Inception

[sasha_feather]

Saw Inception last night and liked it a lot.

My twitter review (non-spoilery) is this: Loved Inception! Gorgeous and thought-provoking. Should come w/ a trigger warning for suicide. Does not pass Bechdel test. Still good tho.

Inception has me reading fanfic after months away from it. Looking at delicious, the main slash pairing so far appears to be Arthur/Eames, which yeah that is a good pairing that I am enjoying very much, but where is the Cobb/Saito? This movie screamed Cobb/Saito to me! (Ken Watanabe: see icon.)

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I am ill, miserable, worried about being ill. I'll do something and then find that I have to lay down for a while. Going to bed now.

Comments

[starlady]

I loved it too!

And yes again to the movie screaming Cobb/Saitou. It also seemed to be telegraphing Arthur/Ariadne, but that might just be me.

[sasha_feather]

Well yes, there was that kiss! It was nice that there was not a lot of romance in this movie, actually, except for Leo's manpain I suppose. But I am shipping Arthur with everyone because why not. Damn he was hot in that movie!

[starlady]

Oh god he was so hot! Christopher Nolan knows how to dress his actors (Christian Bale in that hand-tailored Armani suit in The Dark Knight, guh).

And I liked that the movie did not go for romance, too.

[auburn]

Saw it this afternoon and really enjoyed it too.

As I said to someone else only hours later, it's hard to pass Bechdel when there's only one woman in the movie. We never once see the real woman that Cobb was married to - she's always a memory, always a projection of his guilt.

I agree, there should be Saito/Cobb; there was such a connection between them. (I was impressed by the quality of storytelling that took Saito from villain at the beginning to part of the team. I was left liking him when he could have been a cardboard cut-out just used to set the mission up.

[sasha_feather]

Mal was basically a refrigerator-woman, which is too bad. I also thought her name would be "Moll", rather than the Latin for "bad".

Saito was the probably the most interesting person in the film! You're right that the journey from villain to team member was seamless. The intense looks between him and Cobb, "Let us be young men together again", oh that was great.

[auburn]

Oh, good, someone else heard 'Moll'. I did as well. Err, I actually heard 'Mom' when she appeared at the beginning. That would have been an interesting twist...

[littlebutfierce]

I haven't seen it, but it making you return to fic sounds very promising!

I'm sorry you're feeling ill. :/

[sasha_feather]

It is definitely worth seeing! Very entertaining movie on several levels. And yeah the slash potential is very high.

Thanks, I am feeling a little better this morning. :/

[anna_bird]

Mmmmm, your icon.

I enjoyed Inception, too. A. and I kept turning to each other during it with exchanges like these:

Me: Look at him. [Saito]
A: Look at his tie.

As someone says above, Chris Nolan dresses his actors really, really well.

[loreofcure.livejournal.com]

Take care. I know you are taking care, but it's worth repeating. XO.

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am feeling a little better today. Resting a lot. <3