The Proposition (2005) [REVIEW]

March 6, 2011 Leave a comment

 

Remember how I just reviewed True Grit? Remember how I said I don’t really like Westerns? Well, this is one of the exceptions. For as much as I don’t even really like Westerns now, when I first saw this movie a few years ago, I had even less of an interest. I was still big into Guy Pearce because he was riding the awesomeness of L.A. Confidential, Ravenous, and Memento, which made me more apt to check this out. And the fact that Nick Cave had written the script is something I was pretty excited about too, mostly because I liked that “Red Right Hand” song. Plus I think I bought this movie before ever even seeing it because I really needed to complete the Blockbuster “4 DVDs for $20″ deal. Oh boy, remember DVDs? The 2000′s were a strange, strange time.

 

Come on, Guy! Eat a fucking sandwich!

Guy Pearce plays Charlie Burns, an outlaw who has been apprehended by the law, along with his younger brother Mikey Burns, played by Richard Wilson. The Captain who has arrested him, played by Ray Winstone, offers Charlie a deal. If Charlie gets his older brother, Arthur, played by Danny Huston, and kills him, then Captain Stanley will allow Charlie and his brother to go free. If he doesn’t, then he will hang Mikey on Christmas day. Charlie finds this to be an interesting “proposition”, and goes out in search of his older brother. While Charlie is on the road, Captain Stanley’s boss order that Mikey be punished for his crimes, despite the deal Stanley made with Charlie. This involves Mikey receiving 100 lashes, and after refusing to do so, Captain Stanley is fired, and Mikey receives the lashes anyway.

 

That’s GOTTA hurt!

While Charlie is in search of his brother Arthur, he encounters a bounty hunter who is in search of the Burns gang, as well as aborigines, who happen to spear him in a cave. Right before passing out from the spear, he sees the person who speared him’s head explode by gunshot. He wakes up to see his brother, Arthur, is the one who helped him. Arthur learns of the deal, and decides to break Mikey out of prison. As Charlie, Arthur, and the rest of the gang break Mikey from prison, Charlie takes Mike away while Arthur stays behind to murder the remaining guards. The injuries sustained during the lashings were too severe for Mikey and he dies in Charlie’s arms. After burying him, Charlie goes back into town to check in with Captain Stanley, only to see that Arthur has severely beaten Stanley and another man is raping Stanley’s wife. After Arthur invites Charlie to take part in the violent revenge for Mikey’s death, Charlie shoots the man raping Stanley’s wife point-blank in the head, and shoots Arthur in the stomach. Arthur stumbles out of the house, only to have Charlie tell Stanley he is going to join his brother, and Charlie follows a trail of blood to see Arthur sitting in the dirt. The film ends with the two brothers, one of them about to die, looking at the sunset.

 

More movies need scenes where characters look at the sunset and lament everything about human existence.

Pretty brutal, huh? The acting in this was great, and between Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, and Danny Huston, it’s hard to pick one great performance over the others. The landscape of the Australian outback was captured beautifully, and the script was extremely well complemented by the soundtrack, written and performed by Nick Cave, along with Warren Ellis. No, not that comic book Warren Ellis, a different Warren Ellis. The story itself might not seem to stand out from other Westerns, but it’s the overall bleak disposition of all of these characters. Nobody seems to enjoy their existence, no matter what side of the law they’re on. In particular, seeing Captain Stanley and his wife being so secluded and shut off from any semblance of a large population, especially after he was fired and ostracized, made it seem like suicide would be more enjoyable than the lives they had. Everything was sun-baked, flies were buzzing everywhere, and nobody seemed comfortable. The only moments that anyone seemed to actually enjoy were the moments the sun was rising and when it was setting, because for those brief moments you could forget about your life and just absorb the idea of life without people and the awful things they could do to one another.

 

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The Social Network (2010) [REVIEW]

February 20, 2011 2 Comments

 

David Fincher, director of incredible films such as Zodiac, Fight Club, and Se7en, is directing a movie about Facebook. Wait, what the fuck? Is that really what was happening?! I couldn’t have been less excited. Then the trailer came out…yup, sure did look like a movie that David Fincher made about Facebook! I remember getting an email to my campus address back in 2004 for Facebook and signing up for it, of course. When I realized that I couldn’t see things unless I friended people, and that Facebook was exclusive, I deleted it, because that’s fucking stupid. I then wanted to check a few months later and see if my classmate was the girl from Road Rules, so I signed up again, only to find out my profile was still active. What the fuck?! And, well, I guess that’s my history with Facebook.

