Inception: Full of Dreamy Men
July 18th 2010 19:54
I just want to start this post with
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Mainly because I write these on a whim, and it's just easier that way. Saw the midnight showing of Christopher Nolan's new mind-bender and summer blockbuster, Inception. And it was good! It was filled with action, interesting plot lines and some sweet eye candy.
For those of you who don't know: Inception is all about stealing real world information from a sleeping person's dream as well as placing ideas into a sleeping person's mind. The former is called extraction, the latter inception. Inception is supposedly impossible but Leo DiCaprio's character, Don Cobb, assures us that it can be done. And thus goes the rest of the movie.
First, the men: Cobb is the main man, and he assembles a crew that includes Joseph Gordon Levitt (of 3rd Rock from the Sun and 500 Days of Summer fame) and Tom Hardy (of nothing that I know.) Between these three men, they cover the mysterious and broken, dapper and formal, and action-hero bravado gamuts. Levitt may possibly have the single funniest moment in the entire film. And don't think this film doesn't have it's funny moment. There's plenty of wink, wink, nudge, nudge sort of humor that befits a summer blockbuster.
For the women: I was super excited to see Ellen Page (of Juno fame) in this film. I wondered if she'd really fit in though as this isn't her usual quirky, teen role. I figured she was probably try to stretch herself. Unfortunately, she comes up short. And not because she sucked, but just because of the role itself. Essentially, she's the newbie in the gang as Ariadne, so she asks a lot of boring questions and makes a lot of obvious statements, so that the audience can follow along. Unfortunately, it makes her a nuisance, which is a real shame, because as the architect, Page's could have had come across as much, much stronger and more crucial.
The other main woman in the film was Marion Cotilliard (of La Vie en Rose fame), who is lovely, lovely, lovely. Oh and crazy in the movie. She plays Mal, Leo's wife. Something about Mal, I loved and clicked with. Not sure what it is since she didn't have much screen time, at some point literally being locked away in a room. But she was interesting and relate-able in a heart broken sort of way.
I don't know if this movie passes the Bechdal Test. Page and Cotilliard speak to each other at some point, but I'm fairly sure it's about Leo... but I could be wrong.
You might read reviews that the movie is all complex, but it's really not. It takes place in real life, and then they enter a dream only to go to sleep and enter another dream, only to go sleep again and enter another dream (and surprise, they even go to sleep again and enter another dream.) So it's four layers of dreams and yes time runs differently in each dream and it's "confusing" but it's really not.
I think the first half is more interesting, when everything is getting explained and played with because it's just a really interesting concept. The second half of the film when everything goes into action, while good, wasn't what did it for me. I think the second half of the film is what kept it from being a cerebral, independent film, and shifted it into summer blockbuster, which is fine. I think I would have it enjoyed it just the same had it stayed cerebral.
OH YEAH! Did I mention Cillian Murphy (of 28 Days Later and Batman Begins fame) is in it? I didn't know until I was sitting there in my seat guzzling soda and dropping popcorn on the floor. And bam, he comes onto the screen and he plays a major role as Robert Fischer Jr., and he doesn't disappoint. He is lovely and well played. Ahh, yeah, do this movie. Maybe even see it twice.
:: SPOILER ALERTS ::
:: SPOILER ALERTS ::
Mainly because I write these on a whim, and it's just easier that way. Saw the midnight showing of Christopher Nolan's new mind-bender and summer blockbuster, Inception. And it was good! It was filled with action, interesting plot lines and some sweet eye candy.
For those of you who don't know: Inception is all about stealing real world information from a sleeping person's dream as well as placing ideas into a sleeping person's mind. The former is called extraction, the latter inception. Inception is supposedly impossible but Leo DiCaprio's character, Don Cobb, assures us that it can be done. And thus goes the rest of the movie.
First, the men: Cobb is the main man, and he assembles a crew that includes Joseph Gordon Levitt (of 3rd Rock from the Sun and 500 Days of Summer fame) and Tom Hardy (of nothing that I know.) Between these three men, they cover the mysterious and broken, dapper and formal, and action-hero bravado gamuts. Levitt may possibly have the single funniest moment in the entire film. And don't think this film doesn't have it's funny moment. There's plenty of wink, wink, nudge, nudge sort of humor that befits a summer blockbuster.
For the women: I was super excited to see Ellen Page (of Juno fame) in this film. I wondered if she'd really fit in though as this isn't her usual quirky, teen role. I figured she was probably try to stretch herself. Unfortunately, she comes up short. And not because she sucked, but just because of the role itself. Essentially, she's the newbie in the gang as Ariadne, so she asks a lot of boring questions and makes a lot of obvious statements, so that the audience can follow along. Unfortunately, it makes her a nuisance, which is a real shame, because as the architect, Page's could have had come across as much, much stronger and more crucial.
The other main woman in the film was Marion Cotilliard (of La Vie en Rose fame), who is lovely, lovely, lovely. Oh and crazy in the movie. She plays Mal, Leo's wife. Something about Mal, I loved and clicked with. Not sure what it is since she didn't have much screen time, at some point literally being locked away in a room. But she was interesting and relate-able in a heart broken sort of way.
I don't know if this movie passes the Bechdal Test. Page and Cotilliard speak to each other at some point, but I'm fairly sure it's about Leo... but I could be wrong.
You might read reviews that the movie is all complex, but it's really not. It takes place in real life, and then they enter a dream only to go to sleep and enter another dream, only to go sleep again and enter another dream (and surprise, they even go to sleep again and enter another dream.) So it's four layers of dreams and yes time runs differently in each dream and it's "confusing" but it's really not.
I think the first half is more interesting, when everything is getting explained and played with because it's just a really interesting concept. The second half of the film when everything goes into action, while good, wasn't what did it for me. I think the second half of the film is what kept it from being a cerebral, independent film, and shifted it into summer blockbuster, which is fine. I think I would have it enjoyed it just the same had it stayed cerebral.
OH YEAH! Did I mention Cillian Murphy (of 28 Days Later and Batman Begins fame) is in it? I didn't know until I was sitting there in my seat guzzling soda and dropping popcorn on the floor. And bam, he comes onto the screen and he plays a major role as Robert Fischer Jr., and he doesn't disappoint. He is lovely and well played. Ahh, yeah, do this movie. Maybe even see it twice.
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Comment by Beet
She is impressive because despite being new she is the only member of the team who has Cobb figured out. She is kind of the foil to Mal. Alive, real, the rational and sane voice in Cobb's mind.
Mal I couldn't click with, not just because she's a woman