katikat | 3x with JGL: Inception (Reply)

How could I do this "3x with JGL" thing and not watch Inception? I think that Inception and not the Batman trilogy is Chris Nolan's real masterpiece. Why? Because it's a) original and b) an ensemble film. A real ensemble movie where everybody has stuff to do that's important for the success of the mission, nobody's just standing around looking pretty.

Much has been said about the movie, so I'll just mention a few things that I've noticed this time around...

Arthur is really pretty and so incredibly young. JGL looked like the youngest member of the cast. Arthur's dream level was my favorite. The rolling corridor, the kick in the elevator, the zero gravity, tying them all together and dragging them down the corridor... SWEET! Also, when he fought the security guys in the corridor, he looked like a giant spider, running up and down the walls, clinging to them!

Eames is really pretty too. Sorry about the quality of the second pic but the focus was never on him in the scene, the camera followed Cobb around, but I needed to post this because he looked so incredibly sexy in his dark purple shirt and black suit, slouched in such a sexy way. Yeah, Eames usually dresses horribly but in that scene? Mwah! \o/ Also, his level was my second favorite, the way he dealt with the security, how he fought them in the snow!

So, the first level was Yusuf's, the second was Arthur's, the third was Eames' and Limbo was Dom's right? That's why the deepest level didn't collapse when Ariadne left. Also, I think the whole thing might have been a dream after all, starting with Yusuf's den in Mombasa. Did you notice that Dom didn't manage to check his totem back then? That he dropped it when Saito called out to him? Or Cobb might have stayed in Limbo together with Saito. Or maybe they did wake up? Food for thought...

I'm now seeing the Arthur/Eames vibes much clearer. Sure, they only had a few lines together, but... Arthur knew that Eames was in Mombasa - yet he didn't know about Yusuf's den. In the taxi, after the shoot-out, he checked with Eames first. When Arthur was playing Yusuf's guinea pig, with Yusuf trying out the kicks on him, Eames was always there, giggling. The "darling" bit. The "Go to sleep, Mr. Eames" bit. The "stick in the mud" bit... Yup, I see it!

Now I would really want to read a fic or two about Arthur dealing with his failure to discover the militarization of Fischer's mind. Or a fic with Arthur and Eames training together in RL, sparring or something. Hm...

Oh, the actor who played Nash? Lucas Haas? He was in Brick with JGL together, playing The Pin.