 

Who the fuck meets people through the internet? Buncha a weirdos, kids these days!

In 2003, the internet was just starting to get more personal, and there were more and more social communities where you could share pictures, interests, and information. At the time, those websites were things like Livejournal, Friendster, and MySpace. They were met with varying success, but it wasn’t until Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg, started working on a website that encapsulated all of the things you could find on other websites, but made it exclusive to people attending Harvard. From there, it extended from school to school, one at a time, and grew and grew and grew. The Social Network depicts not only the course of events that happened in the launching of this website, but the legal battles that followed due to conflicts over who owned the intellectual property, the financial aspect, and just the idea in general.

 

Now featuring twice the amount of cocksuckers, thanks to those rascally Winklevoss twins!

Every time I hear something about getting “tagged”, or bullshit about writing on someone’s “wall”, or that fucking Farmville thing, I throw up in my mouth a little bit, and make a mental note to not have a conversation with that person about anything. While watching The Social Network, I completely forgot that this movie was based on the creation of this website. It plays as more of a legal thriller rather than a docu-drama about a website that’s popular. I think this credit belongs to both Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter, as well as David Fincher. Aaron Sorkin just has this way of writing these casual conversations that make you hang on every word and are completely engaged, regardless of the fact that people were conversing about a website. And having Fincher, who typically deals with slightly darker, moodier subject matter, was a wonderful choice in grounding this film to the real world and portraying people who weren’t necessarily the smartest or most likable, but had good ideas and great timing. Every scene plays out as though you have been involved in an interaction like that before, thanks to Sorkin, yet seemed to take place in an alternate reality that had muted colors, lights, and characters that you could never possibly interact with, thanks to Fincher.

 

PRETENTIOUS FUCKING ASSHOLES IN THEIR GODDAMNED NORTH FACE JACKETS.

I’m always blown away by the amount of work David Fincher puts into his films and how much research there is. Just take a glimpse at the trivia page for this movie on IMDb and you’ll begin to see how he controls everything about every actor in every scene, and in a good way. From the fact that he forbade any of the actors from meeting their real life counterparts, to filming a scene with eight pages of dialogue 99 times, to making Eisenberg only wear clothes that had been worn by Zuckerberg, no detail goes unnoticed. Did I mention the fact that there are identical twins in this movie, being portrayed by the same actor? Finding no adequate twin actors, he filmed everything with a stand-in body, and then digitally added the original actor’s face to the double, and he did this almost seamlessly. Not to say that the actors didn’t hold their own, but since they were all relatively subtle portrayals of actual people, it’s hard to cite one in particular for their stand out performance. So, looking back on it, yes, David Fincher really did make a movie about Facebook, and it was fucking awesome.

 

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Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) [REVIEW]

December 31, 2010 Leave a comment

 

I’ve always kind of hated graffiti. Not so much hated, as much as I just could never get interested in any sort of piece of graffiti. Not that graffiti artists aren’t talented, I’ve just never been impressed by someone writing their name in bubble letters 20 feet tall. The only type of street art that I was really interested in were stencils. Not that stencils require more artistic talent, some might even argue you need less artistic talent, but I have always felt that stencils are more about the message, rather than the artistic content. It’s about creating an image that can be repeated multiple times and in large quantities. From the time I started getting interested in and buying books on the subject, a popular figure whose work I enjoyed was Banksy. I thought his aesthetics were engaging and the messages he was trying to get across were interesting. This was up until I read a quote from someone who lived near the West Bank who was upset with the artwork he put on the wall separating Palestine and Israel. I’m summarizing, but the woman was saying how she didn’t like the fact that he tagged the wall, because she hates the wall, and is disgusted by it, and doesn’t want it to look more interesting with artwork. I think I even read this quote in one of Banksy’s books, and ever since then I have found fewer and fewer of his pieces enjoyable. Exit Through the Gift Shop is his most recent work of art, which is supposedly a documentary about street art.

 

Alright buddy, we get it. You’re dark and mysterious and British. Thanks for reminding us.

