the art and quality of filmmaking. He tells unique stories in innovative ways while never underestimating his audience. He has faith that the viewer can follow a story that unfolds in reverse, that they can engage in a period feud between two rival magicians, that they can believe in the heart and drama of a man who dresses up like a bat. Inception appears poised to be a another notch on Nolan's already impressive filmography.

If the all-star cast, that includes Leonardo Dicaprio, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon Levitt, isn't enough to pique your interest, then the visuals will surely wake you from your coma. The original teaser that was released some time ago featured a gravity-defying fight in a hallway that appeared to be rotating. The trailer takes this a step further by showing a part of a city actually fold in on itself. It shows a glass of water on a table, leaning its contents from one side to the other, as if the whole world were tilting back and forth. Amongst these visuals are nuggets of expository dialogue suggesting that reality may not be what it seems, and that memories can not only be created but customized.

The trailer utilizes the same dark and foreboding drone sound effect featured in the teaser. Combined with the visuals, it creates a sense of eerie anticipation, as if waiting for an impending ominous revelation. Overall you get the impression that you are in for a psychological roller coaster, a real mind f--k. The efficacy of the trailer to set a specific mood mirrors the great trailers of other films, such as Ridley Scott's original Alien and Todd Field's Little Children, both of which elicit a similar haunting feeling. 

In summation, Inception looks badass. Sherlock Holmes is worth the price of admission for the trailer alone.