Just look at this BAMF:

[katernater]

From here.



I think I might need to do a "skinny blokes in skinny ties" picspam sometime in the near future.

So, obviously, Todd and I enjoyed Inception. Which is a very good thing, because we'd both been anticipating this movie since we saw the teaser trailers for it last year. Without giving anything away, I have to say that it is Christopher Nolan at his finest. I heard that he spent ten years writing and re-writing the script for Inception. In my opinion, that kind of dedication can only have to outcomes: it either sucks because it's been diluted to the point when it no longer resembles the original idea, or, as in the case of Nolan's screenplay, it works because of the amount of detail and attention that has gone into it. Conceptually, Inception has one of the smartest, sharpest stories I've seen in cinema in recent years. On a visual level, Nolan hits it out of the park. I absolutely recommend seeing Inception in the theater -- there are sequences that I feel are better suited to the big screen than to a casual, in-home viewing. Todd and I are probably going to go back to see it a second time, just to pick up on all of the little things we missed (it's not an overly difficult concept to follow, but I think I would enjoy going back to see how it all fits together), which is a fairly good indication of whether or not we jived with a movie -- the last time we did that, it was for Iron Man. (Five times in the theater, each, actually, and at least three times when we were over in Europe.)

I think one reason I enjoyed Inception so much was that it made me feel like I thought cinema should make me feel: challenged, excited, and completely immersed in the world on the screen. Christopher Nolan fulfilled my vision of what movies can -- and should -- be.

Comments

[another-myself.livejournal.com]

OmmmmnomnomnomCillian.

It was such a wonderful movie. I can't wait to see it again. It was one of those amazing plots that you never see or hear about anywhere else.

[thebattycakes]

It was awesome, wasn't it?

I saw it at midnight last night, and it was totally worth being brain-dead at work on a busy Friday, because it was just phenomenal.

Nolan is a master, I bow before him and his skill. The story was incredible and the way he put it together is just so damn fantastic.

I love Nolan, and how his films aren't dumbed down for people, but they're also not lording over them either. He could have easily taken the concept in the film and made this ginormous, artsy, you've got to have a psych degree to understand even half of it, this is art and only brilliant people can find meaning -- type flick, but he didn't.

It's clever and beautiful, and interesting, and the characters are awesome, and it made you think but not blow a gasket trying to 'get it' and proves that kickass action can happen in smart films, too.

And, the theater where I watched it had cherry Icees and Kettle Corn. ROCK!

[antiquitea.livejournal.com]

I'm seeing this tonight, and I am so excited for! I love mindless action flicks and hilariously awkward comedies as much as the next person, but so rarely do movies challenge me to think these days.