OKAY SO I WATCHED INCEPTION LAST WEEKEND
THIS ICON WAS BASICALLY MY FACE DURING THE ENTIRE THING
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I WALKED IN EXPECTING A HEIST MOVIE; I CAME OUT COMPLETELY MINDFUCKED AND FEELING LIKE I HAD JUST WATCHED TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF THE BEST SUIT PORN I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE
I MEAN SERIOUSLY, ARTHUR WAS SUCH A GQ BAMF
HNNNNG THOSE SUITS
NICE TIES
CLASSY SHIRTS
LEATHER JACKETS
ROTATING HALLWAY FIGHT
SHIT, SON, BREAK ME OFF A PIECE OF THAT
AND COBB, MAN, BEING ALL SLICK AND AWESOME WITH HIS SWEET CONMAN SKILLS
AWWW YEAHHHH
ALSO EAMES BEING KICKASS AND TAKING OUT AN ENTIRE SQUAD OF PROJECTIONS IN THE SNOW LEVEL, I MEAN WHERE THE FUCK DID THAT COME FROM SERIOUSLY
SHADE!MAL WAS CRAZY HOT
LIKE, NOT CRAZY HOT AS IN IT'S CRAZY HOW SHE'S THAT HOT
BUT MORE LIKE SHE'S HOT BECAUSE SHE'S CRAZY
THAT SHOT OF HER LOOKING UP THROUGH HER HAIR AS COBB AND ARIADNE RIDE THE ELEVATOR UP TO GET AWAY FROM HER SENDS CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE JUST THINKING ABOUT IT
SPEAKING OF ARIADNE
AWESOME AUDIENCE SURROGATE WHO IS A GIRL, CAN I GET A FUCK YEAH
I LOVE THE WAY SHE NEVER BACKED DOWN FROM COBB AND WAS DRIVEN TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM DUE TO SIMPLE CURIOSITY AND THE FACT THAT HE'S FUCKING CRAZY AND NOT THE FACT THAT SHE WAS SECRETLY *~*IN LOVE*~* WITH HIM OR SOME OTHER BULLSHIT ANY OTHER MOVIE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO PULL
SHE ALSO LOOKS VERY CLASSY IN A SUIT, I APPROVE
BONUS POINTS FOR GREEK MYTHOLOGY REFERENCE, ESPECIALLY ON THE MAZE THAT FINALLY STUMPED COBB AND HER ROLE IN THE MOVIE
YUSUF WAS ADORABLE. I LOVE THE WAY HE FLIPS OFF THE PROJECTION BEFORE DRIVING OFF THE BRIDGE. I WISH THEY HAD DONE MORE WITH HIM
SAITO IS AWESOME; "IT WAS NEATER" INDEED, GOOD SIR
ROBERT FISCHER WAS GORGEOUS, THE END
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THIS MOVIE IS ALSO JUST PLAIN FUCKING BRILLIANT
THAT FIRST SEQUENCE WHERE COBB IS INTRODUCING THE SHARED DREAMSCAPE WITH ARIADNE, WHO DOESN'T REALIZE SHE'S DREAMING
AND THEN HE GETS HER TO REALIZE SHE'S NOT ACTUALLY AWAKE BY ASKING HER HOW SHE GOT THERE
AND THEN SHE CAN'T REMEMBER
AND AS SHE STRUGGLES TO ANSWER, WE REALIZE WE HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE EITHER
THE FUCKING SCENE CHANGE, WHICH IS USED IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY FUCKING MOVIE IMAGINABLE, WHICH IS A STAPLE OF THE MEDIUM BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FILM EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE STORY DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, WHICH WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED, IS USED TO FUCK WITH THE AUDIENCE
SCENE CHANGES ARE ACTUALLY REALLY WEIRD, PEOPLE ARE SUDDENLY WHERE THEY WEREN'T TWO SECONDS AGO AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST ROLL WITH THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T SEE ANY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION OR ANYTHING
AND WE DO ROLL WITH IT
THEY MAKE PERFECT SENSE IN MOVIES -- IT'S ONLY WHEN SHIT LIKE THIS HAPPENS THAT WE REALIZE THAT THEY'RE REALLY FUCKING STRANGE
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE LOGIC OF MOVIES -- THE LOGIC OF THE DREAM WORLD -- IN ORDER TO ILLUSTRATE HIS POINT, AND IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL
THIS IS SO OBVIOUS BUT GODDAMN IT MAKES ME GRIN LIKE AN IDIOT EVERY TIME I WATCH THE SCENE BECAUSE OF HOW GREAT IT IS
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GUYS
HEY GUYS
DID WE GET INCEPTED
I MEAN
MOVIES ARE A KIND OF SHARED DREAMING, DON'T YOU THINK
WEIRD, FANTASTICAL SHIT HAPPENS AND WHILE WE'RE IN THERE WE JUST ROLL WITH IT UNLESS OUR SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT BREAKS OUR SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF -- UNLESS SOMETHING ALERTS US THAT THIS IS JUST A DREAM
AND THINK ABOUT THE ENDING
NEARLY EVERYONE IS ALL LIKE, "AWWW SHIT, THIS IS STILL A DREAM, WHERE THE FUCK IS REALITY"
YEAH BUT
WHOSE IDEA IS THAT
ISN'T THAT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME IDEA COBB PLANTED IN MAL'S MIND?
WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY COME UP WITH THAT IDEA, THE WHOLE MOVIE BUILT UP TO THAT SO THAT WE COULD COME TO THAT CONCLUSION AND THINK WE DID IT ALL BY OURSELVES
(UNLESS YOU'RE LIKE ME AND THINK COBB WAS ACTUALLY AWAKE AND FINALLY GOT THE HAPPY ENDING HE DESERVED)
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS INTO WORDS BUT IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA AS TO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HELP ME OUT HERE
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okay I'm done capslocking now
TL;DR -- Inception was great, and if it were a person I'd probably want to make out with it. If you haven't seen it yet, what are you waiting for?