The film is introduced by Banksy, who starts explaining that someone was making a documentary about him, and he thought the person doing the documentary was more interesting, so this is a film about to documentarian, Thierry Guetta. Thierry simply fell into the world of street art because his cousin, known as “Space Invader”, is prominent in the street art scene. Combine this with the fact that Thierry filmed everything, all the time, no matter what he was doing, resulted in some rare footage of street art being created. This kind of art is usually only seen after the fact, and is then destroyed by public officials, so some of that footage was pretty cool. This gave Thierry a purpose in what to do with all of this footage, and he had a driving force behind his camerawork, with the ultimate goal of meeting Banksy, one of the most well-known street artists in the world. For an artist so well-known, there weren’t really easy ways to get in touch with Banksy, but when Thierry did, it was surely by coincidence. The first 60 minutes of the film is about this quest to find these talented artists and footage of some of these artists in rare form, which is being caught in the act of creating. When Thierry shows Banksy the “completed” film, he is unimpressed and tells Thierry to spend some time creating street art while Banksy tries his hand at piecing together a street art documentary. The following 30 minutes shows Thierry trying to emulate his favorite artists, ripping off their methods, ideas, and styles, while managing a crew who are the ones actually responsible for creating the art. Not once do you see Thierry creating art, just telling people what to do. This leads up to his first gallery opening, which is attended by thousands  of people who spend tens of thousands on his pieces, giving Thierry an enormous paycheck. At the end, they show all the artists featured and what they’re currently up to, and when it gets to Banksy, his comment is that he will never again help anyone film anything about street art.

 

Judging by the negative space, I’m gonna say it’s a rat! Is it a rat? PLEASE TELL ME IT’S A RAT!

There are a few theories on what this movie was, what it was about, what was real, and what was staged. Some people take this film for what it was, and took everything as truth. They became disgusted with “Mr. Brain Wash“, which is Thierry’s alias, and become disgusted with the person he became. Others, however, think the entire thing is fake. They think that everything in the film was staged, and it was never intended to be anything more than a mockumentary. I feel like the film fell somewhere in between, that the first 60 minutes are real, and all of it was authentic, but the last act of the film seems a little fishy. Banksy has always had his roots in street art, and lately has been criticized for “selling out” in the pieces he chooses to do and for whom. Some of his original works will sell for thousands of dollars, and it’s unclear as to what his intentions are currently. I feel as though the last portion of the film was both satirical and poking fun at the entire concept of a street artist selling out. This is mostly based on the fact that we never see Thierry creating art, the fact that the art is such a blatant mix of both Banksy and Shepard Fairey‘s (another prominent street artist) work, and the fact that Banksy is known for his hoaxes.

 

Mr. Brainwash himself. You can just tell from the facial hair how much of a douche he is. Did I say douche? I meant French.

No matter how you feel about the last portion of the film, happy or upset, I don’t think there is much reason to doubt that the first 60 minutes have some very interesting footage of both artists and the art they create. In a world filled with advertising and “corporate” art that is bland and uninspired, it’s great to see artists who know the shelf-life of art, and try to get their message out in the quickest, easiest way. It shows that street art is more about the message it conveys, rather than the longevity of the piece. And whether you believe the last part or not, it’s hard to ignore the message it conveys, which is that people are more interested in a name or hype surrounding an artist, rather than the actual piece. Everything at Mr. Brainwash’s gallery was uninspired, yet to see thousands of people interested in it, and even spending money on it because Banksy “endorsed” it, the message seemed true and clear. This was one of the most enjoyable documentaries I’ve seen, and probably one of my favorite movies of this year.

 

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Punisher: War Zone (2008) [REVIEW]

October 23, 2010 2 Comments

 

I am going to attempt to talk about this film without just yelling in caps lock the whole time, because that’s what this film makes me want to do. The first Punisher movie, starring Thomas Jane and John Travolta, wasn’t necessarily a complete failure, but, it was PG-13. A movie about a character known for his extreme brutality is rated PG-13? What the fuck? The character development and the actual plot was entertaining enough, but it definitely seemed a little too family friendly. Even though there were explosions, and one guy got stabbed under his chin and up into his head, it just needed a little bit more. Lucky for us, people realized that, and gave us Punisher: War Zone.

 

Ray Stevenson was way more brutal than Pretty Boy Jane. Just kidding, Thomas Jane, you were awesome in Deep Blue Sea!

Frank Castle’s family was killed because of organized crime, so the Vietnam veteran has snapped and decides he will punish every single criminal he can, usually in the most brutal ways possible. His enemy in this film? Billy the Beaut, who falls into a glass crushing device and becomes the disfigured villain Jigsaw. Frank has a sidekick who helps him acquire weapons as well as intel on the criminals, which, believe it or not, comes back to haunt him. Oh, there are also a bunch of parkour-loving bad guys that are constantly getting aggro all over the city, jumping around while heavy metal plays in the background. Long story short, Frank Castle kills EVERY MOTHER FUCKER HE SEES.

