aujourd'hui, ca commence avec moi

So I watched Inception last night.

Let us be clear on some things. I have heard good things about this film, and I have heard bad things. I also heard that the soundtrack goes BRRRRRM. I wanted to watch this film because Ken Watanabe is in it*.

I actually liked it. I know this for two reasons, other than it's about my pet subject (dreams, and dreamscapes). #1 at several points, I had to stop what I was doing, since the film was too distracting and #2 I noticed my heart pounding as the film was winding down, which obviously meant I'd got wound up during the climax.

I won't say it blew my mind, because it didn't. I don't even think it's made of awesome. Sure, it's cool, and there are sparkly/interesting bits, and obviously Ken Watanabe, and I am going to watch it again before I take it back to the library.

I did understand it; it's not that difficult to understand. I was quite disappointed about ( this )

However, I did like that there was no lengthy exposition, and no technobabble. And that, in some ways, the entire film functions on dream logic itself. (And it's always nice to have it confirmed that other people's dreams work in the same way yours do).

Also a whole bunch of sharply dressed guys never hurt anyone, and I didn't even mind Leonardo DiCaprio being in it.

Although I will say that now I am minorly freaked out by the use of Je Ne Regrette Rein, since I think that's my favourite Edith Piaf song, and it's in my brain a lot anyway, since I studied it during French A-Level. I even still have the lyrics somewhere, and I found them about a month or so ago. But that's totally besides the point, right?

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*I have the biggest crush on him. I mean, dude, if he turned up on my doorstep and said, "Do me now", I wouldn't say no at all. But that is never going to happen. So. But it gives you an idea.

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ATTN INTERNETS: I am listening to the Inception soundtrack, and it is the best thing ever. I love the soundtrack in a way I don't love the film.

Secondly I gave myself the heebie jeebies by listening to Je Ne Regrette Rien earlier.

Thirdly I am completely in love with Poupon's art, and I want to eat her brain.

Fourthly, I have this rant building up inside me, that's been going around all day. I just deleted a whole bunch of blah about it, but it basically culminated in me saying to mum that, "when have I ever cared what other people thought about me?" (answer: mostly infrequently, apart from a couple of occasions and this particular time. You can ask if you want, by the way).

Fifthly, I really think I should do something dream-related in my art. Got a sentence in my head that could be a subtitle for a picture, or it could be the start of a story. I must write it down before I forget it.