Re: Inception

[emeraldembers]

[my mum took me, my sis, my l'il brother and herself to see it tonight at 8.50pm as a cheer-up surprise for us all :D, and for all that I'm up at 6am and planned on having an early night tonight, I REGRET NOTHING. Or, indeed, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN)

Dear Christopher Nolan,

You may not be my type, but right now I need you inside me.

(Also, damn Joseph Gordon-Levitt, I remember having a crush on you when I was little and you have grown up FINE. You may join in on the being inside me shenanigans. In fact, I encourage it.)

FILM. OF. THE. DECADE.

Guys, seriously, you know how everyone's going on about this film? If you haven't seen it, make time to. It's not world-changing cinema but good God it's the best crafted thing I've seen in years. There were moments where my jaw was literally hanging open. I am awed by how perfectly pulled off the film was. There are some brief moments of repetition but they work inside the dreamscape and the whole sequence revolving around Joseph G-L's character in the middle of the movie is absolutely stunning.

I refuse to say anything more about it because I walked into that movie not knowing the plot and having a movie that respects you as an audience without deliberately confusing you to the point of not knowing what's going on is a blessing everyone should enjoy. It was so, so, so good.

I won't be fandoming this one. It's just. It's in a class of its own.

ETA: Spoilers in the comments to this post.

Comments

[snuffkin.livejournal.com]

I agree with everything! Everything!

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

\o/

[snuffkin.livejournal.com]

and I already stumbled into the fandom *sigh* But the world is just so vast and amazing I'd like to explore it more. *sigh* I hope that some good fanfic will come out of that (you know, the kind with the plot, not the kind that's only porn)

[bagelofdeath.livejournal.com]

I won't be fandoming this one. It's just. It's in a class of its own.

That's how I feel about this movie. It's TOO PERFECT for fanfic. Everything you need was up there on the screen and it was AMAZING.

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

It's rare I come out of something thinking "That was perfect. I literally cannot think of any significant way to improve that movie." - the last instance was the Star Trek reboot, and before that - man, I can't think, excepting obvious classics.

I came out of that movie absolutely overjoyed, and not just in a flail-squee-omg way, but in a way where even knowing how much emotional manipulation was in there, the resolutions for all the characters were just so sweet and cathartic, and I loved it. I utterly, utterly loved it.

(Also, the girl AND the non-American people INCLUDING THE CHARMING ENGLISH FELLOW got to be useful, competent, and not bad guys? WHAT KIND OF MOVIE IS THIS?)

[no-eight.livejournal.com]

GOD YES. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS YES. JUST YES.

I don't think that Inception is going to change cinema forever or anything like that but I definitely believe that it's going to be one of those movies that just sticks with you in the back of your mind. It's one of those experiences of seeing a great film and ten to twenty years from now it's going to be one of those flicks that I think every generation should be able to enjoy as well. I haven’t said anything since Nolan’s last film TDK, but he is up there with my favorite directors/writers. So many of his films are so well thought out and have so much obvious effort put in to it, it's like you said, I just feel that Nolan genuinely respects his audience and the movie making process and there isn't many directors out there like that anymore. I seriously love this man. I’m so happy for you, that you got to go in without any prior knowledge. I wasn’t exactly spoiled for it but I think I would have loved my first time with it even more if I went in without hearing the tidbits of information that I got from the macros and such.

JGJ (REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS A TWIGGY LITTLE THING IN 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN? OMG HE GREW) AND THE ROTATING FIGHT SCENE. ASDFGHJKL. THAT IS ALL. :GUH: (I'M LISTENING TO THE SOUNDTRACK RN TOO XD)

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that even for the movies of his I'm not so fond of - I find Memento really, really dull - Nolan's workmanship is marvellous. He just seems to love making movies and even when there are dud moments (cough, exposition guy in the tower at the end of Batman Begins, cough) it's easy to forgive them in the face of everything else. It's just so beautifully, beautifully crafted, I love it.

It was nail-bitingly tense and I jumped nearly every damned time Mal was on screen XD, and even my little brother going "Omg! Jack DID survive Titanic!" at the beginning of the movie didn't spoil it for me. And good lord, that score, it's incredible!

JGJ WAS ONE OF MY CRUSHES AS A L'IL GIRL AND HE'S ALL GROWN UP AND HOT LIKE WOAH AND THAT FIGHT MADE ME ORGASM LIKE NINE THOUSAND TIMES OH MY GOD.

[cantarina]

Is that an Edith Piaf reference I spy?

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

They use that particular song of hers throughout the movie, yep :).