 

TAKING OUT COPS WITH JUST ONE HAND…SO FUCKING AGGRO.

Let’s talk for a moment about all the ways that people die in this movie. First person who dies on-screen? After cutting the power at a fancy dinner, the Punisher jumps onto the table, slams a road flare down, and STABS SOMEONE THROUGH THE TOP OF THEIR FUCKING HEAD. Remember those parkour guys I was talking about? They are jumping from rooftop to rooftop, trying to one-up each other. As one is flying through the air, we see a rocket heading towards him and BLOWS HIM THE FUCK UP. Who do we see then? THE PUNISHER WITH A FUCKING BAZOOKA. HE USED A GODDAMNED BAZOOKA TO KILL ONE PERSON. He then throws another parkour guy off the roof, and he gets impaled on a wrought iron fence…ouch. What’s worse? FRANK JUMPS OF THE BUILDING AND MANAGE TO KICK THE GUY IN THE FACE ON HIS WAY DOWN. Later on, we see Frank grab a wormy little henchmen by the collar, AND PUNCHES HIM SO GODDAMNED HARD IN THE FACE THAT THE WHOLE FUCKING THING CAVES IN. Later on, Frank whips open a door to see a fat bad guy sitting there, and the bad guy is all “OH FUCK” and then the Punisher SHOOTS HIM IN THE HEAD WITH TWO GUNS AT THE SAME EXACT MOMENT, CAUSING HIS HEAD TO EXPLODE.

 

Jigsaw and his brother Looney Bin Jim, also know as Eugene Tooms from some X Files episodes. The X Files are so awesome.

Hopefully you can get a sense of how much they cranked up the violence in this film, and for the better. Unfortunately, they were still playing catch-up to try to make up for the first film. The plot of this film is okay, at best, and they don’t really explain why Castle is so incredibly unbalanced. This movie definitely seemed to be a “Sorry guys!” to all the fans of comic books, but wasn’t quite as accessible to the average viewer. There were definitely some references that comic book fans would say “FUCK YEAH!” to, but didn’t really further the plot. They had a bigger role for Detective Soap, who is known in the comics for being the guy that helps Frank avoid the police and give him leads, but I still think some newcomers might have been confused. The final showdown also took place at the “Brad Street Motel”, which I had to explain to Rampaige and my friend Nate as to why that was so funny, with Tim Bradstreet being a major artist for Punisher comics for quite a few years now. If you like the comics, watch this movie, and if you don’t like the comics, watch it anyway, because the violence is so fucking insane and awesome. Or, just watch the Rated R trailer that I am going to post below.

 

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Zodiac (2007) [REVIEW]

October 22, 2010 4 Comments

 

Do you know how much of a pain in the ass it was to find this movie on Blu-ray? I wasn’t even sure I wanted it on Blu-ray, since I hadn’t seen it since it was in theaters, but I had hoped I could at least hold it and think about buying it. I went to a Best Buy, and it was out of stock. I went to Newbury Comics, and they didn’t have a used or new version. I went to another Best Buy, and they said they didn’t even carry it anymore. Is this what my life has come to? Paying full price for Blu-rays on Amazon? GODDAMNED TECHNOLOGY!

 

“So one of us got cast in a huge superhero movie, and one of us was almost cast in a huge superhero movie? Yeah, same thing…”

In 1960’s California, a man starts taking credit for murders that have no suspects and no leads, and he refers to himself as the Zodiac. He sends coded letters to newspapers and police departments, and the codebreakers end up being unlikely individuals. One of those individuals is the cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. He teams up with reporter Paul Avery, played by Robert Downey Jr., to try to be the ones to connect the dots across multiple counties in California. Based on the true story, the leads and the evidence comes and goes, but eventually everything dries up and no one is ever held accountable for all the murders that the Zodiac takes credit for.

 

David Fincher is so dark. SO DARK. Both in the contextual way and, well, the lack of lights sort of way.

