Thirteen Things I Learnt About Inception (By Watching It Far Too Many Times)

[rebbeile]

Because around about the third (or, you know, three hundredth) time I watched it, I was able to look beyond the pretty (shocking, I know) and glean some actual - albeit pointless - information from the movie. Which, because I've recently rediscovered the wonderful world of procrastination, I'm now going to list for you. WITH PICTURES. \o/

1. If in doubt, assume it’s a dream.


Probably a dream.


2. If Arthur is frowning, you know shit’s about to go down.




I do like it when shit goes down, though. It's pretty.

3. If Arthur is frowning and shit stays where it’s supposed to, Eames is probably around.


4. Dreams will always look surprisingly normal, and if they aren’t looking normal, you can generally blame a) Ariadne b) Mal or c) limbo. If you’re blaming a, all is good. If you’re blaming b or c, you ought to be worried. If blaming b and c, please move calmly and quickly to your nearest exit, because that combination is just downright dangerous.


All is good.

5. If, however, the dream looks normal, but there are an unusual number of staircases that just keep on going, forget a, b and c. That’s just Arthur.


6. The main characters will continually overlook the fact that Yusuf is essentially a drug dealer who keeps unconscious men in his basement, and they’ll happily knock themselves out when he’s around.


In Yusuf's capable hands.

7. When Saito starts buying airlines, you know things are getting serious.


8. Cobb’s mind is the equivalent of a puppy left by itself - it will get into places it isn’t meant to be, it will make a mess, and you will always realise too late that you should have shut the thing away until you were finished with all your serious business, because you sure ain’t going to be getting any done while it’s around.


9. Everyone has an inherently nasty subconscious. Also, everyone’s subconscious has mastered the art of the death stare.


The inside of Cobb's head is just plain creepy.

10. Suits. There might not always be gravity, but there will always be suits.


Except when they're in the snow. But snowsuits totally count.

11. Eames doesn’t actually dream all that much bigger than Arthur. Apparently imaginations are rather limited in the inception business.


I would have gone for a flying tank. Just sayin'.

12. If you want to destroy the company rivalling yours, it’s probably just easier to blow it up.


This, irl, would have helped.

13. Though there would never be a time when a movie about suited men running through other people’s dreams would be not awesome, there has never, and probably will never be one quite as awesome as Inception.


It has Tom Hardy. Your argument is invalid.

Inception. It is wonderful. :)