All that we see or seem
I saw Inception over the break for the first time. My initial reaction? ‘Thank god I didn’t see this when it came out’
Not because it’s bad - oh no. Don’t think that. If you are one of the other few people on the planet who, like me, have been living under a rock and haven’t seen the film yet then let me reassure you that Inception is in fact bloody brilliant - well written, well directed, wonderfully acted and beautifully shot. The special effects are really quite spectacular.
It’s also marvellously intelligent and - shockingly for a Hollywood film - it pays its viewers the compliment of assuming they have some basic smarts and can follow a plot line when it takes a more scenic route. I’m going to watch and re-watch it just so I can pick over the little details and murmur ‘oh, you clever thing’ to the film lovingly.
But I’m glad I didn’t see it before because I may have become a little obsessed. Which is surprising because I don’t historically have a tendency in that direction at all… *looks shifty*
One of the things that makes me think the film’s baseline concept - that an idea can be planted in someone’s mind - is all too believable is that the entire internet now seems completely fixated on the idea of slashing Arthur and Eames.
Not that I blame them. There’s a delicious flirty love/hate undercurrent to - well, pretty much all their interactions and they are both very, very attractive. Tom Hardy’s mouth in particular is an embossed, rsvp’d invitation to sin and when it’s combined with his voice…
I’m sorry; I drifted off into my happy place for a moment there. Where were we?
Ah, yes - the world and its internet wife writing Arthur/Eames slash. I’ve read two or three (dozen) now and the quality of what I’ve seen so far is generally very good. And it’s a pairing that appears to inspire some incredibly filthy porn so I’d recommend seeing the film just for that, actually.
And in the face of all these lovely examples of smut, and the pretty-pretty that is the two boys, and the wonderful snarky tension of their relationship my own inevitable plot bunny is - surprise, surprise!!
Not about them.
No, I get a mostly gen plot bunny with a slight femmeslash undertone that’s mainly a character study of someone who gets about two lines in the film. Not sure what happened there.
Not because it’s bad - oh no. Don’t think that. If you are one of the other few people on the planet who, like me, have been living under a rock and haven’t seen the film yet then let me reassure you that Inception is in fact bloody brilliant - well written, well directed, wonderfully acted and beautifully shot. The special effects are really quite spectacular.
It’s also marvellously intelligent and - shockingly for a Hollywood film - it pays its viewers the compliment of assuming they have some basic smarts and can follow a plot line when it takes a more scenic route. I’m going to watch and re-watch it just so I can pick over the little details and murmur ‘oh, you clever thing’ to the film lovingly.
But I’m glad I didn’t see it before because I may have become a little obsessed. Which is surprising because I don’t historically have a tendency in that direction at all… *looks shifty*
One of the things that makes me think the film’s baseline concept - that an idea can be planted in someone’s mind - is all too believable is that the entire internet now seems completely fixated on the idea of slashing Arthur and Eames.
Not that I blame them. There’s a delicious flirty love/hate undercurrent to - well, pretty much all their interactions and they are both very, very attractive. Tom Hardy’s mouth in particular is an embossed, rsvp’d invitation to sin and when it’s combined with his voice…
I’m sorry; I drifted off into my happy place for a moment there. Where were we?
Ah, yes - the world and its internet wife writing Arthur/Eames slash. I’ve read two or three (dozen) now and the quality of what I’ve seen so far is generally very good. And it’s a pairing that appears to inspire some incredibly filthy porn so I’d recommend seeing the film just for that, actually.
And in the face of all these lovely examples of smut, and the pretty-pretty that is the two boys, and the wonderful snarky tension of their relationship my own inevitable plot bunny is - surprise, surprise!!
Not about them.
No, I get a mostly gen plot bunny with a slight femmeslash undertone that’s mainly a character study of someone who gets about two lines in the film. Not sure what happened there.