Knowing that David Fincher was directing a film about a serial killer, it was hard to go into it and not expect something that was like Se7en. I think I suffered from that shock when I first saw it, but knowing this time what to expect, I enjoyed it even more. I guess you could say I am a David Fincher fanboy, in that I pretty much love every single film he’s done. Big surprise, I love this one as well. It plays out more like a murder mystery, rather than a psychological thriller. But of course, it’s a Fincher murder mystery, so the attention to detail, especially considering it was based on a true story, is absolutely insane. From using actual newspaper reproductions from that time period to the wardrobe being based on things actually held in the evidence locker, Fincher made sure this film came as close as possible to what actually happened. Even some of the victims said that, without giving specific details to Fincher, the scenes that recreated their encounter with the Zodiac could not have been closer to what actually happened. Yes, this movie is long, just over two and a half hours, but if you like murder mysteries, David Fincher, or just good movies, this one definitely deserves a repeat viewing. Also, the opening 15 minutes are near perfect, and set the tone of the film better than some films have tried to achieve in two hours.

 

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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) [REVIEW]

August 17, 2010 9 Comments

 

You may or may not remember my review from only a few weeks ago about the Scott Pilgrim books, and that I mildly enjoyed them (in case you don’t remember the review, click here). My introduction to the character was through the trailer, which I had luke warm feelings about. After reading the books, I was a little more intrigued by the film, but still not blown away. However, with the magic of the internet, I saw someone who had taken the audio from the trailer and synced it up with images from the book, and once I saw how similar the dialogue and shots were, I grew more and more excited. I finally caved in, felt like a dork, but went to see Scott Pilgrim vs. The World in its opening weekend.

 

Why does Scott Pilgrim love Smashing Pumpkins so much? THEY HAVE THE SAME INITIALS! It took me a long time to figure that out, so, you’re welcome.

If you are too lazy to read the review I posted for the books, I will once again explain the plot. For those loyal readers out there who can recite every one of my reviews back to me, feel free to skip down the page a little bit. Scott is a 20-something looking for love, still hurt over his last breakup. He stumbles upon Ramona Flowers, who he then obsessively pines for and dreams about. They hit things off, yet after smooching, Scott learns he must fight Ramona’s 7 Evil Exes if he wishes to be with her. Also, there is some indie rock thrown in there, along with videogame references and general hipster mockery.

 

Um, excuse, ya know, in the comic, he described Ramona by putting his fingers near his face, not with a drawing. Does Edgar Wright find anything sacred these days!?

That’s the short version of the story at least. Before we go further, I’m just going to go ahead and say that I really liked the film, possibly more than the books. With that in mind, I did think the movie was a little long. It might have just been the pacing of the source material, but I almost expected to walk out of the theater and have it be three hours from when I walked in. Turns out, it’s just barely under two hours. Either way, it felt long, and it had its slow moments, as well as multiple endings. Now that we have the thing I disliked out of the way, let’s move on to the reasons I did enjoy it so much.

 

Why yes, that is the silhouette of Jason Schwartzman! I am quite good a celebrity silhouette spotting.

We’re pretty much all sick of Michael Cera playing awkward guy who likes a girl, right? Well, the reason he seems to keep getting cast is because he is so damned good at playing that character. He was slightly more empowered in this film, and I wouldn’t have been surprised to have seen his character being played by John Cusack, if it was maybe 15 years ago. Mary Elizabeth Winstead was great as Ramona, the mysteriously aloof, cool girl with a troubled past, similar to Kate Winslet’s character in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Ellen Wong was great as Knives Chau, the young, innocent, mildly crazy former lover of Scott, who balanced annoyingly obsessive with wounded and vulnerable extremely well. All of the supporting cast was great as well, especially Alison Pill as Kim Pine, who I felt brought life to a character who, in the comics, I thought of as mostly a bitch.

 

Scott Pilgrim is being throttled by the future Captain America! Take THAT, comic book dork loser idiots!

As far as the style of the film, such as the visual gags, sound effects, and references to videogames, I feel the movie pulled it off quite well. The didn’t overuse these story-telling devices, and more importantly, they didn’t under-use them either. A lot of movies with similar gags will use it a few times, then just stop. This film kept it running the whole time, so all of the visual jokes were really entertaining, and the music even more so. Not just the visual gags, but all the audio jokes as well. Actually, all the music in this film was a lot of fun. Because there are a lot of jokes in the book about the band sucking/not sucking, I had a hard time making up my own music for them. In the movie, I feel that the sucking/not sucking joke worked pretty well, whereas most indie bands really suck, but are still fun to listen to, or are sometimes extremely talented, and play kind of crappy music.

