Very Pretty People Dreaming In Very Nice Suits

[redbrunja]

As soon as Inception was released, my flist was full of people squeeing about it. Then I had RL people tell me it was confusing. Then my flist continued to pound out fic, creating a fandom for a movie that was two weeks old.

I decided that regardless of whether it was as good as people said or completely over-rated, I had to see it for myself.

And quite frankly, it held up against all the hype.

Things I liked:

~I loved the recursive nature of the story telling.

~The whole movie felt both dream-like and lucid, which was quite impressive.

~I loved the bits of humor, the clothes, the complex web of relationships people had with each other, the suits.

~The scene were Cobb is talking to Moll about how he could only create a pale shade of his wife was both romance and gave great respect to the complexity of all people.

~The amazing special effects

~The 'worth a shot' kiss.

~The ambiguous ending that had me literally squirming in my seat.

Things I did not like as much:

~How much of a sausage-fest it was. There was only one girl and she was in a very traditionally female role.

I wonder if I'm going to remember my dreams tonight.

Comments

[afigureofspeech.livejournal.com]

Inception kind of blew my mind in the theater, and then I came home and found a budding fandom that just kind of speed-exploded in front of my eyes. It was pretty cool actually. And I agree with all your points. :)

It would have been nice to have another female character who was actually real and not, you know, batshit crazy. But, I liked Ariadne hugely and, like keirelle said, how she was presented. And the whole cast is just so damn pretty lol

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I know! Even from the sidelines I've seen the fandom kind of explode, and it's really interesting to watch.

It would have been nice to have another female character who was actually real and not, you know, batshit crazy. But, I liked Ariadne hugely and, like keirelle said, how she was presented. And the whole cast is just so damn pretty lol

Word. And I actually really liked Moll! But still.