[cantarina]

Hm, another point in its favour, then :D

[mia6363.livejournal.com]

I'm weak and lame... because I've already succumbed to the fandom for Inception. But seriously... I've seen the movie three times... and I could go countless more times. I can't even... :D :D I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

XD I have no problem with other people having fandom love for it <3, but I just - I can't honestly see a way to improve on that movie, I can't, and for that reason I don't want to read fanfic for it and I definitely don't want to write for it. But it was SO GOOD OMG.

[vinylsigns.livejournal.com]

Somehow I can't bring myself to fandom this either. Maybe if I just do reclists? idkidk, you're right, it's too perfect.

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

It's just - wow. This is one for showing the kids <3. You get maybe one a year/every two years where it's not just gathering dust in the DVD collection, it gets replayed regularly, and this is DEFINITELY going to be one of those.

Also, if this doesn't eventually end up replacing The Dark Knight as Nolan's entry in imdb's top 20 movies, I may have to punch a kitten. THIS deserves to be up there amongst the greats, I can't say the same of The Dark Knight, much as I did enjoy that movie too.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

I love that movie so much, I want to take it behind a middle school and get it pregnant.

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

I think we may have crossed wires because I'm pretty sure the movie impregnated me!

Maybe the movie acted as a proxy for our secret sapphic love?

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

It incepted us with BABIES.

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

In fact, I'm pretty certain that if sex doesn't feel like that freefalling fight scene with Joseph Gorden Levitt, I will be sincerely disappointed and may even reclaim my virginity on principle.

[sursumcorda.livejournal.com]

LMAO I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, LOUISE.

[twoskeletons.livejournal.com]

I went into it thinking I knew what the twist was, but then apparently I didn't. Or did I? I'm still like o___O

I wish we had seen more of Ariadne actually building the dream! Goddess in the middle commanding the buildings to rise!

I would like to climb all over Saito and bang and bang and bang.

My fave part though?! Was Arthur discovering the will in the safe, and that whole scene and "I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU TRIED" 'cos I mean like I know it was just to manipulate Arthur, but GODDAMMIT MY FEELINGS WERE MANIPULATED TOO and I totally felt for Arthur and it was GLORIOUS. I know I'm being manipulated but please manipulate me some moooooore ;_______;

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

I'm still kind of puzzled that people think the top kept spinning forever at the end - it seemed to me both by what I saw and what I heard that it was starting to slow down but they deliberately cut it off before it slowed down all the way to play on the idea of questioning your own reality :X.

UNF SAITO OMFG. Most of that cast was incredibly bangable, actually. And I love that EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM got a stand-out scene or line.

Cobb there's the water scene at the beginning, Saito there's the line about buying the airline (not one person in the cinema who didn't laugh out loud), Arthur there's both the kiss and THAT fight sequence, Eames has the "you mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling", Ariadne has the building a world scene at the beginning of the movie - it's fabulous. It's absolutely fabulous. EVERYONE IS A WINNER.

And omfg Arthur, ARTHUR, I was weepy and going OH BABY ;_; *HUGS SCREEN* when he was crying and even though I should hate them for emotionally manipulating him they gave him closure his real life douche of a dad never apparently did and asdfalsdjflasdlf SO. PERFECT.

I love this movie so much it aches. Omg. :D

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

GLAD WE'RE AGREED ON THIS ONE.

OMG.

[shiva-chan.livejournal.com]

It really was an amazing movie. And I also feel that fandom shouldn't tamper with it too much. But fandom is what fandom does... I just won't be a part of it.

Though sadly? I fell asleep during the beginning of it... (Ha ha, I was tired!!) But I quickly woke up.

I think I want to watch it again... but I don't like going to the theatre by myself...

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I give fandom complete freedom to do what it likes - but I couldn't bear to read or write for this. It's like a toy in its packaging, I know I *could* take it out to play with it but when it looks THIS PERFECT I can't, I really can't. It's just. Amazing.

Aww, go by yourself if you want to! I thoroughly intend to if I can't grab a cinema date with one of the lads or lasses around here :).

[lightindark7.livejournal.com]

I really want to see this film!!

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

Do. Do do do, even if it means me wiring you the money to do so via paypal. DO. It's *glorious*.

[lightindark7.livejournal.com]

Lol, I'll go phone my friend see when we can go.

[master-kogane.livejournal.com]

I honestly can't remember the last time a movie left me with a 100% pure feeling of "holy shit, how awesome was this movie? SO AWESOME OMG".

This movie, seriously.

[emerald-embers.livejournal.com]

SERIOUSLY.

I can't stop thinking about it. I've been replaying the soundtrack over and over and over, it's almost concerning.

[master-kogane.livejournal.com]

lmao glad I'm not the only one 8D

Half Remembered Dream = SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE.

I kind of really really want a sequel. I've already got it all figured out, Nolan only needs to do the rest lol.