 

In the book, when this scene took place, in black and white, with little cartoons…it was WAY more sexy. Wait, I mean less. Of course I don’t get turned on by cartoon characters! Heh heh…so anyway….uh…boobs?

Ultimately, I feel that the six Scott Pilgrim books being condensed into one film got the message across more easily. Scott Pilgrim fell for an interesting looking girl, ignoring all the candidates around him. Knowing that she was attractive and mysterious, her relationship history was obviously questionable. Scott had to fight, but essentially “defeat” all former lovers, if he stood a chance with Ramona. At the end of the film, not only had he defeated all the Exes, but also had to overcome himself. All the time people might spend worrying about the past of someone they are in a relationship with comes back to how someone thinks about themselves, and once they have conquered their own fears and self doubts, anything is possible, and nothing else matters. I got this far more strongly on film than in the black and white pages of the book, and am nervous other people didn’t take that message away. Even though this is just a fun little film, the message of conquering your own doubts being more important than letting things from the past prevent your happiness, is a heartfelt and thought-provoking one. However, this film could have been better had Will Arnett been involved.

 

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Inception (2010) [REVIEW]

July 25, 2010 3 Comments

 

At my last count, I had seen Memento in theaters at least four times. Possibly five, who knows, that movie came out eight years ago and we had nothing better to do. To say I liked it would be an understatement. Fucking obsessed with it would be far more appropriate of a description. I tried to get all of my friends to see it, I bought a similar Polaroid camera as the one used in the film, and I wanted to talk about it all the time. So you could say I was a bit of a Chris Nolan Superfan since early in his career, but I’m not trying to impress anyone. Yes, okay, I am. Still, when I saw Insomnia and then Following, I was a little underwhelmed. Luckily, Batman Begins was fucking awesome. The Prestige, starring Batman and Wolverine as dueling magicians, with added bonus of Scarlett Johansson, and fucking David Bowie as Tesla?! FUCK YES. Then, The Dark Knight, which blew everyone’s minds. I went into Inception teetering on the fence on how excited I was, and not wanting to get my hopes up, and those hopes I had? FUCKING BLEW THEM TO KINGDOM COME AND LEFT THEM SPLATTERED ON THE MOVIE THEATER SEAT LIKE I WAS BEING ANNIHILATED WITH AN UZI BY JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT. In a good way, of course.

 

Don’t hurt those weird paintings Leo! Please don’t!

But, what is it about? Most people want to know this about Inception, because the marketing has been so cryptic. It seems more fantastical than anything based in the real world, but not physics-defying enough to be The Matrix. So what exactly is going on? Well, somehow there was a system developed that allowed individuals to enter the dreams of other individuals, and act through their own accord. By being able to get into someone’s head, they would then be paid to try and extract information that someone might not consciously share. This raised the question of whether or not  information possibly be implanted. Leonardo DiCaprio seems to think so, and then we see the results for the rest of the film. I won’t give away too much more, because the less you know about the details, the better.

 

This is how I feel when I eat too much ice cream.

So what was with all that Matrix type shit? Well, because it’s a dream, obviously there are rules that can be bended, stretched, but rarely broken. The concept is that the more you alter reality, the more you will stand out as an “intruder” of the mind, and your subconscious will attempt to remove the invader. This explains all the gunfire and the physics manipulation, but it really isn’t used as often as you might think. Also, if characters are inside someone’s dream, and maybe that person falls over, that will also change the way gravity works. Then there’s all sorts of “if you die in a dream, you wake up” type of situations, but since they are related to the plot, I won’t elaborate much further.

 

Can’t you see Leo trying to take a bath back there? Give the guy a break!

Christopher Nolan has done it again. He has taken a somewhat original idea, and did it his own way, with his own rules. I’ve recently been having discussions with some people who disliked the film, and they brought up some valid points, but none of the points brought up made this film any less enjoyable. Sure, when you create a universe with concepts about getting into other people’s minds, you might look back and notice a few holes, but I find that this in no way detracts you from the film as a whole. Remember in Fight Club when “Jack” was waiting for his luggage, then looked outside to see Tyler Durden steal a car and some guy chases after him? HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN IF JACK WAS INSIDE TALKING TO THE LUGGAGE DUDE?! Doesn’t matter, it’s a small detail that doesn’t really change whether or not you enjoy the film, unless you choose to let it bother you. See this movie and enjoy everything that comes along with it.

 

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