Ill-incepted

I went to see Inception last night (I know, I'm behind the times) and only then because a 2 for 1 ticket that I had expired yesterday. I really enjoyed it.

***Spoiler warning!***

My brother told me that he thought I'd pick the twist. By half an hour in I thought I had, got annoyed at how boring that twist was and then settled in to enjoy the rest of the movie. With 20 minutes (or so) left I realised that my proposed twist wasn't right, and then watched as their really was no twist, just a slow revealing of secrets.

The tension that had to be resolved to make things right was Cobb (DiCaprio) needed to finally deal with his grief, let go of his residual-memory version of his wife and allow himself to be forgiven of the guilt of his role in his wife's suicide. It was one heck of a therapy session though, mixed up in industrial espionage, matrix-like alternate reality combat and storming a snowy stronghold. Better than a couch, any day.

On the way out, my wife remarked that it wasn't what she'd expected after having read a review of the movie in Eternity. The review slated the Cobb character as preferring the dream to reality. It further attacked him as promoting the idea of seeking happiness in whatever virtual realm you can find it and avoiding the truth.

Which is a tad strange, given that the whole point of the movie is Cobb moving towards the final moment where he DOES embrace the truth, deal with reality and face his fears, thus returning to reality. The whole point of the tension in the final scene of the movie was the exact opposite of what the reviewer claimed.

Did anyone else read that review and get really ticked off?

Our generation

Cool guys aren't passionate fighters anymore. The more bored you look when blocking the enemy's roundhouse kick while sweeping his standing leg, the cooler you are.

See?



Ok, so this could just as easily be Keanu acting very excited. Bad example.

Still, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has taken bored-fighting to an entirely new level. Even this image can't capture it. You have to watch the movie to feel his sheer boredom during the fight.