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[beanside]

Oh, god why is it Monday again?

Watched "Inception" last night. I know a lot of people who I love and respect think it's the best, most awesome movie in history.

With all due respect to your opinions...

OH MY GOD, THAT IS TWO HOURS I WILL NEVER GET BACK. Seriously. There were good ideas in it. However, they were hampered by the clunky writing, wooden acting, and the presentation that having mind raped his wife made him a tragic hero.

I will concede that Tom Hardy is adorable and snarky. I will concede that he and JGL would be a lovely couple. I will concede that Cillian Murphy is wonderful.

When the movie ended, I disliked it. Now, I LOATHE it.

Christopher Nolan is a very good visual director. Now, if he could get the gist of the actors, he might make a good movie. Batman was good because of visuals and Gary Oldman/Cillian Murphy/Lian Neeson. They're all good enough that they don't need direction. Christian Bale was so busy chewing gravel he was a non-entity, and Katie Homles was annoying. Second one was all Heath Ledger and Tiny Lister. The rest was boring and stilted.

I really hoped that he'd figured his shit out. But no.

Will I watch the next Batman, aka the White Washing of Bane? I don't know. I really don't.

Comments

[realpestilence.livejournal.com]

I despise most superhero movies, especially if they're made by fanboys (any movie, really, my rants on LOTR have been many and often). The first Spiderman movie was good, despite having a weak Mary Jane, because it stayed true to the heart of the character. After that, pffft! And don't even talk about the X-Men movies, they're little but pimping for Wolverine and downright bash Cyclops.

I especially resent how the movies spill over into the written fandom, as people take their characterizations from them, instead of the original source.


I am very cautiously optimistic about the Captain America movie, as the shots I've seen posted look interesting. But I'll let my diehard fanfriends see it first when it's out, and report on it before I go.

[killerweasel.livejournal.com]

heeheeheeheeheeheehee!

That was my exact same reaction to watching the film, though I did almost throw a shoe at my brand new tv when the ending rolled around before I relaized what I was doing. That was 2 hours and 20 minutes I wanted back.

The special effects were good. The actors were pretty. The storyline sucked. And the ending can go screw itself. I think I yelled something like 'The Sopranos did that better'. *snort*

I know there are tons of people over the moon about this film, but I am not one of them.

[jane-eyre.livejournal.com]

I know several people that like Inception, but I can't even bring myself to attempt to watch it. I hate Leonardo DiCaprio and have since Growing Pains, and the little bit that I've seen and heard of the movie doesn't make me want to watch it.

I do like the most recent Batman movies, even though I didn't like the acting by either Katie Holmes or Maggie Gyllenhaal, they seemed stiff. However, I think a lot of it is just that I'm so happy to see something other than Batman Forever and Batman and Robin. I am a little concerned about the casting for the next Batman movie, but I've been proven wrong before, so I'll give it a chance regardless.

[ginger-sunshine.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I'll admit that I was right there with you, hating on the movie to anyone who squeed to me about it because there were so DAMN MANY of the fans.

And then... well, see, I was bitching about it with a friend of mine who also happened to hate it and we came up with this idea that wouldn't go away, and now when I watch the movie that's all I see.

What if Maul was the one who got out, and she spent the movie trying to get her husband out of his own head?

Seriously, we had to go see it again just to see if this was possible, and it totally is. That makes it a slightly better movie. Slightly.

[sheira66.livejournal.com]

AMEN!!! I only watched it cause my 12 yr old has a crush on Leo...and now I'm seriously considering the girls taste!!