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blamebrampton) wrote2011-01-02 11:19 pm
blamebrampton) wrote2011-01-02 11:19 pm
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Finally saw Inception
Possibly the last person in the Western world to see this film ... But on a sweltering summer day, it was just the sort of thing that Mr B and I wanted to veg out in front of.
And ... I have a thought ...
That the whole thing is in Cobb's head and they're just all parts of his own mind. Whether or not there is any such thing as Extraction or Inception is open to debate -- he could have lost his wife in any manner. I do believe that he lost her, his guilt is the driving force for everything that follows, but I think that is the only real fact we can be certain of.
The team all function as facets of a personality -- competence, carefulness, charm, compassion ... And the Arthur - Eames dynamic (which I can see leading to A/E all you A/E folk) even has a level of internal irony that you would hope for in a proper grown-up (and which Cobb in the film rather lacks -- because he's not all of himself). That's why Ariadne is needed, because she is the younger, better Cobb, who remembers his life back when he had joy in it.
Does this make sense to anyone else? Or has the heat wholly melted my brain?
To finish the biggest film day in ages, we watched Strictly Ballroom, which may not be as hilarious to people who have never lived in Australia as it is to those of us who have (OH SO VERY!) and, observing the level of spray tan, I was moved to say to Mr B: 'How can he keep his face so straight when his whole body is so orange?'
Mr B looked at me and said: 'Because he's Bill Hunter, and right about now, he'd fancy a beer.'
(Yeah, you do need a high Oz-familiarity for that to be funny, too. But if you have it, it's a corker ;-))
And ... I have a thought ...
That the whole thing is in Cobb's head and they're just all parts of his own mind. Whether or not there is any such thing as Extraction or Inception is open to debate -- he could have lost his wife in any manner. I do believe that he lost her, his guilt is the driving force for everything that follows, but I think that is the only real fact we can be certain of.
The team all function as facets of a personality -- competence, carefulness, charm, compassion ... And the Arthur - Eames dynamic (which I can see leading to A/E all you A/E folk) even has a level of internal irony that you would hope for in a proper grown-up (and which Cobb in the film rather lacks -- because he's not all of himself). That's why Ariadne is needed, because she is the younger, better Cobb, who remembers his life back when he had joy in it.
Does this make sense to anyone else? Or has the heat wholly melted my brain?
To finish the biggest film day in ages, we watched Strictly Ballroom, which may not be as hilarious to people who have never lived in Australia as it is to those of us who have (OH SO VERY!) and, observing the level of spray tan, I was moved to say to Mr B: 'How can he keep his face so straight when his whole body is so orange?'
Mr B looked at me and said: 'Because he's Bill Hunter, and right about now, he'd fancy a beer.'
(Yeah, you do need a high Oz-familiarity for that to be funny, too. But if you have it, it's a corker ;-))
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I recorded SB because I couldn't be arsed to stay up and watch it. Might watch it today and dance around the house.
You can get it twirling, you can get it whirling, you can get it taking a bow. As a matter of fact, I've got it now ...
Inception was fun to watch (if a bit slow in parts) but the individual characters made so little impact on me that I can't recall enough of the dynamics to put your comments into any real context (although I suspect you may be right for that very reason). I remember being disappointed that Ariadne never really demonstrated the skills she was supposedly brought in for - instead she seemed to end up as Cobb's conscience/rational voice.
*sigh*
Stupid movie has eaten a large part of my flist, which is kind of sad for me (although they appear to be having a good time with it).
*smooches you*