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[rhivolution]

Okay, you can now all talk to me about Inception now. Go on, my son.

What I really want to know is how common the technology is in the diegesis of the film and how well it's understood in the culture. For...er...RP and fic purposes, perhaps. In the future.

(Loved the concept and story; like most of Nolan's work, though, it's not overly emotionally resonant, which Matt pointed out to me and I must agree with that analysis.)

Wedding stuff going okay. Stressed and warm though.

Comments

[feverbeats]

Yes! That was one of my biggest complaints about the film! Do ordinary people know about this technology, or just criminals/wealthy businessmen? What are the practical/legal applications, besides military stuff? It wasn't even clear whether or not Ariadne knew about it before Cobb explained it.

And seriously, not emotionally resonant at all. There was no character work! Mal was the only one who get even an ounce of reaction from anyone I talked to.

[rhivolution]

I hated Mal, then felt bad about it. I do think the vagueness leaves it open for, er, awesome fic, though.

[madeupofstars]

http://www.chud.com/articles/articles/24477/1/NEVER-WAKE-UP-THE-MEANING-AND-SECRET-OF-INCEPTION/Page1.html

Thiiiiissss is... sort of an answer to all your points, and one that I find really interesting. I'm interested on your thoughts on it. :D

[rhivolution]

Iiiiii...think that article would be infinitely better were it not insisting on a definitive analysis of the film in a pretentious mansplainy way.

The whole metacommentary on film thing is cool, but the rest of it really takes a far too simplistic view--imho, it all being definitely a dream makes things far too easy. I think it's infinitely better to leave it to individual interpretation. Personally, I think the dreamlike nature of the film's construction highlights the very incorporeal and self-defined nature of our own realities. Which, iirc, is ALSO discussed in the film.

[sohotrightnow]

Well-done, needed more ladies.

[rhivolution]

You mean more ladies that weren't either innocent sweetness and light or hopelessly femme fatale? Yeah. Pretty much.

[sohotrightnow]

I did not interpret Ariadne as 100% "innocent sweetness and light", but other than that, yeah.

[rhivolution]

Yeah, that's not quite right, but she is very much the blank slate of the innocent corrupted who tries to save the hero from himself, which irritated me.

[sohotrightnow]

Hm, I actually really liked Ariadne and thought it was pretty clear that she was at least as interested in saving herself and the others as Cobb, which was probably why I liked her so much -- it was very much not just about "saving him from himself" as about saving everyone else from him, too. But yeah, my original point that it needed more women in general definitely still stands.